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Earlier this year, Jimmy Carter announced that he had been diagnosed with melanoma and that the disease had spread to his brain. But with his characteristic good sense of humor, Carter told reporters how much he was looking forward to “a new adventure.”
Today is Carter’s birthday, and as he enters his 91st year, America’s 39th president will surely be measuring time a little differently. And we’re doing the same. In a special one hour broadcast, The Takeaway imagines what the world would have been like if America woke up on November 5, 1980, to a second term Carter presidency. Guests and topics include:
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