from WNYC studios. I'm Brian Lehrer. This is my daily politics podcast. It's Thursday, October 10th.

We will re-air the national call-in election special we did last night in partnership with Marketplace in our series, America,

Are We Ready?

It was America, are we ready to make health care more affordable?

Then we'll do a live hour of our show at 11 o'clock.

But America, are we ready?

Here we go.

Thank you. From WNYC in New York and Marketplace from American Public Media, this is America. Are We Ready?

Hello, everyone.

I'm Brian Lehrer from WNYC. And I'm Kimberly Adams, senior Washington correspondent for Marketplace. For the next three weeks at this time, we're teaming up to help answer maybe the number one question on the minds of swing voters this year. Are we ready for what the outcome of this election will mean for the broader economy and our own personal finances?

That's right, Kimberly.

Before we dive into this question, though, we want to acknowledge a couple of things right at the top.

One is that we know we're on tonight on many stations in Florida.

And we're wishing everyone in the path of Hurricane Milton a safe night.

I wish we could do more, but we at least want to acknowledge that that's happening in areas

where you might be listening tonight and that we're thinking of you.

I'm sure your local public radio stations have a lot of information and advice specific to

wherever you are.

And we also want to acknowledge that for many voters in this year's elections,

passions are running high and the stakes are very high on a number of issues, including abortion

rights, immigration, the state of our democracy, and more. It kind of depends which party you're in

for many of these things. Some even call it a post-policy election in which identity

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