Weekly Wrap: The Rise of Bloomberg, Revisiting Oakland

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🗓️ 21 February 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Billionaire Michael Bloomberg has been rising in the polls. He's spent more than $450 million on ads, but faced a big challenge Wednesday in his first presidential debate. This week, Sam talks to two journalists who have covered Bloomberg for years. Rosie Gray, a reporter for Buzzfeed News, says that his lackluster debate performance shows that there is a limit to the power of money on the campaign trail. Matt Flegenheimer, a national political reporter for The New York Times, details how Bloomberg is using his wealth to run a very different campaign than his competitors. Then, Sam revisits his reporting from Oakland last year on the realities of young people living with gun violence every day.

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0:00.0	Hey y'all, this is Sansa Baddie.
0:02.8	This week on the show,
0:04.4	Bugsy Media and Politics reporter, Rosie Gray.
0:08.5	And New York Times National Political reporter, Matt Flaggenheimer.
0:13.5	All right, let's start the show.
0:17.9	Hey y'all, from NPR, I'm Sam Sanders.
0:20.0	It's been a minute happy weekend to my listeners, to my guests.
0:24.0	Two New Yorkers this week, so glad to have y'all here.
0:26.8	Matt Flaggenheimer reporter at The New York Times,
0:28.8	covering politics and Rosie Gray,
0:31.2	Buzzfeed reporter covering politics.
0:34.1	Thank y'all. First timers, both of you. Welcome.
0:37.0	Thanks so much. Thanks for having us.
0:39.2	I'm so glad y'all are here.
0:40.3	We are going to talk about the news.
0:41.7	And this week, it's politics and Democrats
0:44.9	and some guy named Michael Bloomberg.
0:47.1	But before we get there, I do want to ask you or talk with you both
0:50.9	about the wackiest story I saw this week.
0:53.2	Total wackiest story.
0:55.4	Did you see the thing about bone thugs and harmony?
0:58.0	Oh, that they're changing their name or something, right?
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