Who’s Taking On Trump?
Americast
BBC
4.3 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 8 June 2023
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
The Republican race for the White House is getting crowded. With eight candidates all gathering in Iowa to campaign, eat roast pork and ride motorbikes, the Americast team looks at who came out on top and whether any of them could beat Donald Trump, who is facing fresh criminal charges over his handling of classified documents.
Harvard professor Steven Pinker, who sees himself as a liberal, tells us why he thinks academic freedom is under threat on US college campuses.
And first, Sarah wanders through the White House with the BBC’s political editor, Chris Mason, who has flown with the prime minister to Washington.
HOSTS: • Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter • Sarah Smith, North America editor • Marianna Spring, disinformation and social media correspondent • Anthony Zurcher, North America correspondent
GUEST: • Steven Pinker, Professor of Psychology at Harvard University
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This episode was made by Daniel Wittenberg, with Alix Pickles, Natasha Fernandes and Alex Collins. The technical producer was Gareth Jones and the sound designer was David Crackles. The editor is Jonathan Aspinwall.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.6 | We are honored to be joined by a special guest on America. |
| 0:09.8 | It is the BBC's political editor and newscaster, Chris Mason. |
| 0:15.0 | Chris, welcome to what I hope is going to be a special relationship |
| 0:18.2 | between our podcast. |
| 0:19.6 | All right, it's a long and enduring partnership |
| 0:22.0 | that has gone down the generations and that we always seek to enue |
| 0:26.1 | through one leader to another. |
| 0:28.5 | Now, we're just walking out of the Eastrooms. |
| 0:30.6 | We're actually genuinely walking through the White House together |
| 0:33.2 | at the moment while we're talking to you. |
| 0:35.4 | We've just been at the press conference, |
| 0:37.0 | really soon, and Joe Biden. |
| 0:39.2 | You've got to ask a question, Chris. |
| 0:41.4 | Thank you, Chris Mason, from BBC News, to the President. |
| 0:44.6 | Why won't you do a full trade agreement with the UK? |
| 0:47.7 | I did. Yeah, I mean, to ask a question at the White House, |
| 0:50.8 | although, yes, the Prime Minister, |
| 0:52.8 | but the President of the United States. |
| 0:54.4 | I mean, my goodness, this is my first visit to the White House. |
| 0:57.0 | And, you know, you've got to remind yourself |
| 1:00.0 | of the privileges in these jobs, haven't you? |
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