If you may have found yourself thinking,

if you saw the recent presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump,

you may have found yourself thinking,

really? These are the two best candidates the United States

has to offer how did that happen the episode you're about to hear can help explain how that happened. The core of this

episode was first published in 2018 during Donald Trump's presidency. This is

an update but we've also added a new voice.

Andrew, it's Stephen, how are you?

Hey Stephen, how are you, my friend?

First of all, just introduce yourself please.

I am Andrew Yang. I'm an all-around interesting bond v vat.

Andrew Yang has been on this show before the first time was in early 2019 in an episode we called

Why is this man running for president? Yang did run as a Democrat in the 2020

election and for a time he was everyone's favorite entrepreneur, a businessman with a taste for

policy research.

He offered sharp diagnoses and prescriptions for some of our country's biggest economic and social

problems.

In support, there arose a substantial Yang Gang,

and his campaign caught fire for a while.

He made the big Democratic debate stage in 2020, but ultimately he flamed out.

In 2021, he ran for mayor of New York City.

He lost that election too.

...