By the time conventions officially nominated our two presidential candidates, this election year had tested the country and our systems in extraordinary ways. This episode looks back at the first half of an election year that began with a presidential impeachment trial — and that wasn’t the most unusual thing about it.

The outcome of the 2020 presidential election will help us understand what the past four years have meant, what they have taught us and where our country goes from here. This podcast, hosted by The Washington Post’s Eugene Scott and drawing on the experience and expertise of The Post’s political reporting staff, will look back at how we got here and what this moment in history tells us about the future of our divided country.

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