It's WHCD weekend! Parties, politics and Trump’s big debut

About this episode

The episode discusses the upcoming White House Correspondents Dinner weekend, focusing on Trump's first attendance and the associated parties.

All of D.C. is gearing up for the White House Correspondents Dinner weekend. It will be President Trump’s first time attending the event ever as president. Dasha Burns and Adam Wren share what Trump’s speech might look like which may include some jokes written by comedians. Plus, there are the parties: the before parties, the after parties, and brunch parties! Dasha and Adam dive into which ones are the most buzzworthy and more.

People in this episode

Hosts: Dasha Burns, Adam Wren

Topics covered

• White House Correspondents Dinner
• Trump's debut
• D.C. parties
• politics
• comedy

Keywords

• White House Correspondents Dinner
• Trump
• D.C. parties
• politics
• comedy

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