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The Press Box

Ep. 100: 'Keepin' It 1600' With Jon Lovett

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4.43.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2016

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Jon and Dan are joined by Jon Lovett, a former speechwriter for President Obama, to discuss Trump’s triumph in the Northeast (6:00), the Cruz-Kasich alliance (8:00), the beginning of the "veepstakes" (16:00), Clinton's potential progressive VP options (22:00), the science of writing comedic speeches (28:00), and the best moments from Obama's White House Correspondents’ Dinner appearances (33:00). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Keepin' at 1600, I'm John Fabra.

0:12.0

I'm Dan Pfeiffer.

0:14.0

And today we have a very special guest.

0:17.0

Mr. John Love It is in the studio.

0:20.0

Love It was a speechwriter with me in the White House.

0:25.0

I'm Dan.

0:26.0

I hired him way back one.

0:29.0

And more importantly, we're talking today about the White House Correspondence Dinner,

0:35.0

which is the dinner each year where President Obama gives jokes to a bunch of Washington Elite.

0:43.0

It's a real, useful worthwhile event.

0:48.0

I like it.

0:49.0

Hey guys, I'm on the podcast.

0:51.0

There it is.

0:52.0

There it is.

0:53.0

So we're going to be talking about that soon.

0:56.0

But first we'll talk about the week in politics.

1:00.0

And we're also, we should tell you all that we're taping this on a Tuesday before the primary.

1:06.0

So, you know, we don't, we, it'll be a little delayed.

1:10.0

You've got to be listening to this on a Thursday.

1:12.0

Congrats to the-

1:13.0

So, are you though on a decisive victory?

1:16.0

So, if all the polls are wrong and the demographic geniuses at 538 are wrong,

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