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Launching Wednesday 10th September
A Channel 4 News Production
London, Monday 8th September 2025 – Channel 4 News today announces the launch of TrumpWorld, a major new video podcast fronted by Anushka Asthana and Matt Frei, with the first episode dropping on Wednesday 10th September.
TrumpWorld lands just a week ahead of Trump’s second state visit to the UK and will take audiences beyond the churn of daily headlines and into the heart of America’s political thrill ride. The series will make sense of a new world order taking shape in real time, where the leader of the free world may not actually believe in the free world, and where a dangerously polarised electorate faces a stark new reality.
Each week, Matt from the global frontline and Anushka in Washington will decode not just what Donald Trump wants us to talk about, but what he doesn’t. The ‘vodcast’ combines sharp headline analysis, heavyweight interviews and audience questions from both sides of the Atlantic.
With YouTube now the UK’s second most-watched media service for news, Channel 4 News has established itself as a leading digital newsroom, with nearly 4 million subscribers and 1.8 billion annual views on the platform. TrumpWorld is the latest step in Channel 4 News’ ambitious video-first podcast strategy, created to reach young and international audiences with trusted, long-form journalism in the spaces where they already turn to for news.
Matt Frei is one of Britain’s most distinguished broadcast journalists, while TrumpWorld marks Anushka Asthana’s first major project as Channel 4 News’ recently appointed US Editor. Together, they will bring decades of reporting experience, from Washington to Westminster, to navigate the sharp turns of this Trump term.
Anushka Asthana, US Editor of Channel 4 News, said:
“Moving to Washington to begin my role as US Editor has meant arriving in the eye of the Trump 2.0 storm. I love the depth and clarity that podcasting offers and I’m looking forward to working alongside Matt to make sense of the impact of Trump’s second term.”
Matt Frei, Europe Editor of Channel 4 News, said:
“I’ve covered US politics for more than two decades, but rarely have times felt so turbulent. Anushka and I will bring the very best Channel 4 News has to offer on TrumpWorld, breaking down the consequences of this Trump era for the rest of the world. It’s going to be a bumpy ride.”
Esme Wren, Editor of Channel 4 News, said:
“We are delighted to launch this new transatlantic podcast with two heavyweights of political journalism. Channel 4 News has a long history of delivering outstanding coverage of US politics. Our success on YouTube shows how trusted journalism can thrive in the digital age. TrumpWorld builds on that momentum, joining our growing podcast slate in a bold, video-first format designed to reach younger and global audiences.”
TrumpWorld launches on Wednesday 10th September across YouTube and all major audio platforms.
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Notes To Editors
About Anushka Asthana
Anushka Asthana is US Editor for Channel 4 News based in Washington DC, and former ITV News Deputy Political Editor at Westminster. She is one of the UK’s most acclaimed political journalists, renowned for her agenda-setting reporting, including a major exposé this year on the government’s welfare proposals. Anushka has worked across some of the most recognisable international newsrooms, including The Guardian where she served as Political Editor and Sky News as Senior Political Correspondent, alongside The Times, The Observer and Washington Post. A familiar on-screen political personality, Anushka co-hosted ITV’s overnight coverage of the US Presidential Elections in 2020 and 2024. She brings an outstanding pedigree in podcasting as the launch presenter of the Guardian’s daily podcast ‘Today in Focus’, and authored the 2025 hit, ‘Taken as Red’, a behind the scenes look at the 2024 General Election campaign. Anushka is a previous winner of the prestigious Laurence Stern Fellowship by the Washington Post.
Matt Frei
Matt Frei is one of the most distinguished and revered broadcast journalists in the UK whose reporting career has spanned the globe.
He has been Washington Correspondent for both the BBC and Channel 4 News covering every US Presidential election of the past 2 decades and is now Channel 4 News lead international anchor and Europe Editor.
He is a recipient of the prestigious Peabody Award, and author of “Only in America,” but his reach extends far beyond the US and UK.
His coverage of the Israel Gaza war and the Ukraine Invasion led his team to two BAFTA wins in 2024 and 2023. He has won two International Emmy’s or News and he was named Royal Television Society Journalist of the Year in both 2015 and 2017.
About Channel 4 News
Channel 4 News is a multi-award-winning news and current affairs brand, made by ITN, and aired by Channel 4 – an OFCOM regulated public service broadcaster in the UK. It is one of the country’s leading global news providers.
Channel 4 News is the current Royal Television Society News Programme of the Year, and it has won the Emmy for International News for the last 2 years running for its coverage of Gaza-Israel and the Ukraine War.
Channel 4 News, across its platforms, has an incredible history of long form interviews with US newsmakers and world leaders. American politicians of all persuasions have appeared on our programme and/or vodcasts – from Matt’s own interview with Donald Trump before he became President, to JD Vance, Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Byron Donalds and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez.
