Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

  • UnPresidented

  • Politics, Pandemics and the Race That Trumped All Others
  • By: Jon Sopel
  • Narrated by: Jon Sopel
  • Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (442 ratings)
Offer ends May 1st, 2024 11:59PM GMT. Terms and conditions apply.
£7.99/month after 3 months. Renews automatically.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
UnPresidented cover art

UnPresidented

By: Jon Sopel
Narrated by: Jon Sopel
Get this deal Try for £0.00

Pay £99p/month. After 3 months pay £7.99/month. Renews automatically. See terms for eligibility.

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £12.99

Buy Now for £12.99

Pay using card ending in
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.

Listeners also enjoyed...

On the Road cover art
A Year at the Circus cover art
The Chief’s Chief cover art
A Long Time Coming cover art
Donald Trump and His Assault on Truth cover art
The Divider cover art
Donald Trump v. The United States cover art
Depraved New World cover art
The Fall of Boris Johnson cover art
Come On, Man! cover art
How Westminster Works...and Why It Doesn't cover art
The Right to Rule cover art
Grace cover art
Midnight in Washington cover art
Keep Talking cover art
Enough cover art

Summary

Brought to you by Penguin.

Fear and loathing on the 2020 campaign trail....

'Feb 26, White House briefing room: the coronavirus feels like it is changing everything.... Coronavirus is suddenly not just a public health emergency; it has the potential to upend Trump's whole campaign.... '

Our man in America, BBC North America Editor Jon Sopel, presents a diary of an election like we've never quite seen before. Experience life as a White House reporter on the campaign trail, as the election heats up and a global pandemic slowly sweeps in, challenging the very institutions of American politics and the Trump presidency. As American lives are lost at a devastating rate, the election becomes a battle for the very soul of the nation. 

In this highly personal account of reporting America in 2020, Jon Sopel takes you behind the senses of White House in crisis and an election in turmoil. Expertly laying bare the real story of the 2020 campaign in a panoramic account of an election and a year like no other.

©2021 Jon Sopel (P)2021 Penguin Audio

What listeners say about UnPresidented

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    366
  • 4 Stars
    62
  • 3 Stars
    10
  • 2 Stars
    2
  • 1 Stars
    2
Performance
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    314
  • 4 Stars
    46
  • 3 Stars
    7
  • 2 Stars
    1
  • 1 Stars
    1
Story
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    305
  • 4 Stars
    48
  • 3 Stars
    11
  • 2 Stars
    1
  • 1 Stars
    2

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Well worth a listen

Very enjoyable and engaging. He is clearly not a Trump fan but really the facts speak for themselves. We all witnessed the disinfectant debacle. His delivery is good too. Highly recommend.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Outstanding

A fascinating insight to the 2020 campaign. Laugh out loud funny at times, insightful and utterly addicting

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

wonderfull diary of US 2020 election

Excellent diary of US election event, which also captured the COVID outbreak from the start and gives superb insight to its effects on those working through it to cover news and deliver an election.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Great insight, with a touch of humour

John Soppel is actually in his 60s...but his contemporary writing style is perfect for listening to, excellent book written at a time that we should all remind ourselves of whenever we vote!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Loved it

Brilliantly narrated by author

Witty, whilst informative and very entertaining, could not stop listening.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

An Insightful, Intelligent, Yet Humourous Listen!

Jon Sopel has written a brilliant account of a very unique year. Mostly about the 2020 US election but also touching on many other aspects of American life and happenings in the country, he inserts his own experiences and insights to give you a real 'inside Washington view too.
Lovely to hear him reading it of course, though at times he seems to shout a little which is a shame because usually his voice is quite soothing to listen to! I suspect reading an entire book out loud is pretty tiring!
Highly recommend this, I was very sad when it ended as I totally binge listened! More like this please Jon!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Unpresidented

Really enjoyable book well written and researched find American politics fascinating just how on earth did trump become president shocking !

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Say it as it is (was)

I absolutely loved this. Resonated with recollections of this awful period -well read,written, witty thought provoking and can’t wait for more of the same although I suspect sleepy Joe doesn’t quite have the same journalistic output! ( meshugeneh v mentch ? )n’est pas?

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

2 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Another great Sopel book

This is a fantastic journey with Jon Sopel through the 2020 election. Sharp, funny and incisive as ever. Recommended.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Insightful

A fascinating insight into the 2020 election by Jon Sopel. A book I would listen to again and again

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!