The politics of natural disasters
The NPR Politics Podcast
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4.4 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 10 October 2024
⏱️ 16 minutes
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This episode: White House correspondent Asma Khalid, campaign reporter Stephen Fowler, and senior White House correspondent Tamara Keith.
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| 0:41.6 | A.50 PM Eastern time on Thursday, October 10th of 2024. |
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| 1:10.2 | I'm Stephen Fowler. I cover the campaign. And I'm Tamara Keith. I also cover the White House. |
| 1:15.0 | And today on the show the role of politics around disaster and recovery. |
| 1:21.0 | Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton have battered the South in recent days. |
| 1:26.6 | More than 200 people died from the impact of Helene and we don't yet know the full impact |
| 1:32.0 | of Helene, but millions of folks are without power in Florida, |
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