The déjà vu election; plus, losing faith in politics in "Great Expectations"

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🗓️ 15 March 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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The 2024 presidential election will be a rematch between former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden; and with that rematch comes political fanfare, some public apathy and déjà vu. To take a look at the public perception of this repeat race, host Brittany Luse is joined by NPR political correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben and NPR White House Correspondent Franco Ordoñez.

Then, Brittany is joined by Vinson Cunningham to discuss his debut novel, Great Expectations. It's a period piece that follows the story of a young man working on an election campaign that echoes that of Obama's 2008 run. Ultimately, it's a novel about belief - both religious and political. Brittany and Vinson discuss American politics as a sort of religion - and why belief in politics has changed so much in the last decade.

To end the show, Brittany shares her thoughts about "Kate Gate" and the mysterious case of royal photoshopping.

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0:18.0	Hello, hello, I'm Brittany Loose, and you're listening to It's Been a Minute from NPR, a show about
0:26.8	what's going on in culture and why it doesn't happen by accident. I'm just going to say it. I'm just going to say it. We as a nation have somehow blasted back to 2020.
0:45.7	Walk with me. In this year's Super Bowl we saw Kansas City versus San Francisco again
0:51.6	and just like in 2020 Taylor Swift is dropping albums like
0:55.8	Hot Cakes and perhaps most eerily we're looking at another Biden versus Trump
1:01.5	showdown on November.
1:03.0	Now, the first two things are reasonable enough, but a presidential rematch with the exact same two candidates?
1:10.0	You know, for a country that likes to pride itself on marching forward. I can't help feeling like we're stuck in neutral.
1:17.0	So to help me wade through this delirious Democratic deja vu, I called up the home team.
1:24.0	MBR politics correspondent Danielle Kurtzlavin and White House correspondent Franco-ordoniers
1:29.6	join the show to answer an important question. Is this election a remake or a sequel?
1:35.0	And what does all this mean for Americans who are looking for something new?
1:40.0	Danielle Franco, welcome to it's been a minute.
1:44.8	Excited to be here.
1:45.8	Great to be here.
1:46.8	So 2020 is back like it never left.
1:50.9	And before we dive into what that says about our culture right now, I want to play a little game with you.
1:55.2	How does that sound? Sure. The name of the game is Democracy Doubles.
2:02.6	I'm going to tell you what one of the candidates said
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