Coming Soon: Who Is? The Podcast: Season Three
Who Is?
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šļø 2 February 2021
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Summary
"Who Is?," an original podcast from NowThis News that explores the lives of the powerful, is back for a third season. On "Who Is?," host and NowThis correspondent Sean Morrow dives deep into the stories and backstories of the politicians, donors, media moguls, movements, and ideas that shape our lives, from Ronald Reagan to Inherited Wealth, and Domestic Violent Extremism to Police Unions.Ā Featuring conversations with the reporters, biographers, colleagues, confidantes--and occasionally adversaries--who know these worldĀ moldersĀ and big ideasĀ best, "Who Is?" is back for another season of sixteen episodes. There's a new guy in the White House, and we'reĀ stillĀ living through a pandemic. Who knows what could happen next?Ā
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| 0:00.0 | This year we saw a successful, peaceful-ish transition of power in the United States, |
| 0:07.1 | a return, some would say, to normalcy. |
| 0:10.1 | But what is normalcy? |
| 0:12.2 | Isn't it normalcy that got us here in the first place? |
| 0:15.5 | I'm Sean Morrow, host of Who Is, the podcast where we examine power through the stories of people who have it. |
| 0:22.8 | This season, we're looking at the people and ideas that have made America what it is today. |
| 0:27.4 | From Ronald Reagan to inherited wealth and domestic violent extremism to the police unions |
| 0:34.1 | that dominate the politics of the city where you live. |
| 0:41.3 | Plus some fun stuff like big weed and, you know, healthcare. It's Who Is Season 3. |
| 0:43.3 | His hedge fund was so big and so powerful, and he made bets that were so big and so powerful, |
| 0:50.3 | that he was able to successfully destabilize not just entire currencies but entire |
| 0:56.2 | countries. |
| 0:57.3 | One of the things I think is of great interest is how do wealthy conservative donors, for |
| 1:04.1 | example, exercise their influence? |
| 1:07.1 | I think a lot of people listening today and general public grasp big pharma. |
| 1:12.6 | They grasp big banks. |
| 1:14.5 | But this is really a story untold. |
| 1:17.3 | And yeah, there is a new guy in the White House, but don't worry. |
| 1:20.7 | We'll be watching him too. |
| 1:22.4 | Join me, Sean Morrow, every Tuesday for Who Is the Podcast. |
| 1:26.2 | That's Who Is the Podcast? |
| 1:28.3 | Season 3, new episodes every Tuesday. |
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