273: From Mississippi to the Battleground States with Michael Podhorzer & Wright Thompson

Politics War Room with James Carville & Al Hunt

Politicon

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4.7 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2024

⏱️ 86 minutes

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James and Al welcome former AFL-CIO political director Michael Podhorzer to discuss the current poll numbers and where the Harris campaign should focus. They explain the importance of the Black vote, winning over non-college-educated voters, and ensuring people turn out when a few thousand votes could decide the election. Then, they’re joined by the author of “The Barn”, Wright Thompson, to explore the events surrounding the murder of Emmett Till, the history of the cotton industry and its impact on the Civil War, and the ongoing battle for the soul of the South.

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Michael Podhorzer:
Twitter | AFL-CIO | Center For American Progress | Substack

Wright Thompson:
ESPN | Website | IMDB | Instagram | Author of ‘The Barn’ & Other Bookes

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome'm Al Hunt.
0:17.0	This week, our guest, our strategist and former political director of the AFL-CIO Michael Pot Horzer. and the
0:25.0	largest and former political director of the AFL CIO Michael Pot Horzer and the author of the barn,
0:27.0	the secret history of a murder in Mississippi, Wright Thompson.
0:31.0	Now remember, we love taking your questions so write in the politics
0:35.2	war room at email.com or send a tweet to at politicon for next week's show.
0:41.1	Now we're going to get to as many as we can but don't
0:43.2	forget to tell us where you're from. Before we get started get out your
0:48.1	calendars we have more exciting news. James and I are taking politics war room on tour. Come see us
0:56.6	live in Atlanta on October 12th at the Variety Playhouse or at Boston's Schubert Theater on November 2.
1:05.8	Get tickets at political dot com slash tour and we really can't wait to see you there.
1:12.1	Get text updates about what's next for
1:15.0	political and politics war room by signing up at political dot com and please tell
1:21.4	your friends about us.
1:23.0	Remind them to subscribe on Apple Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcast.
1:28.0	And please check out the links to our sponsors, the Washington Post, Quince and Smalls.
1:34.9	We thank you for supporting our sponsors
1:37.0	because it really helps make this podcast happen. We've all heard that the devil went down to Georgia, you know, these days most people call him Trump, but it's a beautiful state with great people.
1:55.0	So James and I are heading there to make sure it goes blue in November
1:59.1	and we want you there.
2:01.0	In just three weeks, we're taking Politics War Room on the road to Atlanta for a live
2:06.6	show on October 12th at the Variety Playhouse. What do you think the audience should expect, James?
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