The Defining Moments of the D.N.C. Finale

The Run-Up

On the final night of the Democratic National Convention, Vice President Kamala Harris took the stage and formally accepted her party’s nomination.

After the balloons fell, Astead Herndon and his colleagues Maya King and Jennifer Medina broke down the moments that stood out to them from the night — from people touched by gun violence telling their stories to the way Ms. Harris talked about Israel and the war in Gaza to how she told her own story. Plus, there was the rumored special guest who never materialized.

On today’s episode:

Maya King, a politics reporter for The New York Times

Jennifer Medina, a politics reporter for The New York Times