Weekly Roundup: May 1st, 2020
The NPR Politics Podcast
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4.4 • 25.7K Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2020
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
In an appearance on MSNBC Friday morning, Joe Biden denied sexually assaulting a former staffer. And the Senate returns to Washington on Monday; Mitch McConnell plans to move forward on judicial confirmations.
This episode: congressional correspondent Susan Davis, White House correspondent Scott Detrow, campaign correspondent Asma Khalid, and congressional reporter Claudia Grisales.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Emily. |
| 0:02.0 | And I'm Chris and Natalie. |
| 0:03.0 | I'm currently in my first year of virtual med school in Chapel Hill North Carolina. |
| 0:07.0 | And I'm currently face on behalf of the Mountain's of South Korea. |
| 0:10.0 | We're a planet apart and doing very different things, but we bond over our shared love for the NPR Paul Pond. |
| 0:15.0 | This one was recorded at 1.21 pm on Friday, May 1st. |
| 0:20.0 | Things are gonna change by the time you hear this, but hopefully, all of it's the top of this mountain. |
| 0:24.0 | I believe in you, Nat. |
| 0:25.0 | Alright, here's a show. |
| 0:30.0 | That's quite cool. |
| 0:31.0 | I love the idea of our podcast bringing people together from all over the globe. |
| 0:36.0 | I'd never heard somebody shorten it to Paul Pond before. |
| 0:39.0 | Hashtag Paul Pond. |
| 0:40.0 | I kinda like it. |
| 0:41.0 | Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast on Susan Davis. I cover Congress. |
| 0:44.0 | I'm Scott Detreum covering the White House. |
| 0:46.0 | And I'm Usma Khaled. I'm covering the presidential campaign. |
| 0:49.0 | And before we get started, we should mention that we're going to discuss an allegation of sexual assault |
| 0:54.0 | that could be disturbing to many of our listeners. |
| 0:56.0 | And if so, you might want to skip forward. |
| 0:59.0 | This morning on MSNBC, Joe Biden responded directly to an accusation of sexual assault made by Tara Reed. |
| 1:06.0 | I'm saying unequivocally. It never, never happened. |
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