More stories of the election you can't hear anywhere else.
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Act One
Life in the White House
A visit to a replica of the White House outside San Francisco, the home of Norman and Rosemary Eckersly. (8 minutes)
Act Two
Television Man
Campaign diarist Michael Lewis, on his transformation into a television reporter, and on an inspiring moment in American politics between two supposed political enemies from the 1960's.
MIT Professor Henry Jenkins, on how candidates today campaign on cable and govern on the networks.
(19 minutes)Act Three
Losers
Radical right wing Mexican-American activist Daniel D. Portado, on how Tuesday's results will affect his burgeoning Mexican "self-deportation" movement.
Failed presidential candidate Joan Jett Black.
(15 minutes)Act Four
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Act Two: Mike's Account
Host Ira Glass has a lot of questions for Mike Daisey, beginning with why Daisey lied to Ira and This American Life producer Brian Reed about how they could fact-check his story with Cathy Lee.
Act Two: The Jackson Two
Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. already had one other man in his life who shared his name—his world famous father, the Jesse Jackson.
Act Three: Drawl
What does it mean to talk like a real Southerner—and why a multimillion industry can't seem to figure it out.
