The Taylor Swift Super Bowl Conspiracy Theory
The NPR Politics Podcast
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4.4 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 2 February 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
This episode: White House correspondent Asma Khalid, political correspondent Susan Davis, national political correspondent Don Gonyea, and correspondent Shannon Bond.
This podcast was produced by Jeongyoon Han, Casey Morell & Kelli Wessinger. Our editor is Erica Morrison. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.
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Correction: This episode mistakenly states that the International Brotherhood of Teamsters is the largest union in the country. In fact, the National Education Association is the largest union in the country.
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| 0:16.0 | Hi, this is Sam from Tucson, Arizona. |
| 0:20.0 | I'm not skiing in a state park, climbing a mountain or training for a marathon. |
| 0:24.2 | I'm in the same place I am every day, sitting in front of my computer, working on my dissertation. |
| 0:29.7 | This podcast was recorded at 109 PM Eastern Time on Friday, February 2nd of 2024. |
| 0:37.0 | Things may have changed by the time you hear this, but I will hopefully be one day closer to finally finishing grad school. Enjoy the show. |
| 0:44.0 | Sam's my kind of guy. As I sit here in front of my computer. |
| 0:51.0 | Yeah, I love it. Well, hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. |
| 0:56.2 | I'm Usma Khalid. |
| 0:57.2 | I cover the White House. |
| 0:58.2 | I'm Susan Davis, I cover politics. |
| 0:59.9 | And I'm Don Gagnier. |
| 1:00.9 | I cover the presidential election. |
| 1:03.1 | Well since it is Friday we have got our weekly rap |
| 1:06.0 | and there is lots to discuss but we are going to begin the show |
| 1:09.1 | with a deep dive on unions, their political influence and and why both parties are vying for their votes. |
| 1:16.2 | And Dan, I want to start the conversation with you because you have long covered Michigan politics, |
| 1:20.7 | you have long covered labor politics, and you are based in Detroit. We saw |
| 1:24.9 | President Biden recently secure the endorsement of the United |
| 1:27.6 | Auto Workers and he was in fact in your state of Michigan yesterday meeting |
| 1:31.1 | with union members. What stood out to you from the |
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