Getting let down by the 'Great Expectations' of electoral

Getting let down by the 'Great Expectations' of electoral politics

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This episode is brought to you by our play cousins over at NPR's It's Been A Minute. Brittany Luse chops it up with New Yorker writer and podcast host Vinson Cunningham to discuss his debut novel Great Expectations. It's a period piece that follows the story of a young man working on an election campaign that echoes Obama's 2008 run. Brittany and Vinson discuss American politics as a sort of religion - and why belief in politics has changed so much in the last decade. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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