Graeme Hill is joined by John Dybvig for his take on the latest news of the week from the United States.This week Dybvig has a special message for Mark Richardson regarding how he deals with Trump-mania.Then he takes a look at NATO, and how Trump continues to threaten to pull out and in turn allow Russian aggression.Who else wants to disrupt the NATO alliance? Putin! Dybvig believes that he tells 15 lies on average a day. Dybvig also discusses Trumps allegations that he did not say anything about Theresa May or Brexit even though there are audio recordings confirming the opposite. However it is of no surprise that Trump is committed to his mantra, stating that it is simply fake news. Warning: John does always try to contain himself, but there are a few swear-words used, so listen to this week's Letter from America at your own risk. Then Robert Greene, Director of Bisbee 17 joins Graeme to discuss his new documentary that is hitting the New Zealand International Film Festival (NZIFF). Bisbee is a documentary that effectively re-enacts a dirty little secret from an Arizona mining town. It looks at how the 1917200 townsfolk of said town forcibly deported 1300 workers in rail cars into the desert. Following a strike by the recently unionized Mexican and German miners, Bisbee 17 follows the deportation of said miners performed by Sheriff Harry Wheeler and a 2,000 man posse. The film was nominated at the 2018 Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival and the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight Saturdays and Sundays, on RadioLIVE and streaming live to the Rova app on Android and iPhone.

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