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Profile: Who is Kamala Harris? (Part 1… Early years)
How much do we know about the four candidates in the race to become the next President and Vice President of the United States? What are their backgrounds, and what do they stand for?
Americast kicks off its first profile series with Vice President Kamala Harris part 1.
Justin explores her early rise in the state of California as a prosecutor and senator, to her journey towards becoming VP. What’s the connection between Toni Morrison and Kamala Harris? Why did she drop out of the 2020 race before a single ballot was cast?
Americast is profiling all the major candidates in the U.S. election - Kamala Harris part 2 (on her time as VP), Donald Trump, and Vice Presidential candidates Tim Walz and JD Vance - look out for our special profile episodes over the coming weekends!
HOST:
• Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter
GUESTS:
• Brian Brokaw, Former campaign manager for Harris’ Attorney General campaign
• Joe Garofoli, Political journalist for the San Francisco Chronicle
GET IN TOUCH:
• Join our online community: https://discord.gg/qSrxqNcmRB
• Send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 9480
• Email [email protected]
• Or use #Americast
US Election Unspun: Sign up for Anthony’s new BBC newsletter: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68093155
This episode was made by George Dabby with Catherine Fusillo and Claire Betzer. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The series producer is Purvee Pattni. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
If you want to be notified every time we publish a new episode, please subscribe to us on BBC Sounds by hitting the subscribe button on the app.
You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Americast”. It works on most smart speakers.
Americast is part of the BBC News Podcasts family of podcasts. The team that makes Americast also makes lots of other podcasts, including The Global Story, The Today Podcast, and of course Newscast and Ukrainecast. If you enjoy Americast (and if you're reading this then you hopefully do), then we think that you will enjoy some of our other pods too. See links below.
The Global Story: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/w13xtvsd
The Today Podcast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0gg4k6r
Newscast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/p05299nl
Ukrainecast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0bqztzm
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How much do we know about the four candidates in the race to become the next President and Vice President of the United States? What are their backgrounds, and what do they stand for?
Americast kicks off its first profile series with Vice President Kamala Harris part 1.
Justin explores her early rise in the state of California as a prosecutor and senator, to her journey towards becoming VP. What’s the connection between Toni Morrison and Kamala Harris? Why did she drop out of the 2020 race before a single ballot was cast?
Americast is profiling all the major candidates in the U.S. election - Kamala Harris part 2 (on her time as VP), Donald Trump, and Vice Presidential candidates Tim Walz and JD Vance - look out for our special profile episodes over the coming weekends!
HOST:
• Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter
GUESTS:
• Brian Brokaw, Former campaign manager for Harris’ Attorney General campaign
• Joe Garofoli, Political journalist for the San Francisco Chronicle
GET IN TOUCH:
• Join our online community: https://discord.gg/qSrxqNcmRB
• Send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 9480
• Email [email protected]
• Or use #Americast
US Election Unspun: Sign up for Anthony’s new BBC newsletter: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68093155
This episode was made by George Dabby with Catherine Fusillo and Claire Betzer. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The series producer is Purvee Pattni. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
If you want to be notified every time we publish a new episode, please subscribe to us on BBC Sounds by hitting the subscribe button on the app.
You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Americast”. It works on most smart speakers.
Americast is part of the BBC News Podcasts family of podcasts. The team that makes Americast also makes lots of other podcasts, including The Global Story, The Today Podcast, and of course Newscast and Ukrainecast. If you enjoy Americast (and if you're reading this then you hopefully do), then we think that you will enjoy some of our other pods too. See links below.
The Global Story: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/w13xtvsd
The Today Podcast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0gg4k6r
Newscast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/p05299nl
Ukrainecast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/p0bqztzm
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