Iowa Special Episode, Part 1: Visiting Des Moines
Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast
NBC
4.3 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2020
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
The weekend before the 2020 Democratic caucuses in Iowa, Late Night supervising producer Henry Melcher went to Des Moines. Hear his interviews with Troy Price, chair of the Iowa Democratic Party; undecided voters Pam and Harry Bookey; journalist David Yepsen; members of the College Democrats at Iowa State University; Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand; and Brown and Black Forum founders Wayne Ford and Mary Campos.
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| 0:39.5 | Hey everyone, Seth Meyers here. |
| 0:43.0 | The Iowa Democratic caucuses are tonight and they signal the official kickoff of the 2020 |
| 0:48.0 | presidential election. |
| 0:49.0 | We hear it late night where curious how actual Iowa voters are feeling ahead of the event. |
| 0:53.4 | So we sent one of our producers, Henry Melcher, to Des Moines over the weekend to interview |
| 0:57.2 | people for the late night podcast. |
| 0:59.0 | Please enjoy this special episode devoted to the Iowa caucuses. |
| 1:03.0 | Hey, this is Henry Melcher. |
| 1:08.8 | I'm a supervising producer at late night and it's Friday morning. |
| 1:12.3 | We just landed in Des Moines after a very early flight and lots of coffee. |
| 1:15.8 | We're here for the Iowa caucuses, which are just three days away and we're going to try |
| 1:18.9 | to learn about the history of the caucuses, how they function, what campaigns are doing |
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