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Americast

Crazy Uncle and Sleepy Joe

Americast

BBC

Politics, Government, News

4.33.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

As Donald Trump and Joe Biden field voter questions at the same time on different TV networks, Emily, Jon and Anthony compare their performances. And we "Americanswer" why swing states are so swingy.

Studio Director: Emma Crowe Producers: Harriet Noble, Natalies Ktena and Morgan Gisholt Minard Assistant Editor: Emma Close Editor: Dino Sofos

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.

0:04.8

Guess what?

0:06.1

If you want to see what we look like, we're going to be on the telly,

0:10.2

but we still really value you, our podcast listeners,

0:13.2

and there are a couple of things in the pod,

0:15.2

you won't get anywhere else, so you've got to stay with us.

0:18.4

Yeah, I'm worried you're going to be disappointed when you do that,

0:20.9

and we've been getting such lovely tweets from you so far,

0:24.5

a barricast, a feedback.

0:26.4

A really good few, Ruth Tedson Woods wrote into us,

0:30.0

and she said, I think my favourite thing about listening to a mericast

0:33.2

is that I chip in with my thoughts as though I'm part of the gang.

0:36.8

Quite often, my husband will hear me and ask,

0:39.2

are you talking to Emily?

0:41.2

Now, that's been funny, Ruth, because quite often,

0:43.2

my husband turns around to me and he says,

0:45.1

are you talking to Ruth?

0:46.7

So I think we should work on this one.

0:48.7

Maybe you are part of the gang.

0:51.1

Hi, Ruth.

0:53.3

We also heard from you, Barbara.

0:54.8

This one. Go on.

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