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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    VP debate preview: Midwestern nice or attack dogs?

    Tonight’s debate between J.D. Vance and Tim Walz might be the last chance for voters to see both campaigns on the same stage. What can viewers expect?

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    By Madeleine Brand • Oct 1, 2024 • 1 min read

    Tonight’s debate between J.D. Vance and Tim Walz might be the last chance for voters to see both campaigns on the same stage. What can viewers expect?

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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    The full episode

    2 of 5
    VP debate preview, Kim Gordon’s new music
    1. 0:00Iran’s missile attack on Israel threatens to broaden conflict
    2. 10:23VP debate preview: Midwestern nice or attack dogs?You’re reading this
    3. 18:32Asheville underwater: NC town grapples with Hurricane Helene aftermath
    4. 27:26Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon is still experimenting artistically at 70
    5. 40:01Less is more: The new wave of breast reduction surgeries
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