As we gear up for this summer’s Democratic and Republican conventions, Studio 360 strips off the bunting to reveal how entertainment and show business collide with American politics. We’ll look at political rallies during the campaign of 1840 that lasted for days, how Hollywood’s glossy notion of Washington is the furthest thing from reality and hear from a punk rocker who embraces the GOP.
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