What did Alyssa Mastromonaco learn from trusting her gut?

Shadow Kingdom

Crooked Media

Society & Culture, History, True Crime, Documentary

4.7 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2019

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Jon Favreau talks to Alyssa Mastromonaco about her new book “So Here’s The Thing…“, a book of reflections, essays and interviews on everything from politics and career to motherhood, sisterhood and making relationships in the age of social media. Alyssa then reads a chapter from the book which you can pre-order now!

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0:00.0	Cricket conversation is sponsored by the new film St. Judy from Blue Fox Entertainment,
0:04.9	the inspiring and powerful true story of immigration attorney Judy Wood,
0:09.3	who leads a landmark legal battle to establish legal rights for women seeking asylum.
0:14.0	In one of her first cases, Judy represents a woman who fled Afghanistan after the Taliban
0:18.8	persecuted her for teaching girls. Judy's battle set new precedents for asylum and has saved
0:24.2	the lives of thousands of women showing the power of one person to positively change the world.
0:29.7	With a stellar cast led by Michelle Manehan and Common, this timely true story has taken
0:34.8	on a special urgency with the political battles being fought today to restrict immigration.
0:39.8	The Hollywood reporter calls St. Judy engaging and moving with an exceptional cast whose work
0:45.8	deserves to be seen. Also stars Alfred Woodard, Peter Krauss, Liam Lubinny, and Alfred Malina
0:52.7	follow at St. Judy movie for more info. Only in theaters start Friday March 1st.
1:04.0	Hey Cricket listeners, I'm here with one of my closest friends and favorite people in the world,
1:10.1	a Lissa Master Monaco. Hi, Fabs! What's up? Oh my god, I'm like, I almost cried when I walked into
1:16.0	the studio today. It's not bad. I remember when we were just two little punks going to Ruby Tuesdays
1:21.2	for some carb-free food before the Iowa caucuses in 2004 and here you are with like an empire.
1:27.5	That's right, that was 2004. I was thinking about that story. Because we've known each other for a
1:32.0	long time. So I graduated college in 2003, two weeks later I moved to DC and then I worked with you
1:38.4	every single day of my life until 2013 when I left the White House. Right, and so... There wasn't a
1:43.0	day. Not a day. No, we couldn't be separated. And the day that Fabs left the White House, I cried,
1:49.2	like the day I left the White House. I tried to give a toast tonight in the Rose of Altruim,
1:53.1	and I just started to cry. Oh yeah, that was just... And POTUS was like, don't steal my thunder.
1:59.6	You're also a New York Times best-selling author. You heard it your first. How exciting is that?
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