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Searching for America with Robyn Curnow

Robyn Curnow, Bleav

A podcast about American culture, identity, and everyday life — seen through the eyes of an outsider. A South African foreign correspondent — who spent 20 years covering conflicts and change around the world, interviewing Mandela and presidents, and winning awards — moved to suburban Atlanta, looked around, and started taking notes. Searching for America is what she found. It"s part cultural anthropology, part love letter, part field guide. If David Attenborough narrated suburban America —

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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

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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...

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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00:10:17

Texas two-step and Bourbon | Sarah Smarsh

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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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00:24:40

Poor teeth, rural voters | Sarah Smarsh

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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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00:22:26

Back-to-school battles over ideas | Josh Clark

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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

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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)

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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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00:18:20

The Sounds of Battle | Lt. Gen Mark Hertling (2)

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2024/09/12

Why do so many American civilians dress up like soldiers in camouflage gear and carry deadly weapons of war? Lt. Gen Mark Hertling talks about what makes a soldier, and what it means to die for America. Hertling earned the Purple Heart in Operation Desert Storm and commanded the US Army Europe and Seventh Army. When she was a CNN anchor, Robyn Curnow and Mark Hertling had numerous conversations on air about battles, wars or terror attacks, but now Robyn gets a chance to ask Mark all the questions

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00:23:27

Who is Kamala Harris? | Jason Kander (Part 1)

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2024/09/10

What is Kamala Harris like? Why do Trump voters believe he's on their side? US Army veteran and a former Democratic Party wunderkind, Jason Kander says he 'sorta ran for President.' He's also ran for Senate along with Kamala Harris so he knows what it's like working with her. Kander pulled back from public life after admitting he was struggling with PTSD from his time serving in Afghanistan. His book Invisible Storm, a soldier's memoir of politics and PTSD is a New York Times bestseller. Even though

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00:15:31

Walking into a military psych ward | Jason Kander...

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2024/09/10

Jason Kander tells the (funny) story of when checked himself into a military psych ward for PTSD Jason Kander was 'sorta' running to be President when he realized he needed to back out of politics because he was suffering from PTSD after a deployment in Afghanistan. His New York Times Best Selling book is called Invisible Storm, a Soldier's Memoir of Politics and PTSD. In a humorous account of when he checked himself into a military psychiatric ward, he explains to Robyn Curnow why the doctor

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00:12:03

Time Travel and baseball | Jason Kander (Part 3)

Searching for America with Robyn Curnow ·

2024/09/10

Jason Kander on his Field of Dreams and New York New York! @jasonkander @Majority54 @VCP_HQ X @robyncurnow @searchingusapod www.searchingforamericapod.com Instagram: @robyncurnow @searchingforamericapod

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00:03:08

Searching for America trailer. NEW! A podcast from...

Searching for America with Robyn Curnow ·

2024/09/09

Listen to a fast-moving summary of what to expect from Robyn Curnow's new podcast called Searching for America. Based in Atlanta, Georgia after decades reporting around the world for CNN, Robyn Curnow wants to understand what it means to be an American in 2024. In this trailer she asks Democrats, Republicans, head teachers, ex-CIA officers, US Army Generals, Pulitzer prize winning journalists and photographers, Presidential historians and Americans from across the political spectrum why the country

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