Beyond The Bubble

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Beyond The Bubble episodes

November 19, 2020 A holiday siesta
With the election (mostly) behind us, Beyond the Bubble is taking a holiday break. We’ll return with new episodes in the new year. In the meantime, thank you to all who have listened in throughout this past year—and we’ll talk to you again soon.

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4 min
November 12, 2020 Trump's dubious and dangerous refusal to concede
Join McClatchy's Alex Roarty, David Catanese, and Michael Wilner as they discuss the merits, or lack thereof, of the president's legal challenge to overturn the apparent results of the 2020 election. Plus, we assess why Democrats suffered an across-the-board decline in support among voters of color.

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34 min
November 09, 2020 President-elect Joe Biden
Join McClatchy’s Alex Roarty, Adam Wollner, David Catanese, and Francesca Chambers for a special episode of Beyond the Bubble, as they discuss the Democratic presidential nominee’s victory—and why Democrats have lots to ponder nonetheless.

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29 min
November 05, 2020 Ugh, the polls
Join McClatchy's Alex Roarty and Kristin Roberts, the Miami Herald's Bianca Padró Ocasio and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's Bud Kennedy as they discuss why there was yet another polling miss in this year's presidential election, and why Hispanic voters in Florida and Texas swung toward President Trump.

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30 min
October 28, 2020 The election is here!
Join McClatchy's Kristin Roberts, Alex Roarty, David Catanese, and Adam Wollner for a special pre-election episode of Beyond the Bubble. They'll talk about the state of play less than a week before the big day, have one last debate over whether this year really does mirror 2016, and discuss the biggest surprises of the campaign.

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36 min
October 22, 2020 How Trump and Biden each think they can get to 270
Join McClachy's Kristin Roberts, Francesca Chambers, and Alex Roarty as they size up how each party's presidential nominee can most easily reach 270 electoral votes and why the upper Midwest is so important for both.

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24 min
October 15, 2020 The state of play in Arizona
Join McClatchy's Kristin Roberts, Dave Catanese, and Alex Roarty as they discuss the battleground state of Arizona and why Joe Biden is holding a lead there over Donald Trump. Does Cindy McCain's endorsement of Biden make a big difference?

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26 min
October 08, 2020 The state of play in Georgia
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Tia Mitchell joins McClatchy’s Kristin Roberts and Adam Wollner to break down the presidential race in Georgia, a newly emerging battleground where Joe Biden is attempting to become the first Democratic presidential nominee to win since 1992.

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20 min
October 01, 2020 The state of play in Michigan (and the whole Upper Midwest)
McClatchy's Kristin Roberts and Alex Roarty are joined this week by Tim Alberta, Politico Magazine's chief political correspondent, to debate the battleground state of Michigan, whether the public should believe the polls that show Donald Trump struggling there, and why Joe Biden is performing better with working class voters than Hillary Clinton did.

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33 min
September 24, 2020 The state of play in North Carolina
Join McClatchy's Kristin Roberts and Alex Roarty and the Charlotte Observer's Jim Morrill as they discuss the all-important battleground of North Carolina, why Democrats are nervous about the absence of an on-the-ground presence in the state (and elsewhere), and what African-American voters make of Joe Biden's campaign.

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23 min

About Beyond The Bubble

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From McClatchy's Washington bureau, Kristin Roberts and Alex Roarty host a weekly look at what's happening inside the D.C. political bubble—and what that means for the battleground states beyond.