NPR’s Scott Detrow on Trump, Biden and the Catholic vote. Ep. 149

Yes, we know that you’re (probably) already sick of the
presidential campaign. The next six weeks are going to be filled
with television ads, yard signs, push notifications and Facebook
flame wars among friends and family. Yet we know that Catholics
have a duty to be in political conversations, so the solution at
America is not to tune out but to be more discerning about what to
tune in to.  That’s why this week we’re talking with one of
the best political reporters in the business: Scott Detrow. Scott
covers the presidential campaigns for NPR and co-hosts the NPR
politics podcast. We talk to him about how he approaches covering
both the Biden and Trump campaigns, how Catholics are influencing
this election and what role Joe Biden’s Catholic faith plays in his
campaign. In Signs of the Times, a new poll found that 36 percent
of young Catholics say they will attend Mass less often after the
pandemic. Zac and Ashley discuss what churches can do to keep young
people in the pews. Plus, we bring on America’s editor in chief,
Matt Malone, S.J., to talk about the magazine’s unprecedented
editorial on President Trump and the 2020 election.  We cannot
do this work without your support, whether that’s becoming a member
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telling your friends and family about the show.  Links from
the show Cardinal Sarah to bishops: Facilitate Mass in person as
soon as conditions permit New poll: 36 percent of young Catholics
say they will attend Mass less often after pandemic America
magazine: Donald Trump is a unique threat to the Constitution
Scott’s first appearance on Jesuitical from 2017 What’s on tap?
Margaritas, recommended by Scott Detrow: The true drink of 2020 is
coffee. But my favorite drink this year—the go-to drink sitting in
the backyard processing everything and relaxing—has been a stripped
down margarita recipe. 2 oz white tequila, an ounce of simple
syrup, and one squeezed lime all shaken up with salt on the rim.
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