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    Why the eclipse could 'make America great again'

    A total solar eclipse is seen on Monday, August 21, 2017 above Madras, Oregon.

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    By Warren Olney • Aug 21, 2017 • 1 min read

    A total solar eclipse is seen on Monday, August 21, 2017 above Madras, Oregon.

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    We speak with two science writers about today’s solar eclipse from the path of totality. Is this a dramatic natural phenomenon Americans really needed to see? David Baron is a veteran science journalist who watched today’s solar eclipse from a ski resort in Jackson, Wyoming… in the path of totality… for two minutes and twenty seconds. Ian O’Neill is an astronaut and science writer based in Los Angeles.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Producer, 'To the Point'

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      Devan Schwartz

      Producer

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      Evan George

      Director of Content, News

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      David Baron

      science journalist

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      Ian O'Neill

      astrophysicist and science writer

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    The full episode

    3 of 3
    Trump's base: Collapsing, holding fast or somewhere in between?
    1. 1:22US sailors missing after naval warship collision
    2. 7:57Trump's base: Why isn’t it crumbling?
    3. 40:19Why the eclipse could 'make America great again'You’re reading this
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