Hello Intercepted listeners, I'm Ryan Grimm, DC Bureau Chief for the Intercept.

And I'm Senior Politics Editor, Brianna Joy-Grey.

This week we're bringing you a special dispatch for the Intercept's Washington offices.

Jeremy will be back with a regular episode of the show on Wednesday, but today we have

an extended interview with Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

We'll also be joined by former Congressman Brad Miller, who previously served on the

House Financial Services Committee, which we now know AOC will be joining.

We talked with her about her first few weeks on the Hill, her thoughts on 2020, and

reflect on her out of nowhere congressional campaign.

So, Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez, it's so great to have you here.

We know that your time is in high demand, and you've already had such a busy week.

I saw you on Monday, having that discussion with Tainese Coats, Adirisai Church and

Commemoration of Dr. King, that night you jed it off, and you went on the late night

show with Colbert, where I hear you cursed out the entire country.

Oh, yeah, apparently.

On a scale of zero to some, how many s*** do you give?

I think it's zero.

And this morning I saw an Instagram stories that you had at a Democratic caucus meeting,

and you were explaining to your followers exactly what it meant, and the way that you

do and what is one of the only remaining civics classes I think that's zero left in the

country.

And movement-based campaigns are very powerful, because they're issue-focused, or anyone

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