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Planet America's Fireside Chat

Rating:3.5 of 5Total number of episodes:16Last broadcast:22/05/2020 at 20:15
May 2020
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Season 2020, Episode 16

4.0 2 x
America prepares for a summer like no other. The nation reopens ready or not, with employees back at work, business opening and sport restarting. How will President Trump's handling of the pandemic affect the election?
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Season 2020, Episode 15

3.0 2 x
Join Chas and John for a fireside chat, where they'll break down everything you need to know about the personality, policy and political news in America in the 2020 Presidential campaign year.
45:00

Season 2020, Episode 14

3.0 5 x
Join Chas and John for a fireside chat, where they'll break down everything you need to know about the personality, policy and political news in America in the 2020 Presidential campaign year.
45:00

Season 2020, Episode 13

4.0 1 x
The US death toll from COVID-19 now exceeds losses during the Vietnam War. America's economy suffers its worst slump since the GFC. Plus promising signs as an ebola drug found it might speed up recovery from coronavirus.
April 2020
45:00

Season 2020, Episode 12

3.0 6 x
After two weeks off, Chas and John are back fireside to pour over America's COVID-19 response. Has this once-in-a-century emergency changed the nation forever? Will Trump's handling of the crisis see Biden elected in Nov?
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Season 2020, Episode 11

3.0 3 x
Three-quarters of Americans now living under strict stay-at home orders as the peak of the COVID-19 virus due in the next two weeks. Trump accuses China of misleading the world by under-reporting early Coronavirus cases.
March 2020
43:00

Season 2020, Episode 10

3.0 8 x
Public health experts and medical professionals question Trump's deadline to reopen the US by Easter with doubts they can shake off the virus so soon. Desperate measures as personal protective equipment in short supply.
43:00

Season 2020, Episode 9

4.0 3 x
Cheques in the mail? The 'war-time' President asks Congress for a trillion dollar stimulus package. America in 15 day lockdown as Bernie reassesses his campaign after three bruising primary losses give Biden a big lead.
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Season 2020, Episode 8

4.0 2 x
Joe Biden extends his delegate lead with wins in working class Michigan, Mississippi in the south and the midwestern state of Missouri. Chas and John look at the state of the race and is Bernie's window closing fast?
43:00

Season 2020, Episode 7

3.0 3 x
What a week in US Politics: 7 days ago Biden was in trouble headed into South Carolina. After a thumping win there he followed up with success on Super Tuesday and saw rivals Buttigieg, Klobuchar and Bloomberg drop out.
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