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What Next: Trump Seems Lost. But Can He Lose?

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Slate Podcasts

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.66K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump’s presidential opponent has changed—can he? Should he? Guest: Tom Nichols, staff writer at the Atlantic and professor emeritus at the U.S. Naval College. Want more What Next? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme and Rob Gunther. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.6

Hey what next listeners, it's Mary Harris.

0:34.4

This fall you're going to be bombarded with election news.

0:37.5

And we're here to make sure to report on the big stuff, but also the stories that are going

0:40.9

to affect you, especially ones that might fall through the cracks.

0:44.8

If you just started listening to us recently on Spotify, hey, welcome.

0:49.2

We hope you're going to take a moment to follow us so you can get a dose of that tongue-in-cheek analysis that

0:53.8

Slate is famous for. And to our loyal and longtime listeners, thanks. We're going to be

0:59.4

with you through all of this, no matter how bananas the election cycle gets.

1:04.0

All right, back to the news.

1:07.0

So Tom, did you follow Donald Trump and Elon Musk's interview last night?

1:15.4

Follow? Not really.

1:17.6

Listen to, yes, but making sense, making sense was a little more difficult.

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