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Spectator contributor Lionel Shriver declares she is America’s “last undecided voter.” Why? Is it the candidates’ characters that put her off voting for them, or the policies they represent? Lionel joins guest host Kate Andrews to discuss further. 

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US politics and analysis, delivering in-depth discussions with the best American pundits. Presented by Freddy Gray.

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  • Spectator contributor Lionel Shriver declares she is America’s “last undecided voter.” Why? Is it the candidates’ characters that put her off voting for them, or the policies they represent? Lionel joins guest host Kate Andrews to discuss further. 
  • As we get closer to the election, Kate Andrews, The Spectator‘s economics editor, joins Freddy Gray to host Americano. On this episode, she speaks to Megan McArdle, columnist at the Washington Post. They discuss why Donald Trump and Kamala Harris aren’t campaigning in swing states, and why it’s so difficult to predict the election result.
  • In this special live edition of Americano, Freddy Gray chairs a panel discussion with The Spectator’s Kate Andrews, the Telegraph’s Tim Stanley and pollster James Kanagasooriam on the upcoming US election. He’s then joined by Nigel Farage, Member of Parliament for Clacton, leader of Reform UK and friend of Donald Trump, to unpack how the presidential … Read more
  • Keir Starmer can’t even fly to Samoa without another international British embarrassment breaking out. The latest is an angry accusation from Donald Trump’s campaign that Labour is committing the crime of “election interference” in the United States. “The British are coming!” screamed a typically camp Trump-Vance official press release last night. The campaign denounced Britain’s … Read more
  • To discuss whether the Electoral College is out of date and in need of reform, Freddy Gray is joined by Michael Kazin — a professor of history at Georgetown University and emeritus coeditor of Dissent. His most recent book, What It Took to Win: A History of the Democratic Party, has just been released in paperback.