Ep. 592 — Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

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4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi has joined David on The Axe Files many times to talk about her life, policy, and politics. With the recent release of her book, “The Art of Power,” the two again met to talk at the University Club of Chicago during the Democratic National Convention. Although they spoke before an audience, it sounded more like a conversation between Pelosi and a roomful of friends as she reflected on the high points of her career, Joe Biden exiting the presidential race, and the importance of protecting the Constitution on Election Day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And now from the Institute of Politics at the University of Chicago and CNN audio,
0:11.3	The Axxwiles.
0:12.3	With your host, David Axelrod.
0:16.2	I've had a lot of conversations with Nancy Pelosi, but none quite like our rollicking
0:20.9	chat last week at the University Club of Chicago. The occasion was the publication of her new book, The Art of Power. And it took place in the middle of a Democratic Convention Week she had helped dramatically reshape.
0:34.6	Altering the 2024 presidential race.
0:37.7	Here's that conversation. Thank you.
0:43.0	Thank you.
0:45.0	Speaker, I've done this many times. I've never gotten an ovation like that before.
0:50.0	Welcome to Chicago. Yeah, so what have been up to lately. We'll get to that later. I was at an event.
1:00.0	We'll get to that later. I was at an event before I came here and I was talking to
1:07.5	John Anseloni who's a great pollster you know in the Democratic Party. So I'm going over to do a book event with Nancy Pelosi and he
1:14.8	just smiled and said she's such a badass.
1:18.6	And uh... And I said, but the good thing is she's a bad ass for a purpose.
1:29.0	And your book is called The Art of Power.
1:32.0	You can see I've folded over every other page here.
1:36.0	Your book is called The Art of Power,
1:38.0	but you also exercise power for a purpose.
1:42.0	So I really want to ask you about the purpose of power in your
1:47.8	world, in your mind, in your life. Well thank you David for your very warm welcome.
1:53.6	I thank all of you.
1:55.0	It's so great to be in Chicago, and isn't it going so well?
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