Once again, we find ourselves in an unprecedented election. And with all that's happening in the lead up to the big day, a weekly podcast just won't cut it. Get a better grasp of where we stand as a nation every weekday on the NPR Politics Podcast. Here are season reporters dig into the issues that are shaping voters' decisions and understand how the latest updates play

into the bigger picture.

Listen to the NPR Politics Podcast on the IHeartRadio app or wherever you get your

podcasts.

Hello and welcome.

It's our number one of the Friday podcast.

We do welcome you into the magic podcast box.

And this, you already know what's on here, but I'll give you my version of what's going

on.

Before I do that, though, a programming note, if you are a fan of this show, I recommend you

give a try to the fifth hour podcast, which is a spinoff of the Ben Maler show.

It'll be available today.

And depending on when you are listening to this, it might already be available.

It normally drops at 9 a.m. in the east, 6 a.m. in the West.

And on that podcast, we're doing a bit I used to do on the radio.

We moved it to the podcast.

It's gambling, handicapping, a gambler's guide to the presidential election.

And if you're a gambler, this is an opportunity to win a couple of bucks.

Even if you're not, you know, you have a pretty good idea if you're into politics at all.

Who's going to win certain elections, certain races in the presidential elections?

We'll have that coming up today in the fifth hour.

This hour and hour number one, Teddy Bridgewater and the Panthers drown against the Falcons.

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