Vistopia
Cover of The US Election and a World in Transition
The US Election and a World in Transition
Understand a divided American society through its election
Completed · 39 episodes
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Audio in Chinese
Wang Jisi: To Understand the US Election, Look from Up Close Lin Yao: Being There Brings Subtle, Hard-to-Express Experience 0. Who Will Ultimately Win This Election? 1. Eligibility and Controversy: How Is the President Elected? 2. Who Shapes Party Elections? Primaries, Conventions, Caucuses, and the Vice-Presidential Race Bonus | How Did the Conventions Affect Support for the Two Parties? 3. Do Swing States Decide the Election? The Electoral College and Campaign-Finance Reform 4. Does Objectively Neutral Media Exist in the United States? Bonus | Trump vs. Harris: What Did They Argue About, and Who Won? 5. Criticized from Both Sides: What Role Does Mainstream Media Play? 6. Do Celebrity Endorsements Create a Fan Effect? Disney and the American Dream 7. Are Disney Films Getting Worse Because of Political Correctness? Hollywood and Politics 8. The Vanishing Center: Are the Two Parties Moving toward Polarization? Bonus | Can Polls Still Be Trusted? 9. Are False Stories Worse This Year? How the Internet, Social Media, and AI Change Elections 10. Why Choose Trump? Origins and Future of the Trump Phenomenon 11. How Has the Supreme Court's Reversal of Abortion Rights Changed the Election? Bonus | A Guide to Watching US Election Day 2024 Bonus | Election Night Is Over—What Comes Next for America? Bonus | How Far Is America from Its First Woman President? 12. A Two-Man Drama: Trump and Musk Find Each Other Election Snapshot | Will Thanksgiving Politics Become an Argument after Trump's Victory? 13. Wages Rose, but Why Can People Still Not Make Ends Meet? Inflation, Tariffs, and Deregulation 14. Did Trump Win through Empathy? Economic Policy and Voter Psychology Bonus | A Surreal Cast? Reviewing the Trump Cabinet Election Snapshot | What Does an Ivy League Graduate's Killing of an Insurance Executive Reveal? Election Snapshot | Will Trump's “Day One” Promises Proceed Unopposed? 15. Disappointment Spreads—How Are Young Americans Doing? Bonus | Remembering Jimmy Carter, America's Centenarian President 16. Immigrants Arrive with “New Hope”: How Will the Parties Address Illegal Immigration? (Part 1) 17. Can Trump's Mass-Deportation Policy Be Implemented? Immigration Law Past and Present (Part 2) Can TikTok Survive? | Bonus 18. Will the Political Pendulum Swing Faster Than Expected under Trump 2.0? 19. 488 Mass Shootings: The History and Future of Gun Control Will America Abandon Ukraine? | Bonus 20. Finale: Global Disorder and Strategic Rivalry under Trump 2.0 Trump's Tariff Storm: Amateur Theater or Grand Strategy? | Bonus Musk and Trump's Relationship Takes Off and Comes Back to Earth | Bonus US Government Shutdown: What Democrats and Republicans Each Want | Bonus