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Oh God, What Now?

Trump: The shot heard around the world

Oh God, What Now?

Podmasters

Society & Culture, News, Politics

4.6 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

The assassination attempt against Donald Trump shocks the world. Has it handed Trump an unbeatable advantage in the Presidential election? And can Biden withdraw now even if he wants to? Plus, England’s moment of national euphoria in the Euros is fated not to happen. Is the football-based feelgood factor in politics real or just a figment of the collective imagination – or both? • The Pension Confident Podcast from PensionBee aims to improve listeners’ understanding of personal finance – whether that’s helping you to navigate the cost of living crisis, exploring the impact of your relationship status on your finances or discussing how to teach kids about money. Listen to the latest episode here. • Get our exclusive NordVPN deal here ↣ https://nordvpn.com/ohgodwhatnow. It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money back guarantee! Support us on Patreon to get early access to all our live tickets plus mugs, t-shirts and more. Presented by Andrew Harrison with Marie le Conte, Ros Taylor and Alex Andreou. Production by Alex Andreou. Theme music by Cornershop. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production. www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to Oh God What Now bringing you 60 minutes of hurt twice a week.

0:09.8

I'm Andrew Harrison and I drive my tears on my World in Motion T-shirt

0:13.2

primarily because we won't get to do a cold Palmer, Kia Starmer headline after all like

0:17.6

I had planned. Every Friday we say something crazy like happened over the weekend

0:21.6

and this time it actually did with the

0:23.5

attempted assassination of Donald Trump at a campaign event in Pennsylvania.

0:26.9

We're going to be talking about the enormity of the potential consequences not just

0:30.3

for the presidential election but for the stability of the United States.

0:34.0

Could there really be a second civil war?

0:36.4

Plus, its exquisite agony at the very last minute for the England men's football team yet again,

0:41.7

after a lacklustre tournament for the national team enlivened

0:44.8

by just a few miracle goals. A win we were told would have brought the country together, but

0:49.4

do sporting feel-good moments really affect politics? Let's say hello to the panel.

0:54.0

Ross Taylor is the author of the future of trust and the writer and presenter of our

0:57.6

Companion Series Jam tomorrow, which starts its third series this very day.

1:01.6

Isn't that right, Ros? That's right, it does. And I've learned

1:04.8

a lot. I've learned that the Green Bell is an immensely powerful idea, but it's also a myth. It was never

1:09.1

really supposed to be green at all. But because the people who live on and near it are generally well off and often have time to spare,

1:17.0

it has this huge pull on the collective imagination which is very hard to shake.

1:22.0

So yeah, labour have got a big task on there. imagination which is very hard to shake.

1:22.8

So yeah, labor have got a big task on their hands, but they need to remind people of what

1:26.9

the Green Belt was originally for and also show that they care about countryside per se,

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