Episode description

America goes to the polls – but what could that mean for the future of US politics… and Ukraine?

The veteran Watergate journalist, Bob Woodward, joins us to talk about his latest book, ‘War’. He’s spent the last couple of years talking to people inside the Biden administration and shares his insights on what he learned about how they planned for and dealt with the aftermath of the full-scale invasion.

Victoria is in Washington to assess what the mood is like on election day.

And we hear from Sandra in Kyiv who’s recorded an audio diary detailing what life is like in Ukraine right now, as winter takes hold.

Today’s episode is presented by Lucy Hockings and Vitaly Shevchenko.

The producers were Arsenii Sokolov and Ben Carter. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The series producer is Tim Walklate. The senior news editor is Sara Wadeson.

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