Week 2 in 2ish min

Wading through the flood

American citizenship

Panama & imperialism

Media coverage of Trump

Melania, white women & Trump

We discuss US tariffs against its three largest trading partners, the political battle over who gets to be American, and Trump’s imperial ambitions.

On this episode of After America, Associate Professor Clare Corbould joins Dr Emma Shortis to discuss the relentlessness of the new Trump administration and the media coverage of his first two weeks in office.

This discussion was recorded on Friday 31 January 2025 and things may have changed since recording.

Order What's the Big Idea? 32 Big Ideas for a Better Australia now, via the Australia Institute website.

Guest: Clare Corbould, Associate Head of School, Research, Faculty of Arts and Education, Deakin University // @clarecorbould

Host: Emma Shortis, Director, International & Security Affairs, the Australia Institute // @EmmaShortis

Show notes:

Presidency Pending hosted by Clare Corbould and Zim Nwokora, Deakin University

Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalismby Yanis Varoufakis (September 2023)

Becoming African Americans: Black Public Life in Harlem, 1919–1939 by Clare Corbould (March 2009)

Theme music: Blue Dot Sessions

We’d love to hear your feedback on this series, so send in your questions, comments or suggestions for future episodes to podcasts@australiainstitute.org.au.

We discuss US tariffs against its three largest trading partners, the political battle over who gets to be American, and Trump&rsquo;s imperial ambitions.
On this episode of After America, Associate Professor Clare Corbould joins Dr Emma Shortis to discuss the relentlessness of the new Trump administration and the media coverage of his first two weeks in office.
This discussion was recorded on Friday 31 January 2025 and things may have changed since recording.
Order <a href="https://australiainstitute.org.au/store/Whats-the-Big-Idea-p697420081">What's the Big Idea? 32 Big Ideas for a Better Australia</a> now, via the Australia Institute website.
Guest: Clare Corbould, Associate Head of School, Research, Faculty of Arts and Education, Deakin University // <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/clarecorbould.bsky.social">@clarecorbould</a>
Host: Emma Shortis, Director, International &amp; Security Affairs, the Australia Institute // <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/emmashortis.bsky.social">@EmmaShortis</a>
Show notes:
<a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/58QS8TDKgE3CLc8lmr4O2Q?si=d4f2b8d6918a4af8">Presidency Pending</a> hosted by Clare Corbould and Zim Nwokora, Deakin University
<a href="https://www.penguin.com.au/books/technofeudalism-9781529926095">Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism</a> by Yanis Varoufakis (September 2023)
<a href="https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674032620">Becoming African Americans: Black Public Life in Harlem, 1919&ndash;1939</a> by Clare Corbould (March 2009)
Theme music: Blue Dot Sessions
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The United States we thought we knew is gone. And it isn’t coming back. 

Every week on After America, Dr Emma Shortis examines the second Trump presidency, what’s happening in global politics, and how Australia can help shape our rapidly changing world for the better. 

Presented by the Australia Institute.

The United States we thought we knew is gone. And it isn&rsquo;t coming back.&nbsp;
Every week on After America, Dr Emma Shortis examines the second Trump presidency, what&rsquo;s happening in global politics, and how Australia can help shape our rapidly changing world for the better.&nbsp;
Presented by the Australia Institute.

After America

We discuss US tariffs against its three largest trading partners, the political battle over who gets to be American, and Trump’s imperial ambitions.

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