US Presidential debates: The weird history from Kennedy-Nixon to Trump-Harris

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🗓️ 10 September 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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US presidential debates are part spectacle, part showdown, and sometimes total sh*tshow. What is it about American politics that lends itself to these televised debates, and how have they evolved over time? Ahead of the Harris-Trump debate, Seth Alexander Thévoz spoke to Alan Schroeder, emeritus professor in the School of Journalism at Northeastern University and author of Presidential Debates: Risky Business on the Campaign Trail, about the weird history of US presidential debates. We are sponsored by Indeed. Go to Indeed.com/bunker for £100 sponsored credit. www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and presented by Seth Alexander Thévoz. Produced by Eliza Davis Beard. Audio production by Tom Taylor. Managing Editor Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor Andrew Harrison. Art by James Parrett. Music by Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production www.podmasters.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The European Union is at war with illegal immigration.
0:10.0	People once welcomed...
0:11.0	I feel now I have a new life, a new life.
0:15.0	Are now hunted.
0:16.0	We'll shoot you by some missiles.
0:19.0	Migrants are dying.
0:21.0	Are we animals or human? I want to know voters are angry.
0:25.0	No is we're person who has defenders
0:28.0	on our identity.
0:29.0	Smugglers are rich.
0:31.0	You have a translator of the Serbian police who is a crime boss actually.
0:36.2	But migration hasn't stopped.
0:38.2	Your refugees will break the wall.
0:41.2	So is this a war that EU politicians can win?
0:44.0	Are you a democratic stage or are you not?
0:47.0	And who are the people standing in their way?
0:50.0	Borders are not just difficult, they are also killing people.
0:55.0	Fortress Europe is an in-depth on the ground journey into the dark side of EU migration policy
1:01.0	from the shores of the Mediterranean to the streets of Dublin
1:05.1	with me journalist Andrew Connolly available on Apple Spotify and wherever you
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1:28.8	I'm Seth Tevall.
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