Ep. 390 What Happened in Those 107 Days with Kamala Harris
The Stacks
Traci Thomas
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 23 September 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Today on The Stacks we are joined by former Vice President, Kamala Harris. She is here to discuss her brand new book 107 Days, which chronicles her historic run for the presidency in 2024. In our conversation we cover her biggest regrets from Biden to Gaza, how she balanced her instincts with the political polling, and what she sees as the path forward for America.
The Stacks Book Club pick for September is The Lilac People by Milo Todd. We will discuss the book on this Wednesday, September 24th with Denne Michele Norris.
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| 0:00.0 | You know, I think there are many flaws in our system, and we set these legislators up with |
| 0:07.5 | an expectation that within two years they're going to get something substantial done, but |
| 0:11.0 | anything that is intractable that is challenging our society, we're not going to figure |
| 0:16.6 | out in just two years from soup to nuts. |
| 0:19.1 | We have a right to expect that our politicians are going to |
| 0:22.2 | solve problems. Welcome to the Stacks, a podcast about books and the people who read them. |
| 0:33.9 | I'm your host, Tracy Thomas, and today it is one of the great honors of my life to welcome |
| 0:39.4 | to the podcast, Vice President Kamala Harris. She is here to talk about her brand new book |
| 0:45.3 | 107 Days, which is out now. The vice president and I talk about her campaign, both the highlights |
| 0:51.5 | and the missteps. We also talk about the impact of political |
| 0:54.9 | polling, and she shares her vision for America's future. The Stacks book club pick for September |
| 1:00.5 | is The Lilac People by Milo Todd, which I will be discussing with Den Michelle Norris on Wednesday, |
| 1:05.4 | September 24th. Everything we talk about on each episode of the Stacks can be found in the link in the show notes. |
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| 1:39.9 | new episodes of The Stacks are out every Wednesday. All right. Now it is time for my conversation with Vice President Kamala Harris. |
| 1:52.7 | All right, everybody. |
| 1:54.6 | When I say that I'm excited about today's guest, it is the understatement of maybe my entire |
| 2:00.4 | life. |
| 2:00.7 | I am so thrilled to be joined today by |
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