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Clay is Joined by Clare Malone of FiveThirtyEight to go over the polling with only one week left in the race. Millions of ballots have already been cast and Biden appears to be ahead, but are the polls really any more accurate than they were in 2016? It already looks like an election season unlike any other! Listen and find out what to expect on November 3rd...

Moderator:

Clay Aiken has sold 6 million albums, authored a New York Times bestseller, and ran for Congress in North Carolina in 2014.

Panelist:

Clare Malone is a senior politics writer at FiveThirtyEight, where she writes about electoral politics, class, and race in America and appears on the site's weekly podcast. Her writing has appeared in New York Magazine, Harper's, The New Yorker, The New York Times, and elsewhere. Prior she worked for The New Yorker and The American Prospect. 

 

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Clay is joined by Kate Kenski and Chris Cooper, experts on electoral politics in swing states Arizona and North Carolina, to discuss the state of the races, the changing political dynamics over the last few cycles, and what we can expect on election day. It might surprise you!

Moderator:

Clay Aiken has sold 6 million albums, authored a New York Times bestseller, and ran for Congress in North Carolina in 2014.

Panelist:

Kate Kenski is Professor at the University of Arizona in the Department of Communication with a joint appointment in Government & Public Policy where she teaches political communication, public opinion, and research methods. Prior to teaching at the University of Arizona, she was a senior analyst at the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania. She is co-author of The Obama Victory: How Media, Money, and Message Shaped the 2008 Election (2010, Oxford University Press) and Capturing Campaign Dynamics: The National Annenberg Election Survey (2004, Oxford University Press). 

Chris Cooper is Robert Lee Madison Distinguished Professor and Department Head in The Department of Political Science and Public Affairs at Western Carolina University. He has published widely on North Carolina politics, southern politics, and electoral politics in the United States.

 

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Clay is joined by Jessica Taylor, the Cook Report’s expert on Senate and Governor’s races to take a deep dive into 2020’s toss-ups, the methodology behind their calls, and how things look in the battleground states. Key takeaway: it doesn’t look good for Lindsay Graham...but when the news cycle moves this fast, anything can happen!

Moderator:

Clay Aiken has sold 6 million albums, authored a New York Times bestseller, and ran for Congress in North Carolina in 2014.

Panelist:

Jessica Taylor is the Senate and Governors Editor for The Cook Political Report (founded in 1984) that provides in-depth analysis of presidential, U.S. Senate, House and gubernatorial races. The New York Times has called The Cook Political Report, "a newsletter that both parties regard as authoritative." Previously, Taylor was a political reporter for National Public Radio for five years, where she covered elections and breaking news, ranging from the White House to both chambers of Congress and statewide elections, as well as the contributing author to the 2020 edition of The Almanac of American Politics.

Taylor’s quotes and analysis appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal and numerous other publications and she has reported on politics for several prestigious outlets including the NBC News Political Unit, National Journal, Politico and The Hill, where she served as campaign editor. She has appeared on MSNBC, Fox News, C-SPAN and CNN. 

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Clay is joined by Fox Nation’s Tomi Lahren for a vigorous conversation about the continuation of lockdowns, the state of our cities, the threat of voter fraud, and what purse best suits Joe Biden. You might be surprised where they both agree!

Moderator:

Clay Aiken has sold 6 million albums, authored a New York Times bestseller, and ran for Congress in North Carolina in 2014.

Panelist:

Tomi Lahren is FoxNews contributor and host on the digital streaming platform FoxNation. She is also the author of Never Play Dead: How the Truth Makes You Unstoppable. Tomi is the youngest political talk show host in history. Her daily signature “Final Thoughts” segments exceed 500 million views on Facebook alone, and she has a long-form interview series called “No Interruption.” Her motto is “faith, family and freedom above all.” Follow Tomi on Instagram.

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Clay is joined by former RNC Chairman Michael Steele to analyze the first Presidential Debate and discuss whether or not the candidates lived up to the expectations of their supporters. Michael rules it a win for Biden, believing that many lost faith in the President last night. Is he right? Or did Biden’s message get lost in the noise?

Moderator:

Clay Aiken has sold 6 million albums, authored a New York Times bestseller, and ran for Congress in North Carolina in 2014.

Panelist:

Michael Steele is the former RNC Chairman, and former Lt. Governor of Maryland. Michael is political analyst for MSNBC, the host of The Michael Steele Podcast, and has joined the Lincoln Project, a group of Republicans working to prevent President Donald Trump’s re-election. 

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Clay is joined by CNN’s Brian Stelter to discuss the state of journalism in 2020 and whether there’s still hope for objectivity. Is there anything to stop the networks from abandoning facts for clicks? Or are we doomed to follow the algorithms to conflict and chaos?

Moderator:

Clay Aiken has sold 6 million albums, authored a New York Times bestseller, and ran for Congress in North Carolina in 2014.

Panelist:

Brian Stelter is the chief media correspondent for CNN Worldwide and anchor of Reliable Sources, which examines the world’s top media stories every Sunday. Prior to joining CNN in 2013, Stelter was a media reporter at The New York Times. His first book, the New York Times bestseller Top of the Morning, inspired the Apple TV+ drama The Morning Show, where Stelter is a consulting producer on the series. He is also the executive producer of the HBO documentary After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News. His newest book out now from One Signal/Atria Books, is entitled Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth.

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Clay is joined by John Heilemann and Jennifer Palmieri, where they examine the Presidential race, take a deep dive into the state of the Biden campaign, and look ahead to how our politics look in 2024. Will we make it that far? 

Moderator:

Clay Aiken has sold 6 million albums, authored a New York Times bestseller, and ran for Congress in North Carolina in 2014.

Panelist:

John Heilemann is a host, creator, and executive producer of Showtime’s The Circus. He is a co-founder of Recount Media and Executive Editor of The Recount, a new video platform for political news, analysis, and commentary; national affairs analyst for NBC News and MSNBC; and co-author of the No. 1 New York Times bestsellers Double Down and Game Change, which was adapted into a movie garnering five Emmy Awards, three Golden Globes, and a Peabody Award. During the 2016 election season, Heilemann served as a managing editor of Bloomberg Politics and host of the daily MSNBC and Bloomberg TV program With All Due Respect. He is a former staff writer and columnist for New York magazine, The New Yorker, Wired, and The Economist. Follow John Heilemann on Instagram and The Circus on Instagram and Youtube. 

Jennifer Palmieri is a guest contributor to Showtime’s The Circus. She was Communications Director for the Clinton 2016 Presidential Campaign and White House Communications Director for President Obama. She is the author of She Proclaims: Our Declaration of Independence from a Man’s World, as well as the number-one New York Times bestselling book Dear Madam President. Follow Jennifer on Instagram.

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Clay is joined by Carter Page to discuss the radical politicalization of international relations, the influence of Russia on our politics and our national psyche, and if we’ll be able to resolve our differences before it’s too late!

Moderator:

Clay Aiken has sold 6 million albums, authored a New York Times bestseller, and ran for Congress in North Carolina in 2014.

Panelist:

Carter Page, Ph.D., is a former foreign-policy adviser to Donald Trump during his 2016 presidential election campaign, and the author of Abuse and Power: How an Innocent American Was Framed in an Attempted Coup Against the President (August 2020). Page became a target of the FBI who wanted to harass Trump and eventually unseat the President. Page is founder and managing partner of Global Energy Capital in New York and Global Natural Gas Ventures in Oklahoma City. 

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Clay is joined by NBC News’ Brandy Zadrozny and CNN’s Oliver Darcy to discuss the proliferation of QAnon theories on the major social media platforms, and to ask what happens as these ideas go from the depths of the internet to driving our politics on the streets and in the halls of government...

Moderator:

Clay Aiken has sold 6 million albums, authored a New York Times bestseller, and ran for Congress in North Carolina in 2014.

Panelist:

Brandy Zadrozny is an award-winning investigative and features reporter for NBC News where she covers misinformation, extremism, and the internet. She’s written definitive stories on the QAnon conspiracy, conservative outlet The Epoch Times, and the profiteers behind the rising anti-vaccination movement and coronavirus misinformation online.

Oliver Darcy is a senior media reporter for CNN, covering the intersection of media, politics, and technology. He regularly appears on CNN and CNN International to offer reporting and on-air analysis of current events. Darcy's award-winning reporting focuses largely on right-wing media and the role it plays in politics writ large, regularly covering misinformation and conspiracy theories. Darcy guest writes the acclaimed Reliable Sources Newsletter, which covers the daily breaking news from the media beat, six days a week. Follow Darcy on Instagram. 

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Clay is joined by Democratic strategist and counselor to President Bill Clinton, Paul Begala, to discuss the Republican Convention, the unrest on our streets, and the policies that he thinks will unite the country around a Biden ticket. If the country follows his advice and Biden follows his plans, will we be telling Trump, “You’re Fired” in November?

Moderator:

Clay Aiken has sold 6 million albums, authored a New York Times bestseller, and ran for Congress in North Carolina in 2014.

Panelist:

Paul Begala was a chief strategist for the 1992 Clinton-Gore campaign, serving as counselor to the president in the Clinton White House; Begala was senior adviser to the pro-Obama Super PAC that played a critical role in re-electing Obama in 2012. He is the author of five books, with his newest release is YOU’RE FIRED! The Perfect Guide to Beating Donald Trump. Begala’s other books include Is Our Children Learning?: The Case Against George W. Bush; It’s Still the Economy, Stupid; Buck Up, Suck Up...and Come Back When You Foul Up (with James Carville); Third Term: Why George W. Bush Loves John McCain; and Take it Back: Our Party, Our Country, Our Future (with James Carville). Begala is a CNN political commentator and an affiliated professor of public policy at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy.

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