So long, Elon?
What would happen to Trump 2.0 in the absence of Musk, the world’s most potent MAGA voice?
Freddy Gray
Freddy Gray is deputy editor of The Spectator
Thursday
Trump’s tariffs explained
From our UK edition
12 min listen
It’s the day after America ‘reclaimed it’s destiny’, or so Donald Trump says. The President announced a raft of ‘reciprocal’ new tariffs from the White House rose garden, including a 10% levy on the UK which – before it comes into effect on 5th April – the government hope to negotiate down. Other countries have
Wednesday
Will Trump’s tariffs unravel the neoliberal global order?
From our UK edition
33 min listen
Freddy is joined by James Fishback – writer, investor and chief executive of investment firm Azoria – on ‘Liberation Day’, when Donald Trump is set to announce a raft of new tariffs (at 9 p.m. UK time). They discuss the impact of Trump’s tariffs on the market, whether this marks the upending of the neoliberal
Friday
Is my data safe after 23andMe collapsed?
From our UK edition
29 min listen
David Holtzman and David Carvalho from Naoris Protocol delve into the recent bankruptcy of 23andMe, a leading genetic testing company. They explore the implications for data security and privacy, discussing how the sale of 23andMe’s vast genetic database raises concerns about the protection of personal information.
Douglas Murray on the JFK files, where Covid came from & conspiracy culture
From our UK edition
28 min listen
The Spectator’s columnist Douglas Murray joins Freddy Gray to discuss his recent column on why the JFK conspiracies just won’t die. They also discuss the moon landing, the emergence of American self-hatred, and the return of the post-truth era.
Thursday
Snow White and the seven circles of Hell
The film’s star can’t keep her progressive political views to herself
Wednesday
Team Trump walked into Jeffrey Goldberg’s trap
From our UK edition
Jeffrey Goldberg laid a trap and Team Trump has blundered right into it. In Monday’s sensational story, ‘The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans’, the Atlantic editor rather pompously declared that he was withholding some of the information he had received on grounds of national security, contrasting his own propriety with the slapdashery
Tuesday
What did we learn from the war chat leaks?
From our UK edition
27 min listen
Jeffrey Goldberg’s story in the Atlantic is so mind-blowing it’s hard to know what to say in response. It defies belief that Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser, Mike Waltz, appears to have accidentally added a top journalist to a Signal messaging group with senior government officials – including the Vice President, Secretary of State, Defence
Monday
What Team Trump’s group chat error really revealed
From our UK edition
Jeffrey Goldberg’s story in the Atlantic is so mind-blowing it’s hard to know what to say in response. It defies belief that Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser, Mike Waltz, appears to have accidentally added a top journalist to a Signal messaging group with senior government officials – including the Vice President, Secretary of State, Defence
Friday
Is Trump still winning?
From our UK edition
23 min listen
The new Spectator US team, Kate Andrews and Freddy Gray are in Washington to discuss Trump’s economy, why the Democrats aren’t good opposition and whether the MAGA excitement is still alive.
Thursday
Did Joe Biden’s presidency really happen?
The 46th presidency only ended eight weeks ago and already Biden is a ghost
Ukraine is just one part of Trump’s Great Game
From our UK edition
Washington D.C. For Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, it’s a case of today Ukraine, tomorrow the world. In their much-hyped telephone call this week, the Russian leader didn’t appear to give much away: a step towards a sort-of ceasefire, a prisoner swap and a few other bits and bobs. But Putin knows that Trump wants
Wednesday
Has Putin played Trump?
From our UK edition
24 min listen
Russia and Ukraine have launched air attacks on each other, hours after Vladimir Putin told Trump that Russia would stop targeting Ukrainian energy sites. Has Putin outplayed Trump? And will Trump regret bringing Europe’s militaries back to life? Deputy and US editor Freddy Gray is joined by Americano regular and author Jacob Heilbrunn to discuss.
Donald Trump, Putin and the Concert of Arabia
The subject of Iran appears to have been just as important as Ukraine
Tuesday
Trump is giving Putin the opportunity to play nice
From our UK edition
Almost exactly seven years ago, on Monday 19 March 2018, Donald Trump decided he wanted to telephone Vladimir Putin to congratulate the Russian president on his re-election. The call was set up for the following day, though Trump’s then national security advisor H R McMaster ordered his team to give the President helpful note cards.
Thursday
What’s RFK Jr. really up to?
The true MAHA mission could be to help slim down government, not just the average American waist size
Wednesday
Can Trump survive a recession?
From our UK edition
27 min listen
Freddy Gray is joined by Fox News broadcaster Deroy Murdock to discuss Trump’s America. They cover what could be the real reason behind Trump’s tariffs, how concerned Americans should be about a recession, the Ukraine-Russia peace plan and what the Democrats can do to recover from the election defeat.
Tuesday
‘Gentle parenting’ & why therapy might be harming children
From our UK edition
26 min listen
Is mental health overdiagnosis harming children? Abigail Shrier, author of Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren’t Growing Up, joins Freddy Gray on the Americano show to discuss how mental health experts are potentially damaging children. Have our efforts to support our children backfired?
Thursday
China’s response to Trump’s tariffs marks a dramatic escalation
The new cold war is heating up
Is China serious about ‘war’ with America?
From our UK edition
48 min listen
Freddy Gray is joined with Michael Auslin who is an academic and historian at the Hoover Institute and author of the Substack ‘THE PATOWMACK PACKET’. They discuss China’s response to Trump’s tariffs, whether China is serious about threats of war and how concerned Trump is about China’s relationship with Russia.