Americanswers in Philadelphia!
Americast
BBC
4.3 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 2 November 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Marianna and Justin are street side in the Pop-Up Podcast Studio answering your questions.
HOSTS: * Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter * Marianna Spring, Social Media Investigations Correspondent
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, AmeriCasters, it's getting very close to the big US election. |
| 0:04.1 | And before we get going with the podcast properly, I just want to let you know that we're going to be making daily episodes at the moment, taking the AmeriCast pop-up podcast studio on the road every single day, all the way till election night and maybe even beyond. |
| 0:18.3 | If you want to be notified as soon as new episodes drop in our podcast feed, |
| 0:22.3 | please make sure you're subscribed |
| 0:23.7 | to AmeriCast on BBC Sounds |
| 0:25.6 | and have push notifications |
| 0:27.1 | turned on in your phone settings. |
| 0:29.9 | That way, me, Justin, Sarah and Anthony |
| 0:32.6 | will land direct onto your phone |
| 0:34.4 | as soon as it's ready. |
| 0:36.2 | Just what you've always wanted. |
| 0:37.7 | Anyway, here's today's episode. |
| 0:39.6 | Enjoy. |
| 0:41.7 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:45.4 | Folks, we're on the streets of Philadelphia. |
| 0:47.4 | It is our pop-up, our latest pop-up podcast, |
| 0:50.2 | which has brought us to a parking lot or just outside a parking lot by a busy street. |
| 0:54.6 | Lots of people looking around at us with varying degrees of curiosity. |
| 0:58.8 | And that wonderful thing that I love about American cities, |
| 1:01.5 | there's steam coming out of the street right next to us. |
| 1:04.7 | Welcome to AmeriCast. |
| 1:09.0 | AmeriCast from BBC News |
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