Yang Speaks to The Axe Files

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

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4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2020

⏱️ 61 minutes

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In this crossover edition of The Axe Files, David joins entrepreneur and former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang on his new podcast Yang Speaks. They talk about the future of the Democratic Party and what Joe Biden needs to do to win, Trump’s electoral strategy, the nation’s reckoning with social, racial, and economic inequality, and what America might look like in a post-Trump world.

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0:00.0	And now, from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN Audio, the Axe Files, with
0:12.5	your host, David Axelrod.
0:19.9	I sat down the other day for a joint podcast with my friend, the always thoughtful and interesting
0:24.3	Andrew Yang, who made such a splash in the presidential race and now hosts his own Yang
0:28.8	Speaks podcast, great conversation about life, politics, and the future.
0:35.8	And here it is.
0:45.0	I am thrilled to welcome to Yang Speaks, or vice versa.
0:49.2	This is the Yang Speaks Axe Files crossover.
0:51.9	It's like a superhero team up, Marvel DC.
0:56.2	Yeah, exactly.
0:57.2	No, it's great to be with you, Andrew, always.
1:00.2	What an irresistible pairing.
1:02.2	Yes, it's like half of a CNN studio has come to life.
1:07.2	Exactly.
1:09.2	And everybody misses those.
1:12.2	How have you been?
1:13.2	Yeah, I've been good in the scheme of things.
1:16.4	Just working hard, trying to do as much positive stuff as possible, get money out to people.
1:22.1	We're now at $6.5 million in direct economic aid to people in microgrants of between $250
1:29.7	to $1,000.
1:31.2	I just launched this data dividend project this week.
1:33.7	I don't know if you saw that.
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