His opening mea culpa (about the naive idea that HATE could be er, vanquished, eliminated) is a winner.

"It crawls under a rock and hides ... UNTIL: ____
"See (what it; is Doing, Saying ETC).

In brief: Joe groks metaphor to a Fare-thee-Well.

Joe Biden

Joe Biden has been playing it safe during the coronavirus pandemic, but Evan Osnos got the chance to sit down with the nominee in person. In a wide-ranging conversation, Biden compares his position — should he win — to that of Franklin Roosevelt: taking office during a disaster, he argues, he would have an opportunity to effect a hugely ambitious agenda, but one driven by pragmatism rather than ideology. Rick Perlstein, the author of a four-volume history of modern conservatism, addresses the question of whether President Trump is an aberration or a continuation. And the show’s fashion correspondent walks David Remnick through hot trends in this season’s must-have accessory – the face mask.

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There are some other B.-related analyses at New Yorker, fwiw. Above heard on: [see Title] npr radio.