Hi, this is Jen Saki, and this is The Blueprint.

So we had an event this weekend in New York City, where I joined Rachel Maddow and Simone

Sanders Townsend, Alicia Menendez, and Lawrence O'Donnell, and many other MSNBC hosts you know well.

And at that event, I interviewed the co-hosts of the podcast I've had it. You'll hear that a little bit

later. But first, I want to share a conversation I had with Rachel Maddow at a dinner

hosted by Luke Russert.

So here is The Blueprint Live from MSNBC FanFest 25.

We started the conversation with a question from Frank Paula of Chicago.

First of all, thank you both for the incredible work you've done and continue to do.

You provide support and encouragement to everybody here and millions more, and you know that.

Thanks.

We're both going to cry now.

Well, here goes.

I had the privilege at last year's MSNBC convention dinner to ask you both how given

all the political noise that was going on at that time, how you determine what issue you would

focus on on any given newsday. Well, over the last nine months, the noise has changed, it's gotten louder and nearly unbearable.

My question to both of you is, how, if at all, have you changed your approach in sorting through the sludge of a news cycle

and what considerations you take into account now to prioritize?

What issues are worthy of political commentary?

That's a great question. It's great to see you again. I would say first, I'm the child of a

therapist, so I am in a constant state of self-reflection, and it's a healthy thing to be,

just like it's healthy to cry. And I have thought a lot about,

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