Americast

BBC

Americast is the authoritative US news and politics podcast from the BBC. Read more

Politics

Episodes

Why has RFK Jr sacked an entire US vaccine safety committee?

Yesterday (06/13/2025) 00:24:20Did Donald Trump deliberately provoke the LA protests?

06/11/2025 00:32:29 Americanswers... on 5 Live! Why has Donald Trump sent the National Guard to protests in LA?

06/09/2025 00:25:14Elon Musk says Donald Trump is "in the Epstein files”

06/06/2025 00:29:24Why has Trump imposed a new travel ban and who’s on the list?

06/06/2025 00:30:16 Show all episodes

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Americast is a podcast by BBC that focuses on American politics. The podcast hosts are Jon Sopel, Emily Maitlis and Anthony Zurcher. Earlier, the podcast initially gave more concentration on the 2020 US elections. During this period, Americast was the most reliable source of updates, from interviews to live rallies and analyzes. After the elections, Americast had already garnered enough acceptance and could not be discontinued by BBC Radio 4. ‘Americast’ covers topics like happenings around the white house, affairs related to politics, and the never-ending political differences between Democrats and Republicans.