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Notes from America with Kai Wright

Megan Thee Stallion, Kid Rock, and the Musical Politics of Kamala Harris and Donald Trump

Notes from America with Kai Wright

WNYC Studios

News Commentary, Politics, History, News

4.41.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

From “Hotties for Harris" to “American Bad Ass,” this year’s presidential election has quite a soundtrack. We add everything in between to this year’s NFA Summer Playlist.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Kai Wright, all summer long on notes from America. We've been asking

0:04.9

listeners to tell us what song comes to mind when you think about your

0:08.6

political priorities. Results have varied, as varied as the music we're hearing on the campaign trail.

0:14.0

Freedom, freedom, I can't move.

0:17.0

Before Kamala Harris landed on Queen B for her anthem,

0:20.0

she had a brat-coated campaign strategy.

0:23.5

Kid Rock, rock the RNC in July, but more recently,

0:27.0

Trump has been bump into 50 cents.

0:29.3

Many men wish they're for me. Coming up to the intersection of music, politics and protest from Hotty's for

0:37.2

Harris to sexy red on the right and we want your help building a playlist

0:40.8

call us at 844 745 8255 and tell us about a song that represents

0:46.5

your political priorities it's all just ahead right after this. politics. There's a Strokes album called The New Abnormal.

1:04.0

The album just describes like a very strange new reality and I think we're all getting

1:09.3

used to that right now.

1:11.3

Marvin Gay, what's going on?

1:13.4

You know, obviously he was talking about oppression in America and in the world in general.

1:17.4

Salt, untitled, it's really an expression of like black resistance and struggle. So for me that's what I think of, I think of like an album that represents political expression.

1:22.6

So for me that's what I think of,

1:23.7

when I think of an album that represents political expression.

1:27.0

Heading for the door by Royal Otis,

1:28.9

because at this point I'm really heading for the door.

1:32.5

Like I've just been so mentally I'm out the door.

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