“The Taliban takes Afghanistan.”
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🗓️ 16 August 2021
⏱️ 84 minutes
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The New York Times’s Jane Coaston joins Jon Favreau and Tommy Vietor to talk about the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, the Biden Administration’s scramble to contain the fallout, and how the latest culture war is the right-wing crusade against vaccine and mask requirements. Cook Political Report Editor-in-Chief Amy Walter also talks to Jon about what the new 2020 Census numbers mean for redistricting and the battle for the House in 2022.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Pots day of America, I'm John Favreau. |
| 0:22.3 | I'm Tommy Dittor. |
| 0:23.3 | And joining us today, while love it is on vacation, New York Times journalist Jane |
| 0:27.4 | Kostin, Jane, so excited to have you on the pod. |
| 0:30.3 | I'm thrilled. |
| 0:31.3 | I mean, I, being on vacation also sounds cool, but I would rather be with you guys. |
| 0:36.6 | Thank you. |
| 0:37.6 | Well, and you've joined on a sunny day for news. |
| 0:39.6 | On today's show, the Taliban take Afghanistan as the Biden administration scrambles to contain |
| 0:43.8 | the fallout. |
| 0:44.8 | Cook Political Reports, Amy Walter, breaks down what the new 2020 census numbers mean for |
| 0:48.7 | redistricting in the battle for the House. |
| 0:51.3 | And the latest culture war is the right wing crusade against vaccine and mask requirements. |
| 0:56.2 | First, two big announcements. |
| 0:58.7 | Journalist Josie Duffy Rice has joined what a day as co-host alongside Gideon Resnick |
| 1:02.9 | and recently announced co-host Trevelle Anderson and Priyanka Arabindi. |
| 1:06.9 | Josie's first episode drops today. |
| 1:09.0 | Just applauding that. |
| 1:10.0 | It's good to applaud. |
| 1:11.0 | Thank you. |
| 1:12.0 | Also, second announcement, cricket is back with a brand new season of this land where award-winning |
| 1:16.6 | journalist Rebecca Nagel takes you inside her year-long investigation into how conservatives |
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