Americanswers! What's the vibe at the Democratic Convention this week?
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4.3 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 19 August 2024
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
A collab with our friends at BBC Radio 5 Live.
HOSTS: • Marianna Spring, Disinformation & Social Media Correspondent • Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter • Anthony Zurcher, North America Correspondent • Tony Livesey, 5 Live presenter
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.6 | Hello, it's Mariana in the worldwide headquarters of AmeriCast |
| 0:08.3 | with a special edition of AmeriCans, |
| 0:10.6 | which you'll hear in a minute. |
| 0:12.2 | But first, I should tell you it's another big week for |
| 0:15.0 | the Democrats and Kamala Harris with the start of their National Convention in Chicago today. |
| 0:20.1 | AmeriCast is there. Just in, Sarah and Anthony, will be bringing you daily episodes, |
| 0:24.8 | and you can expect to hear some of the Democrats biggest names, Barak Obama, the Clintons, |
| 0:30.0 | Joe Biden, Tim Walz, and of course, Carmelah Harris, who will be formally anointed as their presidential |
| 0:36.2 | candidate on Thursday. But for today's American answers, we've teamed up with Tony Livesy on BBC Radio 5 Live and I've just done a live show answering |
| 0:44.9 | your questions. We were joined by Anthony and Justin. Here it is. |
| 0:49.1 | America. |
| 0:52.1 | America. America from BBC News. |
| 0:54.0 | There was blood pouring everywhere and yet I had God on my side. |
| 0:59.0 | Nothing can come in the way of saving our democracy. |
| 1:02.0 | So I've decided the best way of saving our democracy. |
| 1:02.6 | So I've decided the best way forward |
| 1:04.4 | is the past the torch for a new generation. |
| 1:06.3 | You think you just fell out of a coconut tree? |
| 1:08.8 | We're effectively run in this country |
| 1:10.8 | by a bunch of childless cat ladies. |
| 1:12.6 | These guys are creepy and yes just weird as hell that's what you see. |
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