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The NPR Politics Podcast

Monday Mail: September 5

The NPR Politics Podcast

NPR

News, Daily News, Politics

4.425.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2016

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Your questions, answered. This episode: host/campaign reporter Sam Sanders, congressional correspondent Susan Davis, and editor/correspondent Ron Elving. More coverage at nprpolitics.org. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey y'all, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.

0:05.5

So one of the things we love about doing this show is that we get to hear from you, the

0:09.4

listeners, with their questions about what in the world is happening in this crazy, crazy

0:13.8

election.

0:14.8

Today we're going to do something new with those questions, with barely two months until

0:18.4

Election Day.

0:19.4

We're trying out something called Monday Mail episodes, M-A-I-L.

0:23.8

So you can ask us about the issues, what we see out on the campaign trail, or anything

0:27.3

else.

0:28.3

I'm Sam Sanders, campaign reporter.

0:29.3

Susan Davis, I cover Congress.

0:31.3

I'm Ron Elping, Editor-Course Pondom.

0:33.2

Let's get to it.

0:34.2

In full disclosure, we are, if not taking the weekend off, then at least opening up all

0:38.2

this mail before Labor Day.

0:40.3

So if something crazy just happened, don't worry.

0:42.9

We'll be back in your podcast feed very soon to talk about that stuff.

0:46.5

All right.

0:47.5

All right.

0:49.0

Question one.

0:50.0

Let's just get right to it.

0:51.0

You ready to guys?

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