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Nov 2, 2019 36 min

105: Johanna Maska

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For this week's "The Issue Is:" podcast extra, Elex Michaelson sits down for a candid and revealing conversation with Johanna Maska, a former President Barack Obama's Director of Press Advance. During her stint at the White House, Maska coordinated press coverage for thousands of presidential visits, town halls, and speeches. The communications guru was catapulted into the political arena after she became enamored by then-Senator Obama's speech at the Democratic National Convention in 2004. She explains why the president's narrative struck a personal chord. Then, Maska sheds her unique insight on the state of the 2020 race, and reads a moving letter she addressed to her then three-year old son before she left the White House. ---------- The Issue Is: with Elex Michaelson is California's only statewide political show, broadcast from FOX 11 Studios in Los Angeles. For airtimes and more information, go to TheIssueIsShow.com.

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