Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Tamer Keat. I cover the White House.

I'm Scott Tetra, I cover politics. I'm Danielle Curtslay, but I also cover politics.

And I'm Mara Lias and National Political Correspondent.

And it is currently 12.15 a.m. Friday, June 28th, which is super duper disappointing to me because I was hoping to get an NPR Politics Podcast hat trick by doing three podcasts in 24 hours.

But now we're just the late late show, just like Channel Early 90s Conan O'Brien for the vibe we're going for here.

Well, that's where we are right now. So, the second night of the first Democratic debates on NBC,

ended a little bit ago and we are here with thoughts. I am here in the studio, Danielle Curtslay,

and also here. Yeah, right here. Hi. And Scott and Mara, you are back in the spin room.

And you know what? We're going to get to this in a moment, but tonight, spin was required. The spin room was necessary.

Yes, as opposed to last night, because tonight, the reason why spin is necessary is when one candidate has a lot of splining to do.

And tonight, the Joe Biden campaign had a lot of splining to do in the spin room. Sure did.

And we are going to get to sort of the big takeaways and then dig deep on some of the major moments of the night.

But first Danielle, for the last time and at least a little while, can you tell us who was on stage in order of their time speaking?

Yes. Okay. So tonight, we are going to start with a person who had the most time, not only of tonight,

but of tonight and last night together. This is a person with the most time of both debates.

Former Vice President Joe Biden. He had 13 minutes and 30 seconds on stage according to our team here who was counting this.

That is more than a minute and a half more than number two, who was Kamala Harris, California Senator at 11 minutes, 56 seconds.

Number three Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, number four was South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg, number five Colorado Senator Michael Bennett, number six New York Senator Kirsten Gillbrand.

Next was former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, California Representative Eric Swalwell, author Mary Ann Williamson,

and number 10 by a fair shot entrepreneur Andrew Yang at three minutes and two seconds.

That is more than a minute and a half less than Mary Ann Williamson. Andrew Yang barely got a word in an eduize tonight.

That is some math again, gang is not going to appreciate.

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