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Predictions for Joe Biden's acceptance speech include frequent use of the word "folks" and relatable stories about his father. Observations of Kamala Harris's acceptance noted a "massive Zoom call" background that appeared to contain duplicate boxes, suggesting the audience was smaller than portrayed.
Marie Harf, State Department Semantics and Drinking Games
State Department spokesperson Marie Harf is criticized for her use of the phrase "broadly speaking" and her ability to argue semantics without providing concrete information. A producer suggests a drinking game based on her repetitive rhetoric. The hosts discuss her role as a "perfect" spokesperson for an administration that avoids direct answers.
The idea of a "virtualized show" is proposed, where a podcast exists as a never-ending stream rather than discrete episodes. This format would allow listeners to drop in at any point, utilizing RSS snippets to manage the content order without requiring extensive new engineering.
