Weekly Wrap: The Mueller Report, Notre Dame, 2020 Fundraising

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🗓️ 19 April 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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The U.S. Department of Justice released a redacted version of Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference in the 2016 election. Where do things stand now that it's out? After a massive fire destroyed portions of the centuries-old Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, billions of dollars have already been pledged to rebuild it. Plus, what does a historically black, all-male college's decision to begin accepting transgender men signal about cultural attitudes toward gender? Sam is joined this week by NPR lead political editor Domenico Montanaro and Associated Press national political reporter Juana Summers.

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0:00.0	Hey y'all, this is Sam Zon's daddy.
0:02.6	This week on the show, National Political Reporter for the Associated Press,
0:07.8	Wannas-Thomas, and NPR Political Editor, Dominico Montenobro.
0:13.9	All right, let's start the show.
0:20.9	Hey y'all, from NPR, I'm Sam Sanders. It's been a minute. Happy weekend.
0:25.2	Thank you to both of my guests for being here, Dominico Montenobro. My old friend.
0:28.8	My old editor. That's right.
0:31.4	My old editor at NPR Politics. We miss you, man. I'm your show too.
0:35.6	Not enough to come back and cover politics.
0:38.3	Yeah, I say it wistfully.
0:41.3	I'll also hear with my friend Wannas-Thomas, National Political Reporter,
0:44.9	covering 2020 for the AP.
0:46.9	Thanks for having me back.
0:48.3	Of course. So I'm playing in studio this weekend a song called Holy,
0:54.0	Holy by Aretha Franklin. Just listen. Listen to this voice.
1:10.5	So this song is from her legendary gospel album, Amazing Grace.
1:15.2	And I'm playing Aretha this week because she got a prize. She won a Pulitzer this week.
1:19.7	Oh yeah. She got a special citation for her quote,
1:22.5	indelible contribution to American music and culture for more than five decades.
1:28.0	It's been a good couple of years for the Pulitzer's, you know, in music.
1:32.2	I mean, Kendrick Lamar won for Dan last year.
1:34.2	Oh, he did. Yeah.
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