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32m
Economist Joseph Stiglitz on Pro-Palestine campus protests, Trump and rethinking freedom
Economist Joseph Stiglitz tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy why more government intervention is desirable, whether campus protests in the US are going “over the line” and why stalling living standards “create a fertile field” for demagogues like Donald Trump, in this episode of Ways to Change the World.
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34m
What impact will war in Gaza have on UK political parties?
In this episode of The Political Fourcast, Nicky Morgan and Charlie Falconer join Krishnan Guru-Murthy to discuss how the war in Gaza could change the political fortunes of UK parties.
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34m
Armistead Maupin on trans rights and growing up gay in a homophobic household
Author Armistead Maupin is a pioneer – writing about AIDS and HIV for a mass audience and daring to include gay, lesbian, trans and queer lives when few others were. His ‘Tales of the City’ series, which started as a newspaper column in 1974, became worldwide best-selling novels and a Netflix series. It chronicles the…
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25m
Bernie Sanders on Gaza, genocide and Trump
US Senator Bernie Sanders tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy why the US should stop its funding for Netanyahu’s “horrific war against the Palestinian people”, why a second Trump victory could foment right-wing movements across the world with disastrous consequences, and why taking on the ruling class is a necessary but “long, long process”, in this episode of Ways to Change the World.
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33m
Billy Porter on being a queer Black man in the music industry, the actors’ strike & Trump’s America
Billy Porter tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy about the challenges he faced due to homophobia in the music industry in the ’90s, the harsh reality of being an actor in the golden age of streaming and what success means to him, in this episode of Ways to Change the World.
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33m
Arnold Schwarzenegger on self-help, the Israel-Gaza war and why he’d be a good US president
Arnold Schwarzenegger tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy how he can ‘be useful’, why world leaders are failing to resolve the Israel-Palestine conflict and why America needs a new candidate to enter the presidential race, in this episode of Ways to Change the World.
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4m
US House Speaker ousted for first time in history
There’s a vacancy in one of the top jobs in US politics after the ousting the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Third in the presidential line of succession, the person who’d have to take charge if the President and Vice President were both indisposed, Republican Kevin McCarthy was voted out by his own party.
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2m
Trumps says he expects to be indicted again in January 6 probe
Former US president Donald Trump says he expects to be arrested again – after being informed that he’s a target in a Justice Department investigation – and must report to a grand jury.
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11m
What makes a one-term US president?
Could Donald Trump become the latest one-term president – and what leads to an incumbent’s re-election failure?
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11m
US election 2020: mail-in ballots, voting rights – and what might happen on election night
With mail-in balloting and early voting already taking place, misinformation is rife about the security and safety of American democracy.
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9m
US election: What a Trump or Biden victory means for the climate
What are the climate implications of a Trump or Biden presidency?
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3m
General Qassem Soleimani killed: who was top Iranian general – and what happens next?
An American airstrike near Baghdad airport has killed Iran’s top general, with experts warning it could inflame tensions in the region and put the US and its allies – including the UK – at risk.
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Trump’s state visit to UK to coincide with May’s last days in office
President Trump’s state visit to the UK will coincide with Theresa May’s last days as Tory leader.
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5m
Meet the farmers being hit by Trump’s tariff war with China
The tariff war Donald Trump has waged with China is hitting American farmers where it hurts – in their export sales.
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8m
Donald Trump’s State of the Union: surprise standing ovation from Democrat women
Trump’s calls for co-operation on the border wall may have fallen flat, but the President took a softer tone, rather than his trademark fury at the State of the Union address.