Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
#Kamalamania
#election2024
#vibeelections
This video was filmed and edited by WORLDwrite volunteers attending the Battle of Ideas Festival 24. These are the introductory speeches only. To avoid duplication, the full debate will feature on the Academy of Ideas YouTube channel shortly.
Within days of being announced as the Democratic nominee, Kamala Harris went from the most unpopular vice president in 50 years – to a viable presidential candidate. Kamala was rebranded – the ‘brat’ candidate memifying what had previously been seen as gaffs as the imperfections of millennial women.
Was Kamalamania a sincere phenomenon, an exercise in how people can change their mind out of convenience, or a complete fiction produced by the Democratic Party machine?
Nick Dixon - comedian; presenter, GB News; host, The Current Thing
Dr Cheryl Hudson - lecturer in US political history, University of Liverpool; author, Citizenship in Chicago: race, culture and the remaking of American identity
Dr Richard Johnson - writer; senior lecturer in politics, Queen Mary, University of London; co-author, Keeping the Red Flag Flying: The Labour Party in Opposition since 1922
Stan Swim - chief program officer, Bill of Rights Institute
The chair is:
Jacob Reynolds - head of policy, MCC Brussels; associate fellow, Academy of Ideas
WORLDwrite volunteers filmed over 40 sessions at the Battle of Ideas 24. To edit, sound clean and prepare these videos for the Academy of Ideas & WORLDwrite channels, takes 2 days each. With no paid staff the charity needs your help to keep its edit suites switched on. Please chip in if you can by visiting the charity's JustGiving page at justgiving.com/campaign/worldwriteis30
Thank You.
#Kamalamania
#election2024
#vibeelections
This video was filmed and edited by WORLDwrite volunteers attending the Battle of Ideas Festival 24. These are the introductory speeches only. To avoid duplication, the full debate will feature on the Academy of Ideas YouTube channel shortly.
Within days of being announced as the Democratic nominee, Kamala Harris went from the most unpopular vice president in 50 years – to a viable presidential candidate. Kamala was rebranded – the ‘brat’ candidate memifying what had previously been seen as gaffs as the imperfections of millennial women.
Was Kamalamania a sincere phenomenon, an exercise in how people can change their mind out of convenience, or a complete fiction produced by the Democratic Party machine?
Nick Dixon - comedian; presenter, GB News; host, The Current Thing
Dr Cheryl Hudson - lecturer in US political history, University of Liverpool; author, Citizenship in Chicago: race, culture and the remaking of American identity
Dr Richard Johnson - writer; senior lecturer in politics, Queen Mary, University of London; co-author, Keeping the Red Flag Flying: The Labour Party in Opposition since 1922
Stan Swim - chief program officer, Bill of Rights Institute
The chair is:
Jacob Reynolds - head of policy, MCC Brussels; associate fellow, Academy of Ideas
WORLDwrite volunteers filmed over 40 sessions at the Battle of Ideas 24. To edit, sound clean and prepare these videos for the Academy of Ideas & WORLDwrite channels, takes 2 days each. With no paid staff the charity needs your help to keep its edit suites switched on. Please chip in if you can by visiting the charity's JustGiving page at justgiving.com/campaign/worldwriteis30
Thank You.
