18 épisodes
(12 h)
Épisodes
S2 E1 • Episode 1
A special edition of Planet America with John Barron and Chas Licciardello. They discuss US President Barack Obama's inauguration with Brendan O'Connor and Sarah James.
Première diffusion : 22 janvier 2013
S2 E2 • Episode 2
Planet America is back for 2013. On tonight's episode, Republican Tom Tancredo says neither party wants to fix immigration, and Nate Silver on polls and poker.
Première diffusion : 1 février 2013
S2 E3 • Episode 3
In this episode, gun violence claims the life of America's most famous sniper and the US drone program faces renewed scrutiny.
Première diffusion : 8 février 2013
S2 E4 • Episode 4
In this episode, former presidential speechwriter James Fallows on the State of the Union and Barack Obama's second term agenda.
Première diffusion : 15 février 2013
S2 E5 • Episode 5
On this week's episode of Planet America, an anti-gun lawyer who's also anti-gun control laws, and the inability of the states to reach a deal on deficit reduction.
Première diffusion : 22 février 2013
S2 E6 • Episode 6
This week, Barack Obama's internet advertising guru Andrew Bleeker on how the web helped win the White House and Chas and John attempt to explain the sequester using a plate of french fries.
Première diffusion : 1 mars 2013
S2 E7 • Episode 7
In this episode, calls for a halt to drilling for new gas wells in the US as new research casts doubt over its environmental benefits, and Senator Rand Paul filibusters the confirmation of John Brennan as the next head of the CIA.
Première diffusion : 8 mars 2013
S2 E8 • Episode 8
On this episode of Planet America, we preview Barack Obama’s first trip to Israel as US president and ten years on from the Iraq War.
Première diffusion : 15 mars 2013
S2 E9 • Episode 9
The Chaser's Chas Licciardello and the ABC's John Barron set out to discover the real America – its politics and its people – with US and Australian experts coming along for the ride!
Première diffusion : 22 mars 2013
S2 E10 • Episode 10
In this episode of Planet America, we take a look at the gay marriage case before the US Supreme Court, and discuss religion in America ahead of Easter.
Première diffusion : 29 mars 2013
S2 E11 • Episode 11
On Planet America, what the 2012 presidential campaign revealed about the state of the news media and the BBC's Nick Bryant talks immigration reform.
Première diffusion : 5 avril 2013
S2 E12 • Episode 12
On this episode of Planet America, Chas and John talk to a former FBI agent who went undercover in American Neo-Nazi gangs and they take a look at the limits on presidential power.
Première diffusion : 12 avril 2013
S2 E13 • Episode 13
On Planet America, Chas and John speak to the former presidential counter-terrorism adviser, Richard Clarke.
Première diffusion : 19 avril 2013
S2 E14 • Episode 14
On this episode of Planet America, the lessons learnt from the Boston bombings and the view from America’s police about gun laws.
Première diffusion : 26 avril 2013
S2 E15 • Episode 15
On this episode of Planet America, John Barron is joined by political scientist and expert number cruncher Simon Jackman and we meet the Las Vegas man heading the push to have a mountain named after Ronald Reagan.
Première diffusion : 3 mai 2013
S2 E16 • Episode 16
A look at the influence of lobbyists over American politics; from healthcare to gun control, who really pulls the strings?
Première diffusion : 10 mai 2013
S2 E17 • Episode 17
On this episode of Planet America, Bill Clinton’s former Labor Secretary Robert Reich on whether Hillary is running in 2016 and former Labor Senator Stephen Loosley joins John and Chas at the roundish table.
Première diffusion : 17 mai 2013
S2 E18 • Episode 18
On this episode of Planet America, Professor Ed Blakely on the recovery effort following the Oklahoma tornado and Barack Obama’s Chief Digital Strategist Joe Rospars.
Première diffusion : 24 mai 2013
