76. Decision Time 2020 with John Podesta
Outrage + Optimism: The Climate Podcast
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🗓️ 30 October 2020
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Election Day is next Tuesday, November 3rd.
It cannot be ignored - How the US will vote next week will have global consequences. What does the outcome look like as we see it just before Election Day, and how on Earth did we get here to this one single decision that will shape what feels like everything for generations to come? In our search for understanding (and peace of mind) we pose all of our concerns, worries, and questions to one of the leading experts in US politics and US climate policy, John Podesta.
John Podesta served as White House Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton, served as an advisor to President Barack Obama, and was Chair of Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign. With 52 years in presidential politics, and with the experience of running a campaign against Republican candidate Donald Trump, we sit down for an insightful view on what chances Democratic candidate Joe Biden has of winning the presidency this time around, as well as a forecast of what we should expect next week on Election Day.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Outragean Optimism, I'm Tom Riviccarnick. |
| 0:15.5 | I'm Cristiana Fiegettas. |
| 0:17.2 | And I'm Paul Dickinson. |
| 0:19.1 | This week we talk about the pivotal moment the world is facing in the US election in |
| 0:23.2 | the next few days. |
| 0:24.4 | We speak to John Podesta, former councillor to President Obama, and we have music from |
| 0:29.2 | OK Go. |
| 0:30.2 | Thanks for being here. |
| 0:45.6 | So friends, we do our very best on this podcast to not get blinded by the distraction that |
| 0:51.4 | is the current President of the United States. |
| 0:53.1 | But this week I think we're just going to have to give into it and focus on what's happening |
| 0:56.8 | because there's nothing in the next week that is going to be more pivotal than the US |
| 1:00.6 | election that of course is taking place next Tuesday. |
| 1:04.8 | Right now, according to our friends at 538, which is where I like to go most for my predictions. |
| 1:11.0 | And of course, we should look at this with a fair degree of caution given what happened |
| 1:14.2 | last time. |
| 1:15.4 | There is an 88 in 100 chance that Biden will be the President of the United States, President |
| 1:23.1 | elect from next week, with all of the different implications that that brings for the future |
| 1:28.9 | of our climate. |
| 1:29.9 | Now, John Podesta, we will have on later, there's no one better position to talk about whether |
| 1:33.3 | there's numbers are real. |
| 1:34.5 | But let's just talk about what's at stake. |
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