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Words Matter

The Paris Olympics, Chicago Convention Special

Words Matter

Riley Fessler

News, Government

4.62.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode of Words Matter, Norm and Kavita are back to discuss the latest events in the media, from Kavita’s personal experiences at the Paris Olympics to the shifting election dynamics ahead of the upcoming Democratic National Convention in Chicago. How will the DNC affect Trump’s campaign planning? What’s next for Tim Walz and JD Vance? Listen here: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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DSR Network.com slash by. Now please enjoy the show. This is Word's Matter with Norm Ornstein.

0:47.0

We've got the votes and screw the rest of you.

0:54.0

And Dr. Kabita Patel.

0:56.0

These might be some of the smaller moments,

0:58.0

you know, with all the bombshells, didn't catch people's eyes. you're Hello and welcome to Words Matter from the DSR network.

1:29.2

Each week Norm Ornstein and I will talk about the issues facing our country and our globe as we head into what might be one of the most important election cycles that we have seen in a long time and that's saying something norm. I'm recording this if listeners feel like it's a little off on the

1:46.4

audio it's because I'm coming to you from Paris France where I just had an incredible

1:51.6

experience with my family at the Paris Olympics.

1:53.8

We're going to talk about that, but I know that there is just so much, I, of course, Norm, couldn't help,

1:59.2

but following what was happening, Stateside and have lots of interesting conversations about how people from other

2:07.2

countries think about the Harris Trump election as well as what you might be anticipating going into next week which when

2:17.9

listeners hear this will be days before the Democratic National Convention and I know that all eyes are going to be

2:25.0

focused on Kamil Harris and her speech as well as kind of her reintroduction to the country and Tim Waltz's introduction to the country.

2:34.8

But Norm, tell me how the, if you caught any of the Olympics and how they've been playing out

2:41.4

for Americans watching. Americans watching.

2:44.0

I caught much of the coverage,

2:49.0

mostly the core coverage, which here was on NBC. There was a lot of other coverage on some of their partner and ancillary networks, so I didn't see much of the shooting or the archery or some of the other sports, but I caught a whole lot.

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