Ep. 134 - Joe Maddon

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

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4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2017

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Joe Maddon, manager of the World Series Champion Chicago Cubs, joins David before Opening Day to talk about his working class upbringing in Pennsylvania, his path towards an unconventional leadership style, the Cubs' prospects for a repeat, and more. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And now, from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN, the Axviles, with your
0:12.5	host, David Axelrod.
0:17.1	He's a savvy baseball lifeer, a new age philosopher and motivator.
0:21.6	Every politician and executive should study.
0:24.3	I sat down with Joe Madden, the manager of the World Champion Chicago Cubs the other
0:28.6	day at their Spring Training Home in Mesa, Arizona to hear what he's thinking as the
0:33.3	Cubs prepare for another campaign.
0:36.3	One other thing, instead of our usual Monday show, we'll have a special episode of the
0:41.1	Axviles coming your way this weekend.
0:43.5	We're bringing the podcast to TV with an episode airing Saturday night on CNN with Senator
0:49.6	John McCain.
0:50.6	We'll release the full conversation as a podcast for you that evening.
0:54.7	I hope you'll tune in Saturday and we'll be back to our regular podcast schedule later
0:59.5	next week.
1:00.7	Joe Madden, great to be with you down here in sunny Mesa as you try and start climbing that
1:12.7	hill again.
1:13.8	Absolutely.
1:15.8	Everybody thinks of you as sort of this new age guy, data and all of that and we'll get
1:22.1	into that.
1:24.1	I want to ask you about that cap that you carried around with you, that old angels cap that
1:29.0	you carried around with you.
1:30.0	It's in that bag right over there right now.
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