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The Assignment with Audie Cornish

Jon Favreau and Jon Lovett of Pod Save America

The Assignment with Audie Cornish

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News Commentary, News, Politics

4.6844 Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Jon Favreau and Jon Lovett were speechwriters in the Obama White House who, along with Tommy Vietor, decided to venture into media with a podcast now called Pod Save America. The show became a hit, so they founded a whole company around it called Crooked Media. Now, they produce a plethora of podcasts, host a full schedule of live shows, and even write books like their new title, Democracy or Else. Favreau & Lovett go behind the fights over messaging in the Democratic party, parse Joe Biden's campaign strategy, and explain the challenges of running a progressive media company in the age of Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.6

Do you remember when we did a bunch of jokes about Mitt Romney having the dog on his roof?

0:36.7

And it was like, let's make sure people remember that Mitt Romney put a dog on his roof.

0:41.3

You know?

0:42.3

Sometimes politics, here's the thing, Audit.

0:45.3

Sometimes politics is about big ideas, all right?

0:47.3

Important, important policies.

0:49.3

And sometimes.

0:50.3

But sometimes you've got to make sure voters know that Mitt Romney put his dog on a s' fucking roof.

1:03.5

The generation of politicos that came up in the era of Barack Obama are in a way defined by their optimism.

1:07.0

John Favro, John Lovett, and Tommy Vitor.

1:23.6

All former staffers in the Obama White House are a textbook example. They're former speechwriters, consultants, advisors, who got into podcasting and more with the company they founded Crooked Media, which is best known for its mix of humor and advocacy rooted in Democratic Party politics. So they're here in Washington for what is commonly described as the nerd prom, aka

1:28.8

the White House Correspondents Dinner.

1:30.7

We asked them to come visit us to talk about the role of partisan media, how the Democratic

1:35.3

Party is changing and what they have learned from their experiences with both.

1:39.5

I'm Adi Cornish.

1:40.5

This is the assignment.

1:41.5

Gentlemen, welcome to the show.

1:43.5

Thanks for having us. Great to be here.

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