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Jul 2024
19m 1s

What changes if Joe Biden steps down?

Al Jazeera
About this episode

The conversation around US President Joe Biden among Democrats has been nonstop since the first debate with his opponent, Donald Trump. Will he step down? And if he does, how much would it change the course of the Democratic party?

In this episode: 

  • Ali Harb (@Harbpeace), Al Jazeera English Journalist

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by David Enders and Duha Mosaad, with Mohammed Zain Shafi Khan, Veronique Eshaya, and our host Malika Bilal. 

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Munera Al Dosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers.

Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer, And Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.

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