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Suzi talks to Harry Litman, former U.S. Attorney and Deputy Assistant Attorney General, about the grim possibility that Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s citing of Bush v Gore to support a recent Supreme Court decision could portend a replay of the Court’s notorious halting of the Florida recount to decide the 2000 election. Kavanaugh’s invoking of Justice Rehnquist’s widely derided opinion to justify the Court’s interfering in a state election -- in a case about extending the ballot deadline in Wisconsin -- signals that the high Court could once again, in 2020, swoop in and save the day for a Republican president. Harry Litman explains. Marc Cooper, journalist now writing the Coop Scoop Newsletter, gives his take on the election, looking at comparisons and possible parallels between the historic plebiscite a week ago in Chile on Pinochet’s constitution, and the US election, a referendum on Trump and his handling of the pandemic. Chileans voted by a huge majority to throw out the Pinochet Constitution and for a Constituent Assembly with gender parity to write a new one, without the participation of the politicians. It is a plebiscite with huge consequences – and Marc Cooper also thinks the US election is another consequential plebiscite, which he explains.

A podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world. Hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage.In this spooky Halloween episode, we consider the politics of horror by looking at the ultimate slasher film, John Carpenter's classic HALLOWEEN (1978). We discuss the way that the horror genre has traditionally served as an outlet for society's fears and traumas, and how this suburban horror story in particular articulated a certain post-'60s, pre-Reagan reactionary current in America. Don't worry, we like this movie, we promise we won't ruin it for you. PLUS: eve-of-the-election punditry and childhood Halloween memories.Exclusive subscriber-only episodes: https://www.patreon.com/michaelandus/overview

Long Reads is a new, bi-weekly podcast looking in-depth at political topics and thinkers, both contemporary and historical, with the magazine’s longform writers. Hosted by Features Editor Daniel Finn. Over the coming weeks, you’ll hear about topics ranging from the Korean War to the Arab uprisings, and about thinkers like Albert Camus and Erich Fromm.Our guest today for a discussion on the politics of climate change is Adrienne Buller. Adrienne is a senior research fellow at Commonwealth, the British progressive think tank, where her work focuses on the link between finance and the climate crisis.Buller's articles:“The Pandemic Won’t Stop Climate Chaos — That Will Require Changing Our Economic System” June 2020 https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/06/pandemic-climate-crisis-economic-system“Why the Green New Deal Didn’t Get a Hearing” January 2020 https://jacobinmag.com/2020/01/green-new-deal-industrial-revolution-labour-party-ukProduced by Conor Gillies, music by Knxwledge.