Just a few years ago, a US presidential candidate’s campaign schedule was relatively predictable. A whistle-stop tour of rallies across battleground states, a handful of prime-time interviews, and wall-to-wall advertisements in broadcast media. But in 2024, a new stop has been added to the media circuit: podcast studios.

In the leadup to election day, Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, Donald Trump and J.D. Vance have all sat down with some of America’s leading podcast hosts and YouTubers – an eclectic mix of influencers, sports players, comedians, legacy media outlets and online personalities – in a bid to secure victory on November 5.

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