Podcast #6: Trump - America's Second Celebrity President

Podcast #6: Trump - America's Second Celebrity President

Author: Trump Watch Sussex March 16, 2018 Duration: 31:17
Donald Trump is the second American president to come from the world of celebrity and entertainment, with Ronald Reagan being the first. In this podcast, Dr. Melissa Milewski interviews Daniel Geary, an associate professor at Trinity College Dublin, to discuss how Reagan and Trump's different celebrity backgrounds influenced their elections and their actions as presidents. Geary argues that just as Reagan's career in Hollywood films impacted his presidency, Trump's previous experiences with both tabloid journalism and reality television have had significant effects on his presidency.

From a quiet corner of a British university campus, a unique and ongoing analysis of a tumultuous American era continues. Trump Watch Sussex is not a conventional news recap but an academic deep dive, chronicling the presidency and enduring legacy of Donald Trump through a distinctly transatlantic lens. Each episode draws from the collective expertise of scholars and the fresh perspectives of postgraduate students at the University of Sussex's Centre for American Studies. This podcast functions as a living seminar, where complex political events are unpacked with historical context, theoretical frameworks, and spirited debate. Listeners will hear detailed dissections of policy shifts, electoral strategies, and the cultural reverberations felt on both sides of the Atlantic. The conversation is grounded in scholarly rigor but delivered with the accessible clarity of a well-taught lecture. By framing contemporary U.S. politics within broader patterns of history, populism, and media, Trump Watch Sussex offers listeners a valuable toolkit for understanding not just what happened, but why it matters. It's a sustained intellectual project, recording an extraordinary period in real-time from an observatory thousands of miles away.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 12

Trump Watch Sussex
Podcast Episodes
Podcast #1:  Coming To America [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 29:41
Dr. Melissa Milewski talks to students at the Sussex Centre for American Studies, University of Sussex, to gain some insight as to how Trump is perceived on a British campus.