Summary
With 90 days to go until the election, how will Americans cast their ballots in the middle of a pandemic? We hear from ProPublica’s Jessica Huseman on why postal-voting is proving to be a controversial topic. And Jon and Anthony speak to Cassie Smedile, Deputy Communications Director for the Republican National Committee, about what message Donald Trump does want to send.
Studio Manager: Emma Crowe Producers: Frankie Tobi, Natalie Ktena, Harriet Noble Editor: Dino Sofos
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:04.8 | It's August. It's hot. It's sunny. |
| 0:08.2 | The Isleysley Brothers summer breeze ought to be playing through this podcast. |
| 0:12.4 | And as America gets hot under the collar about postal votes, |
| 0:16.4 | Anthony and I have received our own very important piece of post, |
| 0:20.7 | a postcard from Maitless. |
| 0:23.4 | Hi, Soaps. Hi, Zerch. |
| 0:25.4 | I wanted to join you for this episode, |
| 0:27.1 | but we spent a long time testing the line yesterday, |
| 0:30.4 | and there was about 10 seconds delay between everything I said. |
| 0:34.8 | And whilst we do love reflective thought on this podcast, |
| 0:39.8 | we don't encourage it between each sentence. |
| 0:42.8 | So I'll leave this one to you guys, |
| 0:44.4 | and I'm sad not to be joining in. |
| 0:46.6 | The postal voting, the mail-in ballots, |
| 0:48.7 | because that's an amazing story. |
| 0:50.9 | And if Biden picks his VP, |
| 0:54.6 | please let me know. I'll join you as soon as I can. |
| 0:57.4 | Bye. |
| 0:58.6 | Did I hear cicadas in the background? |
| 1:01.8 | Well, they're definitely sounded like cryptids were chirping. |
| 1:05.0 | It's August. |
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