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The NPR Politics Podcast

The Second Presidential Debate

The NPR Politics Podcast

NPR

News, Daily News, Politics

4.425.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2016

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Recap and analysis with host/campaign reporter Sam Sanders, political reporter Danielle Kurtzleben, editor/correspondent Ron Elving, and campaign reporter Sarah McCammon. More coverage at nprpolitics.org. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org.

Transcript

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Okay, here's the show.

0:18.5

Hey y'all, this is the NPR Politics Podcast and here we are with the recap of the second

0:25.6

presidential debate.

0:26.6

It took place Sunday night at Washington University in St. Louis and it happened at the end

0:31.0

of a weekend that we can all agree was full of high drama even for 2016, the year that

0:36.1

just keeps on giving.

0:37.1

I'm Sam St. Andrews campaign reporter.

0:38.8

I'm Danielle Kurtz-Laybind political reporter.

0:40.7

And I'm Ron Elvin, Head of the Correspondent.

0:42.8

All right.

0:43.8

It is what 11.36 pm as we record this, as everyone knows, the past 48 hours have been

0:50.2

maybe the craziest in a campaign season that seems to hit a new level of drama every

0:54.4

week for months.

0:56.0

Also, for those who want to catch up on this weekend's events, the podcast in your feed

1:00.2

right before this one, that episode has a nice breakdown for you.

1:04.0

Anyways, this all started with the video on Friday night of Trump making some vocal

1:08.2

comments and then dozens of Republicans dropping their support throughout the weekend.

1:14.6

Some calling for him to leave the race.

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