# 177: Prince Harry honored at the ESPYs, this week in politics

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Introduction: Minutes 0 to 7:00 I saw the movie Thelma twice in theaters. It's one of my favorite movies of all time. Chandra was watching Wimbledon and her favorite, Daniil Medvedev, got to the semifinal. Chandra has also been watching YouTube reaction channels. Her favorite is MANIACITV. She also recommends I-9ine5ive. Royals: Minutes 7:00 to 20:00 The last time we talked Kate had made her return after six months at Trooping the Color. She's since been seen at Wimbledon at the men's final. She did not attend the women's final. We're hearing now that she'll be on vacation for several months for summer, which is what she's done for some time. There was just a story about how she no longer lives by the calendar. There's a real effort to lionize her for going to a tennis match. We would like to see Kate reach out to other cancer patients and charities. As we mentioned in episode 176, the Middletons are also back from their insolvency crisis. They popped back up the minute Kate came out again. They were at Wimbledon this year and were even in the royal box. Chandra remembers when Kate waved to her parents in the cheap seats at Wimbledon. The big story the past couple of weeks was about Prince Harry receiving the Pat Tillman award at the ESPYs. After the award was announced and before the ESPYS happened the British press tried to smear Harry. There were so many articles trashing Harry for receiving this award. ESPN commentator Pat McAfee was one of the naysayers. He is an idiot and an antivaxxer. The Daily Mail got Pat Tillman's mother on the record to say that Harry is divisive. ESPN and former Pat Tillman award recipients defended Harry after that. Harry was so gracious at the ESPYs and the response was overwhelmingly positive. Of course the tabloids tried to spin it neg…

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