Takeouts: Obama roasts Washington at White House correspondents dinner, NBA playoffs, listeners respond
WASHINGTON TAKEOUT: Despite sliding approval numbers, a deeply divided Congress and a full plate of national catastrophes, President Obama displayed his lighter side when he roasted Washington, D.C.’s political and journalistic elite at the Washington Correspondent’s Dinner. Takeaway Washington correspondent Todd Zwillich tells us who got hit the hardest by the president’s jibes.
SPORTS TAKEOUT: Takeaway sports correspondent Ibrahim Abdul-Matin previews the NBA finals. Will there be a LeBron James/Kobe Bryant showdown next week?
LISTENERS RESPOND: Ideas about the good and bad from last week. And why our listeners love Detroit.
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