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American Friction - From the makers of The Bunker, Oh God, What Now? and the newspaper review podcast Paper Cuts, ‘American Friction’ looks ahead to the US elections with wit and warmth every Friday.

With just 25 weeks until election starts, Jacob Jarvis and Chris Jones ask Nikki McCann Ramirez, who is a Politics Reporter at Rolling Stone magazine, about the ongoing Stormy Daniels lawsuit, the protests taking place across American Universities and whether the current election polls are an accurate reflection of who will win the Presidency.

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