Pop Break Goes to Washington: The Candidate (1972)
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Welcome to “Pop Break Goes to Washington” where host Allison Lips is joined by a special guest to discuss the historical significance and impact of a political film. Allison and her guests discuss how politics is portrayed in each film. While this podcast focuses on the American political system, it does make a few forays outside of the United States.
For this episode, Allison and Josh Sarnecky discuss The Candidate. Josh is co-host of the Anniversary Brothers Podcast and The TV Break podcast. He also writes the Couch Potato column for The Pop Break.
As for The Candidate, it is a film where the idealistic son of a former California governor runs for Senate and slowly compromises his principles throughout the film. Join Allison and Josh as they debate whether this Robert Redford film holds up.
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