Profile: Who is Kamala Harris? (Part 2… VEEP!)
Americast
BBC
4.3 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 18 August 2024
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
It’s the second part of our Kamala Harris profile, as Americast takes a closer look at all the major candidates in the U.S. election. In this episode, Justin goes back to why Joe Biden picked Kamala Harris as his VP, and discusses what she stood for, and achieved during her time in the White House. Why did she lose confidence in 2021? Which issue redefined her, and which Democrats hope will be integral to success in the 2024 election? Americast is also profiling Donald Trump, and Vice Presidential candidates Tim Walz and JD Vance - look out for our special episodes over the coming weekends!
HOST: • Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter
GUESTS: • Jasmine Wright, Reporter for NOTUS • Ankush Khardori, Writer for Politico Magazine
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.7 | Hello, it's Justin Webb here. |
| 0:06.0 | We are doing a series of episodes profiling the presidential candidates and the vice presidential |
| 0:11.7 | candidates. We are talking today about Kamala Harris, |
| 0:14.5 | the Presidential Candidate for the Democrats. |
| 0:17.3 | It's a two-part series. |
| 0:19.1 | It's focused this part, part two, on her time as Vice President to Joe Biden over the past four years. |
| 0:26.3 | And if you haven't listened to part one, that's about her earlier career, feel free to go back and |
| 0:30.8 | listen to that. So you can get in touch as well and we really do welcome this. |
| 0:35.4 | AmeriCast at BBC.co. UK or what's up 4.330.1239480.1239480. So without further ado, welcome 330, one two three, nine four, eight zero. |
| 0:43.4 | So without further ado, welcome to AmeriCast, |
| 0:46.1 | the Kamala Harris profile, part two. |
| 0:50.7 | AmeriCast, fromiCast from BBC News. |
| 0:53.8 | I can imagine what can be and be unburdened by what has been, you know? |
| 0:58.1 | We did it Joe. |
| 0:59.8 | You're going to be the next president of the United States. |
| 1:03.9 | Mr. Vice President, I'm speaking. |
| 1:06.4 | If you don't mind letting me finish, |
| 1:08.0 | we can then have a conversation. |
| 1:09.4 | You think you just fell out of a coconut tree? We've been to the border. You haven't been to the border. And I haven't |
| 1:15.8 | been to Europe. And then you need to kick that fucking door down. |
| 1:20.0 | Excuse my life with. |
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