Nick Bryant and Emma Shortis discuss the presidential debate and the state of the race on this bonus episode.

On this bonus After America, Nick Bryant, acclaimed author of The Forever War: America’s Unending Conflict with Itself and former BBC journalist, joins Dr Emma Shortis to reflect on the Harris-Trump debate.

This discussion was recorded live on Thursday 12 September 2024 and things may have changed since recording.

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Guest: Nick Bryant, author and former BBC United States correspondent // @NickBryantNY

Host: Emma Shortis, Senior Research for International & Security Affairs, the Australia Institute // @EmmaShortis

Show notes:

'Are you ready for it? What a Taylor Swift endorsement means for Kamala Harris' by Emma Shortis, The Conversation (September 2024)

The Forever War: America’s Unending Conflict with Itself by Nick Bryant (June 2024)

When America Stopped Being Great: A History of the Present by Nick Bryant (August 2020)

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We’d love to hear your feedback on this series, so send in your questions, comments or suggestions for future episodes to podcasts@australiainstitute.org.au.

Nick Bryant and Emma Shortis discuss the presidential debate and the state of the race on this bonus episode.
On this bonus After America, Nick Bryant, acclaimed author of The Forever War: America’s Unending Conflict with Itself and former BBC journalist, joins Dr Emma Shortis to reflect on the Harris-Trump debate.
This discussion was recorded live on Thursday 12 September 2024 and things may have changed since recording.
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Guest: Nick Bryant, author and former BBC United States correspondent // <a href="https://x.com/NickBryantNY">@NickBryantNY</a>
Host: Emma Shortis, Senior Research for International &amp; Security Affairs, the Australia Institute // <a href="https://x.com/EmmaShortis">@EmmaShortis</a>
Show notes:
<a href="https://theconversation.com/are-you-ready-for-it-what-a-taylor-swift-endorsement-means-for-kamala-harris-238981">'Are you ready for it? What a Taylor Swift endorsement means for Kamala Harris'</a> by Emma Shortis, The Conversation (September 2024)
<a href="https://www.penguin.com.au/books/the-forever-war-9781761048623">The Forever War: America’s Unending Conflict with Itself</a> by Nick Bryant (June 2024)
<a href="https://www.penguin.com.au/books/when-america-stopped-being-great-9781760896232">When America Stopped Being Great: A History of the Present</a> by Nick Bryant (August 2020)
Theme music: Blue Dot Sessions
We’d love to hear your feedback on this series, so send in your questions, comments or suggestions for future episodes to <a href="mailto:podcasts@australiainstitute.org.au">podcasts@australiainstitute.org.au</a>.

America faces a big choice this November. But whoever wins the presidency, the United States we thought we knew is gone – and it isn’t coming back. In this new Australia Institute podcast, Dr Emma Shortis asks what this means for the rest of us, and how Australia can help shape our rapidly changing world for the better.

America faces a big choice this November. But whoever wins the presidency, the United States we thought we knew is gone – and it isn’t coming back. In this new Australia Institute podcast, Dr Emma Shortis asks what this means for the rest of us, and how Australia can help shape our rapidly changing world for the better.

After America

Nick Bryant and Emma Shortis discuss the presidential debate and the state of the race on this bonus episode.

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