Biden's Coronavirus Response, Plus Comedian Matt Rogers

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🗓️ 13 November 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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What could a new president mean for the coronavirus pandemic? Sam talks to Ed Yong, staff writer at The Atlantic, about President-elect Joe Biden's coronavirus task force and how much the federal government can do to change the course of the pandemic. Then, Sam chats with comedian Matt Rogers, whose projects this year include competition show Haute Dog on HBO Max, Quibi's Gayme Show and the podcast Las Culturistas (which he hosts with SNL's Bowen Yang). They talk about pop culture and what's giving them joy in 2020.

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0:00.0	Hey y'all, this is Sansa Betty. This week on the show, how a new administration could change the coronavirus response.
0:09.0	Alright, let's start the show!
0:14.0	Hey y'all, from NPR, I'm Sansa Anders. You are listening to It's Been a Minute. Happy weekend.
0:20.0	I hope your week was great, or at least fine.
0:23.0	So, as 2020 comes to a close, I'm thinking back on all the big stories of this year.
0:28.0	The election, the protests, the recession, so many of those stories have changed over time.
0:34.0	But one story in some very big ways has not changed that much at all.
0:39.0	The pandemic. Several months into dealing with the coronavirus.
0:43.0	In many ways, a lot of it still feels the same.
0:46.0	More cases and deaths every day all over the country.
0:49.0	More political division about how to handle it.
0:52.0	And at least for me, this sinking feeling that there's always more coming.
1:00.0	But that storyline could change soon, according to Joe Biden.
1:04.0	In January, America gets a new president.
1:07.0	And Joe Biden has said he will handle the coronavirus much differently than his predecessor, Donald Trump.
1:12.0	I will spare no effort to turn this pandemic around once we're sworn in in January 20th.
1:20.0	Together kids back to school safely.
1:22.0	Our business is growing and our economy running at full speed again.
1:26.0	As of this taping president, Trump has not conceded the elections.
1:30.0	But that has not stopped Biden from putting together his own coronavirus task force.
1:34.0	A task force that met this past week.
1:37.0	And Biden's rolled out a sweeping plan to deal with the coronavirus.
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