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!
• Friday 7:30pm, on ABC News 24
• Saturday 10:30pm on ABC News 24
• Sunday 4:30pm and 12:30am on ABC News 24
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On this episode of Planet America, Professor Ed Blakely on the recovery effort following the Oklahoma tornado and Barack Obama’s Chief Digital Strategist Joe Rospars.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, storm-disaster, united-states, australia
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On this episode of Planet America, Bill Clinton’s former Labor Secretary Robert Reich on whether Hillary is running in 2016 and former Labor Senator Stephen Loosley joins John and Chas at the roundish table.
Topics: government-and-politics, world-politics, united-states
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A look at the influence of lobbyists over American politics; from healthcare to gun control, who really pulls the strings?
Topics: world-politics, activism-and-lobbying, united-states
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On this episode of Planet America, John Barron is joined by political scientist and expert number cruncher Simon Jackman and we meet the Las Vegas man heading the push to have a mountain named after Ronald Reagan.
Topics: government-and-politics, united-states
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On this episode of Planet America, the lessons learnt from the Boston bombings and the view from America’s police about gun laws.
Topics: government-and-politics, disasters-and-accidents, australia
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As politicians in the United States grapple with the issue of gun control, Planet America examines America's long-term love affair with firearms.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, united-states
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On Planet America, Chas and John speak to the former presidential counter-terrorism adviser, Richard Clarke.
Topics: government-and-politics, australia, united-states
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On this episode of Planet America, Chas and John talk to a former FBI agent who went undercover in American Neo-Nazi gangs and they take a look at the limits on presidential power.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, law-crime-and-justice, australia
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On Planet America, what the 2012 presidential campaign revealed about the state of the news media and the BBC's Nick Bryant talks immigration reform.
Topics: government-and-politics, information-and-communication, australia
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In this episode of Planet America, we take a look at the gay marriage case before the US Supreme Court, and discuss religion in America ahead of Easter.
Topics: government-and-politics, united-states
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On this episode of Planet America, we preview Barack Obama’s first trip to Israel as US president and ten years on from the Iraq War.
Topics: government-and-politics, political-parties, world-politics, australia
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In this episode, calls for a halt to drilling for new gas wells in the US as new research casts doubt over its environmental benefits, and Senator Rand Paul filibusters the confirmation of John Brennan as the next head of the CIA.
Topics: government-and-politics, environment, united-states, australia
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This week, Barack Obama's internet advertising guru Andrew Bleeker on how the web helped win the White House and Chas and John attempt to explain the sequester using a plate of french fries.
Topics: government-and-politics, us-elections, obama-barack, business-economics-and-finance, australia, united-states
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On this week's episode of Planet America, an anti-gun lawyer who's also anti-gun control laws, and the inability of the states to reach a deal on deficit reduction.
Topics: world-politics, australia
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In this episode, former presidential speechwriter James Fallows on the State of the Union and Barack Obama's second term agenda.
Topics: government-and-politics, information-and-communication, united-states, australia
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