Visions of masculinity: Walz, Vance prepare for debate
The NPR Politics Podcast
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4.4 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 30 September 2024
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
Two men from the Midwest face off in Tuesday night's vice presidential debate. Here's how Democrat Tim Walz and Republican JD Vance are preparing for the big night.
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| 0:22.1 | Hi, this is John in Philadelphia. Unlike your other listeners, I'm not biking across a city, |
| 0:26.4 | climbing a mountain, or running a double marathon, which I didn't even know existed, |
| 0:30.9 | but instead laying in bed after getting my COVID and flu shots. |
| 0:35.1 | This was recorded at 108 PM on Monday, September 30th. |
| 0:38.9 | Things may have changed by the time you hear this, but I will probably be napping still maybe getting some delivery and |
| 0:44.6 | cheering on all the apparent athletes that listen to this show. All right here's the |
| 0:48.8 | show. |
| 0:55.0 | Spoken like a true Philly fan. Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Susan Davis. I cover politics. |
| 0:59.0 | I'm Stephen Fowler. I cover the campaign. |
| 1:01.0 | And I'm a smachala, I cover the White House. And machala that cover the White House and tomorrow is the |
| 1:04.3 | first and only vice presidential debate and all of us in the podcast today are going to be |
| 1:08.6 | taking part in NPR's live special coverage of the CBS News Vice Presidential |
| 1:13.1 | debate simulcast including live video streaming which you can find on |
| 1:17.5 | your local member station's website or on the NPR app and of course we'll |
| 1:21.6 | cover it here on the podcast after the debate wraps but |
| 1:24.2 | today on the show the preparation and the stakes Asma for both J.D. Vance and |
| 1:29.3 | Tim Wall's this is still a sort of introduction to the American public. |
| 1:33.6 | That's right and I would say there's two sort of main goals I think they both have in the debate tomorrow night |
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