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🗓️ 16 October 2019
⏱️ 20 minutes
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0:00.0 | In this week's podcast Extra, we want to introduce you to a new show that's being made by the team who work next to us at WNYC. |
0:09.8 | For those of you far from New York City, Brian Lairor has been beloved by listeners for decades as an astute observer and conscientious broker of daily events. |
0:21.3 | His new show, Impeachment, a daily podcast, will help you understand the political twists, historical context, and legal stakes at the heart of the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump. |
0:34.4 | I'm Bob Garfield, and I so endorse Brian Lehrer. He is ongoingly violating his |
0:42.4 | oath of office and abusing his power. We have to impeach this president, and the majority of |
0:47.4 | Americans not only support impeachment, they support removal. |
0:53.9 | This is impeachment, a daily podcast from WNYC. |
0:58.1 | I'm Brian Lehrer. |
0:59.4 | This is Wednesday, October 16th. |
1:02.0 | Every single candidate that was on last night's debate stage now supports the House's |
1:06.4 | impeachment inquiry. |
1:08.0 | It's one of the issues where they stand fully united. |
1:10.6 | And of course, the impeachment news has continued to develop of the issues where they stand fully united. And of course, the |
1:11.2 | impeachment news has continued to develop over the last 24 hours. I'm thinking two things today. |
1:18.3 | The pace of the new revelations is breathtaking, and it isn't stopping yet. Think about how |
1:24.7 | slow the Mueller investigation felt, right? This Ukraine investigation is absolutely |
1:30.0 | flying right now, and Team Trump cannot control it. They are losing the PR war every day right now |
1:37.2 | as one government official after another sounds the alarm about something terribly rotten taking |
1:43.0 | place. |
1:49.2 | And second, there are so many new names to get to know in the last few weeks, including a new one testifying before Congress every single day this week. |
1:52.6 | So we'll continue to try to introduce you to these people and their place in the story. |
1:57.3 | But we promise not to lose the forest for the trees. Justice will take place only if people |
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