MINI-POD: What Matters Most About The Latest Republican Debate?
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Jenna Lee
4.9 • 660 Ratings
🗓️ 9 November 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
A quick look at the third Republican debate as five candidates fight for voters and the favor of the party. Did any contenders stand out? Jenna breaks down three things to know about this debate, and three moments that matter.
Hear: Ramaswamy's kinetic opening, the context for the "scum" heard around the world, and a thoughtful response from a candidate looking to create momentum.
Plus - the five minutes that will summarize the debate and each candidates position in one swoop: 25:00-30:00.
Letter From The Editor: I set out to record a "mini" pod on this event as an answer to your requests on social media. Turns out, the report is not so "mini". As we enter this busy political season, I'd love your feedback as to what length works best for you! Email us: hello@smarthernews.com Thank you so much for being here and helping us build a solution in news! Jenna
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, everyone. Welcome to Smarter News. My name is Jenna, and it's the perfect day to talk a little |
| 0:09.0 | politics. We're less than 24 hours after the third Republican primary debate. It's a dark and stormy |
| 0:16.5 | day in Texas. So it's a good day to grab a cup of coffee, curl up and talk a little presidential |
| 0:21.6 | politics, which is what we're going to do today. And I'm doing this for a particular reason. |
| 0:26.5 | When I asked you on social media, are you watching this particular Republican debate? |
| 0:32.4 | The resounding answer was no. And then I asked, would you like a mini pot, like an abbreviated podcast that would |
| 0:41.0 | just give you the highlights? The resounding answer was yes. And so that's why I'm here today |
| 0:44.8 | to give you the highlights, to give you a couple takeaways from this particular event. And I'm |
| 0:48.9 | happy to do so. I have suffered through any number of live televised events during my career. And I'm happy to do it because |
| 0:56.0 | you have to watch the whole thing to be able to report on it. And I watch the whole debate. And so I do |
| 1:00.6 | have a couple takeaways for you that I hope will be worthwhile to you. That said, the key thing that I |
| 1:06.0 | watch for in any debate and that I would most urgently want to report to you is the news. |
| 1:13.2 | You know, what is the actual news value of any debate? |
| 1:17.1 | What is the big headline? |
| 1:18.3 | What came up that will ignite a brand new news cycle or a new conversation or change |
| 1:23.0 | the tone of this particular time and place for this particular political party. And I'm not going to bury |
| 1:29.4 | the lead. We did not have a lot of news value last night. Sure, there were some viral moments. |
| 1:34.0 | I'm going to show you, share a couple of those with you so you could kind of hear maybe a broader swath |
| 1:38.0 | of them in the 10 or 15 seconds that you might otherwise see. Sure, you know, viral moments will always |
| 1:42.6 | happen. There'll always be some interesting answers |
| 1:45.5 | that may make us pause and think a little bit more deeply about any number of topics. But did this |
| 1:51.2 | debate change the news cycle? No. Is there anything that will dramatically shift the race for |
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