The White House Press Secretary

Civics 101

NHPR

History, Government, Society & Culture

4.2 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2018

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Mara Liasson, National Political Correspondent for NPR, has reported on White House press briefings for 3 administrations. She tells us about the role of the Press Secretary, and how the job has changed from president to president. CLICK HERE: Visit our website to see all of our episodes, donate to the podcast, sign up for our newsletter, get free educational materials, and more! To see Civics 101 in book form, check out A User's Guide to Democracy: How America Works by Hannah McCarthy and Nick Capodice, featuring illustrations by Tom Toro. Check out our other weekly NHPR podcast, Outside/In - we think you'll love it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Civics 101 is supported in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
0:04.3	Civics 101.
0:07.8	What?
0:09.8	What?
0:10.8	What?
0:11.8	You should answer the question.
0:12.8	I did.
0:13.8	No, you didn't.
0:14.8	I think the president was very straightforward and his comment and I'm not going to
0:18.0	identify the question.
0:19.0	Any report that Mr. Dean had prior knowledge of the Watergate Matter is totally false.
0:23.6	This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration period.
0:27.8	The president has denied and continues to deny the underlying claim and again I've given
0:33.4	the best information I had at the time.
0:35.5	I'm Decavedi J.
0:36.5	I'm Hannah McCartney.
0:37.5	And this is Civics 101, the podcast for fresher course on the basics of our democracy.
0:41.6	And today the White House Press Secretary.
0:44.8	I'm really excited for this one.
0:46.7	Our guest has been through myriad press secretaries.
0:49.5	It is Mara Laiasen, National Political Correspondent for NPR.
0:53.0	This is going to be great.
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