
“America Decides” with series creator Jesse Armstrong and political consultants Ben Ginsberg & Jon Klein
HBO's Succession Podcast
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The Power of Belief
The episode ends with Menken's acceptance speech, although he hasn't won yet really technically. How much did you want to differentiate Menken from Trump and how is he different? And also Justin Kirk doing it after angels, I saw him in Angels in America. That's a heartbreak. We want the world to feel complete and not not a satire in a kind of cheap way. So he's evidently more eloquent and rather more ideological figure. He shifts as that he doesn't just say the bad stuff but believes the bad stuff. You hear bits and pieces of it in the background, which I think is the best part.
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