{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/62cda17f1c07740014d65e4f/6ad2395594a3daa98ee17b52?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Bonus Episode: The Midterm Elections 2026: What Just Happened?","description":"<p>In this bonus episode of <em>The Last Best Hope</em>, Adam Smith is joined by political journalists Molly Ball and<em> </em>Galen Druke, the Director of the Reuters Institute Mitali Mukherjee, and Oxford political scientist Ursula Hackett, to make sense of the midterm election results and discuss what comes next.</p><p><br></p><p>Recorded live at the Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford, on 5 November 2026.</p><p><br></p><p>The Last Best Hope? is a podcast of the Rothermere American Institute at the University of Oxford and is kindly supported by Tom Amraoui. For details of our programming, go to <a href=\"https://www.rai.ox.ac.uk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">rai.ox.ac.uk</a></p><p><br></p><p>If you would like to support us by making a donation go to <a href=\"https://www.rai.ox.ac.uk/giving\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.rai.ox.ac.uk/giving</a></p><p><br></p><p>Producer: Emily Williams. Presenter: Adam Smith</p>","author_name":"Adam Smith"}