Rachel Maddow on Kissinger, Trump and Misinformation
Americast
BBC
4.3 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 1 December 2023
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has died at the age of 100.
The team take a world tour of the polarising statesman’s legacy with his biographer.
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow talks about Trump, misinformation and charting the rise of fascism in the US in her new book.
And, what does New York Congressman George Santos have to say about efforts to expel him from the US House of Representatives?
HOSTS: • Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter • Marianna Spring, disinformation and social media correspondent • Anthony Zurcher, North America correspondent
GUESTS: • Rachel Maddow, broadcaster and author • Thomas Schwartz, US historian
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This episode was made by George Dabby with Alix Pickles, Catherine Fusillo, Claire Betzer and Maia Davies. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The series producer is George Dabby. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.6 | Henry Kissinger has died at the age of 100. |
| 0:06.9 | It is a huge milestone, it's a milestone for America. |
| 0:10.0 | It's a milestone for the world. |
| 0:11.5 | Lots of people would have grown up in the many years since he was powerful because he hasn't been really powerful for a long time, but my goodness for all of us he's shaped the world that we're in. He was a a diplomat he was also a real proper celebrity |
| 0:24.1 | actually kind of celebrity politician in a way that we don't really have them |
| 0:27.9 | anymore anyway he was a controversial figure he was a huge figure and we're going to be discussing him later on in the |
| 0:34.4 | podcast. But first we're going to speak with US broadcaster Rachel Maddo |
| 0:37.2 | about her new book and her predictions for the future of America which will be |
| 0:40.7 | sealed in our AmeriCast virtual time capsule. |
| 0:43.6 | Welcome to AmeriCast. |
| 0:45.6 | AmeriCast from BBC News. |
| 0:51.0 | Let me start off with two herbs made in America. I'm not running for |
| 0:55.1 | state here. I'm running for president. I did everything right and they indicted me. |
| 0:59.2 | I can chew and walk on at the same time. There is no indication of aliens or extraterrestrial activity. |
| 1:05.8 | We will fight the woke in education. |
| 1:08.2 | We will fight the woke in the businesses. |
| 1:10.1 | We will never ever surrender to the woke mob. |
| 1:13.4 | Nobody should have to go to jail for smoking weed. |
| 1:15.6 | Brian. |
| 1:16.6 | Why are you guys tired of covering this? It's Justin in the Worldwide Headquarters of America in London, England. |
| 1:29.0 | And it is Mariana, aka Misinformation, also in the worldwide headquarters of America. |
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