Not Too Far Left, But Left Enough: Kasich and Sanders Speak On DNC Night One

The NPR Politics Podcast

NPR

Politics, Daily News, News

4.5 • 24.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2020

⏱️ 14 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Those were the dual messages of the first night of the Democratic convention from former Republican governor of Ohio John Kasich and progressive firebrand Sen. Bernie Sanders.

There was a heavy focus on the pandemic, including a powerful speech from Kristin Urquiza, the daughter of a Trump supporter who died after contracting the virus.

And, Michelle Obama wants people to make a plan about how they'll cast a ballot.

This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, campaign correspondent Asma Khalid, and senior political editor and correspondent Ron Elving.

Connect:
Email the show at [email protected].
Join the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group.
Listen to our playlist The NPR Politics Daily Workout.
Find and support your local public radio station.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:05.6	I'm Tamer Keith.
0:06.6	I cover the White House.
0:07.6	I'm Esma Fala, then covering the presidential campaign.
0:10.5	And I'm Ron Helving, Editor-Course Pondup.
0:12.8	The time now is 11.37 pm on Monday, August 17th.
0:19.3	This was the first night of the Democratic Convention.
0:22.2	It has come and gone.
0:24.0	Asma, you are there at the Convention.
0:26.6	So wait, you're in close proximity to where Joe Biden is.
0:31.4	Yeah, I'm in Delaware.
0:33.3	But there is no real physical convention that we're thinking of as normally to explain.
0:39.1	This was largely a made for TV event.
0:42.0	It was virtual.
0:43.0	I'm sure we'll talk more about this throughout the podcast, but it was a really strange convention
0:51.0	to watch.
0:52.0	Ron, you cover loads of these.
0:53.4	So I'm sure you have a better historical background of what a convention ought to sound
0:58.2	and feel like.
0:59.2	I can't add this to my list of conventions that I've covered because there's no convention
1:04.0	to cover.
1:05.0	This is a convention where people do not convene.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from NPR, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of NPR and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.