Episode 26: The Candidate And The Countess

Citizen McCain with Meghan McCain

Citizen Cain Productions

News, News Commentary, Society & Culture

3.9 • 692 Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2024

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Junior joins Meghan to talk about his life growing up in a political family and how it has shaped his ideology. They also discuss some of the more controversial headlines about his policy and how some may have been overblown. We also hear about his love story with actress Cheryl Hines and the unlikely person who set them up. Then Countess Luann de Lesseps, star of Bravo's 'Real Housewives of New York' comes on to talk about filming the most recent season of 'Ultimate Girls Trip' and what her dating life is like right now. She's about to go on tour with a brand new cabaret show and gives us a sneak peek at some of the new parts of her act.

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0:00.0	Megan McCain has entered the chat.
0:11.6	Welcome back to Megan McCain has entered the chat here on this very chilly Monday morning.
0:17.3	As you all know, we record on Mondays and it comes out on Tuesdays.
0:21.9	This podcast, we have, I think and it comes out on Tuesdays, this podcast.
0:27.4	We have, I think this show today, Miranda, sort of exemplifies what kind of podcast we do.
0:33.5	Our two guests today are Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the presidential candidate for the independent ticket, and Countess Luann de la Ceps, the infamous, iconic, incredible,
0:40.7	legendary real housewife of New York, who now has her own spin-off shows on Bravo and has been on
0:46.8	Ultimate Girls Trip Legacy, on Peacock, which you and I both consumed voraciously and was just incredible.
0:53.7	And I just think, like, this is the show.
0:56.0	This is the kind of show we do. And I'm very, very thrilled both these people are coming on to
1:00.3	talk to me today. When we were pitching the show, this is what we said it would be.
1:06.5	So we finally get like our dream show. This is it. This is what it is when anybody listening when you want to tell your friends, listen to Megan's podcast, this is the one to share with them.
1:18.7	Yes. So we will obviously be talking to Countess Luann about, you know, her cabaret show, which is 54 below. It's at 54 below in New York from January 31st to February 3rd.
1:30.6	And then she has a brand new show in Los Angeles on February 16th.
1:33.6	And you can go to countessloan.com for more information.
1:36.7	And then we're going to be talking to Mr. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
1:40.0	about his run for president and why he is gaining so much traction among specifically young and
1:46.6	independent voters. Again, he has 22% of the vote polling wise right now, which is nothing to shake
1:51.7	your head at. I really have very serious issues with the idea that I should not be interviewing him.
1:59.9	We're going to discuss this with him on the show, but there are some journalists who will not platform him and will not
2:04.4	talk to him because they think it's, quote, dangerous. I don't understand this concept. I would
2:08.8	interview a terrorist if I had them in front of me because I always want to know what people are
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