It's WHCD weekend! Parties, politics and Trump’s big debut

The Playbook Podcast

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🗓️ 24 April 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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All of D.C. is gearing up for the White House Correspondents Dinner weekend. It will be President Trump’s first time attending the event ever as president. Dasha Burns and Adam Wren share what Trump’s speech might look like which may include some jokes written by comedians. Plus, there are the parties: the before parties, the after parties, and brunch parties! Dasha and Adam dive into which ones are the most buzzworthy and more.

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0:35.1	Today on the Playbook podcast, it's White House Correspondence dinner weekend and the parties leading
0:41.4	up to the dinner on Saturday are already happening. We're going to give you a sense of what
0:46.3	the hottest parties are. Meanwhile, this will be President Trump's first attendance at the dinner
0:51.6	itself. He didn't attend at all in his first term. It's going to be fascinating
0:56.0	to see how he handles this. And we're going to expect a lot of cabinet officials in the room.
1:01.5	And we're also going to get into what we're expecting from Trump at the dinner itself. Hello,
1:06.6	I'm Adam Wren. And I'm Dasha Burns. It is Friday, April 24th. Dasha, it's so good to have you with us this morning. Are you surviving so far? So far, so good. But, you know, this is a marathon, not a sprint, Adam. And everyone listening should take that to heart. Okay, guys, go easy. That's right. We're stocking up on our vitamin
1:27.5	waters, on our electrolytes. That's right. We're eyeing our comfy shoes and maybe even getting
1:33.8	a satellite phone so that we can make calls in the Washington Hilton. Yeah, good luck with that.
1:39.5	The Belly of the Beast that night. So Dasha, let's start with the parties. Things really kicked off into high gear
1:45.7	last night. What did you have on your calendar? And what are you going to this weekend?
1:50.7	Yeah. So last night, there was the Green Room, the Irish Embassy party, Oliver Darcy, media reporter,
1:57.8	his party for his publication status. That's just the sort of preamble, the warm
2:03.6	up. And then tonight, of course, things really heat up with a bunch of events. Yeah. And then a lot of
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