Author Carl Hiaasen on the TV adaptation of his book 'Bad Monkey'

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🗓️ 21 August 2024

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We'd love to hear your thoughts on the podcast. Take the survey here or at wbur.org/survey. The support of the country's Black voters — a diverse group that has carried the party in incredibly tight races — is crucial for Democrats this fall. We touch base with two Black voters from South Carolina. Then, when President Biden bowed out and ended his campaign for reelection, he put his own ambitions aside. The New York Times' Robert Draper discusses Biden's legacy. And, author Carl Hiaasen talks about the Apple TV+ adaptation of his book "Bad Monkey.

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0:57.2	We talk with two African American voters representing two generations. It is Wednesday, August 21st from NPR and W-B-Ur Boston, welcome to here and now anytime. I'm Shirley
1:16.8	jihad. On the show today we get a sense of President Biden's reflections as he looks back on
1:25.9	his accomplishments and looks ahead to the future of the Democratic Party.
1:31.2	And then Florida is a major character in the new Apple TV Plus series Bad Monkey.
1:38.0	We talk with author Carl Hyacinth, whose comedic detective novel is the basis for the series.
1:44.3	If you're a writer, the material is great and it's rich and it's, you know, bizarre
1:49.1	on a day-to-day basis.
1:50.4	First now, the Democratic faithful roared last night when Michelle and then Barack Obama spoke
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