Americanswers… LIVE at Castfest! Who could lead the Democrats into 2028?
5/4/202642 min
Sarah’s recent phone call with Donald Trump told us more about the president’s thoughts on the war with Iran, as well as his relationship with the UK and NATO allies, but what’s he like when he’s away from TV cameras?
In this special live edition of Americanswers recorded at Maida Vale Studios in London as part of Castfest, the entire Americast team assemble on stage to answer your questions. As well as Sarah’s phone call with the president, we discuss whether the president is a symptom or a cause of America’s political environment.
And, the team look at the runners and riders to lead the Democrats into the 2028 presidential election. Who are the frontrunners to replace Kamala Harris in two year’s time?
HOSTS: • Justin Webb, Radio 4 Presenter • Sarah Smith, North America Editor • Anthony Zurcher, North America Correspondent • Marianna Spring, Social Media Investigations Correspondent
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This episode was made by Purvee Pattni with Alix Pickles. The technical producer was Matilda Macari. The video producers were Grace Braddock, Sophie Millward and Jem Westgate. The series producer is Purvee Pattni. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
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First 90 secondsJustin Webb· Host0:00
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Speaker 10:03
I sold my car on Carvana last night.
Marianna Spring· Host0:08
[laughs] Well, that's cool.
Speaker 10:08
No, y- you don't understand. It went perfectly. Real offer, down to the penny. They're picking it up tomorrow. Nothing went wrong.
Marianna Spring· Host0:15
So wh- what's the problem?
Speaker 10:16
That is the problem. Nothing in my life goes this smoothly. I'm waiting for the catch.
Marianna Spring· Host0:19
Maybe there's no catch.
Speaker 10:21
That's exactly what a catch would want me to think.
Marianna Spring· Host0:23
[laughs] Wow, you need to relax.
Speaker 10:25
I need to knock on wood. Do we have wood? Is this table wood?
Marianna Spring· Host0:27
I think it's laminate.
Speaker 10:28
Okay. Yeah, that's good. That's close enough.
Speaker 30:30
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Speaker 11:02
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Sarah Smith· Host1:04
This is all four Americasters in the same place at once, which is a very, very rare event, with Anthony, Justin, Marianna, alongside me, Sarah Smith. And we are in the BBC's Maida Vale Studios doing our first ever live event, I think. So we have, uh, an audience of Americasters here, um, to ask us some questions. And even though it's a Saturday, not a Monday, we're gonna do Americanswers. So whatever questions