Happy Hour: Dana Perino on Her New Novel 'Purple State'

Kennedy Saves the World

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🗓️ 24 April 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Dana Perino, Co-Anchor of America's Newsroom and Co-Host of The Five, joins Kennedy for an extra special Happy Hour celebrating her fiction debut, Purple State. The duo discusses the "quarter-life crisis" many young women face in New York, the surprising friendships that exist across the aisle in Washington D.C., and how a chance walk in New Jersey sparked the entire plot to her new novel. Kennedy Now Available on YouTube: ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@KennedySavestheWorld⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow on TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@kennedy_foxnews⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join Kennedy for Happy Hour on Fridays! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWlNiiSXX4BNUbXM5X8KkYbDepFgUIVZj⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:42.6	It is Happy Hour, and I'm so happy.
0:44.2	Dana Perino is here.
0:46.0	It is the release week for her first fiction, work of fiction, Purple State.
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0:55.3	Dana, welcome back to Kennedy Saves the World.
0:57.1	You know this is my favorite podcast.
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1:00.7	How could that possibly be?
1:01.4	Because you listen, you consume more news and podcasts than any.
1:05.5	I have often thought, how do you structure your day?
1:09.2	Because you are always handing off like op-eds and articles and research and topic ideas.
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