A Charlamagne Tha God Conversation with Former VP Kamala Harris Pt1
The Breakfast Club
The Black Effect Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts
4.4 • 14.4K Ratings
🗓️ 20 October 2025
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
During the Birmingham stop of her nationwide book tour, Vice President Kamala Harris sits down with Charlamagne tha God to discuss her new memoir, leadership journey, and life in public service. In this intimate conversation, Harris opens up about the emotional and demanding process of writing her memoir and reflects on how her book tour mirrors the intensity of the 2020 presidential campaign trail.
She shares behind-the-scenes insights into the 107 days leading up to the 2020 election, her transition into the Vice Presidency, and her perspective on key policy achievements like the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the CHIPS and Science Act.
The discussion also delves into timely topics such as misinformation, the upcoming election, and navigating today’s complex political climate. Harris emphasizes optimism, resilience, and the power of collective action in shaping a hopeful future for America.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:04.6 | Please welcome to the stage, y'all forever vice president, Kamala Harris. |
| 0:11.6 | What's up, Mareem! |
| 0:15.0 | Good evening. Good afternoon. Good evening. Thank you all. |
| 0:30.6 | Thank you all for taking the time to be with us this afternoon. And Charlemagne, thank you. Yes, it's happy hour. We should be drinking or something. We should have more than water in these cups. |
| 0:39.3 | How are you feeling? I am well. Thank you for asking. It's good to be back in Birmingham. It really is. It was |
| 0:47.3 | important to me to come back here and I love you back. |
| 0:52.3 | Thank you. Thank you. |
| 0:55.8 | Just being on the book talk... |
| 0:57.0 | I don't know. |
| 0:59.4 | We can't understand what you just said. |
| 1:04.0 | Does being on the book tour feel like being back out on the campaign trail? |
| 1:07.7 | It's different. |
| 1:08.9 | But it's good to be out and talking with folks and most of all listening to folks. |
| 1:15.5 | It's similar in terms of it's a pretty intense schedule, but not nearly as intense as 107 |
| 1:21.9 | days. |
| 1:22.9 | And it's a different time. |
| 1:23.9 | We got a lot to talk about. |
| 1:26.9 | A lot to talk about. A lot to talk about. |
| 1:28.3 | Well, you know, I loved 107 days, and the reason I loved 107 days is because I just love honesty, you know, and it felt like, you know, you got a lot off of your chest, a lot of things that you've been wanting to say, but I guess couldn't say, |
| 1:45.0 | you decided to say in the book. Was that a hard process? |
| 1:49.0 | So, writing the book was a process of reflection for me. And I tend to be very task-oriented, |
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