Introducing: 'The Run-Up'

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🗓️ 6 September 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

In November, Americans will head to the polls for the first nationwide election since the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. But what happens this fall won’t just be about who wins and who loses. On the first episode of "The Run-Up,” host Astead Herndon lays out the stakes of the midterm elections and explores the big questions the podcast is looking to answer. “The Run-Up” is a new politics podcast from The New York Times. For more information, visit nytimes.com/therunup.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Michael.
0:01.9	This morning on the Daily, I mentioned that our guest, Politics Reporter, a stead-herndon,
0:07.1	is launching a show dedicated to the midterm elections.
0:11.3	That show, the run-up, will explore both the forces at play in this election, and how
0:17.7	it is that we've arrived at such a fraught moment in our politics.
0:23.0	Take a listen to the first episode.
0:38.0	Hello.
0:39.0	Hi, my name is a stead-herndon.
0:40.3	I'm a Politics Reporter at the New York Times, and hosting a new Politics Podcast from
0:44.8	the Times.
0:45.8	I'm looking for Belinda.
0:47.4	Is this her?
0:49.4	Ideas.
0:50.4	Thank you for thinking of.
0:54.3	We were hoping that you had maybe five, ten minutes today for us to ask a few questions
0:58.5	about how you're feeling about politics right now, and then record that.
1:02.4	Is that something you think we could do right now?
1:04.6	How long have you been reported to New York Times?
1:09.1	Since 2018.
1:10.1	I worked with Boston Globe before that.
1:13.2	And what area are you in?
1:15.0	I write about politics.
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