Weeds 2020: The coronavirus election
Explain It to Me
Vox Media Podcast Network
4.4 • 8K Ratings
🗓️ 14 March 2020
⏱️ 53 minutes
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| 0:31.0 | My fellow Americans, tonight I want to speak with you about our nation's unprecedented response to the coronavirus outbreak. |
| 0:40.0 | This virus laid bare the severe shortcomings of the current administration. |
| 0:46.0 | That is largely incompetent and whose incompetence and recklessness have threatened the lives of many many people in our country. |
| 1:01.0 | Hello, welcome to another episode of the Weeds on the Vox Media Podcast Network. |
| 1:06.0 | I'm Matthew Glacias, recording a live from my closet because our offices are closed due to coronavirus. |
| 1:14.0 | Joining me today is Ezra Klein from his house in California. |
| 1:18.0 | And I guess that's the story really. |
| 1:22.0 | We're social distancing. |
| 1:24.0 | Yes, we are social distancing. Jeff Gell, designer, weird conference call with us. |
| 1:29.0 | It's a miracle. |
| 1:31.0 | And so we want to talk about this. |
| 1:34.0 | This virus and it's finally sort of gotten into the political bloodstream in a real way, in a policy kind of way. |
| 1:42.0 | Donald Trump delivered a Oval Office address in which he announced some new policy ideas. |
| 1:50.0 | And he was, I keep checking my notes on this because it's crazy. |
| 1:55.0 | But what he said is that he was going to shut down all travel from Europe, including of goods. |
| 2:03.0 | And also that insurance companies at his direction were going to cover all coronavirus testing and treatment costs. |
| 2:11.0 | We will be suspending all travel from Europe to the United States for the next 30 days. |
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