The first presidential debate between Republican nominee Senator John McCain and Democratic nominee Senator Barack Obama took place at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi, on September 26, 2008. The focus of this debate was foreign policy and national security. PBS's Jim Lehrer was the moderator.

The second presidential debate between Republican nominee Senator John McCain and Democratic nominee Senator Barack Obama took place at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, on October 7, 2008. This town hall style debate was open to all topics and Tom Brokaw moderated.

The third presidential debate between Republican nominee Senator John McCain and Democratic nominee Senator Barack Obama took place at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, on October 15, 2008. The focus of this debate was domestic and economic issues and CBS's Bob Schieffer moderated.

The Vice Presidential debate between Republican Vice Presidential nominee Governor Sarah Palin and Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Senator Joe Biden took place at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, on October 2, 2008. The debate consisted of both foreign and domestic policy questions and PBS's Gwen Ifill moderated.

The third presidential debate between Republican incumbent President George W. Bush and Democratic challenger Senator John Kerry took place at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, on October 13, 2004. The focus of this debate was homeland security and CBS's Bob Schieffer moderated.

The second presidential debate between Republican incumbent President George W. Bush and Democratic challenger Senator John Kerry took place at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, on October 8, 2004. This town hall style debate was open to all topics and ABC's Charles Gibson moderated.

The Vice Presidential debate between Republican incumbent Vice President Dick Cheney and Democratic challenger Senator John Edwards took place at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, on October 5, 2004. It was open to all topics and PBS's Gwen Ifill moderated.

The first presidential debate between Republican incumbent President George W. Bush and Democratic challenger Senator John Kerry took place at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, on September 30, 2004. The focus of this debate was foreign policy. PBS's Jim Lehrer was the moderator.

This compilation contains the complete audio recordings of all four of the landmark debates complemented by narration by Sander Vanocur (one of the original panel of journalists during the first debate), enabling listeners to hear, word for word, history in the making and to draw his or her own conclusions about who won this face-off between two of America's most noted Presidents.

In which our intrepid correspondent muses on the sad spectacle of ten men wearing the same suit trying to channel the spirit of a ghost.