Weekly Wrap: Blackface In Virginia, 'El Chapo' Trial, How AOC Set The News Cycle

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🗓️ 8 February 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

It's Friday. Sam is putting on his best falsetto to sing along with NPR reporters Sarah Gonzalez and Julia Furlan. They're digging into peculiar details of the 'El Chapo' trial, as well as how changes to federal law could be the cause of a rise in sex trafficking. Plus, Sam chats with a listener who grew up in Virginia about racism in the state.

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0:00.0	Hey y'all, this is Sam's Aunt Daddy.
0:02.4	This has become the show, NPR reporters,
0:05.5	Julian Furlont, and Sarah Gonzalez.
0:08.6	All right, let's start the show.
0:10.6	[♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:15.9	Hey y'all, from NPR, I'm Sam Sanders.
0:18.1	It's been a minute.
0:19.5	Happy weekend and welcome to my two guests.
0:22.1	Julia Furlont, reporter and host at NPR, Sarah Gonzalez,
0:25.9	reporter for NPR's Planet Money.
0:28.1	Y'all are both in New York.
0:29.6	Thanks for joining me.
0:31.0	You're here.
0:32.0	Thanks for being here.
0:33.0	I'm glad you're all here.
0:34.5	You hear the song on the plane?
0:35.8	Where they look out to, yes.
0:38.3	It's this band that I'm kind of into right now
0:39.8	they're called Greta Van Fleet.
0:41.3	You guys heard of them?
0:42.2	Yeah, I've heard of them, but I haven't heard this song.
0:44.3	It's great.
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