<p>Thanks for joining us during the holidays. While our team is taking a break, we want to share a podcast with you that we think you’ll love. It’s called The Bethlehem Project. It’s a special series from the Financial Times that looks at big political and economic issues through the lens of one city … Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.</p><br><p>Democrats are looking for a bit of a rebrand after losing the White House and both houses of Congress in 2024. They have an opportunity this November to test out some new types of candidates. In a critical swing district in Pennsylvania, the party establishment has coalesced around a progressive, blue collar candidate named Bob Brooks. The other frontrunner in the race, Ryan Crosswell, represents a very different vision for winning over swing voters. He’s a former Republican and former federal prosecutor, who’s more centrist.</p><br><p>Host Sonja Hutson travels to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to interview the candidates and ask party activists where they fall in the electability debate.</p><br><p>Subscribe to the FT News Briefing <a href="https://play.acast.com/s/ftnewsbriefing" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>Acast</u></a>, <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ft-news-briefing/id1438449989" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>Apple Podcasts</u></a>, <a href="https://pca.st/Ig93" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>Pocket Casts</u></a> or <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/1410RabA4XOqO6IV8p0gYF" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>Spotify</u></a>.</p><br><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/1399faa6-2abf-49df-922c-a095fa9d147a?accessToken=zwAAAZ64ZUPPkc8TmfqmKr9J39OSLKCV-p0UegE.MEQCID42DoL3zr9S3wTHiWonqk3L1TmIbvEIjEyyZ2l34SiFAiAXeiUDQH4hEt_IDsYHqKw1CjEDfhnnT8vtACpqaZRCbw&amp;segmentId=7d4bcc2e-e664-92ba-62e3-5590579f1902" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>Listen to past episodes of The Bethlehem Project here</u></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/the-bethlehem-project" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><u>Read more Bethlehem Project coverage.</u></a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>