Debt, Ohio & A Really Old Dog

The NPR Politics Podcast

NPR

News, Daily News, Politics

4.4 • 25.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Lawmakers have yet to reach a deal to avert U.S. default, which could come as soon as next month. In Ohio, Republican lawmakers are attempting to amend the state's constitution to waylay reproductive rights activists' push to safeguard access to abortion. And, in Can't Let It Go, news of a dog who is very old.

This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, political correspondent Kelsey Snell, senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro, and Ohio Statehouse News Bureau Karen Kasler.

The podcast is produced by Elena Moore and Casey Morell. Our editor is Eric McDaniel. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.

Unlock access to this and other bonus content by supporting The NPR Politics Podcast+. Sign up via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.

Connect:
Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org
Join the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group.
Subscribe to the NPR Politics Newsletter.

See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.

NPR Privacy Policy

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hi, this is Gary. I'm standing in the almost deserted ninth floor of an office
0:05.4	building in Alexandria, Virginia. I'm here to turn in my equipment for the last
0:09.0	day of work with my current employer. This podcast was recorded at...
0:12.8	12.06 pm on Friday, May 12, 2023.
0:17.2	Things may have changed by the time you hear this, but I'll still be really
0:21.3	excited about starting my new job in about a week from now. Here's the show!
0:26.3	I hope you didn't like leave graffiti or anything. I was I was worried it was
0:34.0	going in a different direction, but I'm very glad that it has this new stars.
0:37.7	Yes absolutely. Congratulations. Hey there, it's the NPR Politics podcast. I'm
0:42.2	Tamer Keith. I cover the White House. I'm Kelsey Snally, cover politics. And I'm
0:45.7	Dominical Montenegro, a senior political editor and correspondent. Top
0:48.8	congressional leaders met with President Biden on Tuesday to address the
0:52.5	very real threat of the U.S. defaulting on its debt. It could happen as soon as
0:57.6	June, if Congress doesn't raise the debt ceiling. And at the moment, it is the
1:02.2	leverage in a high stakes fight between Biden and congressional Republicans. The
1:08.0	meeting on Tuesday seemingly didn't really make much progress. And just to be
1:13.6	clear, default could be cataclysmic for the global financial system. It could
1:17.9	tank markets and lead to a recession and widespread job losses. All of those
1:22.5	things could happen. The lawmakers were supposed to meet at the White House again
1:26.7	today, but that meeting was postponed. Though Kelsey, that would seem like a bad
1:33.3	sign, but in the counterintuitive world in which we live, it's actually a good
1:37.8	sign. You know, I've been trying to figure out good sign bad sign here for since
	...

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.