Veepstakes

Explain It to Me

Vox Media Podcast Network

Education, Politics, News, Society & Culture

4.4 • 7.9K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Ezra and Matt on Susan Rice, Kamala Harris, and Trump’s increasingly chaotic authoritarianism. Resources: "What we know about Joe Biden’s possible vice presidential picks" by Ella Nilsen, Vox "Harris allies granted call with Biden campaign after Dodd blowup" by Christopher Cadelago & Natasha Korecki, Politico "Think the world is on fire? Obama’s national security adviser says things are better than ever." by Zack Beauchamp, Vox "How inequality is changing the Republican Party — and breaking American politics" by Ezra Klein, Vox Hosts: Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias), Senior correspondent, Vox Ezra Klein (@ezraklein), Editor-at-large, Vox Credits: Jeff Geld, (@jeff_geld), Editor and Producer The Weeds is a Vox Media Podcast Network production Want to support The Weeds? Please consider making a contribution to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcasts About Vox Vox is a news network that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Follow Us: Vox.com Facebook group: The Weeds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:59.8	Hello, welcome to another episode of the Weeds on the Box Media Podcast Network.
1:16.8	I'm Matthew Eglaceus, here with Ezra Klein, who is back from vacation, TAN, Rested Ready,
1:23.4	and I wanted to make him talk about first the Veepe Stakes, which we discussed previously
1:30.0	on the show, but has changed, I think, since our discussion.
1:35.7	Kamala Harris is still very much in contention, but I think a lot of the other people we talked
1:41.2	about have slipped somewhat, at least in the rumor mongering, and two other people who
1:46.8	we didn't talk about have really rocketed up.
1:50.3	Susan Rice, who was National Security Advisor and UN Ambassador under President Obama,
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