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Somebody's Gotta Win with Tara Palmeri

Mark Leibovich Imagines ‘This Town’ Under Trump 2.0

Somebody's Gotta Win with Tara Palmeri

The Ringer

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4.41.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Tara is joined by Mark Leibovich, writer for The Atlantic and author of 'This Town,' to discuss the mood around Washington, D.C., as it prepares for the possibility of a second Trump administration and the chaos that could come with it. They shine a light on the list of characters that will be in Trump’s inner circle if he gets elected, speculate on what will happen if he loses, and talk about the state of the Kamala Harris presidential campaign. For more of Tara’s reporting, please sign up for her newsletter, 'The Best and the Brightest,' at puck.news/tarapalmeri and use the discount code TARA20. Host: Tara Palmeri Guest: Mark Leibovich Producer: Chris Sutton Production Supervision: Conor Nevins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Everybody lies, but most of us don't like to talk about the lies we tell.

0:08.0

Until now.

0:10.0

From Spotify and the Ringer Podcast Network, I'm Brian Phillips.

0:15.0

In my new podcast, Truthless, I'm talking to people about their best tales of deception.

0:22.0

From changing an entire family history to building an award-winning

0:27.9

Hollywood career on a lie. You can listen to Truthless on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts on October 15th. Hi, I'm Tara Paul Mary. I'm Puck's Senior Political Correspondent, and this is

0:57.0

Somebody's Got Away. On this show, I have the Bard of D.C. The Atlantic's Mark leave a bit

1:04.0

Sean to talk about this wild election cycle.

1:07.7

The last time Mark and I were together

1:09.6

was at the RNC sharing burgers at the CNN grill and Joe Biden was still in the game and we were pretty

1:17.2

sure that Donald Trump was going to walk his way into a victory. I was certain that Biden would be pushed out by the

1:26.1

end of the week and I think he was as well, but it was a very uncertain time and

1:30.6

we were pretty much ready to write our final pieces saying that Trump would win, but

1:34.4

alas, here we are right now, pretty much tied.

1:37.2

He gives Kamala a slight hedge, thinking that she may win, I'm not so sure, it's sort of choose your adventure when it comes to the polling.

1:44.7

Though on this show, he gives his honest assessment on Tim Wall's, is he really as earnest as he seems

1:50.9

or just a politician?

1:52.4

We talk about what Kamala Harris is doing right

1:54.3

and what she's doing wrong.

1:55.5

What was Biden thinking when he immediately endorsed Harris?

1:58.4

And what's on his mind right now

1:59.9

is he finishes out those last few months of his administration is he stuing away in the Oval Office

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