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The NPR Politics Podcast

Weekly Roundup: Thursday, March 17

The NPR Politics Podcast

NPR

News, Daily News, Politics

4.425.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2016

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

This episode, the evolving battle over President Obama's Supreme Court nominee, the latest in the Presidential race, some listener mail, and what the NPR Politics team just can't let go this week — with host/campaign reporter Sam Sanders, campaign reporters Scott Detrow and Sarah McCammon, and political editor Domenico Montanaro. Find the team on Twitter, at nprpolitics.org, or email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org.

Transcript

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0:18.2

[♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪

0:21.2

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

0:23.3

We are here with our weekly Roundup of Political News.

0:25.9

One day earlier than usual,

0:27.6

because there is already so much to talk about this week.

0:30.4

After a weekend of violence on the campaign trail,

0:32.8

we had multiple primaries on Tuesday.

0:35.2

Then the president made a Supreme Court nomination.

0:38.0

There are episodes on all of those topics

0:39.9

behind this one in your feed if you want to get caught up.

0:42.8

On this episode, we'll talk a bit more

0:44.0

about the presidential race and the Supreme Court.

0:46.3

We'll answer some listener mail.

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