Meet a Moderator: Marvin Kalb on Why MTP Is The ‘Place To Be’

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🗓️ 10 May 2017

⏱️ 28 minutes

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He knows the history of Meet the Press perhaps better than anyone alive: Former moderator Marvin Kalb, who was 17 years old when the broadcast first launched in 1947, joins Chuck Todd to celebrate the show’s 70th anniversary.

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, we invite you to meet the press.
0:03.6	Meet the press.
0:05.0	Meet the press.
0:06.0	Meet the press.
0:09.0	Welcome to 1947, the Meet the Press podcast.
0:11.5	Of course, it's the 70th anniversary of Meet the Press.
0:14.5	And throughout the year, we're going to have some special guests that know the history
0:18.2	of the show better than any of us.
0:20.7	This week, it's former moderator of Meet the Press, Marvin Calb.
0:23.7	Of course, Marvin Calb has had a distinguished career in journalism.
0:26.5	He was the last newsman hired by Edward Armuro.
0:29.0	It's a pretty cool thing on a resume.
0:31.5	And he first started appearing on Meet the Press in 1980, and he took over on the moderator
0:34.7	seat from 84 to 87.
0:37.2	Mr. Calb always an honor, sir.
0:39.2	It's a great pleasure to be with you, Chuck.
0:41.5	So let's talk about first the history of the program.
0:45.9	What's your first met?
0:46.9	When do you feel as if Meet the Press became relevant in the news conversation?
0:53.5	Well, I can auto by a graphic size that one, if I can make up a verb.
1:00.1	I was always interested in foreign affairs and domestic policy.
1:04.8	And so for me, Meet the Press has always been part of my life.
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