From WNYC Studios, I'm Brian Lerer.

This is my daily politics podcast.

It's Wednesday, May 17th.

And we are happy to have a few minutes now with all things considered host, Mary Louise Kelly.

Some of you already know she has a recent book release, a memoir called It Goes So Fast,

the Year of No Do-Overs.

But did you know Mary Louise is also a novelist?

She has two previous books that are thrillers in addition to the work you probably know her

for bringing you the news

and conversations on ATC and previously her reporting as a national security correspondent.

So Mary Louise, thanks for giving us a few minutes this early in the day. Thanks for coming on.

Brian, good morning. And good morning to all of the listeners out there. This is so fun to get to be

with you today.

Thanks. Can I start here with you? Because when listeners meet me, they often want to know about my

workflow. Like, how do you prepare? What happens over the course of a typical day before and after

the show? And I'm sure listeners would love to hear you describe a little of that for you and

all things considered, can you?

Sure.

So I will say I just got off the line moments before joining you with all things considered

team.

Our day, the kind of typical day, starts with reading in, reading the headlines,

trying to figure out what's going on in the world since we woke up this morning.

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