Money, money, money
The NPR Politics Podcast

Money, money, money

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 22, 202620 min
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Advertising in this fall's midterms is increasing, and so too is the money being spent to get those ads on the air. We look at how the parties are raising & spending money for their candidates, and what the impacts could be. This episode: voting correspondents Miles Parks & Ashley Lopez, and senior political correspondent Tamara Keith. This podcast was produced and edited by Casey Morell and Bria Suggs. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi. Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show’s perks include bo...

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This is Ira Glass. On This American Life, we tell stories about when things change. Like for this guy David, his entire life took a sharp, unexpected, and very unpleasant turn. And it did take me a while to realize that it's basically because the monkey pressed the button.

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That's right, because the monkey pressed the button. Sprizing stories every week wherever you get your podcasts. It's that time of year again. You know, the leaves are changing, football's on.

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And if you're watching TV, you're getting inundated with campaign ads. A lot of those ads, they're from Republicans. We're planning to spend a lot of money in the next couple of weeks. Will it matter?

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