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The NPR Politics Podcast

Weekly Roundup: Thursday, January 31

The NPR Politics Podcast

NPR

News, Daily News, Politics

4.425.7K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Sen. Kamala Harris stakes out a big position on health care as former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz considers a presidential bid as an independent candidate. The government is running again but there's still no agreement on border security, with a deadline looming. This episode: Congressional correspondent Scott Detrow, Congressional correspondent Susan Davis, political editor Domenico Montanaro and political reporter Asma Khalid. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org. Find and support your local public radio station at npr.org/stations.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey guys, we started this podcast in the lead up to the 2016 presidential election.

0:08.3

And now we are getting ready for 2020.

0:11.0

And we want to hear from you.

0:12.6

What do you like about the podcast?

0:14.7

What do you think that we could do better?

0:16.4

To let us know, just head on over to npr.org slash politics survey.

0:22.8

That's npr.org slash politics survey.

0:26.9

We can't wait to hear from you.

0:29.1

Thank you so much in advance.

0:31.0

Hey, this is Santiago on day five of my cross country road trip.

0:36.9

And I'm somewhere in Ohio.

0:39.8

This podcast was recorded at 207 Eastern on Thursday, January 31st.

0:44.7

Look, you know the deal.

0:46.6

Things definitely changed by the time you hear this.

0:50.0

But that's part of the fun.

0:51.7

You can keep up with the latest political news at npr.org, the npr.1 app, or your local

0:57.3

public radio station, which for me right now is WKSU.

1:02.4

All right, here's the show.

1:04.4

Well, that's awesome.

1:07.6

Santiago's a great guy.

1:09.6

He was driving back from Kansas where he was picking up his car.

1:13.0

So he said he's loyal podcast.

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