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Past Due with Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike Eagle

“Typical white dude attitude”

Past Due with Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike Eagle

Ana Marie Cox, Open Mike Eagle, and Andrew Steven

Society & Culture, Arts, Business, Performing Arts

4.66.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2017

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Jon Ward (@jonward11) was one of the people I had in mind when we came up with "With Friends Like These": A seriously smart and dedicated reporter who doesn't see the world the same way I do, but with whom I have found fertile common ground. He joins to discuss his reporting and his faith, and what it means to embrace the evangelism of racial reconciliation. Jon is a Political Correspondent for Yahoo News and is writing "a narrative history of Ted Kennedy's decision to challenge Jimmy Carter." He has a new podcast, "The Long Game," about "the lost art of solving problems through the lens of institutions," it is available here: https://medium.com/jon-ward/soft-launch-of-my-podcast-the-long-game-e3e728ccea3 The podcasts Jon mentions in the show are:  Truth’s Table: “Black Christian women who love the truth and seek it out wherever it leads us.” https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/truths-table/id1212429230?mt=2  Pass the Mic: “Every month Jemar and Tyler sit down with voices from across the reformed movement with the mission of addressing the core concerns of African Americans biblically.” http://www.podasterynetwork.com/category/passthemic/ The Benjamin Dixon Show https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMCioqY4zblWt7Uw0E0VTGA You can reach the pod at @crooked_friends on Twitter or email us at withfriendslikepod@gmail.com Our sponsors deserver your attention and patronage! Texture for all your magazine needs: Get a free 14-day trial at Texture.com/friends Parachute sheets are super comfy and stylish: Get free shipping and returns after a 60-night trial at ParachuteHome.com/friends. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Anna Marie Cox and welcome to With Friends Like These.

0:06.6

I'm talking to an actual friend this week, a nice change of pace from those of you who

0:11.7

have been listening over the past couple weeks, which took a deep dive into the psychology

0:17.3

of Trump voters.

0:19.3

My friend on the show, this episode is John Ward.

0:22.8

He has a political correspondent for Yahoo News.

0:25.0

He has a book coming out next year, which is a narrative history of Ted Kennedy's decision

0:29.2

to challenge Jimmy Carter for the presidency in 1980.

0:32.9

And he has a new podcast called The Long Game that, quote, looks at the lost art of solving

0:38.3

problems through the lens of institutions.

0:42.2

I've wanted to have John on the show for a while because he is a friend like these.

0:48.4

He's someone who I did not have a ton in common with at first.

0:54.6

I think when we first met besides both being journalists, but we've come to be pretty

1:00.1

good friends.

1:02.1

Primarily because we share, and I hate this phrase, a faith journey.

1:10.8

He grew up as an evangelical Christian and I've been kind of circling the drain around

1:17.8

evangelical Christianity.

1:22.7

He's been a real source of strength and hope and inspiration for me as I figure out what

1:30.2

my relationship to religion is.

1:35.6

And he's one of the few people I feel like in Washington that I can talk really frankly

1:40.0

about the role of Christ in my life and the role that I might want to play in being Christ

1:46.0

like.

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