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🗓️ 4 October 2023
⏱️ 48 minutes
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We kick off our first episode back with former White House Press Secretary and host of one of the most-watched news programs on MSNBC, Jen Psaki.
Jen joins Sophia to discuss her journey to the White House, putting her neck on the line for her beliefs and the news sources she trusts the most.
Plus, Jen talks about what she wants audiences to get out of her show, what you should know going into the next election, and she weighs in on the concerns over Biden's age.
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0:00.0 | Hi everyone, it's Sophia. Welcome to work in progress. |
0:16.4 | Friends, I am so, so excited to be back with all of you. My dear work in progress community, |
0:24.4 | my whipsmarties, my friends from all over the world. We are back for season three. I've missed you all. |
0:32.1 | And I am so very excited to be launching our third season with yet another incredibly |
0:39.0 | impressive woman who I just admire to the core of my being. Today we are joined by none other |
0:46.0 | than Jen Sackie. You know her as the former White House press secretary for President Joe Biden. |
0:51.7 | Sackie was a longtime advisor to President Barack Obama. She served as the traveling press secretary |
0:57.2 | on his first long shot campaign and later served as the White House communications director. |
1:03.0 | She served as the administration's public face on a very global stage during her tenure as the |
1:08.3 | State Department spokesperson. She traveled the world with Secretary of State John Kerry. |
1:13.0 | She currently is hosting inside with Jen Sackie on MSNBC on both Sundays and Mondays. |
1:19.1 | There is just so much to dig into with her, not only in her incredibly impressive career, |
1:25.8 | letting the rest of us know what's going on in Washington, but the way she moves through the world |
1:30.1 | is an advocate as a wife, as a mom, and honestly, one of the people who I have the most fun |
1:36.1 | hanging out with in the world. So let's jump in with Jen. |
1:45.8 | Jen Sackie, I am so excited that you are here today. I am just, you know, so enamored with you as a |
1:54.8 | human, as someone who has helped to write the ship of American democracy, who has helped |
2:02.5 | remind people of the importance of journalism, and you're also just fun as shit. |
2:07.6 | Like, you are a good time to hang out with. We have hung out. We really have. |
2:14.2 | And, you know, you've made the press room at the White House infamous. You've made |
2:21.5 | Sackie bombs infamous. You've really brought us so much truth and entertainment together, |
2:29.0 | which is a big deal these days. But I want to go back before we dive into what your life is now |
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