Ep. 514 — Wes Moore

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

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4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2022

⏱️ 63 minutes

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When Maryland Governor-elect Wes Moore was 3 years old, he watched his father collapse in front of him. Losing his father at a young age greatly impacted Moore’s life. He acted out at school, was sent to a military academy by his mother, and later confronted what he called the inequitable policies influencing his life, including his father’s inability to receive adequate medical care. Governor-elect Moore talked with David about his path to public service and gubernatorial victory, his time serving in Afghanistan and studying at Oxford, how leadership transformed his outlook on his capabilities and himself, his governing philosophy, and the future of Maryland.

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0:00.0	And now, from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN Audio, the Axe Files,
0:12.5	with your host, David Axelrod.
0:15.8	You know, if you didn't know better, you'd think West Moore was invented by a Hollywood
0:23.0	scriptwriter.
0:24.0	His story is that extraordinary, that inspiring.
0:27.0	The former office, Rhodes Scholar, financier, bestselling author, anti-poverty warrior.
0:32.7	And now, the first black elected governor of Maryland, and that actually cheats his story.
0:37.4	You'll have to listen to this conversation to hear the rest.
0:48.8	West Moore Governor, elect Moore.
0:51.3	It's a pleasure to be with you.
0:52.3	I've been wanting to talk to you for a very long time, but I know you've been busy for
0:56.2	the last year and a half.
0:57.4	So it's good to catch up with you.
0:59.0	I'm not sure you're less busy now.
1:00.5	It is.
1:01.5	It is so good to catch up with you.
1:02.9	And it's great to catch up with you in misfeits.
1:05.2	As we're getting ready to actually govern now, this is good.
1:08.4	This is exciting.
1:09.4	Yeah.
1:10.4	Yeah.
1:11.4	Well, as we were discussing before we started rolling, that's the, if you're doing this
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