The virtual convention experiment

1 big thing

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🗓️ 17 August 2020

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Democrats are going ahead with a mostly virtual convention, starting tonight. But how TV networks will cover the event, and how the millions of American voters watching it will react is still up in the air. Plus, the Trump administration is eyeing another unproven coronavirus treatment. And, Sheryl Sandberg shares some key takeaways from Lean In's new report on Black women in the workplace. Guests: Axios' Margaret Talev, Jonathan Swan, and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg. Credits: "Axios Today" is produced in partnership with Pushkin Industries. The team includes Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Carol Alderman, Cara Shillenn, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Naomi Shavin and Alex Sugiura. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at podcasts@axios.com. Go deeper: The conventions' quantum leap Trump eyes new unproven coronavirus "cure" The state of Black women in corporate America Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good morning. Welcome to Axios today. It's Monday, August 17. I'm Naila Boodoo.
0:09.0	Here's how we're making you smarter today. The Trump administration is eyeing another unproven virus cure.
0:15.8	Plus an old jingle gets an update from Wu-Tang Clan founder Riza. First though,
0:21.1	this week's Democratic National Convention is today's one big thing.
0:30.0	The big experiment in virtual conventions and American politics begins tonight
0:34.4	with the kickoff for the Democratic National Convention.
0:37.4	Margaret Tulliv is Exios' White House and Politics Editor and she's going to be
0:40.9	one of our guides to the convention this week.
0:43.2	Hey Margaret, happy Monday.
0:45.4	Thank you, happy Monday to you too.
0:47.1	I'll try to be your guide, but this is so different from most conventions that I think
0:51.1	we're all going to be learning and modulating our
0:53.2	expectations as we go. So maybe you can help us with that. First of all, what is
0:57.3	this going to look like? It's going to look much shorter for one. It's going to
1:01.2	be a couple hours of TV on cable, prime time 9 to 11, a lot more
1:06.2	slim down paired back.
1:07.8	We've all heard Alexandria O'Kazio Cortez has a one minute speaking slot, so across the board, it may be easier for them to maintain
1:15.5	messaging when everyone has a shorter amount of time. So tomorrow night the
1:20.4	traditional keynote address is also going to look different instead of one person.
1:24.4	That's not happening this time.
1:25.6	Normally there's a keynote address of course in 2004 that was Obama.
1:30.0	There is not a black America and a white America and Latino America and Asian America.
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