Ep. 460 — Ken Burns
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns can pinpoint the exact moment he knew he wanted to be a storyteller. After witnessing his father cry during a film, he understood the power of an impactful story. That,...
16 Sep 202159min
Ep. 459 — Clarissa Ward
Twenty years ago, as Clarissa Ward watched the 9/11 attacks unfold on television, she experienced a profound sense of shock and shame that she did not have a better grasp on what was happening in the ...
9 Sep 20211h 3min
Ep. 458 — Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman
After a behind-the-scenes career in the military that led to the National Security Council, retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman found himself thrust into the spotlight as a key witness in the first imp...
2 Sep 202158min
Ep. 457 — Dr. Leana Wen
Dr. Leana Wen has become a leading voice offering straightforward guidance on the Covid-19 pandemic, but her journey to professional prominence was anything but simple. Her family left China—where her...
26 Aug 202159min
Ep. 456 — Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi
Shortly after coming to America, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi’s family hit a financial rough patch. For a time, the family lived in public housing and relied on food stamps, a boost that instilled in Rep....
19 Aug 202159min
Ep. 455 — Anne Applebaum
Journalist Anne Applebaum began her career as a stringer in Poland in the late 1980s reporting on the fall of communism, an assignment that led her to drive to Germany when she heard the Berlin Wall w...
12 Aug 202156min
Ep. 454 — Amy Walter
Cook Political Report editor-in-chief and publisher Amy Walter grew up in a bipartisan household. Her mother was a Democrat, and her father was a Republican, a dynamic that her mother said primed Amy ...
5 Aug 202159min
Best of The Axe Files: Megan Rapinoe
With the Tokyo Olympics under way, we revisit a conversation from 2020 with Megan Rapinoe, captain of the U.S. women’s national soccer team and Olympic gold medalist. At the time, Rapinoe was skeptica...
29 Jul 202157min
