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A brand new series, Defending Europe, starts Monday the 16th of September at 9 on National Geographic. On this week's episode of the podcast we dive deep into the presidential debate.

The one that we just had in Philadelphia, I was there in person, but to tie this into the broader context of what exactly has been going on in this election more generally, tie this to the last debate.

Recall the two presidential debates were scheduled together.

What are the implications of that?

Often we react to what were served up in short news cycles lasting days or even hours, but we don't often take

moments to take a larger step back and ask ourselves why is played out exactly the way that

it has. Is Kamal Harris really the candidate or is she a representative

of a broader machine? That's the conversation we deserve to be having in this country, not just

the Republican Party, but more generally in the lead up to this

election to cut through the smoke screen to understand what's really going on.

Let's get right into it. I had a chance to attend the debate in Philadelphia last night,

the spin room at least around the debate, and it was an interesting experience.

It was even quite a bit different than the CNN debate. That was the one in Atlanta. The environment was different. It was a lot more organized. It was a lot more structured. Just even the way the press was run, the way the entire city was being run around it,

the environment around the debate had a sense of organization to it in a way that the last debate didn't have.

And I share that it's a small detail the last debate didn't have.

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