The Assignment presents The Axe Files with David Axelrod

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🗓️ 3 August 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

When Audie Cornish first crossed paths with David Axelrod, she was a young radio reporter with no clout and he was the big-shot campaign manager of then-candidate Barack Obama. No wonder she couldn't get an interview. Today as colleagues at CNN, they can finally sit down and compare a few notes on that historic time in American politics. This conversation leads us into a special episode of The Axe Files featuring an interview with former president Barack Obama, presented in full. We'll be back with new episodes of The Assignment soon. Subscribe to The Axe Files To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:05.7	Good. I told you that I would find a way to talk to you on tape. Well, yes, well, I want to talk to you on tape as well.
1:13.1	I hope that out of this I can get you to sit down with us someday. Hold on a second. Oh, absolutely.
1:19.2	I have grand plans for our Law and Order crossover episode. Okay. This is not that special
1:26.2	crossover episode. Today we're bringing you a really special episode of David Axelrod show The Axel Files, where he interviews his former boss, President Barack Obama.
1:36.4	Now, talking about all this got me thinking about when David and I first cross paths on the campaign trail.
1:43.6	Because I covered the Obama campaign, so for me, I'll finally get to talk to David Axelrod.
1:50.4	I'll finally get that interview that I was trying to get.
1:54.8	My goodness, did we turn you down?
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