The Every day Present with Trevor Noah has launched its personal VoiceMap self-guided tour, chronicling the occasions of the January sixth Capitol Rebel in Washington DC.
Native audio tour app, VoiceMap, has partnered with The Every day Present and South Africa’s favorite comic, Trevor Noah, on a hilariously irreverent self-guided strolling tour that leads guests alongside the identical route adopted by the pro-Trump rioters who stormed Washington DC’s Capitol Constructing on January 6, 2021.
Within the Footsteps of the Freedomsurrection provides listeners the possibility to revisit the occasions earlier than and after Donald Trump referred to as on his followers to stroll down Pennsylvania Avenue to contest alleged “voter fraud”, and President Joe Biden’s election victory.
Highlights alongside the route embrace the precise spot the place Missouri Senator Josh Hawley raised his fist in solidarity with rioters, minutes earlier than they smashed their manner by the Capitol’s home windows with stolen police shields. Guests additionally cease on the Nationwide Mall, simply south of the White Home, the place Trump instructed supporters that he would “by no means concede.” It was additionally right here that he tried to persuade Secret Service brokers to take away steel detectors so that folks may carry weapons to the rally, saying, ‘They’re not right here to harm me!’
‘It’s thrilling to see VoiceMap used for extra than simply conventional strolling excursions, particularly with a accomplice like The Every day Present,’ stated Iain Manley, VoiceMap’s founder, who began the corporate in Cape City in 2014. “We consider {that a} new perspective can change how guests see unfamiliar locations – and even how locals view their hometowns – and we anticipate The Every day Present to succeed in new audiences by turning their incisive model of satire into an immersive expertise.’
Questioning dominant views on the landmarks that historical past has left behind is central to South Africans’ lived expertise. VoiceMap was created, partially, to share a mess of views – not simply the views of these with the loudest voices – and it now presents excursions in over 300 locations all over the world.
Till you end up in Washington, The Every day Present’s free tour can also be obtainable to hearken to just about, from the consolation of your sofa, with pictures of places alongside the route. Merely go to voicemap.me/thedailyshow or obtain the VoiceMap app and choose Washington DC from the listing of accessible locations.
In any other case, discover your personal metropolis by exploring the varied excursions obtainable for South African cities.
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