Weekly Roundup: Johnson Ouster Threat, Biden's New App
The NPR Politics Podcast
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4.4 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 22 March 2024
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
And the Biden campaign is trying a new approach to engage hard-to-reach voters as some Americans are trying to tune out politics: an app called Reach, which helps to turn volunteers into trusted influencers of their friends and loved ones.
This episode: political correspondent Susan Davis, senior white House correspondent Tamara Keith, and congressional correspondent Deirdre Walsh.
Our producers are Jeongyoon Han, Casey Morell & Kelli Wessinger. Our editor is Eric McDaniel. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.
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| 1:04.0 | I'm Susan Davis. |
| 1:05.0 | I cover politics. |
| 1:06.0 | I'm Tamar Keith. I cover the White House. |
| 1:07.0 | And I'm Deirdre Walsh. |
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