Weekly Wrap: "Because Of You."

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🗓️ 4 August 2017

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Morning Edition host Rachel Martin and Stephen Thompson of NPR Music and Pop Culture Happy Hour join Sam to talk through the week that was: the speed of the news, the President's new immigration proposal and focus on the party base, why the stock market keeps soaring, the new White House chief of staff, TRL's return to MTV and the network's new CEO, celebrities (maybe?) running for office; plus, some LL Cool J, a call to a listener in San Diego, and the best things that happened to listeners all week. Email the show at [email protected] and follow Sam on Twitter @samsanders.

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0:00.0	Hey there! Paula Poundstone here. When you're done listening to this podcast, check out my new show, Live From The Poundstone Institute.
0:08.0	I mean, you could try listening to this show and my show at the same time, but that might drive you insane.
0:13.0	Find Live From The Poundstone Institute on Apple Podcasts or the NPR1 app.
0:20.0	Hey y'all, this is Sam Zantbatti. This week on the show, one of the hosts of NPR's morning edition, Rachel Martin,
0:28.0	and from NPR Music and NPR's Top Culture Happy Hour, Steven Thompson.
0:34.0	All right, let's start the show.
0:37.0	She's definitely working on her read. I can tell.
0:40.0	It's Betty! It's Betty Sudmai-May!
0:42.0	I know, right? You've made it, Steven Thompson. You are right.
0:46.0	Hey y'all, Sam Zantbatti is here. It's been a minute. There's no theme music here on this show.
0:51.0	We start each week with a different song. Do you guys know this song?
0:55.0	No, it's a rapper. It's Hello Cool, Jay.
1:04.0	He, a big thing happened to him this week.
1:06.0	You can say it. What happened?
1:07.0	He is one of the Kennedy, am I taking your job?
1:10.0	Do it. Go!
1:11.0	He gets to be one of the Kennedy Center honorees.
1:14.0	Yes, he's the first hip-hop artist to have this honor. It's a big deal.
1:18.0	So in honor of him, I'm playing one of the singles from his 1995 album called Mr. Smith.
1:22.0	This song is the hoodie-alive remix of his song, Lounging, featuring Total.
1:27.0	I was a little kid when I loved this song. It's really good.
1:30.0	I was an adult when I was.
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