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The NPR Politics Podcast

Weekly Roundup: Thursday, July 14

The NPR Politics Podcast

NPR

News, Daily News, Politics

4.425.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2016

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump's VP pick has the political world buzzing, with the GOP convention right around the corner. This episode: host/campaign reporter Sam Sanders, campaign reporters Sarah McCammon and Asma Khalid, and political editor Domenico Montanaro. More coverage at nprpolitics.org. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org. Producer's note: This episode was recorded and produced before the events in France and subsequent news that Donald Trump would postpone the announcement of his running mate. We'll be back as soon as we can with an episode on those events.

Transcript

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0:14.8

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0:18.1

Hey y'all, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.

0:20.0

I am very happy to announce that in just a few days,

0:22.8

we can stop saying the word presumptive,

0:25.0

which is very good for me because that's a hard word for me to say.

0:27.5

Anyways, Donald Trump will officially accept

0:29.6

the GOP presidential nomination.

0:31.4

Next week, we'll preview the GOP convention in Cleveland.

0:34.7

We will talk about party platforms,

0:36.7

what are they anyway and do they actually matter?

0:39.2

And of course, we'll end the show with listener mail

0:41.1

and can't let it go.

0:42.4

When we all share, one thing we cannot stop

0:44.4

thinking about this week.

0:45.7

I'm Sam Sanders, campaign reporter.

0:47.3

I'm Usma Khaled.

0:48.1

I cover demographics in the campaign.

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