The church of Trump with Don Watson

Author and former speechwriter Don Watson joins us to discuss political violence, America’s deep divisions and whether Kamala Harris can turn the country around. Don Watson joins Dr Emma Shortis on this episode of After America to discuss the cult-like support Donald Trump has manufactured, the “m…

Ready or not: will Americans elect their country’s first Black woman president?

We discuss race in the presidential campaign and the fallout from the debate with Terri Givens,Professor of Race, Ethnicity and Politics at the University of British Columbia. Professor Terri Givens joins Dr Emma Shortis on this episode of After America to discuss race in American politics and whe…

Trump's debate dog whistle and Swift endorsement | DEBATE SPECIAL

Nick Bryant and Emma Shortis discuss the presidential debate and the state of the race on this bonus episode. On this bonus After America, Nick Bryant, acclaimed author of The Forever War: America’s Unending Conflict with Itself and former BBC journalist, joins Dr Emma Shortis to reflect on the Ha…

Jobs for the boys

We discuss Trump’s pinky promise to Elon and RFK Jr and Albo’s ‘hot mic moment’ in Tonga. On this episode of After America, Dr Emma Shortis and Alice Grundy reflect on the presidential campaign so far and on the dynamics of the Australia-United States relationship ahead of the third anniversary of…

Middle, middle, middle class: Harris' pitch to the heartland

Greg Jericho, Australia Institute Chief Economist, joins us to examine the Harris-Walz economic agenda. Republicans have tried to pin the Vice-President as ‘Comrade Kamala’, but are her economic policies all that radical? On this special After America and Dollars & Sense crossover episode, Dr Emma…

Dems do the business at the DNC

The Democrats leave their convention on a high note while Trump struggles to get an insult to stick. ABC journalist and podcaster Matthew Bevan joins Dr Emma Shortis on this After America to discuss the Democratic National Convention and Trump’s to set the agenda. This discussion was recorded on …

Sweet home, Chicago

The Democratic National Convention has landed in Chicago, Illinois. Will Kamala Harris be able to build on her campaign’s momentum or will the Republican ticket be able to stem the tide? On this episode of After America, political scientist Associate Professor Zim Nwokora joins Dr Emma Shortis to…

The enragement machine with Joseph Stiglitz and Malcolm Turnbull

Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull and Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz join us to discuss the presidential election, the AUKUS deal and the right-wing media machine. On this special episode of After America, recorded live at the State Library of New South Wales, Dr Emma Shortis i…

Runnin' the world

We examine what Kamala Harris’ foreign policy might look like, Biden’s international legacy and the implications of a second Trump term for global security. Washington DC-based international policy expert Dr Nancy Okail joins Dr Emma Shortis on this episode of After America to discuss America’s re…

A femininomenon? Kamala and reproductive rights in a transformed campaign

After a wild couple of weeks in the election, we discuss the emergence of Kamala Harris as the presumptive Democratic nominee and the place of reproductive rights in the campaign. Historian Dr Prudence Flowers joins Dr Emma Shortis to discuss the politics of reproductive rights in American politic…