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Searching for America with Robyn Curnow

Robyn Curnow, Bleav

Why is America the way it is? That"s the question we seek to answer in Searching for America, hosted by award-winning foreign correspondent, Robyn Curnow. As a South African living in Atlanta, Georgia, Robyn is on a quest to understand her neighbours, her community, and her adoptive nation. Join Robyn as she dives into everything from Dolly Parton to Halloween and political homelessness, hoping to understand the impossible large puzzle of America by putting together its pieces.

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00:13:42

What next, 'Merica? | Robyn Curnow

Searching for America with Robyn Curnow ·

2024/11/13

The electoral map is red, red, red. Across America, folks decided that they preferred Donald Trump to Kamala Harris. Why did the Democrats lose so badly? How did Trump get such a wide, and deep, mandate from the American public?A South African living in the American South, Robyn Curnow brings her outsider perspective to the conversation about why Trump won (which did not surprise her in the least.) She argues it's wrong to suggest that more than half of Americans have been brainwashed by rightwing

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00:17:26

Duh, Why Trump won | Robyn Curnow

Searching for America with Robyn Curnow ·

2024/11/07

As Donald Trump prepares to take control again - with a huge mandate from the American public - Robyn Curnow unpacks the result with her frank outsider perspective. While she's spent time trying to understand why so many of her neighbors voted for Trump, she is also clear that this is not a race the Democrats should have lost. Why? Joe Biden made a decision to run for a second term. If he had not, would things be very different

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00:13:03

The Here Be Dragons Election | Robyn Curnow and guests

Searching for America with Robyn Curnow ·

2024/11/04

Early European map makers drew dragons and wrote ‘Here Be Dragons’ on areas of the world that were still undiscovered or unknown. It is an HBD week in America. We are about to sail into uncharted waters, and it’s totally and utterly unclear what the waves will reveal after the election. In the first ten episodes of Searching for America, Robyn Curnow asked her guests to give her three words to describe America. Three words only. In this special election episode she piles all the words together and

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00:14:58

An election scarier than Halloween | Ben Jealous

Searching for America with Robyn Curnow ·

2024/10/29

Ben Jealous is one of America's civil rights leaders. He's worked with Kamala Harris in San Francisco and heads up the country's largest and oldest environmental group. Robyn Curnow talks to him about black men being 'Trump-curious,' white poverty and his personal story as the son of a mixed-race marriage that was illegal at the time.http://www.x.com/benjealous http://www.x.com/robyncurnow http://www.searchingforamericapod.com http://www.robyncurnow.net http://www.instagram.com/robyncurnow Ben

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00:11:59

That's when we knew something was off with Bill Cosby...

Searching for America with Robyn Curnow ·

2024/10/29

Ben Jealous has given thousands of speeches as an American civil rights leader but few would guess that he had a childhood stutter that still defines his patterns of speech. As a surfer, he says he tends to ride his words and sentences like a wave. When he was a kid, Bill Cosby humiliated his stammer which left Ben's family stunned at the contrast between Cosby's public and personal behavior. Take listen to Ben favourite things on this bonus b-roll episode. Ben Jealous Three words to describe

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00:30:00

Please, no, American politics are not 'unprecedented'...

Searching for America with Robyn Curnow ·

2024/10/23

The son of a rabbi and a renowned sociologist, Julian Zelizer is a Princeton historian who studies modern American politics in a clear, cool way. Robyn Curnow - who has covered elections around the worlld wanted to know why the politics of Donald Trump has taken so firmly root in American life and why Americans get so amped up over single issues. And, Robyn (who was in the 'belly of the beast' at CNN) and Julian talk frankly about the mistakes the media made in covering Trump in the early days. And

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00:17:51

The Son of a Rabbi, LBJ and the Grateful Dead |...

Searching for America with Robyn Curnow ·

2024/10/23

What are the current American leaders like? Princeton historian Julian Zelizer tells Robyn Curnow his perceptions of Trump, Biden, Vance, Harris and other leaders he's interviewed. Three words to describe America right now? Fractured, divided and fragile. Time travel? Oval Office, 1960's during Lyndon Johnson Presidency Music? Grateful Dead Ideal dinner guests? Ella Backer, Martin Luther King, FDR, Jerry

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00:34:14

Ex-CIA Station Chiefs | John Sipher and Jerry O'Shea

Searching for America with Robyn Curnow ·

2024/10/15

Two of America's high-level intelligence officers join Searching for America for a wide-ranging conversation about what might happen if Donald Trump becomes President again? Ex-CIA Station Chiefs John Sipher and Jerry O'Shea who have 60 years experience between them operating in hostile environments across the world but they agree that trying to understand America right now is "befuddling." Robyn Curnow ask them who will win the election? "This isn't a secret that spies can

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00:29:49

CIA, Hemmingway and a Nazi-KGB spy | Jerry O'Shea and...

Searching for America with Robyn Curnow ·

2024/10/15

Fun questions for two former CIA Station Chiefs. Where would you time travel to in American history? John Sipher - 1950's post-war John O'Shea - he wants to go 50 years into the future. "It's my time machine I can do what I want with it!" Favorite American landscape? Jerry O'Shea - Hawaii (and Zimbabwe and South Africa globally.) John Sipher - New England Dream dinner party guests Jerry O'Shea - Hemingway and lots more... John Sipher - FDR Worst mistake? Jerry O'Shea - believing the

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00:22:34

Farmers and Latinos for Trump | Leyla Santiago

Searching for America with Robyn Curnow ·

2024/10/08

Leyla Santiago, a proud Latina with Puerto Rican roots, lives in Trump turf, as she calls it. “My neighbor has a big sign that says Farmers for Trump. There's a huge sign downtown that basically says F@#k Joe Biden right across from the church, by the way.” For many Americans, the rural countryside is the 'real' America. Trump and his team have been hugely successful in crafting the image of rural life as something that is pure America; untainted and disrespected by outsiders, liberals and

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00:16:37

Army Brat, Dolly Parton and Puerto Rico | Leyla...

Searching for America with Robyn Curnow ·

2024/10/08

Leyla Santiago answers Robyn's questionnaire that she sends to all her guests before the show. Three words to describe America? AT A CROSSROADS Where did you grow up? I'm an Army brat, so I moved around quite a bit. Born in Puerto Rico, moved to Panama during the Noriega conflict, then moved to South Carolina when my dad was stationed at Ft. Jackson If you could time travel, which era in American history would you like to visit? Why? If I'm being honest, the idea of traveling back in time as a

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00:25:18

The Hundred Year Old President | Kevin Sullivan

Searching for America with Robyn Curnow ·

2024/10/01

"I think the race is a toss up," says Kevin Sullivan, "Trump has really captured the Republican Party." In this episode of Searching for America, Robyn Curnow talks with Washington Post journalist Kevin Sullivan about all the president's he has interviewed. They discuss the enduring influence of Donald Trump, the dynamics of the Biden administration, and the role of Kamala Harris as a progressive leader. Sullivan shares insights from his experiences covering American politics and

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00:10:35

Wizard of Oz and Singing Angels | Kevin Sullivan

Searching for America with Robyn Curnow ·

2024/10/01

Every week Robyn Curnow asks her guest the same questions in this bonus episode. Where would you go if you could time travel? Dream Thanksgiving dinner guest (dead or alive)? What does it mean to be an American? Why is the country polarized? Favorite movie?Kevin Sullivan lists his favorite things 02:49 Time Traveling 06:09 The Role of Social Media in Polarization "It's amplified the worst of us" 09:00 Patience, listening and being a decent person

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00:22:38

Why is Jesus on the ballot? | Doug Heye

Searching for America with Robyn Curnow ·

2024/09/24

Unlike other Western democracies, America's politics are infused with religion. Why is God part of the get-out-and-vote plans? Republican strategist Doug Heye says Republicans and Democrats have used religion to attract voters in the past but evangelical fervor for Donald Trump has turbo-charged the Republican ticket in different ways.FOR MORE BONUS CONTENT FROM ROBYN, SIGN UP TO http://www.searchingforamericapod.com http://www.instagram.com/robyncurnow http://www.x.com/robyncurnow

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00:15:29

Three-day weekend in NYC in 1951 | Doug Heye

Searching for America with Robyn Curnow ·

2024/09/24

In this bonus episode, Republican strategist Doug Heye shows his foodie side by listing his favorite restaurants and imagining his dream dinner party with Julia Child, Thomas Jefferson and Hank Aaron. When Robyn Curnow asks him about his favorite Presidents, Doug Heye gives a surprising answer. Favorite piece of music or movie: Frank Sinatra singing What makes him cry? Maybe a few tears were shed' seeing Bruce Springsteen sing "Thunder Road" Favorite American landscape:

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00:24:40

Poor teeth, rural voters | Sarah Smarsh

Searching for America with Robyn Curnow ·

2024/09/19

Sarah Smarsh's grandmother had dentures in her twenties, after her teeth were pulled out due to poverty. Robyn Curnow asks why good or bad teeth explain whether America is a meritocracy? Smarsh's new book is called Bone of Bone; Essays on America by a Daughter of the Working Class. Robyn wanted to talk to Sarah because she's rare commodity in America - a whisperer or translator of two Americas; rural, white, poor middle America and the educated, urbane newsrooms of the coasts. As one of the few

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00:10:17

Texas two-step and Bourbon | Sarah Smarsh

Searching for America with Robyn Curnow ·

2024/09/19

Even though her family says American politicians 'are all crooks,' Sarah Smarsh was asked to run for Senate after she became a rare voice of an ignored part of America; the white, poor, rural working class. She choose not to go to run for office but instead wrote another book about her life in Kansas while working to save the prairies and fight against the stereotypes that paint her people as backwards. The solution to American polarization? More honky-tonks, dancing and bourbon. Her favorite

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00:22:26

Back-to-school battles over ideas | Josh Clark

Searching for America with Robyn Curnow ·

2024/09/17

We need to immerse kids in more ambiguity, says headteacher Josh Clark, who is also on the board of the National Association of Independent Schools. How do the divisions in America manifest in schools?Is pressure to say the right thing and give the 'correct answer' stifling debate and critical thinking in classrooms? Why have kids lost the ability to put themselves in another person's shoes? Does simplification of complicated issues create less empathy? Josh Clark's dad was a prison warder which

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00:14:53

Dazed and Confused, U.S.A. | Josh Clark

Searching for America with Robyn Curnow ·

2024/09/17

Josh Clark would love to time travel to the 1850's just before the Civil War when the country was dealing with what it meant to be an American. As a Southerner, who grew up Mississippi, he is intrigued by a country that was grappling with itself and at the same time embracing transcendentalism. He lists his favorite books from the pre-Civil War days, written during an time of national tension. Leaves of Grass, Moby Dick and the Scarlet Letter. Motto: Make it New. Best President: Abraham

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00:24:30

An American Soldier | Lt. Gen Mark Hertling (1)

Searching for America with Robyn Curnow ·

2024/09/12

What does it mean to die for America? What is it like losing men under your command? Why do so many American civilians dress up like soldiers in camouflage gear and carry deadly weapons of war? (Lt. Gen Mark Hertling has strong opinions about that...) General Mark Hertling earned the Purple Heart in Operation Desert Storm and commanded the US Army Europe and Seventh Army. He's a Westpoint graduate and has numerous university degrees. When she was a CNN anchor, Robyn Curnow and Mark Hertling had

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