Will the Polar Vortex in Iowa Freeze Out the Trump Voter? Plus, Tina Nguyen on the ‘MAGA Diaries’

Somebody's Gotta Win with Tara Palmeri

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4.4 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Tara is joined by veteran political strategist and co-host of the 'Highball Politics' podcast, David Kochel, to talk about the importance of the upcoming Iowa caucus for Donald Trump and the other GOP presidential hopefuls. Next, friend and founding correspondent for Puck news, Tina Nguyen, stops by the pod to discuss her upcoming memoir, ‘The MAGA Diaries: My Surreal Adventures in the Right Wing, and How I Got Out.' They share their personal experiences coming up as young journalists in the conservative media sphere, shine a light on some of the MAGA movement’s inner machinations, and talk about its impact on the 2024 presidential election (35:57). For more of Tara's reporting, please sign up for her newsletter 'The Best & The Brightest' at puck.news/tarapalmeri and use the discount code TARA20. Host: Tara Palmeri Guests: David Kochel and Tina Nguyen Associate Producer: Chris Sutton Production Supervision: Conor Nevins Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:56.8	nominating process. It's January 8th today and the Caucus is on January 15th in Iowa.
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