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It's Been a Minute

Weekly Wrap: "They're Not Done."

It's Been a Minute

NPR

News Commentary, Society & Culture, News, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

4.68.8K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2017

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

NPR reporter Camila Domonoske (@camilareads) and Lauren Ober (@OberandOut), host of WAMU's The Big Listen, join Sam to talk about the week that was. With the holiday weekend upon us, the GOP got their tax bill but the future of CHIP and DACA is unclear — plus a call to a politically divided couple in Connecticut and a very special edition of the best things that happened to our listeners all week. Email the show at [email protected] or tweet @NPRItsBeenAMin with your feedback. Follow Sam on Twitter @samsanders and producers Brent Baughman @brentbaughman and Anjuli Sastry @AnjuliSastry.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey y'all, it's Tamra Keith.

0:08.0

Hey y'all, it's Sam Sanders.

0:09.9

And together we are Samara.

0:12.0

Samara.

0:13.0

Yeah, yeah.

0:14.0

Fun fact when Tam and I worked together on the politics team during the campaign last

0:17.7

year, we tried very, very hard to get a nickname for our co-hosting duo.

0:22.5

And I do think Samara was the most successful, although there were others.

0:25.9

Yeah, I like Samara.

0:27.3

It's easier than Sam and Tamra, Tam and Sam.

0:29.8

Anyway, the whole point of that name was to show that we were our

0:33.9

still our team.

0:35.9

Yeah.

0:36.9

And right now, every NPR podcast you listen to, we are all working together as a team to

0:42.1

try to get you to give to your local public radio station.

0:45.6

And I know that I was teasing a bit earlier this month that we were locked in mortal

0:51.7

battle with other podcasts like NPR Politics to get the most donations, but actually it's

0:56.5

all about giving however you want.

0:58.8

And you can give lots of different ways.

1:00.2

If you still love NPR Politics, as I still do, you can give through their link, which is

1:05.0

donate.npr.org slash politics.

1:08.7

Or if you love Sam's show and you want to give that way, do donate.npr.org slash Sam,

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