The White House Correspondents Dinner, explained

from Political Theater · host CQ Roll Call

The White House Correspondents Dinner, the crown jewel of Washington’s spring prom season, roared back this past week, freed from many of the physical and psychological restraints of the COVID pandemic. But the pandemic is but one of the many turning points in the dinner’s long history — which includes the Mummers. George Condon, the White House Correspondents Association historian and White House correspondent for National Journal, joins the podcast in the latest in our occasional series on D.C. institutions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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