Event and Ticketing Details
Dates & Times
Wednesday 09 November
7:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Location
The Edge, Fed Square
The Atrium Flinders Street Federation Square Melbourne Victoria 3000
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‘America does seem, at times, to forget that it’s on camera and the entire world can see when it strips naked and rants at itself in the mirror.’ So wrote Laurie Penny of the US presidential race back in February. Since then, well, that guy from The Apprentice won the Republican nomination and Hillary Clinton was embroiled in a cloning conspiracy.
But the bizarre pageantry will come to an official end on 8 November as Americans vote for their 45th president. With such extraordinary candidates, the outcome will be explosive no matter who wins. You’re going to need to commune with your fellow nerds as the results roll in and – don’t worry – we’ve got you covered.
At Deakin Edge on the morning of 9 November (time zones, remember!), the Wheeler Centre will bring you up-to-the-minute coverage.
Our panel of experts will recap the highs and lows of this truly weird, ‘post-truth’ presidential race. We’ll cross to correspondents on the ground to decode the exit polls. We’ll even reminisce about the Obama presidency: the hope that preceded it, and the legacy the first African-American president leaves behind.
Come and kick some balloons, Bill Clinton-style, as we count down to the (possible) apocalypse.
Featuring
Sally Warhaft
Sally Warhaft is a Melbourne broadcaster, anthropologist and writer. She is the host of The Fifth Estate, the Wheeler Centre’s live series focusing on journalism, politics, media, and international relations, and The Leap Year ...
Ben Eltham
Ben Eltham studied neuroscience, philosophy and cultural studies before editing the University of Queensland's Semper Floreat in 2000. He has worked as a freelance journalist and essayist since 2001 for a range of national publications, including New Matilda, Crikey, Guardian Australia, the Courier-Mail, Overland and the Sydney Review of Books. Ben is New Matilda's National Affairs Correspondent and a Research Fellow at Deakin University's Faculty of Arts and Education.
Ben spent the majority of the 2000s as a creative producer and festival director at festivals and events including Straight Out of Brisbane, This Is Not Art, Melbourne Fringe, Woodford Folk Festival and as an independent producer and curator. He is a former Queensland Young Writer of the Year.
Jess McGuire
Jess McGuire is a writer and broadcaster based in central west NSW, and hosts breakfast radio each weekday morning on on ABC Western Plains. She previously appeared regularly as a reviewer and cultural commentator ...
Crispin Rovere
Crispin Rovere is an analyst of US politics and defence policy. He is one of the few who correctly predicted Donald Trump's rise to the Republican nomination from last year, and has been a widely cited expert during the course of this election. He is also a recognised specialist in nuclear policy and arms control, formerly in the Secretariat of the Asia-Pacific Leadership Network for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament. Crispin is currently writing a book on the 2016 election titled The Trump Phenomenon: How one man conquered America.
Sophie Black
Sophie Black is a writer, journalist and Crikey’s editor-in-chief. She has worked in senior management across cultural and media organisations, and has written for outlets such as The Guardian and The Monthly. As the Wheeler ...