A Pre-Midterms Vibe Check

Notes from America with Kai Wright

WNYC Studios

News Commentary, Politics, History, News

4.4 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

An election is coming. Summer is over. And the vibe is…what? We open the phones to hear what’s on your mind–from democracy to baseball.

WNYC's own Brian Lehrer joins to help take your calls. Tune in to The Brian Lehrer Show’s midterm election special, 30 Issues in 30 Days, starting on 9/27.

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0:00.0	General Vibeshack, it's the last quarter of the year.
0:05.0	How are you feeling?
0:06.0	The vibes are a little a little off.
0:07.0	What can you do?
0:08.0	Like, you can stress out about anything right now, but like the next event happens and
0:13.0	it's like, oh, I have to stress about this new thing.
0:15.0	I think it's overwhelming right now.
0:16.0	But then I'm doing okay.
0:17.0	I've been saying in my own little bubble, trying to keep the mental health vibes up.
0:22.0	Maybe disconnected.
0:23.0	Just like the news in general.
0:26.0	I'm choosing to ignore you.
0:27.0	I don't know what else to do.
0:28.0	There's only like six months left of 2022.
0:32.0	Actually four months.
0:33.0	Is it actually?
0:34.0	Yeah.
0:35.0	I think Mercury is in like a retrograder or something.
0:38.0	Monkeypog queen dying.
0:40.0	Don't worry, darling.
0:41.0	The corn kid.
0:42.0	You know what's mean?
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