The Post-Convention Campaign, Grocery Prices And Competition, New Laws In Afghanistan

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🗓️ 24 August 2024

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Now that the second of the two major political conventions is over, how are the parties positioning themselves for the rest of the campaign? An anti-trust case involving the two biggest grocery retailers starts Monday. In Afghanistan, the Taliban has codified new rules with familiar strictures.

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0:00.0	Lil John has left the United Center and Hogan is long gone from the Fyser form.
0:08.0	The second of the two major political conventions is over what comes now. In in this podcast I'm Scott Simon. I'm Aisha
0:15.4	Roscoe and this is up first from NPR News. This week's Democratic National
0:22.2	Convention in Chicago had quite a
0:24.1	playlist but did the DNC achieve what Democrats hope our Republicans
0:28.3	reacting?
0:29.3	Then a major merger between two grocery retailers goes to court. We have why and what
0:36.3	it could mean for your trips to the grocery store. And the Taliban turns back the
0:41.3	clock in Afghanistan. How and why today on up first.
0:45.6	So stay with us, we have the news you need to start your weekend. First to Chicago.
1:00.0	Chicago.
1:01.0	Well, to hear, that is. I've been in Chicago this week as the Democrats gathered for their
1:06.0	National Convention.
1:07.0	NPR provided live special coverage of the DNC and reporting and analysis both during and after the event.
1:15.0	And now that both it and the Republican National Convention are done, it's a sprint to November.
1:21.0	And Pierre Sir McCammon is also here in Chicago as she's been all this week.
1:24.8	She's been following what Republicans are saying both here and nationally.
1:29.2	Sarah, so good to be with you here.
1:31.2	Good to be here too, hi Scott.
1:32.3	Republicans were front and center at the convention, which seems noteworthy, what stood out
1:36.3	from their speeches.
1:37.3	Yeah, you know, their message was pretty simple.
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