Trials, Debates, and the Strange 2024 Election

Let's Find Common Ground

USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future

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🗓️ 13 September 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

CPF Co-Directors Bob Shrum and Mike Murphy join Fall 2024 CPF Fellows, Jeff Blattner, Mike Bonin, Jane Coaston, Lea Endres, and Carissa Smith, for a discussion on recent political trials, the historic presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, and how the 2024 presidential race is shaping up.

Featuring:

Jeff Blattner: Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General for U.S. DOJ
Mike Bonin: Former LA City Councilmember
Jane Coaston: Journalist and CNN Contributor
Lea Endres: Co-Founder and CEO of NationBuilder
Carissa Smith: Former White House Senior Public Engagement Officer
Bob Shrum: Director, Center for the Political Future; Warschaw Chair in Practical Politics, USC Dornsife
Mike Murphy: Co-Director, Center for the Political Future; NBC Political Analyst

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0:00.0	Welcome to the bully pulpit from the University of Southern California Center for the Political Future.
0:11.7	Our podcast brings together America's top politicians, journalists, academics, and strategists from across the political spectrum for discussions on hot button issues where we respect
0:22.0	each other and respect the truth. We hope you enjoy these conversations. I'm Bob Schrum, the
0:30.9	director of the Center for the Political Future at USC Dornside. In a few minutes, Mike Murphy,
0:36.7	the center's co-director, will join us. He's having
0:39.3	technical difficulties right now. But welcome to the first event of this academic year.
0:45.0	We are fortunate to have five superb fellows who will be leading study groups this semester.
0:51.2	Today you'll meet them. Jeff Blatner is a special assistant attorney general
0:56.0	for Colorado. He was a law clerk for Associate Justice Potter Stewart of the U.S. Supreme Court.
1:02.7	He worked for justices Sanforday O'Connor, William Brennan, Harry Blackman, and Lewis Powell.
1:08.5	He served on Senator Edward Kennedy's staff on the Senate Judiciary Committee
1:12.3	and focused on the confirmation of judicial nominees. Mike Bonnan is a progressive leader with more
1:19.3	than 25 years of experience in Los Angeles government, politics, and public service.
1:25.5	As a member of the LA City Council, from 2013 to 2022,
1:30.6	he led on issues of homelessness and affordable housing. If I can add, he led rather bravely on
1:36.6	those, tenant protection, transportation, reimagining public safety, and local responses to
1:43.1	climate change.
1:48.2	Jane Koston is a contributing opinion writer for the New York Times,
1:52.8	previously the host of the opinion section's podcast, The Argument,
1:58.8	and senior political reporter at Box with a focus on conservatism and the GOP.
2:03.7	Leah Andres is an entrepreneur, educator, and human rights advocate.
2:08.9	She currently serves on the board of the Center for Humane Technology. She was a founding board member of the Dream Corps and served in that capacity for an early decades.
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