What has Biden accomplished (or not) in 2021?

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🗓️ 10 December 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Now that we're nearly a year into Joe Biden's presidency (and out of Donald Trump's)... what has Biden actually achieved? What promises has he kept or not kept? Sam talks it out with Yamiche Alcindor, White House correspondent for PBS NewsHour and moderator of Washington Week, and Ayesha Rascoe, NPR White House correspondent, about the year of Biden. They also play Who Said That.

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0:00.0	Is that Yamiche? Oh my god Sam, I might cry. I miss you so much. So good to time issue too. Oh my god
0:07.6	So people listening on this call might not know but like
0:12.0	You were my Bernie buddy. Yes
0:14.0	That Bernie bus for months and I would not have survived that campaign without you
0:18.8	Not at all
0:20.8	I would have ordered and died in it. We were in it. I knew Yamiche was destined for greatness when I would see her
0:27.9	In those Bernie gaggles one he didn't do too many gaggles, but when he would show up
0:33.4	Yamiche was always like oh I got something for you. You don't hear this question sir
0:39.3	Oh my god and that's when you know is good when you like oh, I got something for him. I got something for you today
0:47.6	Right and this is an opportunity. It's gonna be hard questions for all of
0:50.8	Oh for everybody and then no no it's for everybody whoever show up you gonna get it today
0:55.3	Right and now I'm like in the briefing room watching I you should be like okay. I you should what are we what's going on?
1:02.1	Are we gonna survive this today?
1:06.8	Hey y'all this is Sam's like Betty this week president Biden's year
1:12.7	All right, let's start the show
1:16.4	Hey y'all you're listening to it's been a minute from NPR. I'm Sam Sanders
1:21.0	Please raise your right hand and repeat after me
1:23.9	It has been almost one year since this happened
1:31.8	That we were all reminded that Joe Biden's middle name is Robinette
1:37.2	Also that he was sworn in as our 46th president of the United States
1:44.5	That day Martin end to a tumultuous four years under Donald Trump a four years that ended with an insurrection on the US Capitol
1:53.1	Just a few weeks before Biden was sworn in and contrast
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