Talking politics: inaugural addresses

As we gear up for Donald Trump taking the oath of office as US President later today, Cambridge political scientist David Runciman talks about inaugural addresses from the past in his latest 'Talking Politics' podcast.

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Here's the podcast description:

The inaugurals includes the classics - Lincoln, FDR - but also some hidden gems. Who thinks Adams in 1797 was speaking direct to us today? Who gets moved by Nixon in 1969 describing the world seen from space? Who argues LBJ in 1965 is the most underrated of all? Hear that and more as we try to tell a story of America through the things its presidents said when they took on the job.

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TALKING POLITICS
Corbyn! Trump! Brexit! Politics has never been more unpredictable, more alarming or more interesting. TALKING POLITICS is the podcast that will try to make sense of it all. Each Thursday, in Cambridge, David Runciman talks to his regular panel along with novelists, comedians, historians, philosophers - and even a few politicians - and ask them what they think is going on... Democracy is feeling the strain everywhere. What might happen next? How bad could it get? As it unfolds, TALKING POLITICS will be on it. It’s the political conversation everyone is having: please join us.

Professor David Runciman is Head of the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) at the University of Cambridge.

 

Reproduced courtesy of the University of Cambridge
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