Chris Barrow
speaker
910 appearances
7 recordings
1 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard 26 Jun
Chris Barrow’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
Trend
recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 6 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 2.
Appearances
Another singer who will be here to celebrate the 90s later in the week will be Vanilla Ice.
But as I said, it's got far more of a sort of political sense and a patriotic sense than a music festival here.
It's talking about America today.
from a certain position from the right, really, seeing it as the land of the brave and a country of military might, rather than maybe more nuanced in a celebration of American diversity.
Obviously, people who have turned up will probably be supportive of the event.
But what does the country think of this overall?
I guess perhaps there's a bit of a mixed bag there.
Yeah, as you say, anyone who's come here to be part of it is probably going to be hugely supportive of that message and of President Trump.
As I look out, we're definitely seeing thousands here.
So they have managed to fill the allocation and bring people to D.C., bumped into some people who are visiting from out of state.
And while they weren't sure exactly who was on the bill, they knew that President Trump was going to be here.
So they are definitely drawing in a crowd, but not everyone.
And this is not a moment of great unity within America.
We know that approval ratings are low.
And the support for the war in Iran is low as well.
We've seen that play out within Congress today with some Republican senators questioning the president on the ongoing action and the situation in Iran.
So it's not a moment of national unity, although that's the message that is being given from the stage.
Hal Griffith in Washington, DC.
And during the celebrations for the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence, we'll have a special podcast looking at the state of America today.
And if you have thoughts or questions on that, we'd love to hear from you.
Showing 281–300 of 910 · page 15 of 46
← Previous
Next →