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The NPR Politics Podcast

How Harris And Trump Are Talking About The Economy

The NPR Politics Podcast

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Daily News, Politics, News

4.425.7K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Kamala Harris wants to combat "corporate price gouging." Donald Trump wants to eliminate taxes on Social Security. But the president's powers over the economy are actually quite limited. Here's what the candidates are saying on the trail.

This episode: senior White House correspondent Tamara Keith, White House correspondent Asma Khalid, and campaign correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben.

The podcast is produced by Casey Morell and Kelli Wessinger. Our intern is Bria Suggs. Our editor is Eric McDaniel. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.

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0:00.0

Christian nationalists want to turn America into a theocracy, a government under biblical rule.

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If they gain more power, it could mean fewer rights for you.

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I'll take you inside the movement. Listen to Extremely American from Boise State Public

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Hello, my name is Lily, and I'm from Alaska.

0:27.0

I'm here with one of my three cats that I named Dr. Artists.

0:30.0

This one is Edgar Allan Poe.

0:32.0

The other two are Claude Monet and Vincent Van Go.

0:35.0

This podcast was recorded at 12.37 PM on Thursday, August 15th.

0:40.0

Things may have changed by the time that you hear this, but I will, unfortunately, be preparing

0:44.2

to leave my cats for my first year of college at Oregon State University's Honors College,

0:48.4

studying chemical engineering. Go Beves. All right, how many ears does the cat van Gogh have?

0:58.0

Ha!

0:59.0

Great question.

1:00.0

Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Tam Rick Keith. I cover the White House.

1:04.8

I'm Asma Khalid, I also cover the White House.

1:07.2

And I'm Danielle Kurtzlevin. I cover the presidential campaign.

1:09.9

Today, the economy and the presidential campaign. In down so are some prices but it remains a key issue for voters

1:17.8

so what are Kamala Harris and Donald Trump promising to do about it The candidates aren't releasing detailed policy proposals,

1:25.0

but we do have some idea of what they'll do.

1:27.7

So let's start with Vice President Harris.

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