Biden Courts Black Voters, Pope Francis Issues Apology, South Africa's Election

Up First from NPR

NPR

Daily News, News

4.5 • 52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2024

⏱️ 14 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The Biden campaign has launched a summer drive to shore up support from Black voters. Pope Francis has issued an apology for using a slur to refer to gay men during a private meeting with Italian bishops. And South Africans head to the polls in what could be a major political turning point since apartheid ended 30 years ago.

Want more comprehensive analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter.

Today's episode of Up First was edited by Roberta Rampton, Cheryl Corley, John Helton, Lisa Thomson and Claudia Peschiutta. It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Ben Abrams and Lindsay Totty. We get engineering support from Phil Edfors. Our technical director is Zac Coleman.

Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NPR Privacy Policy

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	A Democratic Party official has a question for black voters in a North Carolina
0:07.0	county.
0:08.0	Why are black folks not vote right now in this county?
0:10.8	President Biden wants to make sure they do vote in 2024.
0:13.5	What are the risks for his party?
0:15.3	I'm Stephen Skeep with Leela Fotherle, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:19.3	Pope Francis apologized for using a slur about gay men.
0:25.0	Catholics who support LGBTQ rights say they're disappointed in the church.
0:30.0	It persists in supporting these teachings that say we are somehow less than fully
0:36.9	compliant with God's plan for humanity.
0:39.7	How does the church keep people feeling welcome?
0:42.0	And South Africans are voting in an election that could usher in the end of the African National Congress's
0:47.1	30 years of post-apartheid political dominance.
0:50.1	Stay with us, we'll give you the news you need to start your day.
0:53.0	Former President Trump is in serious legal trouble, and the same time he wants his old job back.
1:05.2	It's a really big story but with different trials in multiple states, plea deals, testimony,
1:10.4	gag orders, it's also really hard to follow.
1:13.0	So we created Trump's Trials, a new NPR podcast, where we break down the big news from each case
1:18.4	and talk about what it means for democracy in weekly episodes.
1:21.6	I'm Scott Detro. Check out Trump's trials from NPR.
1:24.8	Big news stories don't always break on your schedule, but with the NPR app,
1:29.9	news, culture, and podcasts are ready when you want them.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from NPR, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of NPR and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.