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From Pushkin Industries, this is deep background, the show where we explore the stories behind the stories in the news.

I'm Noah Feldman. We've just come through an extraordinary national election, and some of us are slowly

beginning to think about trying to catch our breaths.

But today on the show, we're going to talk to a woman who's just getting started.

Tally Farhadian Weinstein is a candidate for district attorney of Manhattan,

and that's a race which is just starting to heat up. We wanted to speak to Tali for two reasons.

First, she's a fascinating example of a person deciding to run for office for the first time in the hopes of making change

in the wake of this historic national election. And she's reflecting on some of the hardest

policy issues that face public officials today and that will face the Biden-Harris administration

when it eventually takes office.

Second, Talley is also a colleague. As part of her campaign, she's launched a podcast called

Hearing. Like Deep Background, it's produced by Pushkin Industries. And as you'll hear in a minute,

Talley is very well suited to hosting a podcast,

maybe a little bit better than I am. Tali, thank you so much for being here, and especially

in this kind of exciting but but also a little nervous making week

when Joe Biden has been declared, quote unquote,

president by the networks and the current occupant

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