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The NPR Politics Podcast

Weekly Roundup: Thursday, December 15

The NPR Politics Podcast

NPR

News, Daily News, Politics

4.425.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2016

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

The latest on Russia's election tampering and Donald Trump's conflicts of interest. This episode: host/reporter Sam Sanders, White House correspondent Tamara Keith, political reporter Danielle Kurtzleben, and political editor Domenico Montanaro. More coverage at nprpolitics.org. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org. Find and support your local public radio station at npr.org/stations.

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0:00.0

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0:04.2

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0:14.1

Hey, yo, it's the NPR politics podcast here to round up some political news from the week.

0:18.5

Got a few things to talk about, the latest on Russian hacking, Donald Trump's conflicts of interest,

0:23.6

and his most recent cabinet picks.

0:25.9

I'm Sam Sanders.

0:27.0

Human.

0:27.6

I'm Tamer Keep. I cover the White House.

0:29.5

I'm Danielle Curzl, I've been political reporter and superhuman.

0:31.9

And I'm Dominican Montenoro, political editor.

0:34.1

And Sam, you've been stripped of your superpowers. I'm sorry, you're no longer...

0:37.5

Oh, yeah?

0:38.6

Political reporter.

0:39.8

Don't miss me just yet.

0:41.2

I'll never... you'll never actually rid of me, you guys.

0:43.7

You know that, right?

0:44.5

I hope that there's room to be scrounged for.

0:46.8

I will hover near your desk.

0:48.0

This is the omnipresent Sam Sanders, as long as there's something to sniff out.

0:52.2

A gummy bear, or...

0:53.3

That's right.

0:54.7

Alright, so we have a big episode behind this one in your feed on Russian interference in the 2016

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