American Elections: Wicked Game

Expanded Perspectives

Science, Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 8 October 2019

⏱️ 2 minutes

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American Elections: Wicked Game is a new podcast from the host of Wondery’s American History Tellers (Lindsay Graham) that will explore all 58 presidential elections, leading up to the big day in November 2020. From the inevitable election of George Washington in 1789, to Donald Trump’s surprise electoral victory in 2016, we’ll attempt to discover if there ever was a “good ol’ days,” or if presidential politics have always been played dirty.

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0:00.0	On Tuesday, November 3, 2020, the citizens of the United States will cast ballots to elect their president.
0:07.7	We're in a battle for the soul of this nation.
0:09.9	We're in the middle of a cultural civil war.
0:11.6	We're in a battle for the soul of America.
0:15.9	And it feels like the country couldn't be more divided.
0:18.7	Mob politics is the new norm.
0:20.5	America will have to endure another 58 weeks of shouting.
0:24.3	People say horrendous things and they mean them.
0:27.1	Outrage.
0:27.8	If it ruined our country, why would we vote for that?
0:31.2	Misinformation.
0:32.2	I will define what's true.
0:33.5	That's true.
0:34.1	Because not true.
0:35.2	And manipulation.
0:36.2	They want to take part in what's going on.
0:38.2	To disobey what it means to be about.
0:41.2	58 weeks of the worst sort of political contest,
0:44.7	one no American could be proud of.
0:46.9	The ranger, the insult, the disrespect to our nation.
0:51.0	How has it come to this?
0:52.6	It's not going to go wrong.
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