This podcast episode explores the financial advantages gained by Joe Biden's campaign, the financial landscape of Donald Trump's campaign, the advantage of the Trump campaign's early spending and political infrastructure, how Donald Trump has been funding his legal bills and campaign expenses, why Republican donors see it as their obligation to help fund Trump's legal bills, the preparations of Joe Biden and Donald Trump for the upcoming presidential debate, the strategies used by the Biden and Trump campaigns to appeal to nonwhite voters, the role of moderators in policing the truth on the debate stage and the question of fact-checking, the age question surrounding Joe Biden, the perceptions surrounding Joe Biden and Donald Trump's actions and speech, and Steely Dan's album, Pretzel Logic.