Weekly Wrap: Las Vegas, Paradise & Hamberders

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🗓️ 18 January 2019

⏱️ 40 minutes

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It's Friday. Sam ooga-chakas this week with NPR National Desk correspondent Leila Fadel (@LeilaFadel) and 'The Nevada Independent' editor Jon Ralston (@RalstonReports). They talk the latest on Syria, Brexit, and a family's choice not to return to Paradise, Calif., following the wildfires there. Plus, is Marie Kondo really telling you to throw away your books?

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0:00.0	Hey y'all, this is Sounds Not Daddy.
0:02.5	This week on The Show, editor of the Nevada Independent, John Rauston, and National
0:09.0	Curriculum for NPR, Leila Foddle.
0:12.4	Alright, let's start the show!
0:21.6	Hey y'all, from NPR, I'm Sam Sanders.
0:23.7	It's been a minute.
0:25.2	Here today with two great guests, Leila Foddle National Correspondent for NPR,
0:29.6	based in Las Vegas covering culture, diversity, and race, and John Rauston, editor of the Nevada
0:35.6	Independent, covering all the ins and outs of this state's politics.
0:39.6	I'm glad you both are here and I'm glad to be taping the show for the first time ever in one
0:44.4	of my favorite cities of all time, Las Vegas.
0:46.4	You know what, I'm so happy to hear this song, Sam, because you know what,
0:50.0	first of all reminds me of my youth, and secondly, reminds me of Guardians of the Galaxy.
0:53.8	How can you not hear this song now and think of that scene Guardians of the Galaxy, right?
0:58.2	You are reading my mind because I'm playing this song this week because I saw a really crazy story
1:04.1	this week that said that cassette sales went up 23% last year in 2018.
1:10.8	Cossets.
1:11.6	But like who has the equipment?
1:14.0	Guardians of the Galaxy fans.
1:15.7	So if you recall, the movie, Chris Pratt's character walks around the whole time playing
1:20.4	Osple Jams like this on his cassette player.
1:23.6	The marketing gurus behind this movie said we should sell actual cassettes so this music,
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