From Chicago: The Best and Worst of the Democratic Convention With Semafor’s Benjy Sarlin

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🗓️ 23 August 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Hello, media consumers! Bryan is live out of the United Center in Chicago along with Semafor’s Benjy Sarlin, and they recap the Democratic Convention. They assess Kamala Harris’s speech and then hit on 10 topics: Defining Kamala Harris (8:08) How the Democrats talk about Donald Trump (10:47) The Democrats’ embrace of celebrity (15:34) Thoughts on the rollout of Tim Walz as Kamala Harris’s running mate (17:55) The return of the Obamas and Obama-isms to the Democratic Party (21:27) The Democrats claim patriotism as their own with the USA chants (25:57) Their favorite speeches (28:30) Speeches that whiffed (32:11) The vibes in the convention (35:25) What they are looking for after this convention (37:31) Plus, David Shoemaker Guesses the Strained-Pun Headline. Host: Bryan Curtis Guest: Benjy Sarlin Producer: Brian H. Waters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Tara Palmary. I'm Puck's Senior Political Correspondent and host of,
0:05.3	Somebody's Gotta Win. Brought to you by the Ringer and Spotify.
0:08.4	The 2024 election has been upended, with Joe Biden off the ticket and Donald Trump facing a new
0:14.0	challenger Kamala Harris. If you want to hear what the insiders are really
0:18.0	saying about the race, join me Tuesdays and Thursdays as I break it all down
0:21.8	with lawmakers, journalists, and political
0:24.0	strategists. We'll go deeper than the headlines to the anxieties at the highest
0:28.1	levels of power and of course we'll chew overall the hot political gossip as we
0:32.4	head into this historic election.
0:34.1	Be sure to follow, somebody's got a win at Spotify or wherever you get your
0:38.4	podcast.
0:40.3	Mom, Dad, Can I work around?
0:44.0	James Comerounds. Can we have Tykaway?
0:46.0	Your makeup. We need speakers.
0:48.0	Pastors. He's broken it.
0:50.0	She's crying.
0:52.0	Where's the football? Can we watch cartoons?
0:54.4	Need a crowd pleaser?
0:55.8	Let's watch something with planets. A musical.
0:58.8	cartoons. The match.
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1:07.8	E. T.E. T. requires E.E welcome to Press Box from the Democratic Convention.
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