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Intelligence Squared

Election Day Special, with Danielle Pletka, Emily Tamkin and Manveen Rana

Intelligence Squared

Intelligence Squared

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4.2 • 1.2K Ratings

šŸ—“ļø 3 November 2020

ā±ļø 26 minutes

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Summary

In this week's episode we were joined by DanielleĀ Pletka, Washington Post commentator and senior fellow at the American Enterprise; and Emily Tamkin, U.S editor of The New Statesman, to speak about how the candidates have performed in the final weeks of the race, the battleground States listeners should look out for and what's at stake for the country as a whole. The episodeĀ was hosted by Manveen Rana, senior investigative journalistĀ for theĀ Times newspaper. She is also the host of a podcast called Stories of Our Times which you can listen to here:Ā https://apple.co/38jGWb1 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared. Ā See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello, I'm Rory Stewart, and I'd like to tell you about an Intelligence Square event I'm doing with the classicist, author and broadcaster Mary Beard.

0:08.0

Together we'll be discussing politics and power from the Caesars to Sunak who gets to win power who is excluded does

0:16.2

power always corrupt or are there examples of leaders who've maintained their integrity

0:20.8

while an authority and how does the nature of power vary across different times and cultures?

0:26.0

These are just some of the questions that Mary and I will be trying to answer.

0:30.0

In-person tickets are now sold out, but you can still watch online on the 13th

0:33.9

November at 7 PM BST. Put your questions to us live as we discuss power and

0:39.2

politics down the edges.

0:47.0

Here and now I give you my word. If you entrust me with the presidency,

0:50.0

I will draw on the best of us, not the worst.

0:54.0

I'll be an ally of the light, not the darkness.

0:58.1

It's time for us, for we, the people, to come together. I'm the only thing standing between the American dream

1:05.7

and total anarchy, madness and chaos. In the midst of a deadly global pandemic, on November 3rd, the United States will go to the polls for an era defining election.

1:18.0

In the coming weeks on Intelligence Squared, we'll be speaking to world leading experts about what's at stake in Biden versus Trump.

1:26.0

The most important election of our lifetime.

1:29.0

This is the most important election of our times.

1:32.0

Probably one of the most important elections of our lifetime. Probably one of the most important elections of our lifetime.

1:34.4

This is the most important election in our lifetime.

1:38.1

Politicians say every time, this is the most important election.

1:41.5

This one's really that important.

1:45.0

Hello podcast listeners I'm Connor and welcome to this Intelligence

1:48.1

Squared Election Day special. Today we're here to answer your questions about

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