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Hello and welcome back to the Americana Show. My name is Freddie Gray. I am the deputy editor of the

spectator and the US editor. And I'm pleased to tell you that this is the 10th year of the

Americano podcast. And I think it's fair to say it's been a fairly fascinating time in American politics, life and culture.

And that's what we talk about every episode on this podcast. So please keep listening and provide

as much feedback as you like. Today we are going to be talking about the midterms, which are

coming up in November, and I think

it's fair to say the election season has kicked off with more alacrity than usual. Donald Trump

appeared in Iowa last night, which is usually where presidential campaign cycles kick off,

and did a rally, a campaign-style rally saying, we've got to win the midterms.

And the Democrats are licking their lips at the prospect of revenge for 2024.

And yesterday, rather curiously, Kamala Harris H.Q, the social media handle, relaunched itself

as the headquarters in an attempt to drive up or gin up

Gen Z support for the Democrats in the buildup to November. To discuss this very important subject,

in some ways the political story of the year, I think, I'm delighted to be joined by the great Ryan Godersky, who is author of a substack,

National Populist, which is very, very interesting, particularly about the granular aspects

of American politics that me, certainly, and our British listeners are probably unaware of.

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