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Today, Explained

Mysterious Melania

Today, Explained

Vox

Daily News, Politics, News

4.4 • 9.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Book critic Martin Pengelly read MELANIA so you don’t have to. Intelligencer’s Margaret Hartmann says the book is the latest in a long line of Trump grifts. This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Rob Byers and Andrea Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast Support Today, Explained by becoming a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/members Melania Trump. Photo by AURORE BELOT/AFP via Getty Images. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Maybe a lot of people in our audience have not yet read this book, but maybe they've seen promotion for this book because it's kind of been all over social media and it's been kind of in keeping with Malania's general vibe it's been kind of

0:14.2

weird yes very weird a series of short black and white videos someone said shot in the

0:19.3

style of a sort of 30s expressionist horror movie. Writing this memoir has been a deeply personal and reflective journey for me.

0:28.0

As a private person who has often been the subject of public scrutiny, why do I stand proudly behind

0:37.0

my nude modeling work? The more pressing question is, why has the media chosen to scrutinize my celebration of the

0:46.1

Human Forum in a fashion photo shoot? I never imagined my privacy would be invaded

0:51.8

by the government here in America.

0:55.0

Molania's memoir, it's called Molania on Today Explained.

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1:40.0

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1:45.8

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