Hi, this is Ami. I've just finished editing my first orchestra virtual winter concert,

where 100 middle schoolers performed holiday music together without ever playing in the same room.

This podcast was recorded at 205 PM Eastern on Monday, December 14th.

I want to hear some of that.

Things may have changed by the time you hear this.

Okay, here's the show.

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Your wish shall be granted.

That is singularly more impressive than anything I've managed to accomplish doing.

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Hey there, it's the MPR Politics Podcast. I'm Susan Davis. I cover Congress.

I'm Miles Parks. I cover voting.

And I'm Mara Laias and National Political Correspondent.

And today, the nation's 538 electors are casting their votes for president.

President-elect Joe Biden is going to deliver remarks tonight after those votes,

and we'll be back after his speech with a special podcast on that.

But first, you know, Miles, this is not typically a day that we tend to normally pay that much attention to in American politics.

It's not. I mean, it's another situation where this very typical bureaucratic thing is now kind of an issue.

And the national attention is now kind of elevated to the national attention, mostly because of President Trump.

And President Trump's continued attacks on the election.

You know, we've seen, we'll get into a little bit of the logistics here, but we've seen the polarization really take over this process a little bit.

We've seen in Michigan, they've locked down the state capital for this event.

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