What One State Can Teach Us About American Politics in 2021

What can one of America’s smallest states teach us about US politics? A lot, it turns out. On this episode Sarah talks with the Boston Globe’s Dan McGowan, a political reporter who covers Rhode Island. Sarah and Dan discuss the pandemic response in Rhode Island, the leftward tilt of the Rhode Island State House in the 2020 elections, and what Americans should expect from their new Commerce Secretary (and former RI governor) Gina Raimondo. You can subscribe to Dan McGowan’s newsletter from the Boston Globe, ‘Rhode Map,’ here. You can learn more about Watson’s other podcasts here.

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What can one of America’s smallest states teach us about US politics? A lot, it turns out. On this episode Sarah talks with the Boston Globe’s Dan McGowan, a political reporter who covers Rhode Island. Sarah and Dan discuss the pandemic response in Rhode Island, the leftward tilt of the Rhode Island State House in the 2020 elections, and what Americans should expect from their new Commerce Secretary (and former RI governor) Gina Raimondo. You can subscribe to Dan McGowan’s newsletter from the Boston Globe, ‘Rhode Map,’ here: [https://mailchi.mp/bostonglobe.com/rhode-island?p1=SectionFront_Utility] You can read a transcript of this episode here: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ruT_RQoB8xjPrpkroDIvWJDT192a67Ag/view?usp=sharing]

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