Episode 49
ITM 3: Reaction to the Democratic National Convention
This is America: A History in the Making, where we discuss the biggest stories and breaking news from the USA. On this episode, we react to the Democratic National Convention, which has just wrapped in Chicago, where Kamala Harris and Tim Walz officially accepted the Democratic nomination for President and VP respectively.
We discuss the highs, the lows, the speeches, and if, with less than 80 days until the election, this changes the race to the White House.
Special Guests:
- Emma Long, Associate Professor of American History and Politics and Head of the Department of American Studies at the University of East Anglia
- Andrew Moran, Head of Criminology, Sociology, Politics and International Relations at London Metropolitan University.
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