Americano

This week Freddy speaks to Madeleine Kearns, staff writer at the National Review, about President Joe Biden’s decree that cannabis possession should no longer be a federal crime. Is this a vote winner or will the decision end in disaster?

Freddy speaks to journalist and political analyst Sean Trende about what we can expect from the November midterms. Is there a red wave incoming? Or will the Democrats do better than expected?

Freddy Gray speaks to Nicholas Eberstadt, author of Men Without Work, about why, despite good employment figures, American men aren’t working in the same way they used to.

On Tuesday Liz Cheney lost the Republican nomination for Wyoming’s House seat to the Trump-backed candidate Harriet Hageman. Freddy Gray is joined by the author and journalist James Pogue to discuss the impact of the result.

Freddy Gray speaks to Amber Athey about Monday’s FBI raid at Mar-a-Lago, and Donald Trump’s subsequent release of a video that looks suspiciously like a prelude to a campaign in 2024.

Freddy Gray speaks with Jacob Heilbrunn, editor of the National Interest, ahead of Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. They discuss if this is a turning point in US relations with Taiwan, whether we are heading for World War Three, or if Pelosi is calling China’s bluff.

Freddy Gray speaks to Sergey Radchenko a Cold War historian and Wilson E. Schmidt distinguished professor at the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and visiting professor at Cardiff University. They discuss a recent speech by Henry Kissinger who believes that Ukraine should made territorial concessions to…

Freddy Gray speaks to the Republican strategist Luke Thompson, discussing the nail-biting race between Pennsylvania’s candidates for the US Senate, featuring Trump-backed candidate Dr. Oz.

Freddy Gray speaks to Kat Rosenfield, the author and UnHerd columnist, about Elon Musk’s proposal to buy a controlling stake in the social media giant. Rosenfield’s latest book, No One Will Miss Her, is published by HarperCollins and is available to buy now.

A recent poll showed that if a general election was to be held today between Trump and Biden, the 45th president would be successful in winning back the White House. But what is it, in just over a year, that has led to such a flip? Freddy talks with Trump spokesman Liz Harrington on Trump’s…

Freddy talks to Anatoly Karlin, author of the Powerful Takes Substack. Speaking from Moscow, Anatoly discloses the extent of support for anti-war protests in Russia and the role of the US in inciting nationalism in Ukraine.

Freddy Gray talks to Guy Clapperton, the tech journalist and host of the Near-Futurist podcast about the recent collapse in Facebook’s share price, and the social media giant’s prospects long-term.

On Spectator TV last week Freddy Gray interviewed the Fox News host Tucker Carlson on what role the US should play in the Russia/Ukraine conflict. Here is the full unedited conversation. ‘Western European nations — which I think we at this point can trust to have weapons — should defend themselves. I mean, that’s the…

Freddy Gray and Lionel Shriver discuss Joe Biden’s first year at the helm of the United States, and whether he is capable of tackling the challenges poised by Vladimir Putin, rampant inflation and his own capacity for gaffes.

Freddy Gray talks to Maureen Callahan of the New York Post about the runners and riders for the 2024 presidential election, including if her prediction of a Trump/Clinton rematch will come true.

2022 has only just begun but a lot of minds in American politics are already looking towards the next presidential election in 2024. For the Republicans, the big question is: will Donald Trump be their nominee? If he isn’t, who will fill that very large hole? Freddy Gray sits down with the editor of Modern…

It’s been one year since a large number of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol building in Washington, DC to try and prevent the certification of the 2020 presidential election. There are still many questions surrounding that infamous day. To look for some answers Freddy Gray talks with John Daniel Davidson, a senior editor at the…

Douglas Murray joins Freddy Gray for a look back at yet another tumultuous year in American politics. They discuss the irreconcilable divide between left and right, the origins of Covid-19, the war in Afghanistan, the fallout from the 2020 election and much more, including the temptations of a bottle of Glenmorangie whiskey.

The trial of Ghislaine Maxwell has gripped the world, a woman accused of truly horrendous crimes. But have we as a society thrown out the cardinal rule of innocent until proven guilty? Freddy Gray sits down with her brother Ian Maxwell who believes that her treatment pre-trial has been nothing short of torturous.

Freddy Gray speaks to New York Post columnist Miranda Devine about her new book Laptop from Hell, which details the bizarre story infamously suppressed on social media platforms during the 2020 presidential election.

Freddy Gray talks to Mark P. Mills, the energy and tech expert at the Manhattan Institute think tank about his new book The Cloud Revolution.

Freddy Gray talks to Pano Kanelos, the president of the newly announced University of Austin, about what his project is hoping to achieve.

Freddy Gray talks to Michael Wolff about his latest book Too Famous and looks back at how the quest for fame has affected politics over the last two decades.

Freddy Gray talks to Washington editor Amber Athey and US managing editor Matt McDonald about the results of the race for the governorship of Virginia and more.

Freddy Gray talks to Ben Schreckinger, political correspondent at Politico, about his new book, The Bidens: Inside the First Family’s Fifty-Year Rise to Power.

Freddy Gray talks to the academic Victor Davis Hanson about his latest book The Dying Citizen: How Progressive Elites, Tribalism and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America.

Freddy Gray talks to Rebecca Nagle, host of the This Land podcast, about issues affecting Native Americans, including a potentially seismic Supreme Court case on adoption.

On the 15th anniversary of Wikileaks, Freddy Gray speaks to its editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson about the recent Yahoo article that exposed the fact that the Trump administration along with the CIA was working on plans to either kidnap or kill Julian Assange while he was still in hiding at the Ecuadorian embassy in London.

Freddy Gray speaks to The Spectator‘s economics editor Kate Andrews about President Biden’s infrastructure bill and the US debt ceiling.

President Biden has spent the week meeting with foreign leaders including UK prime minister Boris Johnson. Now, the number of people starting to speculate about the state Joe Biden’s health is growing. Freddy Gray sits down with Amber Athey, the Washington editor for The Spectator to discuss where the cracks are beginning to show and…

Freddy Gray sits down with The Spectator‘s economics editor Kate Andrews to discuss the American economy. During the pandemic, inflation grew rapidly — but the latest reports show that it is on its way down again. Is this just a dip before another spike? And is the Met Gala the right venue for championing the poor?

Conservatives often feel in the minority on social media. New social media platforms are beginning to emerge, however, that say they can better protect free speech online. Freddy Gray speaks to Jason Miller, CEO of the new social media platform Gettr, about what needs to be done differently, whether it’s possible to get a diversity…

Joe Biden’s approval rating has dropped to 39 percent, as he suffers from the botched withdrawal from Afghanistan, an ongoing crisis at the border with Mexico, and rising COVID cases. Is it a short term dip, could Biden’s pandemic response wipe out the Democrats in the midterms, and will the 78-year-old still be president in…

With Texas’s controversial new ‘heartbeat’ law seemingly left unchallenged by the Supreme Court, the abortion debate is heating up yet again. Will this success lead the pro-life movement to attempt to get similar laws on the books in other states? Freddy Gray talks to Mairead Elordi, an investigative journalist for the Daily Wire.

Freddy Gray speaks to Vanity Fair investigative journalist and contributing editor Katherine Eban about the classified report into the possibility that COVID-19 escaped from a Chinese laboratory. An edited version of the report is expected to be released publicly next week.

With Kabul now taken back by the Taliban and the Americans in full retreat after two decades of war, what will the US learn from this catastrophe, if anything? Freddy Gray talks to Andrew Bacevich, author of After the Apocalypse: America’s Role in a World Transformed, about the goals not met, allies abandoned and lives lost.

Andrew Cuomo has resigned as governor of New York after an inquiry found he sexually harassed multiple women. Why was the governor so loved by Democrats, should he really have resigned over the state’s care homes scandal, and might we soon see him as a CNN contributor? Freddy Gray speaks to Spectator contributor and radio…

Freddy’s guest on this week’s episode is the famed journalist Michael Wolff, author of three books on Donald Trump — the bestseller Fire and Fury, its very popular follow-up Siege and the latest, Landslide. The final in the trilogy tells the story of the last days of the Trump presidency, including the 2020 election — one that…

President Biden’s chief of staff, Ron Klain is set to have a large bash for his 60th with a whopping guest list of the rich and powerful, a list he has been developing since the Clinton administration. But who is the real Ron? A kind caretaker sharing the burden to aid his elderly president —…

American troops have all but left Afghanistan, months ahead of their September 11 deadline. The country looks ready to fall into a full-scale civil war, with the Taliban overrunning government forces and seeing off local pockets of resistance. Will Biden keep America out, and will he walk away from Iraq too? Freddy Gray speaks to…

Freddy Gray speaks to journalist and author George Packer about the thesis of his latest book Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal.

From jabs for joints, to peer pressure in schools, to free lap dances, it seems the power that be are getting more and more aggressive in their mission of getting everyone jabbed as quickly as possible. To discuss this unprecedented vaccination campaign Freddy Gray talks to author of A State of Fear: How the UK Government…

Freddy Gray talks to The Spectator‘s Russia correspondent Owen Matthews about relations between the two presidents.

With Professor Michael Lind, author of The New Class War: Saving Democracy from the Managerial Elite.

What was once dismissed by the mainstream media as a right wing conspiracy theory, seems to have made its transition, into credible possibility. It now seems very plausible that COVID came from a Chinese lab. But will we ever know for sure? And even if we did, what would we do about it? Freddy Gray…

Joe Biden faces a number of challenges both foreign and domestic. While the press have given him an easy time so far, there are signs that they are on the turn. Freddy Gray talks to Christopher Caldwell.

Apart from former nominee-candidate Andrew Yang, the Democratic party has remained relatively quiet about the latest escalations in Israel and Gaza. Why won’t the party comment? Freddy Gray talks to Dominic Green.

They saved her once, but it seems that the Congressional Republicans’ patience with Rep. Liz Cheney has run out. The founder of the GOP said ‘a house divided cannot stand’, but maybe it’s not a divided as the media makes it out. Freddy Gray speaks to Grace Curley, host of The Grace Curley Show.

What’s wrong with American media? The Sunday Times of London’s Josh Glancy, formerly Washington correspondent at the newspaper, joins Freddy Gray to discuss the how the last five years have changed the institution.

The Biden administration has announced that it will hike the highest rate of income tax and almost double capital gains tax to pay for its enormous spending plans. But will they stop there, or are more taxes on the less well off coming down the line? Freddy Gray speaks to Kate Andrews.

Derek Chauvin, the former police officer who knelt on George Floyd’s neck, is currently on trial in Minneapolis. Will the city stay peaceful when the verdict is delivered, do violent viral videos do more harm than good — and should the country’s political leaders call for order? Freddy Gray speaks to Scott Johnson, a lawyer…

Vaccine passports seem all but inevitable in the UK and parts of the US. While some are relatively relaxed about the prospects of a de facto bio-security ID card, others are not. US Spectator contributing editor and host of Dumpster Fire Bridget Phetasy is one of them, and on this episode tells Freddy Gray why she hates…

On Tuesday, the New York Times reported that congressman Matt Gaetz is being investigated over whether he had sex with a 17-year-old and paid for her to travel with him. Freddy Gray speaks to Roger Stone, former adviser to Donald Trump and a friend of Gaetz, about the story.

Young people are now more likely to consume marijuana than smoke tobacco. Is weed just a benign stimulant, or is Big Dope pushing a drug that could lead to a schizophrenia epidemic? Freddy Gray speaks to Madeleine Kearns, staff writer at National Review and the author of the cover piece in the new US edition of The Spectator.

A piece of digital art by the illustrator Beeple has sold for $69 million. Is it worth the cash, or just a picture on a screen? Freddy Gray talks to Nima Sagharchi, director of Middle Eastern, Islamic and South Asian art at Bonhams auctioneers.

In the wake of the Atlanta shootings, Freddy Gray talks to Andy Ngo, author of Unmasked: Inside Antifa’s Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy about Ngo’s experiences of racism as an Asian-American and what’s behind the rise in violence against the group.

With historian Michael R. Auslin, the Payson J. Treat Distinguished Research Fellow in Contemporary Asia at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.

Freddy Gray talks to historian Patrick Allitt, the Cahoon Family Professor of American History at Emory University, about how much the Harry and Meghan interview has really cut through to the American public.

Freddy Gray talks to National Review and Fox columnist John Fund about the Democrat HR 1 bill on voting practices. Will it pass? Could it be an existential threat to American democracy?

In the first public appearance since Biden’s inauguration, Donald Trump has spoken to CPAC, the annual conservative conference. Freddy Gray reviews his speech with Kate Andrews.

Freddy Gray, Amber Athey and Matt McDonald discuss 2021’s Conservative Political Action Conference in Florida, ahead of Donald Trump’s appearance.

The golden child of pandemic politicians seems to have lost his shine. Matt McDonald, the US managing editor of The Spectator, speaks to Janice Dean, senior meteorologist at Fox News and author of Make Your Own Sunshine about how the crisis in New York’s care homes ruined Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s reputation.

Freddy Gray talks to Republican political consultant Luke Thompson about the demise of the Lincoln Project, the political action committee set up to oppose Donald Trump’s reelection.

Freddy Gray talks to Joe Weisenthal, co-host of the Odd Lots podcast and presenter of What’d You Miss on Bloomberg TV, about the GameStop short squeeze. Where did r/wallstreetbets start, have they revolutionized the stock market, and do they know what they’re doing?

Has Joe Biden done as much in his first days as he said he would? Freddy Gray talks to Jacob Heilbrunn about the Trump policies that Biden is keeping, and the ones that he’s already swept away.

Douglas Murray, the author of The Madness of Crowds, joins the last Americano of the year. On the episode, he and Freddy chat through the most important trends and events of the year, from China and the pandemic, to whether or not ‘neocon’ is still a usable term.

As the Electoral College confirms Joe Biden’s victory, Freddy Gray talks to Jacob Heilbrunn, editor of The National Interest, about whether or not the president-elect, with his centrist appeal, is really a ‘DINO’ – ‘Democrat In Name Only’.

From Brett Kavanaugh to Joe Biden, American politics too often seems to be a display of emotions rather than policies. On the podcast, Freddy Gray talks to political analyst Thomas Frank, author of The People, No: A Brief History of Anti-Populism.

Joe Biden’s supporters say he will restore America’s standing in the world, but with his foreign policy team looking like an Obama-era reunion, will the country simply become more interventionist? Freddy Gray speaks to Kelley Beaucar Vlahos, senior adviser at the Quincy Institute, about whether a Biden presidency will mean more wars.

With essayist Mary Eberstadt, whose recent article for First Things argued that the riots in the wake of George Floyd’s killing come down to the sexual revolution and fatherlessness.

Was support from social and legacy media the reason why Joe Biden won?