EPISODE · Apr 24, 2024 · 29 MIN
Writer Mark Leibovich on Newsom, Biden, Trump and the “D.C. Carnival”
from Political Breakdown · host KQED
Writer Mark Leibovich of The Atlantic is known as a shrewd observer of presidents, Congressional leaders, insurgents and insiders, capturing it all in books like “This Town," which describes what he calls “the carnival that D.C. has become.” He just wrote a profile of Gov. Gavin Newsom, and he joins Scott to talk about this strange and unsettled moment in U.S. politics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Writer Mark Leibovich of The Atlantic is known as a shrewd observer of presidents, Congressional leaders, insurgents and insiders, capturing it all in books like “This Town," which describes what he calls “the carnival that D.C. has become.” He just wrote a profile of Gov. Gavin Newsom, and he joins Scott to talk about this strange and unsettled moment in U.S. politics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Writer Mark Leibovich on Newsom, Biden, Trump and the “D.C. Carnival”
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