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this is To the Point. What fires are stoking the burn?

Hello again, I'm Armin Alney, and this is a special edition of To the Point from Public Radio

International, a profile of Bernie Sanders, U.S. Senator and Presidential candidate.

He's nothing, if not consistent.

From college days in Chicago to Capitol Hill to this year's campaign,

he's pursued a single goal.

An economy that works for working families, not just the billionaire class.

Despite socialist-leaning, Sanders has worked with Republicans in the Senate as mayor of Burlington,

Vermont, he was praised for fiscal efficiency.

Biographers, old friends, and former staffers will tell us how a very private man has made himself one of this year's most important public figures.

Today's talking point, America's culture wars, who always wins, who always loses.

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Support for To the Point comes from the members of KCRW and from the Public Radio International Program Fund. Hello again, Warren-Aulney, back with a special edition of To the Point, a profile

of U.S. Senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.

With Hillary Clinton feeling the heat, what fires are stoking the burn? Harry Jaffe is author of the unauthorized biography Why Bernie Sanders Matters. Harry Jaffe, great to have you on our program.

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