“New tone, who dis?”
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Pod Save America
4.5 • 87.2K Ratings
🗓️ 2 April 2020
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
Donald Trump says he’ll have done a “great job” if the coronavirus death toll is between 100,000 and 240,000 Americans, some reporters praise his somber delivery of this news, and Nancy Pelosi begins to float ideas for a fourth economic relief bill as weekly jobless claims surpass six million. Then Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Ben Wikler talks to Jon about how he’s fighting to ensure a safe and fair election on April 7th, and the importance of voting by mail in November.
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| 0:00.0 | [♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪ |
| 0:20.1 | Welcome to POD Save America, I'm John Favreau. |
| 0:22.3 | I'm Dan Fyfer. |
| 0:23.5 | On today's pod, I check in with Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Ben Wickler. |
| 0:27.9 | About the election they're supposed to have on Tuesday, and what can be done about voting |
| 0:31.6 | in the middle of a pandemic. |
| 0:33.6 | Before that, we'll talk about Trump's grim new coronavirus projections and what should |
| 0:37.8 | be in Congress's next economic relief bill. |
| 0:41.0 | But first, we have an announcement. |
| 0:43.7 | In the midst of all this awfulness and the span of about two weeks, we developed a brand-new |
| 0:48.6 | podcast for you people. |
| 0:50.5 | A longtime friend of the pod and brilliant journalist Alex Wagner is the host of 6 feet |
| 0:56.3 | apart, which will shine a light on the hidden worlds of this pandemic through interviews |
| 1:00.4 | with everyone from grocery store workers to prisoners to immigrants and many others. |
| 1:05.9 | These are the very human stories that the news doesn't always cover, that frankly we don't |
| 1:09.8 | always cover on other pods. |
| 1:11.6 | And we're very excited that Alex is going to tackle this. |
| 1:14.4 | So, first episode is out now. |
| 1:16.4 | The podcast is 6 feet apart. |
| 1:18.3 | You can get it wherever you listen to your podcasts. |
| 1:20.8 | Isn't that exciting, Dan? |
| 1:21.8 | New pod? |
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