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The NPR Politics Podcast

Weekly Roundup: Thursday, July 20

The NPR Politics Podcast

NPR

News, Daily News, Politics

4.425.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2017

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Senator John McCain's diagnosis, the GOP and health care, and the President's news-making interview. This episode: host/White House correspondent Tamara Keith, congressional reporter Geoff Bennett, congressional correspondent Susan Davis, 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.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Yo, yo, yo, everybody, it's Stretch Armstrong.

0:02.4

My name is Bobito Garcia, a cool Bob love.

0:04.9

If you love this podcast you were listening to,

0:07.7

you should check out our new show, What's Good with Stretch and Bobito.

0:11.1

This is not your average interview show.

0:12.6

We're going to be telling stories that you're not going to hear anywhere else.

0:15.6

Find it on Apple Podcasts, the NPR1 app,

0:18.2

or however you find your podcast.

0:20.7

It's What's Good.

0:23.3

This is Zoe calling from a quick trip in Omaha, Nebraska, where I'm visiting family.

0:27.7

This podcast was recorded at 108 PM on Thursday, July 20th.

0:32.3

Things may have changed by the time you hear it.

0:34.4

Keep up with all of NPR's political coverage at npr.org

0:38.1

on the NPR1 app or your local public radio station.

0:41.9

All right, here's the show.

0:46.9

It's the NPR Politics podcast here with our weekly round up of political news.

0:52.0

We're talking about Senator John McCain's diagnosis of brain cancer,

0:56.4

the GOP, and healthcare.

0:58.5

And what the president had to say about his attorney general,

1:01.3

Jeff Sessions, and in interview this week with The New York Times.

1:04.7

I'm Tamer Keith. I cover the White House for NPR.

1:07.2

I'm Jeff Bennett. I cover Congress.

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