Our Australian-led documentary team visits South Carolina and talks with people in Charleston, Beaufort, Walterboro and Florence about race, religion, politics and history in the Palmetto State.
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John Podesta: On the next Democratic presidential nominee
NOV. 29, 2018 | Here’s a short video excerpt from a Washingtion interview last month with Democratic leader John Podesta about what Democrats are looking for in a presidential candidate for 2020.
Hawker on U.S. radio: Trump is the story
OCT. 31, 2018 | Australian political strategist Bruce Hawker spoke to PRI’s The World radio host Marco Werman about the division impacting America during the midterm elections in this national show aired today.
DAY 20: Peaceful protest in Pittsburgh
OCT. 30, 2018 | More than 3,000 people in Pittsburgh marched this afternoon in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood to protest a visit by President Donald Trump after a Saturday massacre of 11 worshipers at a prominent synagogue.
DAY 16: Lanesboro livestock auction
OCT. 26, 2018 | After a tour of the Kaehler family cattle farm near St. Charles, Minn., the crew headed to view a livestock auction in nearby Lanesboro. A hearty breakfast at the Lanesboro Sales Commission auction house preceded sheep and cattle put to auction attended by more than two dozen area farmers.
DAY 14: Politics and happy hour
OCT. 24, 2018 | Autumn colors filled the University of Minnesota campus as the crew met with a local journalist who covers Washington politics, followed by a happy hour discussion about politics with a group of business people involved in the solar energy industry.
DAY 13: Talking with farmers
OCT. 23, 2018 | After waking early to a brisk Minnesota morning (25 degrees F), the crew met with several western Minnesota farmers and business people in a diner in Wahpeton, N.D.
DAY EIGHT: Magnolia Plantation and Florence debate
OCT. 17, 2018 | The lush gardens of Magnolia Plantation and Gardens outside Charleston, S.C., provided a backdrop for discussions on slavery, history, gun violence and forgiveness. Later, the crew traveled to Florence, S.C., to talk with Republicans and Democrats as they entered an auditorium to watch a televised debate between South Carolina’s GOP and Democratic candidates for governor.
DAY FIVE: Talking with John Podesta
OCT. 13, 2018 | National Democratic Party insider John Podesta, former chief of staff to Presidents Clinton and Obama, shared thoughts of the approaching midterm elections, how America has changed under President Donald Trump and more in a special interview today in Washington, D.C.
VIDEO: About A Hard Road
In this short video, Australian political commentator Bruce Hawker outlines what a team is doing as they make a political travelogue in Arizona, South Carolina, Minnesota and Pennsylvania.