Summary
Biden, what you gonna do? Adam and Laura go transatlantic with the BBC’s Nick Bryant in Washington and a former US Deputy Ambassador to the UK, Lewis Luken. What could the impact of a Biden presidency be on life in the UK? Studio Director: Emma Crowe Producers: Georgia Coen, Rick Kelsey, Ben Weisz Assistant Editor: Sam Bonham Editor: Dino Sofos
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.6 | Hello, it was inauguration day in Washington, D.C. |
| 0:07.6 | Everyone was glued to their TVs, |
| 0:09.7 | and someone who was glued to it with their own eyes |
| 0:12.1 | was Nick Bryant in Washington DC hello |
| 0:14.5 | Adam hi slightly blurry eyes because I had to get up at two o'clock in the morning to |
| 0:19.1 | get to the inaugural ceremony but I was wide awake when it all happened and obviously you know had this |
| 0:24.6 | front row seat on history and Laura you were glued to it too. It was on lots of |
| 0:29.3 | screens in the newsroom and people were watching on in the way that you once you start watching an |
| 0:36.3 | event of that magnitude you just can't stop especially then when Lady Gaga |
| 0:40.6 | turned off. Lady Gaga, Sir Donnell. |
| 0:47.0 | Now, of course, we will dive into all the detail about what Joe Biden said, the symbolism of the event, |
| 0:54.8 | what Donald Trump was doing or not doing, what it means for the UK, but first we're going to play, |
| 0:58.8 | name that tune, Inauguration Edition. |
| 1:01.0 | So Nick, you've got a book out soon, so it makes me think that you're a bit of an expert on all this sort of stuff |
| 1:05.6 | I wonder if you'll be able to identify these inaugural musical performances |
| 1:10.4 | Do you want to give it a go? Sure. Here is the first clue. |
| 1:15.0 | You say does that source ban the |
| 1:20.0 | a higher way. Any idea who that was, which president that was for? |
| 1:30.0 | Oh my goodness. |
| 1:31.0 | It's a hard one. |
| 1:32.0 | Jesse Normans, the opera singer, no it wasn't her. |
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