Weekly Wrap: George H.W. Bush, Explaining Brexit And Kevin Hart's Oscars Whirlwind

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🗓️ 7 December 2018

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

It's Friday. Sam is counting the ways he could make this last forever with NPR's Nathan Rott and KPCC's Priska Neely. The United Nations is meeting in hopes of finding ways to slow climate change. Sam wonders if journalists are going too far in their remembrances of President George H.W. Bush, who died last week. Plus, Sam chats with the BBC's Rich Preston to break down exactly what's going on with Brexit.

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0:00.0	Hello, hello, I'm Sam Sanders here in LA right now talking with my friend Linda Holmes who was in DC.
0:09.3	Hi Sam.
0:10.3	Is it cold out there?
0:11.3	It's really cold.
0:12.3	It's really cold and windy.
0:13.7	My dog does not like it at all.
0:15.3	Linda hosts the wonderful podcast pop culture happy hour.
0:19.2	She helps it from DC.
0:20.5	Linda, what do you love about DC?
0:22.5	I love the theater in DC.
0:24.8	I love the beautiful snowy days in DC even when they're really cold.
0:29.9	I love the opportunity to see random famous politicians and other media figures walking around on our streets.
0:36.6	Yeah.
0:37.6	What about you Sam?
0:38.6	What do you like about LA?
0:39.6	Gosh, everything.
0:40.6	I love the weather even though today it's raining really strange.
0:44.0	I like how laid back people here on the West Coast are.
0:48.0	I also like the fact that I have two NPR member stations in my backyard.
0:53.4	LA has KPCC and KCRW.
0:57.2	And in this month of giving, I am giving to both of those stations because I like them both.
1:02.2	That's right.
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