Bob Woodward on... Trump, Harris and the future of democracy
Ukrainecast
BBC
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 5 November 2024
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
America goes to the polls – but what could that mean for the future of US politics… and Ukraine?
The veteran Watergate journalist, Bob Woodward, joins us to talk about his latest book, ‘War’. He’s spent the last couple of years talking to people inside the Biden administration and shares his insights on what he learned about how they planned for and dealt with the aftermath of the full-scale invasion.
Victoria is in Washington to assess what the mood is like on election day.
And we hear from Sandra in Kyiv who’s recorded an audio diary detailing what life is like in Ukraine right now, as winter takes hold.
Today’s episode is presented by Lucy Hockings and Vitaly Shevchenko.
The producers were Arsenii Sokolov and Ben Carter. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The series producer is Tim Walklate. The senior news editor is Sara Wadeson.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello there, listeners. Vitaly Pashenko here. You've probably heard me on the podcast before, |
| 0:06.2 | talking about life as a student in Kiev. Before you hear today's episode, I just wanted to flag |
| 0:12.7 | that I'll be on a special program in a few weeks' time to mark 1,000 days since the full-scale invasion, |
| 0:20.7 | along with several other Ukrainians who've |
| 0:23.2 | regularly appeared on the podcast. If you've got any questions for me or young mum Irina and |
| 0:28.6 | English teacher Olga, please send us an email or WhatsApp. The contact details can be found |
| 0:34.6 | in the episode description. Thanks. |
| 0:41.4 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:49.1 | It's 986 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. And today, it's finally arrived, it's election day in the US. And Victoria is in Washington, D.C. Hi, Vic. How are you feeling? |
| 0:56.7 | Anxious, trepidation, excitement? Oh gosh, I think there's a, it's a, there's a real air of |
| 1:03.1 | total excitement because it's a massive election and it's so close. And from the people I've |
| 1:09.7 | spoken to, supporters on both sides, there is a little bit |
| 1:13.7 | of fear. I've got to be honest. You know, I'm in D.C. right now. I've been in Pennsylvania over the |
| 1:19.5 | weekend. Here, for the first time, some of the stores, some of the shops are being boarded up because |
| 1:25.4 | they said to me, look, irrespective who wins, |
| 1:28.4 | we are preparing for some kind of protests, for some kind of potential riots. So there's a tension. |
| 1:36.9 | And I didn't realize this till I got here. This country is absolutely split down the middle. |
| 1:42.0 | There is no common ground between Harris supporters |
| 1:45.3 | and Trump supporters. It is so extreme. You can feel it everywhere. And here we are on |
| 1:51.0 | Ukraine cast. And the question is, are they talking or the thinking about Ukraine, Russia? |
| 1:56.9 | Are people worried about what their vote is going to mean for places across the world, |
| 2:04.8 | such as Ukraine, or is it mostly or mainly immigration, economy and other domestic stuff? |
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