Bingo! (Presidential debate edition)

Planet Money

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🗓️ 4 September 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Campaigns can be a jargony slog. And this year, we are seeing a lot of economic terms being thrown around, many of which... aren't entirely straightforward.

In this episode, we try to make the mess of words that accompany a presidential campaign into something a little less exhausting: A game of bingo.

Follow along as we dig into five terms that we expect to hear in the upcoming presidential debate, along with some others we hope to hear.

You can play along, too, at npr.org/bingo. Play online or print cards to play with friends on debate night!

This episode was hosted by Nick Fountain and Erika Beras. It was produced by Sam Yellowhorse Kesler with help from Emma Peaslee. It was edited by Meg Cramer. It was fact-checked by Sierra Juarez and engineered by Cena Loffredo. Alex Goldmark is our executive producer.

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0:17.0	This is Planet Money from NPR.
0:20.0	So, we have an election coming up and there are some serious economic policy
0:29.2	being lobbed about. Yeah for the Wunks this has actually been an exciting few weeks because we are starting to see hints, at least, of economic policies from both candidates.
0:40.0	Some of them are clear, but most of them are shrouded in jargon, or hidden behind campaign slogans.
0:46.0	Opportunity Economy.
0:49.0	De-industrialized Third World Nation.
0:52.0	Homeowner Bill of Rines.
0:54.0	Energy dominance.
0:55.0	A middle class tax cut.
0:57.0	A net zero policy.
0:59.0	What does that mean?
1:00.0	I have no idea.
1:02.0	Yes, what does any of that mean? Right, but these are all things you are likely to hear out on the campaign trail or at next week's debate. And you know what were thinking these next few months are going to be a
1:15.8	jargony slog so what if hear us out we turn that slog into a game.
1:24.0	That's right, we're doing bingo.
1:27.0	Nope, stop it, hold on.
1:31.0	Halt, that's not bingo music.
1:35.0	Let's go for something a little more chill.
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