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Americanswers: Trump Diplomacy, NPR and How Do Algorithms REALLY work?

Published: April 8, 2024, 9:37 p.m.

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Americanswers is back!

In the latest edition of Americanswers, Miles Taylor and Katie Hill join us once more to answer your questions.

This week we look at some challenges from listeners about the evidence of social media\\u2019s polarising effect in the US, and whether we do enough to hear from Donald Trump\\u2019s supporters.

We also look at the foreign policy record of the former president as we assess whether the US was safer under his watch.

HOSTS: \\n\\u2022 Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter \\n\\u2022 Marianna Spring, disinformation and social media correspondent

GUESTS: \\n\\u2022 Miles Taylor, former chief of staff at Department for Homeland Security\\n\\u2022 Katie Hill, former Democratic congresswoman

GET IN TOUCH: \\n\\u2022 Join our online community: https://discord.gg/qSrxqNcmRB \\n\\u2022 Send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 9480\\n\\u2022 Email Americast@bbc.co.uk\\n\\u2022 Or use #Americast

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This episode was made by George Dabby with Catherine Fusillo, Claire Betzer and Natasha Mayo. The technical producer was Hannah Montgomery. The series producer is George Dabby. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.

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