Episode 85 | Save Democracy with this One Weird Trick; Renato Swings

It's Complicated

Renato Mariotti

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.8 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

In a bit of a departure from the usual subjects Asha and Renato weigh in on politics. In particular, how the label of “weird” is sticking to JD Vance. Also, what it must be like for Usha to ride along with her husband’s new-found love of Trump. Plus, Renato is a bit of a swinger…on the dance floor.

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0:00.0	M.S. W. Media.
0:06.6	So, Asha, is J. Vans weird?
0:10.0	That's not complicated.
0:15.0	I'm Asha Rengappa. I teach national security law at Yale University.
0:19.0	I'm a former FBI Special Agent and I'm a legal contributor for ABC News.
0:24.0	And I'm Renata Marriott.
0:26.0	I'm a former federal prosecutor, a practicing lawyer, and a legal analyst.
0:30.0	And we're here to help you understand topics that can't be boiled down into a
0:34.4	South Side for its week.
0:37.0	So Renato, I think we need to give a caveat at the beginning of this because we're not really helping people
0:44.5	understand things that can't be boiled down to a sound bite or a tweet because it can be boiled
0:48.9	down to weird.
0:49.9	Yeah, we're going to have fun just once. This is not going to be the whole podcast, we promise, like this is not going to turn into like the Gabbing About Politics podcast.
0:59.2	But this is like Bizarro upside-down world here and it's complicated because it's sort of simple and we're just going to just have fun for an episode.
1:09.5	Let's do it.
1:10.7	So maybe it's talking about weirdness?
1:13.0	Weird.
1:14.0	That seems like the word of the day, right, is weird.
1:16.0	Well, and it happens so organically.
1:18.0	And the thing is, like when you see it, you're like,
1:21.0	it is super weird. Like the the whole like that has been our life
1:26.4	since 2016 it's been weird
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