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The NPR Politics Podcast

Trump's Poll Numbers Low; Stress of Foreign Leaders High

The NPR Politics Podcast

NPR

Politics, Daily News, News

4.425.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2017

⏱️ 30 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Plus the latest Senate hearings and a few listener questions. This episode: host/reporter Sam Sanders, political reporter Danielle Kurtlzleben, and political editor Domenico Montanaro. More coverage at nprpolitics.org. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org. Find and support your local public radio station at npr.org/stations.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is Tom Hanks. Do you know an undiscovered musician who deserves a break?

0:05.0

Well, we have an idea for them. NPR Music is holding a tiny desk contest to find one great unsigned musician

0:13.0

to play the iconic Tiny Desk Concert series and tour the United States with NPR Music.

0:18.0

All you have to do is shoot a video of your musical act, playing an original song behind a desk,

0:24.0

and submit it by January 29th. Learn more at npr.org slash Tiny Desk Contest.

0:32.0

Hey y'all, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. Here to talk about the week ahead,

0:39.0

a week that will have a lot of stuff going on here in Washington, including, of course,

0:43.0

President-elect Trump's inauguration this Friday. I'm Sam Sanders, reporter.

0:47.0

I'm Danielle Kurtz, Labor Political Reporter, and I'm Dominican Montenegro Political Editor.

0:51.0

Alright, back at it again after a long weekend here for some housekeeping.

0:55.0

One, if you didn't see the announcement in the feed already and you are in the DC area,

0:59.0

come and see us do a live show at the Warner Theater in downtown DC on Friday, February 10th.

1:05.0

The three of us will be there. We are looking forward to it. The live shows are always fun.

1:08.0

Yeah, I'm one with these folks. And the Warner Theater? I mean, this is pretty awesome.

1:13.0

I never meant it. It's just Google Images. It's like this big. It's big. It's big. It's gorgeous. I hope we can fill it.

1:19.0

It's very ornate. Yeah. Help us fill it, y'all. Yeah. Exactly.

1:22.0

Please. Also, a special episode for me, because that will be my last episode as co-host

1:28.0

of the NPR Powerlikes podcast. Oh, man.

1:30.0

As I've said before, I am leaving this podcast a bit after the inauguration

1:34.0

to work on a new podcast that you will hear soon. So come on out and see the show

1:38.0

and watch me shed a final tear. This is having a name yet?

1:41.0

My final show is y'all. You're podding. No, you're going to say I'm goodby.

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