Weekly Roundup: Friday, March 27
The NPR Politics Podcast
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4.4 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 27 March 2020
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Plus, President Trump has hit his highest approval rating since becoming president – 47%, according to an average of the polls. That's an increase of nearly 3 points over the last two weeks.
This episode: political correspondent Scott Detrow, political reporter Danielle Kurtzleben, chief economic correspondent Scott Horsley, White House reporter Ayesha Rascoe, and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Beth from Murray, Utah, calling from Murray, Utah. |
| 0:04.6 | But I was supposed to be calling from my first-ever tour of the US Capitol Building, |
| 0:09.6 | compliments of my congressman, congressman Ben McAdams. |
| 0:13.5 | This podcast was recorded at... |
| 0:15.6 | It's 137 Eastern on Friday. It is Friday, March 27th. |
| 0:21.3 | Much like my travel plans, things may have changed by the time you hear this. |
| 0:25.6 | Stay healthy and safe in the US Capitol, |
| 0:28.3 | and maybe one day I'll be able to see it in person. |
| 0:33.9 | You'll come, you'll visit, it'll be great. |
| 0:36.0 | Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. |
| 0:38.2 | I'm Scott Detro, I cover politics. |
| 0:39.9 | And today, we've got two special guests from the business desk, |
| 0:43.9 | Scott Horsley and Danielle Kurtzlavin. |
| 0:46.5 | And Danielle, I think listeners might be like, wait a second. |
| 0:50.0 | What? |
| 0:50.9 | But coronavirus has temporarily changed both of our jobs for a little bit. |
| 0:55.2 | I am now helping out on White House coverage, |
| 0:57.2 | and you are shifted to the business desk |
| 0:59.9 | to cover this massive economic fallout. |
| 1:02.7 | That's right, a few years ago, |
| 1:04.0 | during the after the recession, I was an economic reporter. |
| 1:06.8 | I covered that horrible aftermath. |
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