Weekly Roundup: April 15th

The NPR Politics Podcast

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Politics, Daily News, News

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🗓️ 15 April 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Sarah Palin, whose 2008 turn as John McCain's running mate presaged the Republican Party's evolution, is reentering the political arena with a bid to represent her home state of Alaska in the House of Representatives.

And in the contentous race to serve as the Republican Senate candidate in Pennsylvania, TV personality Mehmet Oz secured Donald Trump's coveted endorsement against Dave McCormick, a fifth-generation resident of the state with a more othodox politcial resume. Will it matter to voters there?

This episode: White House correspondent Asma Khalid, acting congressional correspondent Deirdre Walsh, national political correspondent Don Gonyea, and Alaska Public Media correspondent Liz Ruskin.

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0:00.0	Hey y'all, my name is Mimi D'Arasa and I'm a junior in high school from Lexington, Kentucky.
0:05.6	I'm currently studying for my APU United States History National Exam.
0:10.0	This podcast was recorded at...
0:12.0	1.12 pm on Friday, April 15th.
0:16.5	Things may have changed by the time you hear this,
0:18.8	but I'll still be memorizing every little detail of Washington's inaugural address and the roaring 20s.
0:24.5	Enjoy the show!
0:26.0	I remember those days, AP exams. Good luck!
0:32.5	A lot of pressure if we have AP students studying this.
0:37.5	The publicity test is our public service.
0:39.5	Well hey there, this is the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:42.5	I'm Asma Kaleh, I cover the White House.
0:44.5	And I'm Don Gagne, National Political Correspondent.
0:47.5	And today on the show, we're going to be talking about Sarah Palin.
0:51.5	I'm sure you all remember her, I mean, how could you not?
0:53.5	You know they say the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull?
0:57.5	Lipstick.
0:59.5	Well the former 2008 Republican Vice Presidential nominee and former governor of Alaska
1:05.5	is making a return to the political scene.
1:08.0	She is now running for Alaska's single House of Representatives seat to replace Don Young,
1:13.5	who recently passed away after many decades on the job.
1:16.5	And we were wondering what exactly has Sarah Palin been up to for this last decade or so?
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