Weekly Wrap: "Simmer Down, Now."

It's Been a Minute

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🗓️ 11 August 2017

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

From WWNO in New Orleans, NPR Code Switch correspondent Gene Demby and Planet Money correspondent Noel King join Sam to talk through the week that was: a giant inflatable chicken, the President's rhetoric toward North Korea, White House infighting, an instantly notorious Google memo, a lawsuit against Harvard seeking to challenge affirmative action, and the Snap IPO — plus some New Orleans brass band music, a call to a listener in Michigan, 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	Gregory Warner here to tell you about NPR's new international podcast called Rough Translation.
0:06.8	Each week we're going to take you to a different country to hear a story that reflects back
0:10.0	on something that we are talking about here in the United States.
0:13.5	Maybe get a perspective shift.
0:15.7	Travel with us.
0:16.7	Rough translation is on NPR1 or wherever you get your podcast.
0:20.7	Hey y'all, this is Sans Aunt Daddy.
0:25.1	This week on the show from NPR's Planet Money, Noah King and from NPR's Code Switch
0:31.7	team, Gene Dindy.
0:33.7	Alright, let's start the show.
0:37.9	She thought you were a guy.
0:39.3	She did it.
0:40.3	I'm sorry.
0:41.3	I'm sorry.
0:42.3	It's a very common thing to find a name.
0:43.3	No, no.
0:44.3	No, no.
0:45.3	As Sans Aunt Daddy said, we got some great guests here today.
0:46.3	Gene Dindy from Code Switch.
0:47.3	No, I'll came from Planet Money here for it's been a minute.
0:50.4	Thank you guys.
0:51.4	Thanks for having us.
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