The Trump Assassination Attempt: What Now?

What Now? with Trevor Noah

Spotify Studios

News, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Trevor and Christiana are joined by Jody Avirgan, one of What Now?’s Executive Producers. In the wake of the July 13th assassination attempt on Donald Trump, they discuss people’s fascination with how the event “moves the plot forward,” the impact of the media’s need to feed the 24-hour news cycle with “developing story” updates (both accurate and inaccurate), and whether the greater issue at stake is actually America’s self-image and a failure to learn from historic moments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Imagine going to a restaurant where they don't give you the meal, they just keep giving you
0:07.0	like one ingredient as you're sitting at the table, and so when you sit down you're like, oh I'm having rice, oh no, wait, I'm having a rice stew with beef, oh no wait, I'm having a rice stew with beef and also some chili, oh no wait, I'm having a rice stew with beef and also some chili, oh no wait, I'm having a... That's exactly what they do with the news. You're listening to what now?
0:26.0	The podcast where I chats are interesting people
0:28.0	about the conversations taking over our world.
0:31.0	This week, we're talking about the story that has been on everyone's
0:36.0	minds, the assassination attempt against Donald Trump. And now we're here asking, will this change the way Americans votes? Will this change
0:48.0	Donald J. Trump? And will America learn from its past,
0:53.3	or just continue the story of American exceptionalism.
0:58.0	Now, the only thing I love more than peeling back
1:00.0	the layers of a story is doing it
1:02.2	with my favorite thinkers.
1:03.8	So once again, I'm joined by writer, journalist, and professional
1:08.8	haider, Christina Ambaco, Medina, Medina, and one of what now's very own executive producers
1:14.1	Jody Abigan.
1:17.1	Do we want to game plan?
1:18.3	I am reporting on my side. This is what now with Trevanoa. At Radio Lab, we love nothing more than nerding out about science,
1:43.9	neuroscience, chemistry.
1:45.9	But, but, we do also like to get into other kinds of stories,
1:49.1	stories about policing, or politics, country music, hockey, sex, of bugs.
1:55.0	Regardless of whether we're looking at science or not science, we bring a
1:59.4	rigorous curiosity to get you the answers. And hopefully make you see the world a new.
2:03.8	Radio Lab, Adventures on the edge of what we think we know.
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