The biggest two weeks of this year's presidential election are here.

The Republican and Democratic National Conventions are headed to Cleveland and Philadelphia, but

if the news is a lot to keep up with, don't.

Just keep up with the Empire Politics Podcast.

They'll be at the conventions doing quick daily episodes first thing every morning, so

know what's happening and what it all means without the cable news hangover.

Join the Empire Politics Podcast on the Empire One app or at mpr.org slash podcasts.

From NPR and WNYC coming to you from the Bill House in beautiful Brooklyn, New York,

it's NPR's hour of puzzles, word games, and trivia.

Ask me another.

I'm Jonathan Colton.

Now here's your host, Ophira Eisenberg.

Thank you, Jonathan.

We have a great show for you.

Some brainy contestants are backstage gobbling down a mega-three fatty acids, fueling up

to play our nerdy games, but only one will become our big winner.

And our special guest is Loud and Wainwright.

His career spans four decades.

His songs are full of wordplay and rye wit and are about everything from dead skunks to

Donald Trump to family funks.

I can relate to the last one.

I am the youngest of six children and I still get treated like a baby.

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