Episodes
Thursday Oct 15, 2020
Leid Stories - 10.15.20
Thursday Oct 15, 2020
Thursday Oct 15, 2020
Election 2020 and the 'Trump Effect': Will the 'Magic' of 2016 put Trump back in the White House for a second term?
Leid Stories revisits a briefing by international political activist Tariq Ali Khan explaining the concatenation of national and international events and developments that spawned the emergence of Donald Trump as a U.S. presidential candidate in 2016.
Is history repeating itself?
Wednesday Oct 14, 2020
Leid Stories - 10.14.20
Wednesday Oct 14, 2020
Wednesday Oct 14, 2020
Here's what we're talking about on Leid Stories today:
The vote: Is it an effective tool to achieve freedom and equality in the United States, or are we still taking the bait?
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Leid Stories
10.14.2020
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
Leid Stories - 10.13.20
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
It's the second (of four) days of what should be an intensive interview and screening session between members of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Amy Coney Barrett, who President Donald Trump is pushing to be selected to serve a lifetime appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court, replacing the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
No surprise, there are many problems with Barrett's nomination. But will Trump get the conservative majority he wants with Barrett's appointment?
With polls showing Joe Biden pulling in impressive numbers, Trump and family "advisers" are working at breakneck speed to get at their voters.
Can the Trump campaign get the numbers they need to win in time?
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Leid Stories
10.13.202
Monday Oct 12, 2020
Leid Stories - 10.12.20
Monday Oct 12, 2020
Monday Oct 12, 2020
On Nov. 3, when the presidential election is held, the outcome, whatever the result, will be extraordinary and bewildering, not just for Americans, but for countries around the world.
We discuss how the contentious election between Republican incumbent President Donald J. Trump and Democratic challenger Joseph R. Biden Jr. might end.
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Leid Stories
10.12.2020
Friday Oct 09, 2020
Leid Stories - 10.09.20
Friday Oct 09, 2020
Friday Oct 09, 2020
It's "Free Your Mind Friday" on Leid Stories.
We suspend our regular format and become an open forum in which listeners are free to discuss subjects or issues of their own and about which they have considered opinions.
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Thursday Oct 08, 2020
Leid Stories - 10.08.20
Thursday Oct 08, 2020
Thursday Oct 08, 2020
Debating last night's Kamala Harris - Mike Pence vice presidential debate at the University of Utah.
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Leid Stories
10-08-2020
Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
Leid Stories - 10.07.20
Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
>> The Seconds Get Their 90 Minutes. Election 2020 vice presidential candidates Kamala Harris (D) and Mike Pence (R) debate for 90 minutes tonight at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. Susan Page, USA Today's Washington bureau chief, will moderate. The debate will be broadcast live, with no commercial breaks. Check your local listings.
>> Will your vote be a pro Biden-Harris vote, or an anti Trump-Pence vote? Explain.
>> Will your choice be based on any research you have done on the candidates, or your own visceral or reaction to them?
>> Would it matter to you that some people might say yours is not a "fair and objective" vote? What's your response to a criticism like that?
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Leid Stories
Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
Leid Stories - 10.06.20
Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
The Democratic Party just won't part ways with its plantation politics.
Trump's choreographed return to the White House after hospital stay for coronavirus treatment.
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Leid Stories
10-06-2020
Monday Oct 05, 2020
Leid Stories - 10.05.20
Monday Oct 05, 2020
Monday Oct 05, 2020
Friday Oct 02, 2020
Leid Stories - 10.02.20
Friday Oct 02, 2020
Friday Oct 02, 2020
It's "Free Your Mind Friday." Callers are asked to identify a major issue in the news and explain whether media coverage of it hits or misses the mark.
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