2020's biggest stories

1 big thing

Axios

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4.0 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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The coronavirus pandemic, the presidential election and the surge of Black Lives Matter protests were without a doubt the year's biggest stories. We dive into this unprecedented year and look ahead to what 2021 could bring. Guests: Axios' Margaret Talev and Mike Allen. Credits: "Axios Today" is produced in partnership with Pushkin Industries. The team includes Niala Boodhoo, Erica Pandey, Carol Wu, Cara Shillenn, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Dan Bobkoff, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Alex Sugiura and Naomi Shavin. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at podcasts@axios.com. Go deeper: The relentless 2020 news cycle in one chart What we're watching in 2021 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Relax.
0:03.0	Concentrate on your breathing,
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0:30.0	Good morning. Welcome to Xios today. It's Wednesday, December 30th and we made it.
0:37.6	2020 is almost over. What a year. There's so many things we're going to remember from 2020,
0:43.2	but let's just name three of our biggest stories
0:45.2	at Axios today.
0:46.7	The coronavirus pandemic.
0:48.2	Today, I am officially declaring a national emergency. Two very big words.
0:55.0	Black Lives Matter, a racial reckoning like we haven't seen in this country.
0:59.0	Say it is me.
1:00.0	Say it is me!
1:02.0	And the 2020 presidential election.
1:05.0	We've won with the most votes ever cast from presidential ticket
1:09.4	in the history of the nation. Here to dive into all of these things with me are Axios the White House editor Margaret
1:17.9	Taliv and Axios co-founder Mike Allen.
1:20.7	Margaret, Mike, good morning. Good morning, Nyla. Good morning, nyla good morning nyla can we say that any of these one things
1:27.8	are bigger than the other let's just start with what kind of newsier this has
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