Mid-Atlantic - conversations about US, UK and world politics
325 episodes - English - Latest episode: 1 day ago - ★★★★★ - 70 ratingsChit chat and debate about politics and culture in the US and UK, with Host Roifield Brown and guests.
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4.14 - What now for progressives and the left plus reflections on why Trump won
November 18, 2016 11:02 - 1 hour - 85.1 MBDoug Levy has covered health care and health policy in Washington for most of the 1990s and now is a freelance journalist and communications consultant. In this election, he stepped into an advocacy role, campaigning for Hillary Clinton in those bastions of Liberalism New York and San Francisco.Journalist and commentator Sunny Hundal is the editor of Political Scrapbook a columnist at Hindustan Times who writes about current affairs, identity and lefty political goings on.British Berliner Ali...
Ep: 4-13 Why I voted for Trump
November 16, 2016 12:04 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBDavid is an Associate Professor of Education. David was a high school teacher of social studies in Wisconsin and Wyoming, and has taught online learning for the U.S. Army Intelligence Center.David grew up in middle America, he and has family are committed christians and he is listener to Mid Atlantic and 10 American presidents, he speaks to Roifield about why he voted for Donald Trump and the cultural divide in America today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep12: Roifield talks to Alice Thwaite, the editor of the Echo Chamber
October 26, 2016 18:04 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MBThe Echo Chamber Club is a weekly newsletter. It aims to directly challenge the political status quo. Most people who live in cities have fairly liberal and centrist beliefs and The Echo Chamber Club monitors social media to understand what is being shared in this group and then challenges it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Ep: 4.11 More Trump and more Brexit with Nick Clegg riding to the rescue
October 18, 2016 12:54 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBIn a week that has seen The number of people who regret voting for Brexit grow so it is now greater than the margin of victory for leaving the EU, we ask can the American election get any crazier? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mid Atlantic Show 4.10 – May to trigger Brexit and Why are the US polls so close?
October 03, 2016 11:25 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBRoifield Brown is joined by Benjamin Jacobs from New Jersey and Jonn Elliedge.In a week that has seen Prince George refuse to fist bump the prime minister of Canada we ask just why are the polls so close in the US presidential race.With Theresa May announcing that she will triggerBrexit: Article 50 by end of March, what does Brexit mean Brexit?Both Clinton and Trump suffer from historic levels of unpopularity among the public at large. Recent New York Times and CBS News polling has shown that...
Ep: 4-9 Colin Kaepernick the National Anthem and Change Britain
September 12, 2016 04:54 - 52 minutes - 48 MBIn a week that has seen The president of the Philippines call Obama a son of a whore we look at protesting the flag and the start of Tory infighting over Brexit.Colin Kaepernick, the 28-year-old San Francisco 49ers quarterback, has made news after he was spotted sitting during the playing of the U.S. national anthem at a National Football League pre-season game on Aug. 26.Although he took the tactic of quietly sitting in protest against police brutality and the general oppression of Black and...
Trump Softens and Britain's record gold medals
August 26, 2016 00:51 - 42 minutes - 39 MBThis week Roifield is joined by Rob the history man Monaco from Connecticut and Jonn Elliedge of The New Statesman in London. In a week that has seen an earthquake rock Italy we look at the softening of Donald Trump and the gold medals that rained down on old Blighty.The music at the of the show is Rule The World - Michael Kiwanuka Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Roifield talks to Amina Lone
August 16, 2016 00:22 - 58 minutes - 134 MBAmina Lone co director of Sarf is a Labour Councillor for Hulme in Manchester. Lone is a Muslim single mother of 4 and was somewhat of a Labour party pin up in the 2015 election, running for the 98% white seat of the Morecambe and Lunesdale. After narrowly losing the election she described herself as "battered and bruised" and said that Labour needed to listen to UKIP voters rather than dismissing their concerns, especially about immigration, as racist. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac...
Roifield talks to Amina Lone
August 16, 2016 00:22 - 58 minutes - 134 MBAmina Lone co director of Sarf is a Labour Councillor for Hulme in Manchester. Lone is a Muslim single mother of 4 and was somewhat of a Labour party pin up in the 2015 election, running for the 98% white seat of the Morecambe and Lunesdale. After narrowly losing the election she described herself as "battered and bruised" and said that Labour needed to listen to UKIP voters rather than dismissing their concerns, especially about immigration, as racist. See acast.com/privacy for privac...
Post party convention round up.
August 09, 2016 16:53 - 1 hour - 69.9 MBThe Mid Atlantic and ReConsider podcasts discuss the themes of the conventions and what it tells us about US politics today. Roifield is joined by Xander and Erik. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sunny Hundal speaks to Roifield Brown on the Labour party Crisis
July 27, 2016 21:44 - 33 minutes - 31 MBAnother Mid Atlantic and Round Table talk mash up. Today we pivot from the US and we look at the left of UK politics with commentator and pundit Sunny Hundal, who is best known as the founder and editor of the centre-left group blog Liberal Conspiracy. ferocious tweeter Hundal has also written for publications including The Guardian, The Financial Times and The Independent. In a week that has seen Hillary Clinton be selected as the nominee of the Democratic Party for president of the United ...
Mid Atlantic Show 4.4 - Trump and May
July 24, 2016 21:29 - 56 minutes - 51.5 MBThis week we look at Trump's speech at the RNC and Theresa May's first week as PM. We end things by remembering the world of just switching on the TV.Jonn ElledgeRob MonacoRoifield Brown Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
EP 4.3 Mid Atlantic Special - Trump the Good
July 14, 2016 19:02 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MBThis week we look at Trump the good, a force of restructuring the right of American politics. To look at how 2016 could reshape the US political map going forward, I’m joined by Sam Tanenhaus, Sam as you may know was an assistant editor at The New York Times from, and a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, the editor of The New York Times Book Review. His biography of Whittaker Chambers won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and was a finalist for both the National Book Award for Nonfiction. H...
Ep 4.2 - Guns, African Americans and the Police and yet more Brexit
July 11, 2016 01:16 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MBOn this weeks show we have Rob Monaco in Connecticut, from London we have Jonn Elledge of the New Statesman and Mic Wright, with host Roifield Brown in San Francisco. In a week that has seen a woman live broadcast the dying moments of her fiance to the world, we will look at the continuing political fall out in UK after Brexit and the volatile mixture of race, guns and the police in the US. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mid Atlantic Show 4.1 - Brexit and Bust
June 27, 2016 18:46 - 1 hour - 72.3 MBThis week, we discuss Brexit, how crazy is Britain, Trump, how crazy is he and The Game of Thrones, how crazy good was the episode battle of the Bastards?Roifield BrownRob MonacoThomas Daly Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mid Atlantic – Season 3 Episode 1
September 10, 2015 20:33 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MBWhen will Donald Trump crash and burn? Does the success of Jeremy Corbyn herald the rise of the left again in UK politics? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mid Atlantic – Season 2 Episode 3
February 23, 2015 06:32 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MBIn a week when French and British fighter jets have scrambled to deter Russian bombers from entering their airspace, Michael Fallon the British Defence Secretary has warned there is a “real and present danger” that Vladimir Putin will launch a campaign of undercover attacks to destabilise the Baltic states on Nato’s eastern flank”. Are we entering a new cold war with the Russian bear? With the field so wide open for the Republican presidential candidate that will most probably face Hillary...
Mid Atlantic – Season 2 Episode 2
February 09, 2015 01:29 - 42 minutes - 39 MBGreek stock markets fell on Friday at the end of a volatile week of trading. Bank shares were under pressure amid fears of a fresh run on Greek bank deposits. Are we all ready for Grexit and what will it mean for Europe if it happens? This week Ukip leader Nigel Farage has been forced to abandon a campaign walkabout in Rotherham after protesters blockaded him in a party office. Simply why is he the UK’s most divisive political operator? The Israeli prime minister's upcoming speech to Cong...
Mid Atlantic – Season 2 Episode 1
January 26, 2015 01:44 - 46 minutes - 42.7 MBObama delivered his State of the Union address last week and he stated it was strong, with his reproachment with Cuba, the rebounding economy and moves to make community collage free, are we now seeing the Obama we always wanted? With the surge in Support for the Greens, The SNP and with the Lib Dems looking at the electoral wipeout how, what is and will 2015 election will say about the UK politics? King Abdullah died last week, his death has prompted western governments to send flowery co...
Mid Atlantic Show 10
May 28, 2014 12:35 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBWith UKip winning the largest share of the European election vote in the UK and protest parties around Europe getting around 25% of the vote how big was the political earthquake last week? What does the election of Modi mean for India and World politics, will India now emerge as a political power as well as an emerging economic powerhouse? With Democrats as well as Republicans up in arms over the VA scandal will this be the issue where Obama's even handed tone is his undoing? Their Take ...
Mid Atlantic Show 9
May 13, 2014 12:31 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MBThe Bring back our girls campaign, has focused the worlds attention on Boko Haram, will this outrage help deal a death blow to the group? Simply, should UK politicians get in the way of the proposed Pfizer takeover of Astrazeneca? The supreme court has ruled that sectarian prayer at town meetings does not violate the First Amendment. After rulings on Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action and Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, those on the left are losing faith in...
Mid Atlantic Show 8
April 28, 2014 00:35 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBDavid Cameron has brought Christianity up front and centre into UK political life saying, “the UK is a Christian country and we should not be afraid to say so”, is he right and what place does religion have in a modern multi faith society? Cliven Bundy has gone from libertarian hero to racist pariah in just over a week, what does his rapid ascent and decent tell us about far right wing politics and its media? With the agreement to form a joint government between Fatah and Hamas now in plac...
Mid Atlantic Show 7
April 14, 2014 12:40 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBWith Robs state of Connecticut becoming first state to pass $10.10 as the state's minimum wage, will the push for national minimum wage be Obama's most tangible legacy after the ACA? With the state visit of President Higgins of Ireland to Britain is the era of The Troubles truly behind us and what does this first state visit say of Anglo-Irish relations? Away from the gruesome death of Reeva Steinkamp, the Oscar Pistorius trial has shone the light on the jury-less and truly combative natu...
Mid Atlantic Special – Scottish Independence with Listener Louise Cairns
April 09, 2014 16:28 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBA special one off episode with listener Louise Cairns advocating Scottish independence in this years referendum. A national referendum is scheduled to be held in Scotland on 18 September 2014, in which residents of Scotland can vote for or against leaving the UK. Following the Scottish National Party's victory in the 2011 election, which gave the party an overall majority in the Scottish Parliament, First Minister Alex Salmond stated his desire to hold a referendum “in the second half of th...
Mid Atlantic Show 6
March 31, 2014 23:04 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MBTopics covered in this episode, The Nigel Farage and Nick Clegg debate, should the UK leave the EU, Nate Silver and statistics in American politics and the protests in Venezuela. The World A wave of anti-government demonstrations has been sweeping through Venezuela since early February. Quite simply, what lies behind the protests in the South American state? The UK Nigel Farage and Nick Clegg clashed in an hour long debate this week, over the UK's membership of the EU, why after almost 40...