American Friction teaser: The NYT's chief White House correspondent on Biden, Trump and Harris

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🗓️ 28 September 2024

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What’s the feeling been like in the White House since Biden dropped out of the race? And how is Harris juggling both distancing herself from Biden and running on his record? In a teaser for our sibling podcast American Friction, The Bunker’s very own Jacob Jarvis and Rolling Stone’s Nikki McCann Ramirez, speak to the New York Times’ chief White House correspondent Peter Baker to discuss the feeling around the race, where it’s headed and much more. Want to know more about the race for the White House? On American Friction, you’ll find out everything you need to know, in plain English. Listen here. • Get tickets for Levitation, the annual festival of electronic music and ideas presented by friends of the pod Castles In Space, at Bedford Esquires on Sat 5 Oct. And here’s a taster playlist of who’s on: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4EBQbDcgPFEf9Bx5AJvvrX?si=a572a2d92dd24231 We are sponsored by Indeed. Go to Indeed.com/bunker for £100 sponsored credit. www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Jacob Jarvis and Nikki McCann Ramírez. Audio editor: Simon Williams. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Executive producer: Martin Bojtos. Artwork by James Parrett. AMERICAN FRICTION and the Bunker are Podmasters productions. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello I'm Jacob Jarvis and this is a teaser for our new podcast American Friction.
0:15.0	Do you want to know what Biden's been up to since dropping out of the presidential race,
0:19.0	and what questions do Harris and Trump both have to answer ahead of the vote?
0:24.0	Well we spoke to Peter Baker, chief White House correspondent for the New York Times to find
0:28.2	out exactly that.
0:29.8	Listen to the first 10 minutes here and if you want the full thing and to learn more about
0:33.2	what's happening across the pond, go listen to American Friction.
0:37.0	Out every Friday, they're the link in the show notes. Since Joe Biden dropped out of the race there has been less focus than you might
0:48.6	expect on the actual sitting president of the United States with all eyes now on Harris.
0:53.7	Peter Baker though is someone who is still very much keeping tabs on the president
0:57.4	as the New York Times is Chief White House Correspondent and he joins us today.
1:00.8	Hi Peter.
1:01.8	Hey, how are you?
1:03.4	Very good, thank you.
1:04.4	You.
1:05.4	I'm good, good, good.
1:07.4	Peter, what has the feeling been like around the White House since Biden pulled out of the
1:11.8	race and how is the administration handling having such a
1:14.6	period that feels like basically having a lame duck president?
1:18.6	Yeah it really does feel different you walk through the corridors of the West Ring right now and it's
1:23.9	kind of like high school at the end of senior year, right? I mean there's kind of this sense that we know
1:28.9	the end is coming, it's just a few months away, people are already drifting away, someone left to go work on the campaign
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