Ep. 462 — Robert Costa

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

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4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Journalist Robert Costa is known for his in-depth reporting on former president Donald Trump and for co-authoring a new book with legendary journalist Bob Woodward, but his first claim to fame was convincing John Mayer to play at his high school prom. Robert joined David to talk about his years covering the Republican Party, the ongoing threats he sees to U.S. democracy, what he learned about reporting from Bob Woodward, and their book, Peril.

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0:00.0	Music
0:06.0	And now, from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN Audio, the Axfiles with
0:12.5	your host, David Axelrod.
0:15.7	I sat down this week for a live Axfiles at the Institute of Politics with Robert Costa
0:23.6	of the Washington Post, who's teamed up with his legendary colleague Bob Woodward on a
0:28.2	new best-selling book called Paral about the final harrowing days of the Trump administration
0:33.1	when the very foundations of our democracy were tested.
0:36.3	We spoke about that history and what it portends for the future.
0:39.6	We also talked about Costa's own intriguing journey, including what it was like to work
0:43.8	with Woodward, who, after all, hasn't had a real writing partner on these book projects
0:49.0	since Carl Bernstein in the Watergate Dave.
0:52.0	Here's that conversation.
0:59.0	Thank you.
1:02.0	Thank you.
1:04.0	Bob Costa, it's good to see you.
1:05.6	Welcome back to the Institute of Politics.
1:07.0	Great to be back, Dave.
1:08.0	We should point out that you go by Robert Costa in your byline so as not to be confused
1:13.2	with Bob Costa's.
1:14.2	That's right.
1:15.2	And then at work, when you work with a Bob, we ended up just referring to each other
1:19.8	by our certain names when we were around his office.
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