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The Bakari Sellers Podcast

John Avlon and the Values and Virtues of Centrism

The Bakari Sellers Podcast

The Ringer

Politics, News

4.8966 Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Journalist and political commentator John Avlon joins to discuss the value of "centrism" and the danger of "both sides-ism" in politics (4:06), grading President Biden’s performance in historical context (13:17), and Abraham Lincoln’s role as peacemaker in his new book ‘Lincoln and the Fight for Peace’ (16:56). Host: Bakari Sellers Guest: John Avlon Producer: Donnie Beacham Executive Producer: Jarrod Loadholt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

I won't tell you that it's going to be okay.

0:07.0

I won't tell you that it's going to be okay.

0:16.0

Welcome to another episode of the Bakarios podcast. Today I have a friend of mine on here, man, and he is a South Carolina.

0:21.0

We're going to claim him because he spends enough time

0:23.1

down here to say the least but my good friend and CNN colleague who needs his own

0:30.0

show really really just needs his own show.

0:34.0

John Avalon, how are you?

0:35.0

I'm good man, I appreciate that.

0:37.0

How are you doing?

0:38.0

I'm good, my brother.

0:39.0

I'm good.

0:40.0

How's your bride doing?

0:41.0

He's also the second best political commentator in his own house.

0:45.2

That's true that's true. No, Margaret's trade she sends her love.

0:49.4

Everybody's doing good man. Everyone's doing all right right well look you know we start each show here

0:55.1

pretty much the same way because I like to give my my listeners an opportunity to

0:59.8

learn more about my guests that I have on and my friends and their eclectic

1:04.0

backgrounds and your background is interesting and walk us through the arc of

1:08.4

your career from journalism to politics for some time now Walk us through your first political job as a speech writer

1:15.2

for then Mayor Giuliani to your work in political journalism.

1:18.8

And at what point did you decide that television

1:21.7

and writing about politics would be your calling.

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