Planet America S12E10 · Fireside Chat (13/10/2023)

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Israel-Gaza War: unpacking the politics as Joe Biden's foreign policy is put to the test. Plus chaos in the House as Republicans scramble to find a speaker, and could another Kennedy upend the presidential election?

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1. 1 1. Fireside Chat (4/8/2023)2023-08-04 · 50mIs Trump heading for the White House or the Big House? Will mounting legal woes dent his status as Republican frontrunner? Plus the struggles and scandals of Hunter Biden and a che
2. 2 2. Fireside Chat (11/8/2023)2023-08-11 · 50mAmerica's economy is taking off, but Joe Biden isn't getting the credit. Who else is running for President in 2024? Plus Ohio's win for abortion rights, Trump's lead in the polls a
3. 3 3. Fireside Chat (18/8/2023)2023-08-18 · 50mIs the Georgia indictment the most perilous threat to Trump? Plus the special counsel probe into Hunter Biden, the anniversary of America's chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan and
4. 4 4. Fireside Chat (25/8/2023)2023-08-25 · 50mStumped by Trump? Republican presidential candidates spar on the debate stage and a former president surrenders to police. Chas and John break down the winners, losers, and prisone
5. 5 5. Fireside Chat (1/9/2023)2023-09-01 · 50mCould America's deadliest wildfires in a century have been prevented? Plus tracking Trump's trials, the presidential candidate who's already called it quits and the final verdict:
6. 6 6. Fireside Chat (8/9/2023)2023-09-08 · 50m'Act of terrorism': the Proud Boys go to jail, so will Trump be next? We ask special guest and Trump 2020 challenger Bill Weld. Reagan's lessons for Biden, America's plan to cut dr
7. 7 7. Fireside Chat (15/9/2023)2023-09-15 · 48mPayback time for Donald Trump as Republicans launch an impeachment inquiry into President Biden. Plus 50 years after backing a coup in Chile, has America learned its lesson? Chas a
8. 8 8. Fireside Chat (22/9/2023)2023-09-22 · 50mWhy America is unprepared for war. Defence expert Kori Schake explains Washington's cluster bomb of risk. Plus as another GOP debate looms without Trump, we ask past presidential c
9. 9 9. Fireside Chat (29/9/2023)2023-09-29 · 45mTrump looms large at the Republican debate, despite being a no-show. Ron Reagan Jr on what his Dad would think of today's GOP, chaos and desperation at the southern border plus sca
10. 10 10. Fireside Chat (13/10/2023)2023-10-13 · 45mIsrael-Gaza War: unpacking the politics as Joe Biden's foreign policy is put to the test. Plus chaos in the House as Republicans scramble to find a speaker, and could another Kenne
11. 11 11. Fireside Chat (20/10/2023)2023-10-20 · 45mPresident Joe Biden seeks billions for Israel and Ukraine in a rare Oval Office address. Plus the frontrunners who fizzled in the race for the White House, and still no speaker as
12. 12 12. Wednesday 25/10/20232023-11-10 · 30mChaos in Congress - Congressman Ro Khanna on the speaker paralysis. Trump's National Security Advisor John Bolton on why his old boss is unfit for office. What do Americans think o
13. 13 13. Fireside Chat (27/10/2023)2023-10-27 · 45mAn end to the Speaker standoff in Congress as Trump ally Mike Johnson gets elected. Guest Michael O'Hanlon on the next phase of the Israel-Gaza war. Could presidential candidate Co
14. 14 14. Wednesday 1/11/20232023-11-01 · 30mCornel West on why he's running for president, even if it risks putting Trump back in the White House. The latest dropouts in the election campaign, and why House Speaker 'Maga Mik
15. 15 15. Fireside Chat (3/11/2023)2023-11-03 · 45mJust one year to go until America elects a new president, Politico's Ryan Lizza has the latest on the 2024 campaign. More from presidential candidate Cornel West and what he thinks
16. 16 16. Wednesday 8/11/20232023-11-08 · 30mTrump comes out swinging after his day in court. Biden faces calls to not seek re-election. Why the Middle East crisis is sparking division among Democrats. Plus Chas and John look
17. 17 17. Fireside Chat (10/11/2023)2023-11-10 · 45mRepublican candidates clash in another Trumpless debate, while Democrats are boosted in state elections where abortion and marijuana are on the ballot. Republican stalwarts Liz Mai
18. 18 18. Wednesday 15/11/20232023-11-15 · 30mTensions flare as the House passes a bill to avoid a government shutdown. Plus while Trump appears to take inspiration from fascists, another Republican presidential hopeful bites
19. 19 19. Fireside Chat (17/11/2023)2023-11-17 · 45mWhat's driving the increasing polarization in Congress? Political scientist Lee Drutman has some theories. Plus author McKay Coppins joins us to discuss the juiciest revelations fr
20. 20 20. Wednesday 22/11/20232023-11-22 · 30mOn the 60th Anniversary of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Chas and John ask veteran newsman Darwin Payne what it was like to cover the biggest story of his generat
21. 21 21. Fireside Chat (24/11/2023)2023-11-24 · 45mWas JFK overrated? Author/journalist Nick Bryant and veteran Democrat strategist Bob Shrum join Chas and John to talk Kennedys, conspiracies and what might have been.
22. 22 22. Wednesday 29/11/20232023-11-29 · 30mGaza's fragile truce, how Nikki Haley got Don worried and why Fox News invented a terrorist attack.
23. 23 23. Fireside Chat (1/12/2023)2023-12-01 · 55mDeath of a statesman: a look back at Kissinger's blood-stained legacy. Plus eyes in the sky - the secret in-flight mission to spy on travellers and also Chas and John debunk Trump'
24. 24 24. Wednesday 6/12/20232023-12-06 · 30mChas and John bid a fond farewell to disgraced Congressman George Santos and talk to one of America's top pollsters Celinda Lake about President Joe Biden's sagging polls.
25. 25 25. Fireside Chat (8/12/2023)2023-12-08 · 45mSwings and misses but who was the winner? Republican strategist Ford O'Connell on the good, bad and ugly of the Fourth GOP debate. The clock ticks down on aid for Ukraine, plus Tru
26. 26 26. Wednesday 13/12/20232023-12-13 · 30mUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's desperate day in Washington, Hunter Biden's X-Rated expenses, plus the latest on the race to the White House and Donald Trump's race to th
27. 27 27. Fireside Chat (15/12/2023)2023-12-15 · 50mChas, John and politics guru Bill Wyman join former Watergate prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks on the trials of Trump, writer Peter Beinart on the campus free speech controversy and stra