5 - Bernie Back in the Day (w/ David Sirota, Jeff Weaver, and Chuck Rocha)

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Bernie 2020

News Commentary, News, , Politics

4.8 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2019

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Longtime Bernie staffers share what makes the Senator tick. Jeff Weaver explains where Bernie falls on the Batman vs. Superman debate and tells stories of their youthful road trips around Vermont in the '80s. Chuck Rocha dishes on Bernie's IHOP habits. And David Sirota discusses his decision to leave journalism for the campaign and what it's like to work as Bernie's first speechwriter.

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0:00.0	All right, we're back here now with my good friend Chuck Roja.
0:03.3	All right, I got us here today in the studio.
0:05.3	Hey Chuck, how are you?
0:06.5	Welcome back to KZEY.
0:08.3	Jeff, I'm fully prepared to allow you to lead the rest of this interview if you so desire.
0:13.0	Hey Chuck, we know you're a big fisherman down there.
0:14.8	You love to be on to Florida all over the place,
0:16.4	been down to Cuba fishing.
0:17.8	Tell us about your favorite fishing trip, Chuck.
0:20.4	The waves are rolling down here in South Florida today and people are on the water.
0:25.0	They are getting out and going fishing.
0:28.0	Everyone's a personality.
0:30.0	That's Jeff Weaver and Chuck Rocha.
0:32.0	Senior Advisors to the Bernie 2020 campaign. It's Jeff Weaver and Chuck Rocha.
0:32.6	Senior Advisors to the Bernie 2020 campaign.
0:35.4	Have you done radio?
0:36.4	Because I know that Senator Sanders has this history
0:39.5	of doing radio, being involved with media, having an album. album no you were never tempted no but I
0:46.1	could have done anything it's never too late I have a face for radio we're
0:49.2	I think I'm doing this fine I need people take a lot of pictures of me
0:52.2	lots of pictures of me. Lots of pictures of me.
0:54.2	You guys if there was a better encapsulation of your
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