A Walz to Remember

Today, Explained

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🗓️ 10 March 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz sat down with Sean Rameswaram over the weekend at SXSW in Austin, Texas, to talk about 2024, 2025, and what might help his party in 2028. This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh with help from Travis Larchuk, edited by Miranda Kennedy, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Amanda Lewellyn, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Andrea Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. The whole SXSW interview with Governor Walz will be up on Vox's Youtube channel later this week. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast Support Today, Explained by becoming a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/members Sean Rameswaram and MN Governor Tim Walz arrive to the SXSW stage for the Today, Explained interview in Austin this weekend. Photo by Getty Images/Vox Media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Here's a fun one.
0:01.3	We took today explained on the road this past weekend to Austin, Texas for South by Southwest,
0:07.5	where we spoke with Governor Tim Wals.
0:11.7	Remember Tim Wals?
0:13.3	These are weird people on the other side.
0:15.6	Minnesota Nice.
0:17.2	Teacher, coach, Hunter, husband, father, Kamala Harris, running mate.
0:23.3	And I got to tell you, I can't wait to debate the guy.
0:27.6	That is if he's willing to get off the couch and show up.
0:31.8	We spoke about 2024.
0:34.2	How many votes do you think Liz Cheney won you guys?
0:38.2	Yeah, not enough.
0:40.3	I'd say that.
0:41.4	So obviously, not enough.
0:43.4	But also what a year 2025 has already been, and even a little 2028.
0:49.3	And today, on the show, we're going to bring you a condensed version of our South by Southwest conversation.
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