On this episode of See How They Run, Alyssa Oursler and Chris Lehmann on Kamala Harris’s VP pick and the bid for the White House.
Democratic presidential and vice-presidential candidates Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz during a campaign event at Girard College, on August 6, 2024, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.(Andrew Harnik / Getty Images)
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On this episode of See How They Run, D.D. Guttenplan is joined by Alyssa Oursler and Chris Lehmann to talk about Kamala Harris’s pick for VP and the bid for the White House.
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It’s safe to say that Harris’s selection of Walz has been met with rapturous approval from Democratic voters. But who is Tim Walz? Can he help Harris win in November? And what does his ascension say about the kind of president Kamala Harris could be?
To discuss all of this on this week’s episode of See How They Run, we’re joined by The Nation‘s Washington, DC, bureau chief, Chris Lehmann—another proud son of the Midwest—and Alyssa Oursler, a Minneapolis-based journalist and the author of the newsletter Fear and Self-Loathing on the ’24 Election Trail.
Here's where to find podcasts from The Nation. Political talk without the boring parts, featuring the writers, activists and artists who shape the news, from a progressive perspective.
On this final episode of The Nation's election coverage podcast, See How They Run, D.D. Guttenplan is joined by John Nichols and Jeet Heer to discuss lessons learned from the 2024 Presidential races.
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D.D. GuttenplanTwitterD.D. Guttenplan is a special correspondent for The Nation and the host of The Nation Podcast. He served as editor of the magazine from 2019 to 2025 and, prior to that, as an editor at large and London correspondent. His books include American Radical: The Life and Times of I.F. Stone, The Nation: A Biography, and The Next Republic: The Rise of a New Radical Majority.