Across the Pond: What Americans Really Think About Britain

About this episode

Ellen and Clive explore American views of Britain, debunking myths and uncovering truths about cultural perceptions across the Atlantic.

Following our look at Brits’ perceptions of life Stateside last week, in this episode Ellen puts Clive on the spot to find out if common American views of the Brits really stack up in practice. We get behind the myths and the mysteries, and uncover some surprising truths. Do we really get lost in the great trans-Atlantic divide, or do we have more in common than we realize? Fasten your seat-belts as, 10 years on from the Brexit referendum, we take a look at everything from what on earth goes on inside the British Parliament, to whether Britain is actually a country, and what’s this crazy thing about lawyers wearing wigs? All this and much more in this week’s Impact! You can listen to our episode last week, What we really think about each other: Part 1–Brit Takes on Americans at https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-3mv68-1ad3ebe Suggested Intention Focus for this week This week, as we’ve reflected on American perceptions of the British, we suggest holding as our main intention: We will that all Americans whose views of their allies may be biased by news, social media and social group misconceptions, will seek to understand the truth of what really happens across the pond, and especially…

People in this episode

Host: Ellen Bintz

Guest: Clive Johnson

Topics covered

• American perceptions of Britain
• British Parliament
• trans-Atlantic relations
• cultural misconceptions
• media image
• Brexit impact

Keywords

• American views
• British culture
• trans-Atlantic divide
• media misconceptions
• Brexit
• lawyers wearing wigs

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: What we really think about each other: Part 1–Brit Takes on Americans

Places: Britain, America

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