Planet America (2025)
The Chaser's Chas Licciardello and the ABC's John Barron set out to discover the real America - its politics and its people - with US and Australian experts coming along for the ride.
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Episode 1 - Episode 1
Release Date: 2019-02-01Chas and John talk to Anthony Scaramucci (aka The Mooch) who has some advice for the President; a look at the first black woman to run a major presidential campaign plus what does Roger Stones indictment mean for Trump?
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Episode 2 - Episode 2
Release Date: 2019-02-08Congress contemplates a divided State of the Union, while race scandals and a sex scandal rock the extraordinary state of politics in Virginia. Plus a look back at how Jesse Jackson paved the way for Clinton and Obama.
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Episode 3 - Episode 3
Release Date: 2019-02-15A National Emergency and the President's latest bid to build that wall. The Democrats' Green New Deal: socialist utopia or a whole lot of nothing? Plus the challenge of fact-checking Trump's tweets.
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Episode 4 - Episode 4
Release Date: 2019-02-22Spotlight on 2020: will voters feel the Bern again? Former presidential frontrunner Howard Dean has some advice for the Democrats. And an update from America's most controversial prison.
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Episode 5 - Episode 5
Release Date: 2019-03-01This week; Fire and Fury Part 2? What's next after the Trump-Kim summit collapse in Hanoi? Also, a former fixer's revenge; is the President a crook? And a look back at the man who lent his name to Rockefeller Republicans.
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Episode 6 - Episode 6
Release Date: 2019-03-08Trumps former campaign manager ponders his future behind bars; the anti-Semitism claims that split House Democrats. As illegal immigration continues to surge, some tips on building 'that wall' from a border security expert.
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Episode 7 - Episode 7
Release Date: 2019-03-15Beto O'Rourke confirms he is running for Democratic nomination, joining a long list of diverse candidates. Plus a look back at the celebrity-turned President's uphill battle to win a second term.
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Episode 8 - Episode 8
Release Date: 2019-03-22The candidates lining up to take on Donald Trump in 2020; a chat with the White House Chief of Staff who lost his emails to Wikileaks (via Russia); plus a look back at JFK's complicated relationship with civil rights.
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Episode 9 - Episode 9
Release Date: 2019-03-29Trump celebrates as Mueller submits his report, but is this really all over? A look back at where it all began and what we still don't know. Plus Chas gets a grip on a yield curve and wonders what happened to Beto O'Rourke?
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Episode 10 - Episode 10
Release Date: 2019-04-05Presidential frontrunner Joe Biden faces his own #MeToo moment. Plus NATOs uncertain future in the era of Trump, and the battle to protect free speech on college campuses.
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Episode 11 - Episode 11
Release Date: 2019-04-12As the US awaits his extradition, what's next for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange? Also, did American intelligence agencies really spy on Donald Trump? And where did it all go wrong? A Deep Dive into the crisis in Venezuela.
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Episode 12 - Episode 12
Release Date: 2019-05-03Its game on as Bernie slips and Biden becomes frontrunner, but will the former VPs history work against him? Also, what's next after the Mueller report? Plus why Bill Barr is Trumps dream attorney general.
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Episode 13 - Episode 13
Release Date: 2019-05-10Taxing times for Donald Trump, did he lose $1 billion on purpose? Also, what next if Trump Jr defies his subpoena? Plus Biden is racing ahead in the polls, but will a family scandal come back to haunt him?
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Episode 14 - Episode 14
Release Date: 2019-05-17A trade war, an abortion ban and a possible war with Iran. John and Chas try to make sense of another week in Trumps America.
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Episode 15 - Episode 15
Release Date: 2019-05-24Breaking ranks with the President; is this the beginning of the end for Donald Trump? Has America descended into a land of partisan hacks? Plus the New Yorker everyone loves to hate.
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Episode 16 - Episode 16
Release Date: 2019-05-31Mueller breaks his silence but is 'Spygate' the real scandal? Also, Assange and the blueprint turning journalists into felons. And the rising star hoping to take on Trump in 2020.
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Episode 17 - Episode 17
Release Date: 2019-06-07Chas and John watch as the Trump circus descends on London. The clock is ticking on a new trade war, but is it also ticking on a real war? Also, Biden's change of heart on one of the most controversial issues in America.
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Episode 18 - Episode 18
Release Date: 2019-06-14Another Trump loyalist departs the White House. The polls are tightening, but is history repeating itself for a former VP? Plus have the Democrats really become a bunch of wild-eyed socialists?
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Episode 19 - Episode 19
Release Date: 2019-06-21Trump is running for re-election, but will Keeping America Great mean a war with Iran? Also, the police raid that changed the history of Americas Gay Rights Movement. Plus more controversy for Biden over his murky past.
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Episode 20 - Episode 20
Release Date: 2019-06-28In the final episode before a two week midyear break Chas and John cover the first Democratic Primary Debate and how the candidates stack up. Who is likely to emerge frontrunner for 2020? Plus the latest on Trump and Iran.
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Episode 21 - Episode 21
Release Date: 2019-07-19Chas and John return bringing you up to speed on Trump's America as a tweet becomes a rally chant. What's next for disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein? Plus 50 years on, a look back at two monumental events in US history.
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Episode 22 - Episode 22
Release Date: 2019-07-26A reluctant Robert Mueller gets a grilling but did we learn anything new? The gloves are off in the fight for the Democratic Presidential nomination, plus a warning from the past for Bernie Sanders.
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Episode 23 - Episode 23
Release Date: 2019-08-02Join Chas and John for a Planet America special on the top moments of this week's Democratic Presidential Debates. Guest and former presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich helps rate the winners and losers.
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Episode 24 - Episode 24
Release Date: 2019-08-09A nation mourns after two mass shootings, but is it fair to blame the President? Is the Second Amendment really what the founding fathers had in mind? Plus a former Presidential Candidate on when it's time to exit the race.
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Episode 25 - Episode 25
Release Date: 2019-08-16As conspiracy theories swirl over Jeffrey Epstein's death, is the net closing in on his associates? The household product that's been poisoning Americans for decades. A look at President Clinton's 1994 ban on assault weapons.
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Episode 26 - Episode 26
Release Date: 2019-08-23Trump eyes Greenland as the battle for Arctic real estate heats up. The Dems' polarising plans for the Supreme Court and the filibuster. Plus the quarter-century-old Crime Bill becoming a thorny issue in the run-up to 2020.
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Episode 27 - Episode 27
Release Date: 2019-08-30The Republican candidates taking on Trump in 2020, but do any of them stand a chance? The subversives fighting mass surveillance - are their fears justified? Plus an inconvenient truth: the sliding door of Al Gore.
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Episode 28 - Episode 28
Release Date: 2019-09-06The hurricane and #SharpieGate - why President "Weatherman-In-Chief" Trump is in the eye of the storm. The former FBI Director's awkward report card. Plus the 2020 Presidential hopefuls wrangle the politics of climate change.
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Episode 29 - Episode 29
Release Date: 2019-09-13Another big week in Trump's America. Democratic Presidential hopefuls face off on the debate stage, Trump sacks his third national security advisor John Bolton, Afghan peace talks collapse, plus an update on Sharpie-gate!
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Episode 30 - Episode 30
Release Date: 2019-09-20Whats killing America's vapers? Is Spygate bigger than Watergate? Plus why has Sean Spicer swapped the White House for neon-lime ruffles?
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Episode 31 - Episode 31
Release Date: 2019-09-27A whistleblower, an impeachment inquiry and one furious President. Is this the end of the road for Donald Trump? Plus Chas and John look at how the 2020 Presidential hopefuls are doing as another one drops out.
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Episode 32 - Episode 32
Release Date: 2019-10-04Chas and John speak with 'The Mooch' Anthony Scaramucci about Trump, impeachment and Rudy Giuliani. Plus why are we seeing more of Donald Trump than ever, despite the White House not holding official press briefings anymore.
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Episode 33 - Episode 33
Release Date: 2019-10-11Did the Democrats finally get their smoking gun or can the White House slow the march to impeachment? Trump's decision to pull troops from northern Syria, Fox ramps up attacks on Elizabeth Warren, plus Bernie's health scare.
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Episode 34 - Episode 34
Release Date: 2019-10-18Democrats take to the stage for the fourth debate. Chas and John look at how the Presidential hopefuls are shaping in the polls. Plus the White House in damage control, are the floodgates about to burst on Trump's presidency?
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Episode 35 - Episode 35
Release Date: 2019-10-25Explosive new testimony as the impeachment crisis deepens. Will 'black sheep' Hunter Biden's past threaten his father's campaign? We chat with the first black female Republican elected to Congress. Plus the return of Hillary?
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Episode 36 - Episode 36
Release Date: 2019-11-01More damaging testimony for Trump as the impeachment inquiry steps up. It's getting serious for 2020 Democrats as they head to Iowa. Plus melting ice ups the ante in Trump's battle over untapped resources in the Arctic.
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Episode 37 - Episode 37
Release Date: 2019-11-08Evidence of a Trump quid pro quo continues to mount with a key witness dramatically changing his story. Beto O'Rourke bows out while Biden is sliding. Plus why the end of the Open Skies Treaty could be a danger for us all.
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Episode 38 - Episode 38
Release Date: 2019-11-15Another bombshell revelation as impeachment hearings go public and Republicans plot their strategy. Plus the circus trial of Trump fixer Roger Stone. Another Democrat joins the race for the White House - will Hillary be next?
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Episode 39 - Episode 39
Release Date: 2019-11-22The most talked-about Quid Pro Quo ever; the Ambassador who dropped the bombshell; can Mayor Pete sustain his Iowa bounce? Plus trouble ahead in the race for the White House: can Democrats pull themselves up in time for 2020?
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Episode 40 - Episode 40
Release Date: 2019-11-29The rise of Pete Buttigieg; Michael Bloomberg's impact on the 2020 race; the CIA's top Russia expert warns America might be stumbling towards World War III; the President at war with Navy top brass; an update on Trump's Wall.
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Episode 41 - Episode 41
Release Date: 2019-12-06Chas & John speak with Wikileaks Editor-In-Chief Kristinn Hrafnsson about Julian Assange's future. Kamala drops out of the 2020 race, the latest on impeachment, Trump's UK trip plus a look at the Rat Pack's role in elections.
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Episode 42 - Episode 42
Release Date: 2019-12-13The impeachment of President Donald Trump is marching steadily forward.. but is it a waste of time? What will it mean for the Democrats' hopes of winning back the White House? Join John and Chas for the final show of 2019.