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Chris Jones
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Senior podcast producer. Co-host of American Friction Pod. Former journo. Lover of chips and LOTR.
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Donald Trump & Pete Hegseth appear to have at least allowed a war crime to happen on their watch – will they face any punishment? Casey Burgat, author of We Hold These Truths, joins @chrisjonesprod.bsky.social & @jacobjarvis.bsky.social to discuss 👉 linktr.ee/americanfric...
#Trump #Hegseth #USPOL
December 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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I knew there was a reason I dedicated so much of my life to playing Red Dead, the greatest game of all time after Gears of War 2 (you can't change my mind). Don't make the time I SELFLESSLY dedicated go to waste. Take a listen, please.
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The Wild West continues to fascinate people to this day. The video game Red Dead Redemption depicts the frontier era, and our guest today @toreolsson.bsky.social joins @jacobjarvis.bsky.social & @chrisjonesprod.bsky.social to discuss the Wild West 👉 linktr.ee/americanfric...
#wildwest #history
December 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Red Dead's biggest historical flaw.

@toreolsson.bsky.social discusses 👉 linktr.ee/americanfric...
#reddead #rdr2 #reddeadredemption #arthurmorgan #gaming #gamingsky #uspol #uspolitics
December 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Red Dead America. Our guest today @toreolsson.bsky.social has written about the frontier era in his book Red Dead's History: A Video Game, an Obsession, and America's Violent Past. He joins @jacobjarvis.bsky.social and @chrisjonesprod.bsky.social to discuss the Wild West 👉 linktr.ee/americanfric...
December 1, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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Why do Trump and MAGA love Russia so much? Trump & his admin are once again showing their weird love for Russia. Why are they all so keen on Moscow? @chrisjonesprod.bsky.social, @nikkimcr.bsky.social & @jacobjarvis.bsky.social discuss this, and more 👉 linktr.ee/americanfric...
#USPOL #Trump #Mamdani
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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The United States is a strange place. Has it ever not been a totally crazy country? @kurtandersen.bsky.social joins @jacobjarvis.bsky.social and @chrisjonesprod.bsky.social to discuss the weird history of America ➡️ linktr.ee/americanfriction

#USpolitics #Trump #AmericanPolitics #PoliticsPodcast
November 24, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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🚨NEW EPISODE🚨
The Epstein files are due to be released and Trump has been trying to pretend he’s not losing his mind about it. @nikkimcr.bsky.social, @chrisjonesprod.bsky.social and @jacobjarvis.bsky.social discuss ➡️ linktr.ee/americanfriction

#Trump #EpsteinFiles #USpolitics
November 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 It’s a year since Trump won the election so we thought we’d recap a big old list of things he’s screwed up. Casey Burgat joins @chrisjonesprod.bsky.social & @jacobjarvis.bsky.social to discuss Trump's biggest failures since he won the election 👉 linktr.ee/americanfric...
#Trump
November 10, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Mamdani vs. Trump – How New York sent MAGA more insane. @chrisjonesprod.bsky.social and @jacobjarvis.bsky.social are joined by @brigidbergin.bsky.social to discuss Mamdani's victory and the reaction to it 👉 linktr.ee/americanfric...
#Mamdani #NewYork #Trump #Zohran
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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After recent horrific scenes, Will Freeman explains how cartels are using drones to drop grenades during conflicts.
He speaks to @chrisjonesprod.bsky.social & @jacobjarvis.bsky.social to discuss the tactics of organised gangs and how Trump is failing to combat them ➡️ linktr.ee/americanfriction
November 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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🚨NEW EPISODE🚨Trump is doing the hokey cokey when it comes to running in 2028. Is he in, is he out, does it matter what he says? @jacobjarvis.bsky.social sky.social, @chrisjonesprod.bsky.social and @nikkimcr.bsky.social discuss in the latest episode 👉 linktr.ee/americanfric...
#Trump #uspolitics
October 31, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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What is the Manosphere?

@sameagan.bsky.social defines the Manosphere.

Full episode here 👉 linktr.ee/americanfric...

#manosphere #uspolitics
October 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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🚨NEW EPISODE🚨

Trump vs. the White House – Understanding MAGA’s appetite for destruction. @chrisjonesprod.bsky.social and @jacobjarvis.bsky.social are joined by @mollyjongfast.bsky.social of Fast Politics to talk through the latest chaos. Listen now 👉 linktr.ee/americanfric...

#Trump #DonaldTrump
October 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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"My first meeting with a Guantanamo prisoner."

Human rights lawyer Joshua Colangelo-Bryan tells @nikkimcr.bsky.social and @chrisjonesprod.bsky.social how his preconceptions of a GTMO detainee were destroyed the first time he met Jaber Mohammed.

Full episode here 👉 linktr.ee/americanfric...
October 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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How is Trump ‘resurrecting’ Guantanamo Bay?

Human rights lawyer Joshua Colangelo-Bryan explains why the US president is using Guantanamo Bay to detain migrants.

Full episode here 👉 linktr.ee/americanfric...

#trump #gitmo #uspolitics
October 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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OUT NOW

Attorney Joshua Colangelo-Bryan has written about detainees he’s represented and his experience at Gitmo in his new book Through the Gates of Hell: American Injustice at Guantanamo Bay, and joins @nikkimcr.bsky.social and @chrisjonesprod.bsky.social to discuss 👉 linktr.ee/americanfric...
October 20, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Today @jacobjarvis.bsky.social reveals his worst take of all time, that Dune (not the 1984 one) "is a bad film". Can't believe it, seething.
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🚨NEW EPISODE🚨

Trump has been posturing on the world stage after securing a deal between Israel and Hamas. But, does he really [email protected], @jacobjarvis.bsky.social and @nikkimcr.bsky.social discuss 👉 linktr.ee/americanfric...

#Trump #DonaldTrump #podcast
October 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Please subscribe to our YouTube channel so we can continue to win awards! 👉 www.youtube.com/@AmericanFri...
American Friction
Does American politics scare and bemuse you? Want to know what Trump is up to, without pulling your hair out? Then you need American Friction, the UK podcast about US politics – from the makers of Oh ...
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October 16, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Please know that Jarv submitted Creed’s “Higher” as the walk on song and really no one is doing it quite like us
October 15, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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AWARD WINNING PODCAST @americanfric.bsky.social !!!!!

So proud of @jacobjarvis.bsky.social, @chrisjonesprod.bsky.social, Producer Simon, and the whole team at Podmasters!

And an extra big thanks to you, listener, for putting up with our shit ❤️
October 15, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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We won an award!!! Thanks to @jacobjarvis.bsky.social, @chrisjonesprod.bsky.social, @nikkimcr.bsky.social, our producer Simon and the team at Podmasters!

#americanfriction #podcast #award
October 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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“The government targeted students!”

@cristianfarias.com explains how court documents show how the Trump administration has targeted Gaza protesters.

Full episode here 👉 linktr.ee/americanfric...

#trump #donaldtrump #uspolitics
October 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Trump fought the law and he won! – How America’s became lawless. Christian Farias, who writes about law and the courts for Vanity Fair, New York magazine and the New Yorker, joins @jacobjarvis.bsky.social and @chrisjonesprod.bsky.social to discuss 👉 linktr.ee/americanfric...

#trump
October 6, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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🚨NEW EPISODE🚨

Hegseth and Trump decided to body shame their military top brass in a bizarre performance that baffled the world. @chrisjonesprod.bsky.social, @jacobjarvis.bsky.social and @nikkimcr.bsky.social discuss this and more in the latest episode 👉 linktr.ee/americanfric...

#trump #politics
October 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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🚨Don't say we didn't warn you!🚨
@chrisjonesprod.bsky.social and @jacobjarvis.bsky.social spoke to national security expert Ben Makuch earlier this year to discuss how Pete Hegseth could wreck the US military.
Worth listening to after that crazy speech... 👉 play.megaphone.fm/vny-kep3rsqa...
Who is Pete Hegseth? And could he destroy the US military?
Trump’s Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is at the centre of a scandal – so how bad things could things get under his watch? After a journalist was accidentally added to a group chat discussing war p...
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October 1, 2025 at 11:26 AM