With rallies banned, Joe Biden welcomes voters to another kind of show
The low-key podcast also has become one of the clearest windows into Biden, offering a flavor for how he would govern, the types of people he would surround himself with and the questions he poses to advisers. He has used the weekly shows as a public audition for some of his potential running mates — a circumstance that goes unspoken — and to showcase a kitchen cabinet, all from the studio in the basement of his Wilmington, Del., home now serving as campaign headquarters.
Everything about Biden’s podcast — the production quality, the viewership numbers, the presentation, the occasional questions from listeners and the chummy tone of the man with the microphone — is a dramatic departure from the daily show put on by President Trump. Where Trump displays brash confidence at his coronavirus briefings, Biden often concedes that others are smarter than him. While Trump gets millions of viewers, Biden is getting tens of thousands. And while Trump feasts on conflict and controversy, Biden preaches bipartisan unity.
“We have a president, I’m rooting for him to succeed,” Biden said on one recent episode. “That’s the God’s truth .?.?. there’s so much at stake.”
Biden had an extended conversation with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-Mich.) about being the target of Trump criticism. He sought out Inslee (D-Wash.) about climate change and Klobuchar (D-Minn.) about what it was like when her husband contracted the coronavirus.
“It is the opposite of what we see every day from the White House,” said Rob Flaherty, the Biden campaign’s digital director, who launched the podcasts. “It’s the VP having these thoughtful conversations with people who are either subject matter experts or prominent figures.”
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