America, Actually with Astead Herndon
Hosted by Astead Herndon · Vox Media
4.5from 132 ratings
- 28
- Episodes
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- Transcribed
- 132
- Ratings
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- Cadence
- 2026
- First episode
About America, Actually with Astead Herndon
Donald Trump has defined American political discourse for more than a decade. In 2028, Americans will have a different choice. On America, Actually, host Astead Herndon is joined by people in politics, people in the news, and voters to chart the journey toward the next presidential election. Every week, they dig into the most pressing questions people across the country are asking: How will AI change the way we work? What does affordability mean for different communities? And what is America’s place in the world? America, Actually is your weekly deep dive into the people and ideas that will shape what the future looks like — beyond Trump. New episodes drop every Saturday. Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
- Publisher
- Vox Media
- Category
- government · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 5 Apr 2026
- Latest episode
- 22 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
20 of 28 episodes have a transcript.
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Israel, Trump, and the media
Published 22 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] We're going to talk about media credibility. We'll talk about the G word also later. I wanted to ask, though, first, like, how do you see your role? Like now that you have this sort of freedom, is it still pure journalistic pursuit? Is there some advocacy? Do you feel personally invested in candidates that reflect your language? it's a great question uh there is a lot of uh debate and discussion about this in the independent space as you know and you know we with the greatest respect to many of my friends who are in the left-wing media space are youtube content creators that is not what we are we still uh claim to be people may disagree with us but we certainly claim to be an independent media company we are adhering to basic journalistic guidelines ethics rules That I've absorbed in my whatever it is, 25 years as a journalist on both sides of the Atlantic, that my team, the people who work for me come from places like CNN and MSNBC and Al Jazeera and all over the place. […]
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