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The NPR Politics Podcast

Encore: Musicals and Politics

The NPR Politics Podcast

NPR

News, Daily News, Politics

4.425.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2016

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Nine days to go. This episode was first published July 5, with host/campaign reporter Sam Sanders, political reporter Danielle Kurtzleben, editor/correspondent Ron Elving, and NPR film critic Bob Mondello. More coverage at nprpolitics.org. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey y'all, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.

0:02.0

I'm Sam Sanders, Campaign reporter.

0:04.0

And you may have heard by now that we are doing daily episodes, daily from now until election day.

0:10.0

But it's the weekend and even we got to take a break sometime.

0:14.0

So here's an episode from our archives. We first ran this one back in July just after the fourth.

0:20.0

It is all about politics and musicals. Enjoy. It's a fun one.

0:24.0

Okay, we'll be back in your feed with a new episode on Monday evening.

0:28.0

We'll be on our...

0:36.0

Hey y'all, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.

0:38.0

So here we are coming off a long holiday weekend.

0:40.0

I was just on vacation for a week until recently.

0:42.0

We need to ease back into things with something a little bit lighter.

0:50.0

How does it best?

0:52.0

Lourdes.

0:52.0

No.

0:54.0

Daniel is gonna sing with it.

0:56.0

Anyways, musicals.

0:58.0

You're doing good.

1:00.0

Alright, keep going.

1:02.0

So, we're gonna talk today about musicals and politics.

1:04.0

Which means that we of course have to mention that show whatever it's called Harrison.

1:08.0

I have a hamlet.

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