Mark Blyth, political economist at Brown's Watson Institute, and Carrie Nordlund, political scientist and associate director of Brown's Master of Public Affairs program, share their take on the news.

On this episode: Trump's strategy to let states fend for themselves; Joe Biden's strategy of being neither seen nor heard; how Europe's handling the coronavirus; the US's 'one bit of luck' in this crisis; a eulogy to American exceptionalism; updates on the British Royal family; Mark's recipe of the week.

*If you like Mark and Carrie, check out Watson's other politics and policy podcast, Trending Globally. You can find it wherever you listen to podcasts, or on Soundcloud here: [https://soundcloud.com/watsoninstitute/tracks]*

You can read a transcript of this episode here: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f_Fc6j1xVZ0hQpQWM2zrnRJTgcM8N2mH/view?usp=sharing]