Electioncast USA: Revisited
Newscast
BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 30 December 2024
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Today, Adam, Sumi, Caitriona and Justin talk through their stand out moments of the US election campaign.
Could the Democrats have done anything to rescue their campaign after Joe Biden dropped out? Or was Trump 2.0 a done deal? We relive all the major twists and turns of an unprecedented presidential race.
Plus they share their thoughts on what to look out for in 2025.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, Merry Christmas. If you would like to ensure you never miss an episode of this podcast, you can subscribe to us on BBC Sounds. Just click the subscribe button on the newscast feed. |
| 0:13.0 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. Hello. Let us count the number of twists and turns in the American presidential election of 2024. |
| 0:23.8 | Joe Biden dropping out while I was at the theatre. |
| 0:27.0 | Donald Trump being the subject of two assassination attempts. |
| 0:30.5 | I think actually while I was watching television for one of them. |
| 0:33.4 | And Kamala Harris becoming the candidate as we were all listening to Bratt, |
| 0:37.9 | the Charlie XX album, and those two things colliding headlong. |
| 0:42.2 | So we thought we would look back at those things and some of the other things |
| 0:45.8 | that happened in the election campaign with friends of the podcast, |
| 0:49.1 | Sumi and Katrina, and one quarter of AmeriCast, Justin Webb. |
| 0:53.2 | So that is what you will hear on this pre-recorded episode of Newscast. |
| 0:58.8 | Newscast from the BBC. |
| 1:01.3 | Two cheeks of the same backside. |
| 1:04.2 | Well, I don't think I'm that bad at politics. |
| 1:06.3 | People do call me for short, Jenny Leck. |
| 1:08.8 | On reflection, it was a mistake not to stay longer. |
| 1:11.0 | We did it. |
| 1:11.8 | Are you all watched the debate? |
| 1:13.4 | Winning the popular vote was very nice. |
| 1:15.8 | I don't think I'm being rude. |
| 1:17.4 | Blimey. |
| 1:19.3 | Hello, it's Adam in the newscast studio. |
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