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Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. This week has been dominated by

students from Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School. Just a week after 17 of

their teachers and classmates were shot and killed in school, many of the

students traveled to Tallahassee yesterday to meet with lawmakers. Others went

to the White House to talk to the president and still others took part in a

CNN town hall where they confronted senators Marco Rubio and Bill Nelson and

the NRA. Something about this moment feels different. But is it? That's the

question. I'm Tamer Keith. I cover the White House for NPR. I'm Danielle Kurtz

Laban political reporter. I'm Susan Davis. I cover Congress and I'm Mara

Lias and National Political Correspondent. And normally on Thursdays, we have a

wide-ranging discussion about a wide range of topics. And today we are going to

have a wide-ranging discussion about one basic topic. And that is the aftermath,

the continuing aftermath and the political aftermath of that terrible

shooting last week at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School. Yesterday was one

week since that shooting. 16-year-old sophomore Tanzel Philip talked about that

and about how much has changed since then after meeting with lawmakers and

Tallahassee yesterday. To think, last week at this exact time, I was complaining

...