We are in an eighty-eight day sprint to the Presidential election. How would you follow this story if you wanted to actually understand something, instead of, like me, just feeling very anxious several times a day? We talk to Ezra Klein about how he follows elections and his own strange role in this election cycle. If you'd like to check out some of Ezra's election coverage this year, here are some good places to start. Democrats Have a Better Option than Biden (February, 2024) Are Democrats Right to Unite Around Kamala Harris? (July, 2024) Is Tim Walz the Midwestern Dad Democrats Need? (August, 2024) And if you'd like ad-free episodes of Search Engine, and bonus episodes, head to searchengine.show! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Way, way, way back last January, there was a search engine question I wanted us to try to ask but never did, which was, how long am I allowed to just ignore the presidential election? I felt like very sure that there was going to be a moment where I was going to completely seize my attention, but I wondered how long I could reasonably fend that moment off. Anyway, we didn't do that story.
July happened. Mid-July was where, for me, I think for most people, this election season entered into a completely insane series of news cycles. You probably shouldn't compare these things to TV shows, but it really was like every week was another finale. The stunningly bad Biden debate, the Trump assassination attempt, Biden's withdrawal from the race, Kamala's rise, the Democrats' veep stakes —
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