Unpacking the DNC: Day 1
TransLash Podcast with Imara Jones
TransLash Media
4.3 • 619 Ratings
🗓️ 19 August 2024
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
After an unprecedented shake up in the presidential race, the Democratic National Convention begins today in Chicago.
To kick off TransLash Media’s on-the-ground, daily coverage of this historic occasion, we’re sharing an episode of our premium, political show The Mess: Imara’s Guide to Our Political Hellscape. It features an insightful conversation between Imara and senior national reporter for the Advocate, Christopher Wiggins, about Vice President Kamala Harris and what to expect at this week’s consequential event.
To hear the rest of our DNC coverage on The Mess this week, be sure to sign up for a TransLash Fam membership on Apple Podcasts.
You can also follow our ongoing DNC coverage on social media @translashmedia on TikTok, Instagram, Threads, X, and Facebook.
Follow Imara Jones on X (@ImaraJones) and Instagram (@Imara_jones_)
Follow our guest:
Christopher Wiggins: X (@CWNewser)
The Mess is produced by Translash Media.
The Mess Team: Imara Jones, Oliver-Ash Kleine, Aubrey Calaway.
Xander Adams is our senior sound engineer and a contributing producer.
This episode was sound engineered by Lucy Little.
Oliver Whitney and Courtney Cobb are our social media producers.
Theme music composed by Ben Draghi.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey TransLash Fam. This is The Bess, Amara's Guide to our Political Healthcape. |
| 0:14.0 | And that's me. I'm Amara. Today is the first day of the Democratic National Convention |
| 0:19.0 | in Chicago, and I am thrilled to be kicking off our daily on-the-ground coverage of the DNC here on the mess. |
| 0:26.6 | Okay, production, cue our annoying electoral music that you kind of hear on cable networks. During this time, I'll be bringing you critical conversations with reporters and political |
| 0:48.4 | insiders about what you really need to know about this truly historic moment in politics and what it means for our community. |
| 0:57.4 | And I promise, we're going to make this week of coverage fun because we kind of have to. |
| 1:03.5 | Our coverage on The Mess is premium content. Now, usually it's only available to trans-slash-fam |
| 1:09.3 | members, but everyone's going to get access |
| 1:11.7 | to today's DNC coverage for free. |
| 1:14.6 | After that, you'll need to cough up a little coin for a Translash fan membership, which you |
| 1:18.8 | can find exclusively on Apple Podcasts. |
| 1:21.9 | It's only $4.99 a month, even cheaper if you pay upfront for the whole year. Your support helps us sustain our |
| 1:29.7 | important work at TransLash. As well, a TransLash fan subscription gets you ongoing access to all |
| 1:36.7 | of the premium podcast content we make at Translash Media. And one more note about our DNZ |
| 1:42.5 | coverage before we jump into the show. |
| 1:44.8 | We've got a very special episode of the Translash podcast coming out on Thursday. |
| 1:49.8 | We'll be doing that instead of the mess for that day. |
| 1:53.2 | You're not going to want to miss it. |
| 1:54.9 | So make sure that you tune in to that podcast, the Translash podcast. |
| 1:59.8 | Okay. |
| 2:00.5 | With that, let's get politically messy. |
| 2:08.5 | I'm starting our special DNC coverage today with the brilliant journalist, Christopher Wiggins. |
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