Which State of the Union? Which Medicare for All?

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🗓️ 6 February 2019

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It was a long speech that often meandered from pleas for bipartisanship to accusations of “ridiculous partisan investigations.” What do we make of this state of the union? Plus, it’s anyone’s guess what 'Medicare for All' really means on the 2020 campaign trail. Guests: Jim Newell, Politics Writer at Slate. And, Jordan Weissmann, Slate’s Senior Business and Economics Correspondent. Tell us what you think by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts or sending an email to [email protected]. Follow us on Instagram for updates on the show. Podcast production by Mary Wilson, Jayson De Leon, and Anna Martin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Which state of the union did you watch yesterday?
0:08.4	What is the state of our union?
0:11.3	Maybe you, like me, watched the Congressional Women's Working Group give their speeches,
0:16.9	just hours before President Trump walked into the Capitol.
0:20.0	The state of women is resilient in the face of the Trump administration, or maybe you
0:26.1	watched Stacey Abrams give her democratic response.
0:29.6	The state of our union will always be strong.
0:34.2	Thank you and may God bless the United States of America.
0:38.2	Or maybe, just maybe, you watched the real thing.
0:42.4	Members of Congress, the state of our union is strong.
0:56.6	Are you all alone in there?
0:57.6	Everyone else is on the floor?
0:59.0	I smack the only phone booth in here.
1:01.3	Yes.
1:02.3	Jim Newell is our guy on the hill.
1:04.1	It's me.
1:08.3	He was there last night as the president delivered his state of the union.
1:12.0	The last time that we checked in, it looked like the state of the union was going to be canceled.
1:17.1	Yeah.
1:18.1	You said, you said me this note where you said it's every Congressional reporter's dream.
1:23.5	Yes, it would be.
1:24.5	I mean, we were all hoping once the government reopened that they would just forget about
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