Weekly Roundup: January 21st

The NPR Politics Podcast

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🗓️ 21 January 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Kamala Harris made history when she became the first woman and the first woman of color to serve as vice president. But in an often thankless job, and tasked with a portfolio of politically thorny issues, her first year in office was a mixed bag.

Also, a pollster who has spent more than two decades speaking with young people explains what motivates Gen-Z voters — and why politicians will ignore them at their peril.

This episode: White House correspondent Scott Detrow, White House correspondent Asma Khalid, and political correspondent Juana Summers.

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0:00.0	This is Glenn in Glermont, California, where I'm sitting on the sum of potato mountain,
0:04.1	where you can find a pile of actual potatoes.
0:06.7	Huh.
0:06.9	This was recorded at.
0:08.3	It is 1.26 Eastern on Friday, January 21st.
0:12.4	Things may have changed by the time you hear this, but I'll still be wondering,
0:15.6	which came first, the name of the mountain, or the pile of potatoes.
0:19.1	Here's the show.
0:23.2	I would guess?
0:24.1	Well,
0:25.3	Asma, I'm not allowed to talk about potatoes with you on podcasts ever again.
0:29.8	Oh, I remember that.
0:30.6	Wait, is that a thing that happens often?
0:33.4	Oh, no.
0:34.2	It happened with tragic unintended results once, and we can talk about it later,
0:39.2	and listeners know what we're some listeners know.
0:41.3	I'll call you after.
0:42.4	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:44.5	I'm Scott Detro.
0:45.3	I cover the White House.
0:46.4	I must my call it.
0:47.3	I also cover the White House.
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