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The NPR Politics Podcast

Meet The New Bosses — Younger Than The Old Bosses

The NPR Politics Podcast

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Daily News, News, Politics

4.425.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

The chair of North Carolina's Democratic party is just 25. Her Republican counterpart in Alabama is 37. Together, they represent a younger generation making inroads in political leadership. How do their perspectives inform their parties' plans in 2024?

This episode: political correspondent Susan Davis, and political reporters Ximena Bustillo & Elena Moore.

This episode was produced by Casey Morell. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.

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0:08.7

The race to track down the stolen money led the investigators and the FBI around the globe.

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When you're dealing with hacking groups that have an army of cyber criminals you're in for a long fight.

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0:24.8

Hi, this is Tom in Liverpool in the United Kingdom.

0:28.2

I'm just submitting my dissertation for my MA while listening to the NPR Politics podcast.

0:33.2

This podcast was recorded at 106 p.m. on Monday, September 11th.

0:38.2

Things may have changed by the time you hear it, but I'll be still waiting for my dissertation results.

0:42.7

Okay, here's the show.

0:47.7

Oh, I hope it was a good result.

0:49.2

Fingers crossed for you.

0:50.7

Hey there, it's the NPR Politics podcast. I'm Susan Davis, I cover politics.

0:54.7

I'm Himenobustio, and I also cover politics.

0:56.7

And I'm Elena Moore. I cover the campaign.

0:58.7

And a major theme of the 2024 campaign so far has been about age and how voters feel about the likelihood of having two older candidates on the ballot next November.

1:08.7

President Biden, of course, is 80 years old leading Republican candidate and former president Donald Trump is 77 years old.

1:15.7

But YouTube has been reporting on the other end of the age spectrum, profiling the youngest Democratic and Republican state party chairs in the country.

1:23.7

Let's start with Democrats.

1:25.7

The youngest party chair is from North Carolina. Elena, tell me about her.

1:29.7

Right. Her name is Anderson Clayton.

1:31.7

She's 25 years old, and she's from this town called Roxboro, which is like an hour north of Raleigh.

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