Jonathan Freedland
@jonathanfreedland.bsky.social
Guardian columnist. Presenter: BBC R4's The Long View, the Guardian's Politics Weekly America and Unholy with @leviyonit. Author: THE TRAITORS CIRCLE, coming in September 2025
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Book promotion klaxon 🚨The Traitors Circle comes out next week - this gives you a flavour of what it’s about, along with some of the early responses. (Sound on) You can get the book here linktr.ee/jonathanfreedland
Much enjoyed speaking to Charlie Stone all about THE TRAITORS CIRCLE - and much else www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/1...
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November 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Much enjoyed speaking to Charlie Stone all about THE TRAITORS CIRCLE - and much else www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/1...
Very grateful to @waterstones.bsky.social that The Traitors Circle is included in this, among some great books
November 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Very grateful to @waterstones.bsky.social that The Traitors Circle is included in this, among some great books
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The Traitors Circle by @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social is really terrific. Buy now.
November 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The Traitors Circle by @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social is really terrific. Buy now.
As Democrats celebrate this week’s big wins, Donald Trump is plotting his revenge - and doing all he can to ensure Republicans cannot lose next time. Latest column www.theguardian.com/us-news/comm...
Democrats should celebrate this week’s victories, but beware: Trump is already plotting his revenge | Jonathan Freedland
The Maga machine is clicking into gear to ensure that defeat is all but impossible in next year’s midterm elections, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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November 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
As Democrats celebrate this week’s big wins, Donald Trump is plotting his revenge - and doing all he can to ensure Republicans cannot lose next time. Latest column www.theguardian.com/us-news/comm...
Latest Politics Weekly features my excellent colleague @rachelleingang.bsky.social in the chair, asking my equally excellent colleague David Smith why Trump is building a gilded ballroom when Americans are going hungry open.spotify.com/episode/47pg...
As Americans face going hungry, Trump builds a ballroom
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November 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Latest Politics Weekly features my excellent colleague @rachelleingang.bsky.social in the chair, asking my equally excellent colleague David Smith why Trump is building a gilded ballroom when Americans are going hungry open.spotify.com/episode/47pg...
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There was a lot of noise around this when it was released a couple of months ago. It was totally justified, it’s superb. A gripping true story that moves your emotions everywhere: despair, joy, disgust, confusion, sadness, hope. @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social‘s book is my book of the year #Booksky
November 6, 2025 at 11:42 AM
There was a lot of noise around this when it was released a couple of months ago. It was totally justified, it’s superb. A gripping true story that moves your emotions everywhere: despair, joy, disgust, confusion, sadness, hope. @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social‘s book is my book of the year #Booksky
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Nancy Pelosi has said she will retire after decades as one of the most influential Democrats on Capitol Hill
Before last year’s election, @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social sat down with the former speaker of the house to talk about her worries for America’s democracy
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Before last year’s election, @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social sat down with the former speaker of the house to talk about her worries for America’s democracy
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‘I said his name... I hope I don’t burn in hell’: Nancy Pelosi
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November 6, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Nancy Pelosi has said she will retire after decades as one of the most influential Democrats on Capitol Hill
Before last year’s election, @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social sat down with the former speaker of the house to talk about her worries for America’s democracy
open.spotify.com/episode/3XDU...
Before last year’s election, @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social sat down with the former speaker of the house to talk about her worries for America’s democracy
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Earlier than usual, the latest episode of Politics Weekly America is on Mamdani’s big win in New York - and a clutch of other Democratic victories across the US. With my excellent colleague @edpilkington.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/0vAn...
Mamdani wins in New York and takes the fight to Trump
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November 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Earlier than usual, the latest episode of Politics Weekly America is on Mamdani’s big win in New York - and a clutch of other Democratic victories across the US. With my excellent colleague @edpilkington.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/0vAn...
Today is US publication day for King Winter's Birthday. More about the extraordinary story behind the book here www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...
November 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Today is US publication day for King Winter's Birthday. More about the extraordinary story behind the book here www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...
Admit I was a bit blown away by this completely unexpected moment during our Unholy live show in New York on Wednesday @hillaryclinton.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Admit I was a bit blown away by this completely unexpected moment during our Unholy live show in New York on Wednesday @hillaryclinton.bsky.social
A clutch of elections in the US next week will tell us much about how Americans view Trump - and how Democrats are still not sure know how to confront him. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Democrats should be taking the fight to Trump – the problem is, he’s got them battling each other | Jonathan Freedland
Elections across the US next week should be easy pickings for the opposition. But they’re finding it hard to beat a player who breaks all the rules, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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October 31, 2025 at 7:28 PM
A clutch of elections in the US next week will tell us much about how Americans view Trump - and how Democrats are still not sure know how to confront him. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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“The problem is that, even after a decade in which Trump has dominated US politics, Democrats are still not sure how to confront him, or even, more fundamentally, what they should really be”
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October 31, 2025 at 6:03 PM
“The problem is that, even after a decade in which Trump has dominated US politics, Democrats are still not sure how to confront him, or even, more fundamentally, what they should really be”
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A special episode of Unholy for this week -- featuring our on-stage interview with former secretary of state Hillary Clinton alongside her co-author, Columbia scholar Dr Keren Yarhi-Milo, recorded at our Unholy live event in New York linktr.ee/unholypod
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October 31, 2025 at 12:13 PM
A special episode of Unholy for this week -- featuring our on-stage interview with former secretary of state Hillary Clinton alongside her co-author, Columbia scholar Dr Keren Yarhi-Milo, recorded at our Unholy live event in New York linktr.ee/unholypod
“China is in the driver’s seat”. Latest Politics Weekly America is a conversation with the man who served as the top China adviser to the Biden administration, Jonathan Czin, on the relationship between Washington and Beijing - and between Trump and Xi spotify.link/jIFORs3CUXb
Why is Trump talking about nuclear weapons?
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October 31, 2025 at 11:18 AM
“China is in the driver’s seat”. Latest Politics Weekly America is a conversation with the man who served as the top China adviser to the Biden administration, Jonathan Czin, on the relationship between Washington and Beijing - and between Trump and Xi spotify.link/jIFORs3CUXb
My interview with @cbsnews.com about THE TRAITORS CIRCLE www.cbsnews.com/video/story-...
The story of a secret resistance network in Nazi Germany
A new book that hits shelves on Tuesday looks at the true story of a secret resistance network in Nazi Germany, and a spy who would betray them. Jonathan Freedland, author of "The Traitors Circle," jo...
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October 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
My interview with @cbsnews.com about THE TRAITORS CIRCLE www.cbsnews.com/video/story-...
Tina Brown @tinabrownlm.bsky.social is obviously a towering figure in English language journalism - so it’s a major honour to be speaking with her all about THE TRAITORS CIRCLE for a video chat via her excellent Substack - Fresh Hell - tomorrow at 11am. She just sent this to her subscribers
October 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Tina Brown @tinabrownlm.bsky.social is obviously a towering figure in English language journalism - so it’s a major honour to be speaking with her all about THE TRAITORS CIRCLE for a video chat via her excellent Substack - Fresh Hell - tomorrow at 11am. She just sent this to her subscribers
Hugely looking forward to this - and very grateful to the great @jheil.bsky.social
My pal @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social has a superb new book out: "The Traitors Circle: The True Story of a Secret Resistance Network in Nazi Germany―and the Spy Who Betrayed Them." I'll be interviewing him about it on Thurs in NYC; get tickets to come see us here: tinyurl.com/4585sfjt
October 28, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Hugely looking forward to this - and very grateful to the great @jheil.bsky.social
Today is US publication day for The Traitors Circle: The True Story of a Secret Resistance Network in Nazi Germany - and the Spy Who Betrayed Them. It’s been described by @publisherswkly.bsky.social as “extraordinarily cinematic” & “thrilling” and by Slow Horses creator Mick Herron as “astonishing”
October 28, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Today is US publication day for The Traitors Circle: The True Story of a Secret Resistance Network in Nazi Germany - and the Spy Who Betrayed Them. It’s been described by @publisherswkly.bsky.social as “extraordinarily cinematic” & “thrilling” and by Slow Horses creator Mick Herron as “astonishing”
So in an act of major political nerdery, I woke this morning in the Watergate hotel in Washington, DC — ahead of the event I’m doing tonight all about THE TRAITORS CIRCLE, in conversation with the great Franklin Foer. Do join us! politics-prose.com/jonathan-fre...
Jonathan Freedland — The Traitors Circle: The True Story of a Secret Resistance Network in Nazi Germany - and the Spy Who Betrayed Them - with Franklin Foer — at the Wharf
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October 27, 2025 at 12:09 PM
So in an act of major political nerdery, I woke this morning in the Watergate hotel in Washington, DC — ahead of the event I’m doing tonight all about THE TRAITORS CIRCLE, in conversation with the great Franklin Foer. Do join us! politics-prose.com/jonathan-fre...
Just landed in Washington, DC – ahead of my event at 7pm tomorrow, where I’ll be in conversation with the great Franklin Foer all about THE TRAITORS CIRCLE. Do join us politics-prose.com/jonathan-fre...
Jonathan Freedland — The Traitors Circle: The True Story of a Secret Resistance Network in Nazi Germany - and the Spy Who Betrayed Them - with Franklin Foer — at the Wharf
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October 26, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Just landed in Washington, DC – ahead of my event at 7pm tomorrow, where I’ll be in conversation with the great Franklin Foer all about THE TRAITORS CIRCLE. Do join us politics-prose.com/jonathan-fre...
New Yorkers! Obviously you must come to the Unholy live show at the Streicker Center on the 29th — but I’d also love to see you on the 30th when I’ll be speaking with the great @jheil.bsky.social all about THE TRAITORS CIRCLE at the Manhattan JCC. Book now operations.daxko.com/online/5384/...
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October 26, 2025 at 12:25 AM
New Yorkers! Obviously you must come to the Unholy live show at the Streicker Center on the 29th — but I’d also love to see you on the 30th when I’ll be speaking with the great @jheil.bsky.social all about THE TRAITORS CIRCLE at the Manhattan JCC. Book now operations.daxko.com/online/5384/...
Bloody Sunday, Blue Lights and the two most boring words in the English language. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Blue Lights is more than great TV. It might be the best chance Britons have of reckoning with the Troubles | Jonathan Freedland
The reaction to the Bloody Sunday trial makes it clear: those of us outside Northern Ireland just don’t understand the painful legacy of this brutal conflict, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedlan...
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October 25, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Bloody Sunday, Blue Lights and the two most boring words in the English language. Latest column www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump “Bibi-sitting” Netanyahu - and a Palestinian perspective on what comes next, via a conversation with
@ssinijlawi.bsky.social Latest Unholy linktr.ee/unholypod
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Weekly podcast hosted by Yonit Levi and Jonathan Freedland, serving unbuttoned and unapologetically Jewish opinions, every Friday.
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October 24, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Trump “Bibi-sitting” Netanyahu - and a Palestinian perspective on what comes next, via a conversation with
@ssinijlawi.bsky.social Latest Unholy linktr.ee/unholypod
@ssinijlawi.bsky.social Latest Unholy linktr.ee/unholypod
She once served on a CIA task force, aimed at predicting civil wars around the world – and now she is alarmed by what she sees in her home country: the US. Latest Politics Weekly America is a conversation with
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Is Trump preparing for civil war?
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October 24, 2025 at 9:13 AM
She once served on a CIA task force, aimed at predicting civil wars around the world – and now she is alarmed by what she sees in her home country: the US. Latest Politics Weekly America is a conversation with
@barbarafwalter.com open.spotify.com/episode/6qrn...
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Glad to be here at the magnificent Topping & Co bookshop in Edinburgh to talk about THE TRAITORS CIRCLE — and to sign a few books while I’m at it
October 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Glad to be here at the magnificent Topping & Co bookshop in Edinburgh to talk about THE TRAITORS CIRCLE — and to sign a few books while I’m at it