The Name Is DeSantis
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BBC
4.1 • 885 Ratings
🗓️ 8 November 2022
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
You may not know who he is - but you should. Under Donald Trump Ron DeSantis rode the MAGA wave to to the governor job in Florida.
For some, he's a "smart Trump". For others, a "troll" who, with a series of eye-catching stunts and pronouncements, has dominated headlines and is now viewed as a serious contender for the Republican nomination in 2024.
From transporting migrants to the millionaires' playground of Martha's Vineyard to taking on Disney over so-called "Don't Say Gay" legislation, this is a politician who has weaponised the culture wars to enormous effect.
For liberals, he's a cruel, socially awkward bogeyman, to his supporters, a resolute strongman turning the tide against corrosive wokeism.
James Naughtie profiles the man who, if he does turn his eye to The White House, may have to take the gloves off with the man who many say made him - Donald Trump.
The programme features Fernanda Santos of Futuro Media, Mike Binder of the University of North Florida Public Opinion Research Lab and Rick Wilson, founder of The Lincoln Project.
Presented by James Naughtie. Produced by Kevin Core.
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| 0:00.0 | This was an impregnable fortress. The only way you get out was in a wooden box. |
| 0:05.0 | The controversial maximum security prison impossible to escape from. |
| 0:09.0 | And one of the duties of a political prisoner is the escape. |
| 0:12.0 | The IRA inmates who found a way. of a political prisoner is the escape. |
| 0:12.5 | The IRA inmates who found a way. |
| 0:14.5 | I'm Carlo Gableer and I'll be navigating a path |
| 0:19.5 | through the disturbing inside story of the biggest jailbreak in British and Irish history. |
| 0:25.0 | The narrative that they want is that this is a big achievement by them. |
| 0:28.5 | Escape from the maze, listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:35.0 | BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds, Music Radio Podcasts. |
| 0:39.0 | Welcome to Seriously from BBC Radio 4. |
| 0:43.2 | I'm Vanessa Kasule. |
| 0:44.6 | You're about to hear something gripping, extraordinary, |
| 0:47.8 | and seriously unforgettable. |
| 0:50.6 | Each week this podcast brings you two of the best documentaries the audio world has to offer. |
| 0:56.0 | Let me welcome you to the freest state in these United States. |
| 1:04.0 | The woke is the new religion of the left. |
| 1:08.0 | Freedom has prevailed in the sunshine state. Ron de Santis, the Florida Governor with the ambition to be much more a product of the Trump era one of its unruly children |
| 1:28.0 | might he yet become his patron's nemesis |
| 1:32.0 | he is offering Republicans come his patron's nemesis. |
| 1:33.0 | He is offering Republicans a clear promise. |
| 1:36.4 | That clear promise is this, |
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