Scott Detrow

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You want to follow what's happening in Washington, D.C., but you don't want to be scrolling your phone all day. I'm Scott Detrow, and NPR has a podcast that can help. It's called Trump's Terms. Stories about big changes the 47th president is pursuing on his own terms. They're short, they're focused episodes that tell you calmly, factually, what is happening and what isn't.

You want to follow what's happening in Washington, D.C., but you don't want to be scrolling your phone all day. I'm Scott Detrow, and NPR has a podcast that can help. It's called Trump's Terms. Stories about big changes the 47th president is pursuing on his own terms. They're short, they're focused episodes that tell you calmly, factually, what is happening and what isn't.

You want to follow what's happening in Washington, D.C., but you don't want to be scrolling your phone all day. I'm Scott Detrow, and NPR has a podcast that can help. It's called Trump's Terms. Stories about big changes the 47th president is pursuing on his own terms. They're short, they're focused episodes that tell you calmly, factually, what is happening and what isn't.

Listen to Trump's Terms from NPR.

Listen to Trump's Terms from NPR.

Listen to Trump's Terms from NPR.

Well, walk us through some of the biggest theories. What are the thoughts as to why this is happening?

Well, walk us through some of the biggest theories. What are the thoughts as to why this is happening?

Well, walk us through some of the biggest theories. What are the thoughts as to why this is happening?

Okay. So that is the dark side of this. Talk me through some of the more positive thinking here, some of the policy-related factors that could be going on.

Okay. So that is the dark side of this. Talk me through some of the more positive thinking here, some of the policy-related factors that could be going on.

Okay. So that is the dark side of this. Talk me through some of the more positive thinking here, some of the policy-related factors that could be going on.

And you have now mentioned... Kind of the black hole of politics that just about every conversation veers its way into. So let's get into that because you are talking about this incredibly positive track record on an issue a lot of Americans are worried about and care about. And yet I closely covered the campaign.

And you have now mentioned... Kind of the black hole of politics that just about every conversation veers its way into. So let's get into that because you are talking about this incredibly positive track record on an issue a lot of Americans are worried about and care about. And yet I closely covered the campaign.

And you have now mentioned... Kind of the black hole of politics that just about every conversation veers its way into. So let's get into that because you are talking about this incredibly positive track record on an issue a lot of Americans are worried about and care about. And yet I closely covered the campaign.

This is not an area where the Biden administration seemed to really tell a high profile good news story or get a lot of credit, seemingly, at least as a top level issue. Why do you think that was? What did you see when you when you saw this play out in the campaign?

This is not an area where the Biden administration seemed to really tell a high profile good news story or get a lot of credit, seemingly, at least as a top level issue. Why do you think that was? What did you see when you when you saw this play out in the campaign?

This is not an area where the Biden administration seemed to really tell a high profile good news story or get a lot of credit, seemingly, at least as a top level issue. Why do you think that was? What did you see when you when you saw this play out in the campaign?

I want to ask about you and how you think about this, because you cover a lot of different topics. You've covered wars for us. You've covered the Olympics for us. You have this whole subgenre of Brian Mann pieces where you go for a hike and make people very jealous listening to you going on a hike on the radio. But you keep coming back to this topic.