[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":135},["ShallowReactive",2],{"episode-fighting-words":3},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"subtitle":7,"pubdate":8,"tags":13,"thumb":16,"excerpt":22,"content":23,"transcript":24,"transcript_file":25,"audio":26,"resources":30,"segments":31},86,"fighting-words","Fighting Words","A History of Debate in America",{"utc":9,"short":10,"medium":11,"long":12},1475762871,"10.06.16","Oct 6, 2016","October 6, 2016",[14,15],"debates","presidential debates",{"src":17,"caption":18,"derivatives":19},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Fimages\u002Ffighting-words\u002F1024px-Carter_and_Ford_in_a_debate_September_23_1976.jpg","President Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter meet at the Walnut Street Theater in Philadelphia to debate domestic policy during the first of the three Ford-Carter Debates. 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From the popularity of amateur debate clubs among young men in the late 18th-century, to the famed Lincoln-Douglas debates in 1858, and Gerald Ford’s infamous gaffe in the 1976 presidential debate, Ed, Brian, and Peter unpack the central role of debating in American democracy.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n",null,"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Ffiles\u002Ffighting-words\u002Ftranscript\u002Ffighting-words-a-history-of-debate-in-america.pdf",{"url":27,"duration":28,"formatted_duration":29},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Faudio\u002Fepisodes\u002Ffighting-words.mp3","3558","00:59:18",[],[32,49,66,84,102,119],{"index":33,"title":34,"description":35,"audio":36,"tags":40,"transcript":24,"episode":44},0,"Debate Me, Please!","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">When FDR refused to debate Republicans leading up to the 1936 presidential election, Senator Arthur Vandenberg took matters into his own hands. 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He was taking flack from the American public for pardoning Nixon and when he was caught on camera falling down the steps of Air Force One, Chevy Chase made his clumsiness a running gag on “Saturday Night Live.” So, he gave in to debating Jimmy Carter in a bid to look more presidential. It did not go well. John Dickerson, host of “Face The Nation,” tells the story in this excerpt from his “Whistle Stop” podcast.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n",{"url":107,"duration":108,"formatted_duration":109},"https:\u002F\u002Fs3.amazonaws.com\u002Fcdn.backstoryradio.org\u002Faudio\u002Fsegments\u002Ffighting-words\u002Ffighting-words-05.mp3","495","00:08:15",[111,112,113,14],"Election of 1976","Gerald Ford","Jimmy Carter",{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"subtitle":7,"pubdate":115,"tags":116,"thumb":117},{"utc":9,"short":10,"medium":11,"long":12},[14,15],{"src":17,"caption":18,"derivatives":118},{"square_small":20,"square_medium":21},{"index":120,"title":121,"description":122,"audio":123,"tags":127,"transcript":24,"episode":130},5,"Are You Mocking Me?","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">One thing presidential candidates learned from Gerald Ford’s mistakes was the importance of formal preparation. 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