<description>&lt;p&gt;It’s been a week. To help us through it, we’ve enlisted &lt;em&gt;The New York Times &lt;/em&gt;political reporter Astead Herndon.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;We start with election night 2024 versus election night 2016 (6:35), what Astead discovered about the electorate reporting across the U.S. on his podcast&lt;a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-run-up/id1142083165"&gt; &lt;em&gt;The Run-Up&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (9:25), and how insider Democrats arrived at a second Biden run in 2023 (13:30). Then, we discuss politicians’ “lowercase racist” assumptions about Black and Latino voters (16:02), Herndon’s telling one on one interview with Vice President Harris (22:52), and the pervasive, nationwide sentiments that led to Donald Trump’s re-election (32:24).&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;On the back-half: where the Harris campaign fell short in its messaging to voters (38:48), the rise of the “podcast election” (44:48), a revealing window into the Biden administration (47:35), how quickly “good intentions” can turn power corrupted (53:01), and why the Democratic party must remake itself (1:00:55) as we begin to move forward from this election (1:06:00).&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Thoughts or future guest ideas? Email us at &lt;a href="mailto:sf@talkeasypod.com"&gt;sf@talkeasypod.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener"&gt;omnystudio.com/listener&lt;/a&gt; for privacy information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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What Can Be, Burdened By What Has Been (with Astead Herndon of NYT)

NOV 10, 202469 MIN
Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso

What Can Be, Burdened By What Has Been (with Astead Herndon of NYT)

NOV 10, 202469 MIN

Description

It’s been a week. To help us through it, we’ve enlisted The New York Times political reporter Astead Herndon.

We start with election night 2024 versus election night 2016 (6:35), what Astead discovered about the electorate reporting across the U.S. on his podcast The Run-Up (9:25), and how insider Democrats arrived at a second Biden run in 2023 (13:30). Then, we discuss politicians’ “lowercase racist” assumptions about Black and Latino voters (16:02), Herndon’s telling one on one interview with Vice President Harris (22:52), and the pervasive, nationwide sentiments that led to Donald Trump’s re-election (32:24).

On the back-half: where the Harris campaign fell short in its messaging to voters (38:48), the rise of the “podcast election” (44:48), a revealing window into the Biden administration (47:35), how quickly “good intentions” can turn power corrupted (53:01), and why the Democratic party must remake itself (1:00:55) as we begin to move forward from this election (1:06:00).

Thoughts or future guest ideas? Email us at [email protected].

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.