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From Chicago: The Best and Worst of the Democratic Convention With Semafor’s Benjy Sarlin

From Chicago: The Best and Worst of the Democratic Convention With Semafor’s Benjy Sarlin

Update: 2024-08-23
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Hello, media consumers! Bryan is live out of the United Center in Chicago along with Semafor’s Benjy Sarlin, and they recap the Democratic Convention. They assess Kamala Harris’s speech and then hit on 10 topics:


  • Defining Kamala Harris (8:08 )

  • How the Democrats talk about Donald Trump (10:47 )

  • The Democrats’ embrace of celebrity (15:34 )

  • Thoughts on the rollout of Tim Walz as Kamala Harris’s running mate (17:55 )

  • The return of the Obamas and Obama-isms to the Democratic Party (21:27 )

  • The Democrats claim patriotism as their own with the USA chants (25:57 )

  • Their favorite speeches (28:30 )

  • Speeches that whiffed (32:11 )

  • The vibes in the convention (35:25 )

  • What they are looking for after this convention (37:31 )

Plus, David Shoemaker Guesses the Strained-Pun Headline.

Host: Bryan Curtis

Guest: Benjy Sarlin

Producer: Brian H. Waters

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From Chicago: The Best and Worst of the Democratic Convention With Semafor’s Benjy Sarlin

From Chicago: The Best and Worst of the Democratic Convention With Semafor’s Benjy Sarlin

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