Astead Herndon on Campaign 2024, Midwest Diners, Podcasting vs. Writing, and The New York Times.

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4.4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Bryan is joined by New York Times reporter and podcaster Astead Herndon from ‘The Run-Up’ to discuss life on the campaign trail. They talk through the transition from print stories to podcasting, dive into the inner workings behind the stories reported for ‘The Run-Up,’ then unpack voters' response to candidates on the trail. Host: Bryan Curtis Guest: Astead Herndon Producer: Erika Cervantes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Derek Thompson, the host of the podcast, Plain English.
0:06.5	We tackle technology, politics, culture, history, everything that's happening in the world
0:11.5	and why it matters.
0:13.0	New episodes of Plain English Drop every Tuesday and Friday on Spotify or wherever you
0:17.7	get your podcasts.
0:20.0	Hello Media Consumers, welcome to Press Box final edition.
0:29.9	Brian Curtis of The Ringer here along with producer Erica Servantes.
0:34.1	Our guest today is a writer and podcaster whose pieces and insights have been approvingly
0:38.5	quoted on this podcast a lot.
0:41.0	Instead heard and joined the New York Times as a reporter in 2018, after a stint at the
0:45.5	Boston Globe, he covered the 2020 election.
0:49.7	And for this campaign, he started a shoe leather podcast called The Run Up, which is
0:54.8	taken him everywhere from evangelical churches in Iowa to the offices of Julian Castro.
1:01.3	We welcome him to talk about the state of the race and life on the trail.
1:04.9	Instead welcome to the press box.
1:07.0	Thank you for having me.
1:08.0	Big fan of the show.
1:09.0	I appreciate being here.
1:10.0	Let us start with the run up.
1:11.2	Why switch from covering politics as a print reporter to covering it as a podcast?
1:16.2	Yeah, I appreciate that question.
1:18.0	I mean, for me, it was really born out of where I could do the reporting that felt most exciting
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