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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Campaign season starts with Iowa State Fair

    The annual Iowa State Fair is known as the unofficial start to campaign season. Nearly all of the 2020 candidates are in Des Moines feasting on fried food and fraternizing with potential voters, even though the state's caucuses are months away.

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    KCRW placeholderBy Barbara Bogaev • Aug 9, 2019 • 1 min read

    The annual Iowa State Fair is known as the unofficial start to campaign season. Nearly all of the 2020 candidates are in Des Moines feasting on fried food and fraternizing with potential voters, even though the state's caucuses are months away.

    The fair has long been seen as a right of passage of presidential wannabes. But with campaigns starting increasingly earlier, and national media driving more of the conversation, how much does that still ring true?

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      Barbara Bogaev

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      Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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      Former Producer/Line Editor, Press Play

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    The full episode

    1 of 4
    Campaign season kicks off with Iowa State Fair
    1. 0:00Campaign season starts with Iowa State FairYou’re reading this
    2. 8:20Mosquitoes: Why they're drawn to certain people, and how they're affected by climate change
    3. 19:23In 'Nima,' the dangers for sherpas who help Westerners summit Everest
    4. 36:04'Dora and the Lost City of Gold' is worthy only of silver
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