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SUMMARY:Talking Politics LIVE: US Mid-Terms - David Runciman\; Helen Thomp
 son\; Gary Gerstle
DTSTART:20181107T074500Z
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CONTACT:Ms Clare Francis
DESCRIPTION:David Runciman's Talking Politics podcast is coming LIVE to Tr
 inity Politics Society!\n \n_"Spellbindingly interesting" The Times_\n_"Ru
 nciman brings the same accessible clarity to the mic as he does to page an
 d screen" The Guardian_\n_More than 2.7 million downloads to date!_\n \nJo
 in us for a *live breakfast recording of David Runciman's Talking Politics
  podcast*\, produced in partnership with the London Review of Books. The m
 orning after the US mid-term elections\, our panellists will be discussing
  the results and what they mean for America\, Britain and the world. The r
 ecording will be followed by an audience Q&A and afterwards\, we'll be ser
 ving a light breakfast (to make the early wake-up bearable). Featuring:\n 
 \n*David Runciman:* Author of How Democracy Ends\, The Confidence Trap and
  The Politics of Good Intentions\, David Runciman is Professor of Politics
 \, head of the POLIS department at the University of Cambridge\, and the h
 ost of Talking Politics.\n \n*Helen Thompson:* Helen Thompson is Professor
  of Political Economy at the University of Cambridge. Her work focuses on 
 the historical origins of the post-2008 economic and political world\, the
  crises it is generating for Western nations\, and the political economy o
 f oil\, Brexit and the eurozone crisis. She is a regular panellist on Talk
 ing Politics.\n \n*Gary Gerstle:* An American historian and the Paul Mello
 n Professor of American History at the University of Cambridge\, Gary Gers
 tle is the creator and presenter of a four-part radio programme\, America:
  Laboratory of Democracy\, which broadcast on BBC World Service from Octob
 er-November 2017.\n \nREGISTER FOR A TICKET AT THE FOLLOWING LINK:\nhttps:
 //www.eventbrite.com.au/e/talking-politics-live-us-mid-terms-tickets-51942
 418171\n \n*Please Note:* Only reserve a ticket if you're sure that you'll
  be able to attend the full duration of the event. Doors will open at 7:30
 am and close at 7:50am for an 8am start\; the event will run from approxim
 ately 8-9am. Please make sure your ticket is accessible on the day\, and c
 ancel it immediately if you won't be able to attend.
LOCATION:Winstanley Lecture Theatre\, Trinity College
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