Weekly Roundup: July 8th
The NPR Politics Podcast
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4.4 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 8 July 2022
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
And the president will take his first trip to the Middle East next week, visiting Israel and Saudi Arabia. His administration has embraced the success of the Abraham Accords, an agreement brokered during the Trump administration to better integrate Israel with its neighbors in the region.
This episode: political correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben, Moscow correspondent Charles Maynes, White House correspondent Asma Khalid, and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Cabrette and I just got to Sydney, Australia from DC after two canceled flight and a total of 96 hours traveling |
| 0:08.6 | This podcast was recorded at |
| 0:10.6 | 110 p.m. Eastern Daylight time on Friday, July 8th, 2022 |
| 0:15.0 | Things may have changed by the time you hear it, but I'll be doing the time difference math to figure out how many NPR politics episodes on behind |
| 0:21.8 | Okay, here's the show |
| 0:23.8 | Well in 96 hours you could listen to a lot of NPR politics podcasts |
| 0:30.9 | So I assume he's not too far behind anymore |
| 0:34.2 | So much time to catch up. Hey there. It is the NPR politics podcast. I'm Danielle Kurtzleben. I cover politics and I'm Domenico Montenores senior political editor and correspondent and today on the podcast |
| 0:45.1 | We are talking about Brittany Griner's detention |
| 0:47.1 | Brittany |
| 0:54.1 | She's a WNBA all star and Olympic gold medalist and like many in the WNBA where she doesn't make as much as a man in the NBA would |
| 1:04.2 | She plays a broad and the offseason to make money in places like Russia |
| 1:08.5 | Brittany Griner should be with her teammates this week preparing for the start of the new season |
| 1:14.2 | Instead the seven-time all-star center for the Phoenix Mercury has been in Russian custody |
| 1:20.0 | Griner was detained in a Russian airport on February 17th with authorities alleging she had cannabis oil in her luggage |
| 1:26.0 | The US says she is being wrongfully detained and if found guilty she could be sentenced to 10 years in prison |
| 1:32.4 | As the diplomatic ties between the US and Russia crumble a WNBA star is caught in the middle her |
| 1:39.3 | Suppers and coach say there's a double standard in how her case is being handled if it was a Ronnie beyond right and her wife |
| 1:45.8 | Sherelle Griner has pleaded with President Biden and the State Department to do more |
| 1:49.9 | I will not be quiet anymore because being quiet. They are not moving. They are not doing anything |
| 1:56.1 | Last week Griner wrote a letter to Biden from jail asking him not to forget about her as I sit here in a Russian prison alone with my thoughts |
| 2:04.1 | And without the protection of my wife my family friends Olympic Jersey or any accomplishments. I'm terrified |
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