“He did it. Not guilty.”
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🗓️ 16 February 2021
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Trump is acquitted despite a bipartisan majority voting to convict and a few last-minute witness surprises, Republicans can’t quit Trumpism, and Democrats look to pass reforms that would save democracy. Then Heather McGhee talks to Jon Lovett about her new book The Sum of Us, What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Pieds Ape America, I'm John Favreaux. |
| 0:22.3 | I'm John Loveett, I'm Tommy Vittor. |
| 0:24.0 | On today's pod we'll talk about a few of the last minute surprises in Trump's second |
| 0:27.2 | impeachment trial in the coming battle over voting rights and democracy reform. |
| 0:31.5 | Then Heather McGee is here to talk to Loveett about her new book on how racism costs us |
| 0:36.0 | all. |
| 0:37.0 | But first, Loveett, I heard the show was horrible this weekend, convinced me otherwise. |
| 0:44.4 | I can't believe Emily said that. |
| 0:45.5 | No, it was a great episode, per usual. |
| 0:47.6 | Akilo was very funny in the monologue, talked to Dr. Atul Gawande about the vaccine roll |
| 0:52.3 | out, and then we played a dating game with Pollyby, one of our writers, in which he |
| 0:56.8 | went on six speed dates. |
| 0:58.8 | And it was very silly and very fun. |
| 1:02.9 | Yeah, I think that might be the first podcast ever that had a tool Gawande and a dating |
| 1:09.1 | game on the same episode. |
| 1:11.3 | Yeah, and he was pretty surprised to be on one of the dates. |
| 1:18.3 | Also don't miss America Dissected this week. |
| 1:20.6 | Abdul talks with the show's resident virologist, Dr. Angela Rasmusin, all about the COVID variants, |
| 1:26.4 | the latest vaccine news, and where we go from here. |
| 1:29.4 | Be sure to check it out. |
| 1:30.8 | Alright, let's get to the news. |
| 1:33.8 | Trump's acquittal had been expected since the trial began, but the overwhelming majority |
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