94. DNC Special: The Young Buck (Josh Elliot)

Leading

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Politics, Government, News

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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What does a State Senator do? What is the difference in the energy at the DNC now the nominee is Kamala Harris, not Joe Biden? How do politicians become delegates? Rory and Alastair are joined by member of Connecticut's Congress, Josh Elliot, to answer all these questions and more. TRIP Plus: Become a member of The Rest Is Politics Plus to support the podcast, receive our exclusive newsletter, enjoy ad-free listening to both TRIP and Leading, benefit from discount book prices on titles mentioned on the pod, join our Discord chatroom, and receive early access to live show tickets and Question Time episodes. Just head to therestispolitics.com to sign up, or start a free trial today on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/therestispolitics. TRIP TOUR: To buy tickets for our October Tour, just head to www.therestispolitics.com Instagram: @restispolitics Twitter: @RestIsPolitics Email: [email protected] Podcast Editor: Nathan Copelin Video Editor: Teo Ayodeji-Ansell Social Producer: Jess Kidson Assistant Producer: Fiona Douglas Producer: Nicole Maslen Senior Producer: Dom Johnson Head of Content: Tom Whiter Exec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:13.0	Welcome to the Restis Politics.
0:19.0	Welcome to the Restis Politics with me Rory Stewart and me
0:22.0	Alisto Campbell Campbell and we're
0:23.5	sitting here it's a wonderful thing with the state representative from
0:26.3	Connecticut who for those you who are listening as opposed to watching rather
0:30.3	unusually given the rest of us walking around in suits, is in shorts?
0:33.7	Yes. That's kind of part of your trademark, right? I mean, you've appeared on the house for in Connecticut in shorts?
0:39.1	I'm not saying that all my colleagues love it, but I'm saying that I have been in office for eight
0:44.7	years. I just won a bruising primary. The general election will be in November, but
0:49.9	there's nobody running against me, so unless something that I cannot foresee happens I will be
0:55.6	elected to my fifth term but yes I am a more casually styled legislator and
1:01.0	tell us a little about you you. How old are you?
1:03.4	You grew up, I mean I used to live in Branford, Connecticut.
1:06.6	So you grew up in Guilford, is that right?
1:08.2	That's right.
1:09.2	Right on the coast?
1:10.2	About two towns away.
1:11.2	I lived there for a number of years. I left for New York. I lived in
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