On The Trail With Pete Buttigieg

The NPR Politics Podcast

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Politics, Daily News, News

4.4 • 25.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2019

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

In an ongoing series the NPR Politics Podcast is hitting the road and interviewing 2020 Democratic presidential candidates. This episode Tamara Keith and Iowa Public Radio's Clay Masters sit down with South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg to ask about why he's the best pick for president. This series is produced in collaboration with IPR and New Hampshire Public Radio.

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0:00.0	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:05.5	I'm Tamra Keith.
0:06.5	Throughout the spring and summer, we will be taking you on the road to meet the 2020
0:11.1	presidential candidates.
0:12.4	We're doing these special episodes in collaboration with New Hampshire Public Radio and Iowa Public
0:17.2	Radio, which is where playmasters come in.
0:19.9	Hey Clay.
0:20.9	Hey Tam, it's so great to have you back in Iowa.
0:22.7	We go way back.
0:23.7	We go way way way back.
0:25.4	And Clay, I should say, welcome back to the podcast.
0:28.0	Thank you.
0:29.0	So for everyone who doesn't know you, you work for Iowa Public Radio.
0:33.1	I do.
0:34.1	I'm the Morning Edition host for Iowa Public Radio and I'm also the lead political reporter,
0:38.3	so I spend a lot of time covering the Iowa caucuses.
0:41.3	Yeah.
0:42.3	And you and I spend a lot of time at the back of ballrooms, halls.
0:46.7	Sitting on the floor, yeah, filing stories.
0:49.0	Clay and I were at the back of a steamy and packed room at the plumbers and steam fitters
0:53.6	Union Hall in Des Moines, Iowa, for a book club meeting.
0:57.4	And this isn't just any book club.
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