97 Episodes

  1. What Trump's massive Epstein meltdown means

    Published: 18/07/2025
  2. 
Trump vs. the climate crisis – Denial, cuts and tragic consequences

    Published: 14/07/2025
  3. Why Elon Musk’s ‘America Party’ is doomed – plus, Grok goes full Nazi!

    Published: 11/07/2025
  4. Trump vs. Iran – Foreign policy led by extortion?

    Published: 07/07/2025
  5. The ugly truth behind Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill

    Published: 04/07/2025
  6. Inside America's "lawless" Supreme Court – with Leah Litman

    Published: 30/06/2025
  7. Zohran Mamdani: What his win means for Democrats

    Published: 27/06/2025
  8. Inside the Republican Party's long war on democracy

    Published: 23/06/2025
  9. Evil and weird – Trump's ten year review!

    Published: 20/06/2025
  10. Trump's lapdog – How Congress gave its power away

    Published: 16/06/2025
  11. Welcome to Trump’s police state

    Published: 13/06/2025
  12. Inside the LA protests: “This is a fight for survival”

    Published: 11/06/2025
  13. Why Trump wants the Los Angeles protests to boil over

    Published: 10/06/2025
  14. MAGA vs. the CIA and the FBI – How US intelligence works and why it matters

    Published: 09/06/2025
  15. Trump vs. Musk goes nuclear — The girls are fighting!

    Published: 06/06/2025
  16. Fox News: The Trump propaganda factory explained

    Published: 02/06/2025
  17. Elon Musk, we hardly knew ye – with special guest Molly Jong-Fast

    Published: 30/05/2025
  18. How Trump and RFK Jr. are risking a global health crisis

    Published: 27/05/2025
  19. The big Trump bill and the big Biden conspiracy theory!

    Published: 23/05/2025
  20. What does it take to fight back against Trump?

    Published: 19/05/2025

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Does what’s going on in American politics scare and bemuse you? Want to know what Trump is up to, without pulling your hair out? Then you need American Friction, the UK podcast about US politics – from the makers of Oh God, What Now? and The Bunker. Every Friday and Monday, we unpack the big issues, speak to leading experts and talk with blockbuster commentators from the United States to explain the latest news and the big issues with hosts Jacob Jarvis (ex-Newsweek), Chris Jones (Podmasters) and Nikki McCann Ramirez (Politics Reporter at Rolling Stone). Support us on Patreon, to get ad free and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/AmericanFriction    

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