Deep State Radio: After the Past Four Years, Do We Have Enough Energy to Celebrate Properly?

Words Matter

Riley Fessler

News, Government

4.6 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2020

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

As of the recording of this edition of Deep State Radio, no victor had been called in the presidential race. But it seems likely Joe Biden is the next president of the United States. Will we be able to appreciate and celebrate that or will challenges to the results, a rapidly deepening COVID crisis, election irregularities, and the possibility of divided government yuck our collective yum? We discuss with Greg Sargent of the Washington Post, former Obama WH official Dr. Kavita Patel, election integrity advocate Jennifer Cohn and Ryan Goodman of NYU Law School. Don’t miss it. Each week, we’re bringing you a new episode of one of our favorite podcasts, Deep State Radio. Deep State Radio, hosted by David Rothkopf, produces new episodes 2-3 times per week and brings together top experts, policymakers, and journalists from the national security, foreign policy, and political communities. You can subscribe to the podcast on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. If you become a member of the DSR Network, you’ll receive benefits such as ad-free listening via private feed, discounts to virtual events and Deep State Radio Swag, and access to the member-only Slack community. This is one of the most closely followed podcasts among the people influencing the most important decisions in Washington and worldwide today. You can learn more by visiting thedsrnetwork.com. Listeners to Words Matter will receive 25% off of the regular membership price. Use code wordsmatter at checkout. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/words-matter. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Here is another full episode of one of our favorite podcasts, Deep State Radio.
0:19.5	Deep State Radio hosted by David Rothkopf produces new episodes two to three times per week
0:25.4	and brings together top experts, policy makers and journalists from the national security, foreign policy, and political communities.
0:33.2	You can subscribe to the podcast on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:39.4	If you become a member of the DSR Network, you'll receive benefits such as ad-free listening via private feed, discounts to virtual events, and Deep State Radio swag.
0:50.1	And access to the member-only Slack community.
0:53.9	This is one of the most closely followed podcasts among the people influencing the most important decisions in Washington and worldwide today.
1:03.2	You can learn more by visiting the DSRnetwork.com.
1:08.8	Listeners towards matter will receive 25% off the regular membership price. Use code Words Matter at checkout.
1:39.4	This is Deep State Radio.
1:42.2	Coming to you direct from our super secret studio in the third sub-basement of the Ministry of Snark in Washington, DC, and from other undisclosed locations across America and around the world.
1:56.5	Hello and welcome to another special election week episode of Deep State Radio. I'm your host David Rothkopf, coming to you from New York City.
2:05.0	We have with us a great group to discuss where we stand in this election. I'll just note as we begin that we record this at five o'clock on Thursday afternoon.
2:16.6	So we expect things to evolve and we will try to keep that in mind as we go.
2:23.7	Joining us as every week also in New York City, we have Ryan Goodman of NYU Law School and just security. How are you doing today, Ryan?
2:33.3	Pretty well, David. Thanks.
2:35.1	And also as we have every week, Dr. Cavita Patel of Brookings and a special practicing physician and a former Obama White House official. How are you, Cavita?
2:46.6	Waiting for 270. Wait, wait for 270.
2:51.1	Somebody I noticed somebody said on Twitter, too, you know, the only way that Trump will hit 270 is if he loses 60 pounds.
3:01.6	So obvious it's brilliant.
3:03.3	Yeah, it was very good. That comment there was from Jennifer Cone, who is a lawyer and an election integrity advocate who has been burning up Twitter with insights into where this election is.
3:21.0	Running into potential problems. How are you, Jennifer?
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