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Power Play
Power Play
POLITICO

Power Play is POLITICO's new weekly transatlantic podcast hosted by renowned British journalist Anne McElvoy. It takes listeners inside the minds of those who wield power... more

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Episodes

Donald Trump will shape Europe and the UK. Are they ready?

The President-elect's in-tray is filling up fast. Wars in Gaza, Ukraine and the fallen regime in Syria are among the... more

12 Dec 2024 · 23 minutes
French connection: Trump meets Macron in free fall

The toppling of the French prime minister has caused a massive headache for French President Emmanuel Macron just days before... more

05 Dec 2024 · 21 minutes
Why this Democratic lawmaker is prepared to work with Elon Musk

As Donald Trump puts the finishing touches to his new administration in Washington, the talk of the town continues to... more

28 Nov 2024 · 24 minutes
Why China looms large over contest to lead Oxford University

It’s been six years since a British prime minister met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Could Keir Starmer's encounter with... more

21 Nov 2024 · 26 minutes
Biden's climate policies were designed to outlive him. Can they survive Trump?

Is there much the outgoing U.S. administration can do to salvage its climate change agenda as Donald Trump surrounds himself with... more

14 Nov 2024 · 24 minutes
UN climate talks contend with Trump 2.0

Amid the 50,000-odd delegates attending this year’s sprawling COP29 UN climate conference in Azerbaijan, you can hear the wheels of... more

13 Nov 2024 · 24 minutes
Trump returns: The whole world is watching

remarkable comeback to the White House. By any standards, his victory over Kamala Harris was historic. What does it mean... more

07 Nov 2024 · 31 minutes
Kemi Badenoch makes her last pitch for the Tory crown

Britain’s Conservative Party chooses their new leader in a few days. Kemi Badenoch has emerged as the favorite to win,... more

31 Oct 2024 · 26 minutes
Britain and Germany have a new defence pact. What will it mean for the Ukraine war?

The U.K. and Germany have signed a defense deal to bolster NATO and European security. But will it do anything... more

24 Oct 2024 · 23 minutes
Israel needs ‘harder advice’ from the US, says Saudi ambassador to Britain

Few countries have as much influence inside and outside the Middle East as Saudi Arabia. The Kingdom is an increasingly... more

17 Oct 2024 · 30 minutes
Transatlantic allies weigh up Israeli options on Iran

The barrage of Hezbollah rockets, the amassing of Israeli ground forces in Lebanon and the prospect of a retaliatory strike... more

10 Oct 2024 · 25 minutes
Tony Blair’s plan to end Hezbollah and Gaza wars

Israel's battle with Hezbollah and the recent retaliation from Iran has stoked fears of runaway escalation in the Middle East.... more

03 Oct 2024 · 24 minutes
Trudeau's fight for survival: Chrystia Freeland enters the fray

Taking on the presidency of the G7 next year, Canada should be in prime position to shape transatlantic relations alongside... more

26 Sep 2024 · 30 minutes
Meet JD Vance's surprising European support network

From Hillbilly Elegy to vice-presidential candidate, JD Vance has come far since his  hardscrabble roots in Ohio to shape the... more

19 Sep 2024 · 34 minutes
The Trump thump: Has Harris sealed the deal?

The sparks flew in the first U.S. presidential debate Tuesday night between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. How will the encounter... more

12 Sep 2024 · 29 minutes
Starmer's wasted opportunity to influence Netanyahu on Gaza

Ehud Olmert, the prime minister of Israel between 2006 and 2009, believes Britain’s suspension of some of its arms exports is a... more

05 Sep 2024 · 33 minutes
Trump v Harris: How to win a TV election debate

With the U.S. presidential debate now confirmed, our guests explain the tips and tricks that could help Donald Trump or Kamala... more

29 Aug 2024 · 33 minutes
Live at the DNC: Kamala Harris' big moment

Kamala Harris wound up the Democratic National Convention in Chicago by staking her claim to be the next president of... more

23 Aug 2024 · 21 minutes
Live at the DNC: Tammy Duckworth takes aim at Republicans for military slurs

Live on stage at the CNN-POLITICO Grill in Chicago, host Anne McElvoy talks to U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth. The Illinois senator — a decorated... more

21 Aug 2024 · 23 minutes
Queen of Europe: The surprising side to Ursula von der Leyen

She’s the “queen of Europe” and her reign is set for another five years. Ursula von der Leyen’s reelection as... more

01 Aug 2024 · 27 minutes
Kamala Harris takes aim at Trump: Is history on her side?

Kamala Harris' sudden elevation to likely Democrat nominee has transformed the race for the White House. As President Biden passed... more

25 Jul 2024 · 33 minutes
Live at the RNC: Insiders decode the Trump and Vance show

It's been an eventful few days at the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. Donald Trump and his running mate,... more

17 Jul 2024 · 32 minutes
Live at the RNC: Trump insider on the survivor and a new VP

Reince Priebus is one the Republican Party's veteran power brokers. He served Donald Trump as his first White House chief... more

15 Jul 2024 · 34 minutes
Starmer at NATO summit: departing general issues sobering advice

Fresh from his landslide victory, Britain’s new Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, has flown to Washington to join other leaders of... more

11 Jul 2024 · 25 minutes
Keir’s here: Starmer wants to change Britain and its standing in the world

It's all change in the U.K. Labour's historic landslide election victory beckons a different kind of leadership for Britain on... more

05 Jul 2024 · 33 minutes
Never say never: Sanna Marin's warning to Europe on tech, populism and her career ambitions

The recent shift to the right in the European Parliament election doesn't bode well for the continent's dwindling band of... more

27 Jun 2024 · 21 minutes
Shut up and listen: The election 'fixer' has some advice for Biden, Macron and Sunak

Election fever is gripping both sides of the North Atlantic. As Britain heads into the final weeks of a long... more

20 Jun 2024 · 31 minutes
Don’t abandon the center, warns UK Chancellor

It takes a brave — some may say reckless — leader to call a general election when trailing in the... more

13 Jun 2024 · 23 minutes
Trump's plan to end the Ukraine war: Bankrupt Putin's regime

The conviction of Donald Trump in a criminal trial in New York has electrified the race for the White House.... more

06 Jun 2024 · 31 minutes
As the Rafah crisis deepens, could Gaza war threaten the US-UK relationship?

Ahead of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, host Anne McElvoy asks Jane Hartley, United States ambassador to the... more

30 May 2024 · 32 minutes
Navalny’s fight for a democratic Russia survives, insists key ally

Host Anne McElvoy talks to Leonid Volkov, who was Alexei Navalny's long-serving chief of staff and campaign manager, about his... more

23 May 2024 · 19 minutes
NATO needs to bend its rules to help Ukraine. Here’s why.

This week's edition of Power Play comes from the Copenhagen Democracy Summit, where host Anne McElvoy talks to President Zelenskyy’s... more

16 May 2024 · 24 minutes
Kevin McCarthy on his enemies and making peace with Trump after being ousted as House Speaker

Among the business leaders, philanthropists and other luminaries attending this year's Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles are politicians... more

09 May 2024 · 26 minutes
Trump, Xi and how the China-US relationship faces a reset

Elbridge Colby is a hot pick to be Donald Trump's national security adviser if the former president returns to the... more

02 May 2024 · 30 minutes
Putin wants to divide the US and Britain. Is it working?

"America will always defend democracy in its hour of need. We tell our allies: we will stand with you. We... more

26 Apr 2024 · 31 minutes
Israel-Iran conflict: Biden and Trump vie for answers

How will responses to the confrontation between Israel, its allies and Iran redefine the line that divides Donald Trump and... more

18 Apr 2024 · 31 minutes
Trump's world view: How he'd deal with Russia, China, Iran and the Middle East

This week marked the grim six-month milestone since the Hamas terror attack on Israel and the ensuing counter-attack on Gaza, which... more

11 Apr 2024 · 32 minutes
America’s battle against disinformation in the era of AI

In the wake of a devastating Islamist terror attack in Moscow, the dark arts of spreading disinformation are again in... more

28 Mar 2024 · 26 minutes
Labour’s David Lammy on Trump, ‘visionary’ Margaret Thatcher and his bid to be the UK’s next foreign secretary

With the specter of a famine and a possible ground incursion of Rafah looming, Israel's allies are fretting. U.S. Secretary... more

21 Mar 2024 · 31 minutes
Meet the mayor from Florida who wants to be Trump's VP

Now that Donald Trump is all but certain to lead his party into November’s presidential election in the U.S., it’s... more

14 Mar 2024 · 30 minutes
Biden's State of the Union and Trump rematch | Interview with POLITICO's global editor-in-chief

From Maine to California, Super Tuesday is the biggest date in the calendar for the United States primary election —... more

07 Mar 2024 · 31 minutes
Will NATO send troops to Ukraine? Estonia’s Kaja Kallas on war, Trump and European defense

As European leaders gathered in Paris this week, there was a sense of foreboding about the war in Ukraine, and... more

29 Feb 2024 · 30 minutes
From Munich: US top officials talk Russia, Israel and Trump

From the Munich Security Conference, host Anne McElvoy speaks to U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations... more

18 Feb 2024 · 31 minutes
World on fire: Trump, NATO, Gaza and Ukraine top the bill at Munich Security Conference

As security and defense chiefs descend on Bavaria this weekend for the annual Munich Security Conference, can anything be done... more

15 Feb 2024 · 29 minutes
Steadfast Defender: NATO's UK ambassador on Ukraine, US war-funding and Europe’s looming defense headache

The largest NATO exercise since the Cold War is underway in the North Atlantic. The most powerful military alliance on... more

08 Feb 2024 · 26 minutes
Election 2024: Race for the White House

As Donald Trump’s seemingly unstoppable campaign to win the Republican nomination gathers pace, most eyes in America and the world... more

01 Feb 2024 · 28 minutes
'Another way of slavery': Singer, activist Angélique Kidjo on UK's Rwanda policy, politics and music

How much attention is Africa receiving as the world remains transfixed by wars in Europe, the Middle East, and as... more

25 Jan 2024 · 25 minutes
Sponsored Content: As AI ascends, Davos leaders take on trust and transparency

The focus of the 2024 World Economic Forum at Davos was on rebuilding trust, with artificial intelligence top of the... more

22 Jan 2024 · 16 minutes
Davos 2024: The influence of China, Ukraine and America at WEF

As the World Economic Forum draws to a close in Davos, Power Play rounds off the week with analysis of... more

19 Jan 2024 · 22 minutes
Davos 2024: David Cameron on Israel, Ukraine, and return to front-line Conservative politics

In this episode, U.K. Foreign Secretary David Cameron sits down with Anne McElvoy at the World Economic Forum to discuss... more

18 Jan 2024 · 28 minutes
Davos 2024: Trump's Iowa win and the future of AI

Donald Trump's emphatic victory in the Iowa caucuses has been the talking point of many at the World Economic Forum... more

17 Jan 2024 · 25 minutes
Davos 2024: Power players assemble for the World Economic Forum

As the World Economic Forum gets underway in Davos, many of the world's most powerful business leaders, politicians and tech... more

16 Jan 2024 · 21 minutes
Taking on Russia: Krišjānis Kariņš' pitch to lead NATO and defend Ukraine

After weeks of relative calm, Russian forces ushered in the New Year by pounding Ukrainian cities. While global attention has been gripped... more

11 Jan 2024 · 34 minutes
The best of Power Play 2023

As we enter a mammoth election year on either side of the Atlantic, Power Play looks back on the highlights... more

04 Jan 2024 · 24 minutes
Taiwan’s China syndrome: elections test crucial relationship with China and the West

In Taiwan, political parties are entering the final stint of a lively campaign as voters prepare to go to the... more

14 Dec 2023 · 44 minutes
John Kerry: US has to get rid of ‘crazy’ oil and gas subsidies

As negotiators from nearly 200 countries enter the final week of climate talks at COP28 in Dubai, all eyes will... more

07 Dec 2023 · 30 minutes
Time to 'step up': Mark Carney throws down the gauntlet at COP28

The diplomatic caravan is rolling into Dubai for this year’s COP — the United Nations' round of global climate talks.... more

30 Nov 2023 · 42 minutes
Build beautiful: Thomas Heatherwick's campaign to 'humanize' buildings

Thomas Heatherwick’s designs have become icons in his home city of London, including the eye-catching cauldron at the 2012 Olympic Games... more

23 Nov 2023 · 38 minutes
No Gaza ceasefire: Israel's US Ambassador says ground campaign will take 'weeks'

Israel’s most senior diplomat – Michael Herzog, the ambassador to the U.S. – is in the eye of a diplomatic... more

16 Nov 2023 · 43 minutes
PM Mitsotakis on ‘hard truths’ for Israel and Greece's economic comeback

One month after war broke out between Israel and Hamas, the solidarity of European leaders is being tested. Nowhere more... more

09 Nov 2023 · 38 minutes
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After weeks of relative calm, Russian forces ushered in the New Year by pounding Ukrainian cities. While global attention has been gripped by the... more