Americast
Americast is the authoritative US news and politics podcast from the BBC. Each week we provide audiences with the best analysis from across the BBC, with on-the-ground observations and big picture insights about the stories which are defining America right now. The podcast is hosted by trusted BBC journalists including the BBC’s North America editor, Sarah Smith, BBC Radio 4 presenter, Justin Webb, the BBC’s disinformation and social media correspondent, Marianna Spring, and BBC North America correspondent, Anthony Zurcher. As well as political analysis, we also specialise in social media. Each week Marianna Spring brings listeners the latest updates from the BBC’s Undercover Voters, our award-winning investigation into the content that is recommended to US voters on social media. The team is also joined by special guests each week, like CNN anchor, Christiane Amanpour, Emmy Award-winning TV host, Rachel Maddow, and Succession actress, J Smith-Cameron. Podcasts are published every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. As well as being a podcast, we are also available every Friday night on BBC Radio 4 and every weekend on the BBC News Channel. Every Monday we answer your questions on Americanswers, with some help from special guests, including Miles Taylor, who was chief of staff at the Department for Homeland Security during the Trump presidency before becoming a whistleblower. Got a question or a comment? Get in touch with us on email at Americast@bbc.co.uk or WhatsApp on +44 330 123 9480. By the way, you can now listen to Americast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say ‘”Ask BBC Sounds to play Americast”. It works on most smart speakers. See ya’ll later...
The Trump Trials... Cases Closed?
Will Trumponomics crash the world economy?
Americanswers…on 5 Live! Who will pay for Trump's inauguration?
Will RFK Jr Make America Healthy Again?
What will Trump do about Russia?
Americanswers… on 5 Live! Biden's last effort to help Ukraine?
The Trump-whisperers
You’re hired! Trump chooses his top team
Americanswers… on 5Live! How did the polls get the election so wrong?
Profile: Who is Donald Trump? (Part 2… The Politician)
Profile: Who is Donald Trump? (Part 1… The Brand)
Why Trump won (and why Harris lost)
Americanswers... on 5 Live! Will the US ever elect a female president?
Election Results (Part 3): What Will Trump (And Harris) Do Now?
Election Results (Part 2): Donald Trump Elected President
Election Results (Part 1): A Trump Win?
Trump VS Harris… The Americast guide to election night!
Americanswers... on 5 Live! Why do TV networks call a winner in the US?
Surprise polling! Is Harris pulling ahead?
Americanswers in Philadelphia!
Trick or treating with Philadelphia's Republicans
The Garbage Election
At home with first-time Democrat voters in Philadelphia
BIG speeches and another BIG garbage row
7 days until the election... Who's winning?
Americanswers... on 5 Live! Could a joke about Puerto Rico give Kamala Harris the Latino vote?
Will Joe Rogan help win the election for Trump?
Will Trump supporters accept the election result?
Inside Georgia's Trump rally
When Anthony Met Kamala
14 days until the election... Who's winning?
Americanswers... on 5 Live! Donald Trump has a small fries issue with Kamala Harris
Global News Podcast x Global Story x Americast
Will abortion decide the election? It might in Arizona...
Does Kamala Harris have a male voter problem?
Americanswers... on 5 Live! How likely is a repeat of the January 6 attacks?
It’s James Carville, Stupid!
Hurricane Milton and a storm of misinformation
Americanswers… on 5 Live! Why has Melania Trump entered the abortion debate?
Will conflict in the Middle East impact the US election?
The JD Vance VS Tim Walz Vice Presidential Debate!
Americanswers! How will Russia and Iran shape the US election?
Introducing... Why Do You Hate Me? USA
Arizona… and the battle for the Latino vote
Americanswers! Who is Mark Robinson? And could he cost Trump the election?
The US Election in Conspiracyland
Introducing... The Coming Storm (season 2)
How do you protect a president?
Americanswers! Who's to blame for violence against Donald Trump?
Another attempted assassination on Donald Trump?
Can Taylor Swift win the election for Harris (Or Trump)?
The Harris VS Trump Debate... and a Taylor Swift Endorsement!
Americanswers! Presidential Debate Special
Profile: Who is JD Vance?
Can You Predict an Election?
Americanswers! Do Harris/Trump actually need ANY policies?
Profile: Who is Donald Trump? (Part 2… The Politician)
Profile: Who is Donald Trump? (Part 1… The Brand)
How Pennsylvania Could Decide The Election
Americanswers! More legal trouble for Trump... And why did RFK Jr drop out?
Profile: Who is Tim Walz?
Did Kamala Harris pull off the biggest speech of her life?
Hollywood stars join the Democrats…
The Obamas Take On Trump
Biden’s emotional goodbye
Americanswers! What's the vibe at the Democratic Convention this week?
Profile: Who is Kamala Harris? (Part 1… Early years)
Profile: Who is Kamala Harris? (Part 2… VEEP!)
Can Kamala Harris win on "vibes" alone?
Musk and Trump! Best of frenemies?
Americanswers! How powerful is Nancy Pelosi?
Life in the Trump Family
Kamala Harris announces Tim Walz as her VP pick
Americanswers! Could Obama serve as VP to Kamala Harris?
Has there ever been an election campaign like THIS before?
Battle of the campaigns… Harris v Trump!
Americanswers! Could this be the last US election?
Can You Buy The White Hou$e?
Biden Says WHY He’s Out Of The Race!
Americanswers! Why have the Democrats backed Kamala Harris?
Welcome to the Kamala Harris presidential campaign
Biden Withdraws from the Presidential Race!
Newscast x Americast Q&A
Donald Trump's convention speech: ‘I had God on my side’
JD Vance makes his VP pitch to America
Are the Republican Rivals Reunited?
Trump's Vice President is... JD Vance!
How the U.S. Secret Service failed Donald Trump
Attempted Assassination on Donald Trump
Is it the beginning of the end for Biden?
Americanswers! Is it time for Kamala?
I’m still standing: Biden strikes back
Is the U.S. president now above the law?
Americanswers! Will Democrats force Joe Biden out? Who could take his place?
The Biden vs Trump Presidential Debate!
Americanswers! What are bump stocks? And would Biden step aside?
Up for debate? Trump and Biden prepare to spar again
Americanswers! The ‘special relationship’ and running for a third term?
Hunter Biden Trial…Guilty!
Americanswers! Project 2025 and Biden’s mental capacity
Trump Trial… An interview with team Donald Trump
Is Biden losing the black vote? (ft. Charlamagne Tha God)
Americanswers! After Trump’s conviction, what’s next?
The man who beat Trump
Trump Trial… Donald Found Guilty!
Trump Trial Week 6… All Eyes on the Jury (and Robert De Niro)
Americanswers! Where is Melania Trump? Will AOC run in 2028?
Trump Trial Week 5…Chaos in the courtroom!
Why is Biden falling behind Trump in the polls?
Americanswers! Marjorie Taylor Greene, disinformation campaigns, and who will run in 2028?
Trump Trial Week 4… Will the jury believe Michael Cohen?
Why does Biden want to debate Trump?
Americanswers! VP picks, Nikki Haley's back, and could Trump do three terms?
Trump Trial Week 3… Stormy Daniels Takes The Stand
Keeping up with the Kennedys: RFK Jr’s run for the White House
Americanswers! Kristi Noem’s dog, ‘Momala’, and presidential immunity
Trump Trial Week 2… The Surprise Witness
Back on campus: Biden condemns 'violent' protestors
Americanswers! RFK Jr, pardoning Trump, and why is Biden talking about cannibals?
Trump Trial Week 1... Inside the Court
On campus: Students protest over Gaza
Trump Trial Day 1... Americanswers!
Will the US send billions to Israel and Ukraine? And Christiane Amanpour is back!
Megyn Kelly on Trump's Trial, Abortion and TV Debates
Has Abortion Eclipsed Trump’s Campaign?
The Life and Death of OJ Simpson
Americanswers: Trump Diplomacy, NPR and How Do Algorithms REALLY work?
Could the Israel-Gaza war cost Biden the election?
Americanswers: How vulnerable is Trump, does Biden have an image problem and will Russia interfere in the election?
Vice, Vice, Baby: Who’ll Be Trump’s Running Mate?
Major Baltimore Bridge Collapses
Americanswers! How algorithms shape us online, Russian interference in 2024, and should the US legalise fentanyl?
Don Lemon on an Xtremely Awkward Elon Musk Interview
Americanswers! Why has Trump predicted a "bloodbath"? How do people cross the US/Mexico border? And could Biden pardon his son?
Fentanyl: War on Drugs 2.0?
Americanswers: Should Biden ditch Kamala? Who pays Trump’s legal fees? And what’s your favourite Bidenism?
State of the Union: Biden's Pitch to the Nation
Super Tuesday: Everything Points to Trump vs Biden
Trump: The Sequel? An Americast x Panorama Special
How will the Alabama IVF ruling affect the US election?
America Shoots For the Moon Again: Houston, We Have Neil deGrasse Tyson
Putin Says Vote For Joe!
The Global Story: Could Taylor Swift swing the US election?
‘An Elderly Man with Poor Memory’: Biden’s Age Old Problem
America looks set for Trump v Biden
Christiane Amanpour on Biden's Iran Dilemma
The Election Trail: From Iowa to New Hampshire
Trump Wins Iowa Landslide
Can Anyone Stop Trump in Iowa?
The Epstein Files: Former US Presidents Named
A Merry Cast: Past, Present and Future of US Politics
Colorado Kicks Trump Off the Ballot
Beto on the Border: Ex Presidential Candidate on the US Immigration Crisis
Donald Trump: Dictator in Chief?
Rachel Maddow on Kissinger, Trump and Misinformation
Sam Altman: A Silicon Valley Soap Opera
US x China: Friends Reunited?
Trump’s Poll Position
Americanswers LIVE: One Year To Go
Confessions From Trump's White House
Leaders Of The Free World?
America and Israel: Unconditional Allies?
We Need To Talk About Kevin McCarthy
Trump's Debate Escape
Funding Ukraine… or America First?
The Age of Biden
Does The BBC Get Its Trump Coverage Right?
Pop Save America
Republican Rumble
The Big Republican Debate Preview with Jake Tapper
Indictment Four Trump
From Our US Correspondent
Americanswers: Can Trump Still Win Again?
Capitol Punishment
X-tra Terrestrials
Barbie's Hot Right Now
Bidenwatch
LGBT Rights Special: Padam Vice President
Let Bidens Be Bidens
Trump: For He’s A Jolly Good Felon?
Who’s Taking On Trump?
Conspiracies: Inside the Rabbit Hole
Ron and Elon: A Failed Launch?
America’s Murder Capital
Trump, Texas and Title 42
DeSantis vs Disney
Biden's Final Campaign
The Americast News Feed
The President in the Pub
Elon Musk Speaks to the BBC
Trump On Trial
Stopping The Shootings
Trump Indicted
Trump Under Arrest?
"Marianne Williamson For President"
Elon Musk And The Twitter Trolls
Trouble At Fox News
America And The War In Ukraine
Aliens Or Air Balloons?
Will Joe Biden run to be president (again)?
The Killing of Tyre Nichols
We Need To Talk About Congressman George Santos
Abortion in America
Biden under investigation
Chaos at the Heart of US Government
Is Elon Musk Curing Twitter?
Dr Anthony Fauci Talks: Covid, China and Online Misinformation
The Growing Legalisation of Marijuana in the US
Is Elon Musk Killing Twitter?
Donald Trump launches White House bid
Trump v DeSantis
Everything we know about the midterms (part two)
Everything we know about the midterms (part one)
A history of US political violence
How crime is shaping the US elections
The US election deniers running for office
Alex Jones: The billion dollar conspiracy theorist
How social media changed America
Kiss My Midterms
Trump's heir apparent?
America and the Queen
Erin Brockovich
Mar-a-Legal Trouble
Introducing... the New Administration
Thanks Americasters
Vlad's army
A New York?
Party in the USA
What the Truck?
Crimea river
Playing Chicken in Kyiv
Duke in New York?
Unhappy anniversary
Let's Talk About Texts, Cheney
‘PS: Santa, please bring ammo’
Foetal position: The end of abortion?
We Need to Talk About Brandon
Proud to be an Americast
Ted Cruz v Big Bird
Americast Reunited
The Fall of Kabul
It's been a blast, Americast!
Aliens Ate My Podcast
Putin His Foot Down
Summit Going On
Guess Who's Back?
George Floyd: One Year On
BudPfizer
Cheney Reaction
Blocked
Not Biden his time
Guilty
Anger and Protests in Minneapolis
GaetzGate
March Madness
Bolder After Boulder?
O’Mericast
AmeriKerryAnswer
Star Mangled Banner
Status Cuomo
Caribbean Cruz
Mitch Ado About Nothing
Fight Like Hell!
Americat
Trump’s Bit Parts
We Need to Talk about Kevin
Who Let The Dogs Out?
Americast's Got Talent with Piers Morgan
It’s Biden Time
DT Flown Home
Donald and the Giant Impeach
United State of Emergency
Coup-nited States of America
'Find me more votes'
The Americast Advent Calendar
From Russia with Bugs
Eau d'Americast
All Vaxxed Up
The kids’ table
'I concede NOTHING!!!!!'
Democracy Dyes in Darkness
Barack Obama's Big Book
Orange is the new black
Americast Total Landscaping
President-elect Biden & Resident Trump
Big Boy Pants
Voice Note from Sopes’ Apartment
Act II
Hot Takes
The Boss v The King of Europe
Workin’ our asses off
Muted
Hunter Biden's Laptop
Crazy Uncle and Sleepy Joe
Macho Macho Man?
The Debate Buzz
Trump On Steroids
Blood and Oxygen
The president tests positive
“Will you shut up man?”
Supreme decisions
RIP RBG
America on fire
Military Disservice
Sir Kim Darroch
Make America Safe Again
Saving the American Dream?
Run-DNC
Unconventional Convention
Kamala Harris makes history
You’ve Got Mail
Demon Sperm
Donald & Ghislaine
Veepstakes
How Trump can win
We're back!
Protests and the President
Bleach Body Ready
New York, New York
Buffet Syndrome
Not-So-Sleepy Joe
Dow Dow deeper and Dow
Warren is Out
Biden’s Back, ALRIGHT!
Berning Down the House
The A-Z of the US Election
Who is Michael Bloomberg?
Crashing the Party
Not Guilty
Raucous Caucus