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EPISODE · Oct 9, 2020 · 38 MIN

Trump and Covid-19: The health of the president and the constitution

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What do we know about the experimental treatment President Trump was given? And although he isn't the first president to fall ill in office, have the past week's events challenged the usual norms around the president's health?This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today and get one month free at: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes.Guests: David Charter, US editor, The Times.Dr Bob Wachter, Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.Harold Hongju Koh, Sterling Professor of International Law at Yale Law School and co-author of A Reader's Guide To The 25th Amendment.Host: Manveen Rana.Clips used: Fox News, BBC, CNN, ABC7.'Blue Lobster' by Daniel Birch is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (looped from original).This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalism subscribe here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What do we know about the experimental treatment President Trump was given? And although he isn't the first president to fall ill in office, have the past week's events challenged the usual norms around the president's health?This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today and get one month free at: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes.Guests: David Charter, US editor, The Times.Dr Bob Wachter, Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.Harold Hongju Koh, Sterling Professor of International Law at Yale Law School and co-author of A Reader's Guide To The 25th Amendment.Host: Manveen Rana.Clips used: Fox News, BBC, CNN, ABC7.'Blue Lobster' by Daniel Birch is licensed under CC BY 4.0 (looped from original).This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalism subscribe here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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