Hi everyone it's Joy Reed back in 2020 as then Senator Kamala Harris

was running alongside Joe Biden for the White House MS NBC and Wundery teamed up on a podcast called Kamala Next In Line.

It was hosted by yours truly and told the stories that shaped the woman we know today.

Now with about a month to go until election day,

we're resharing that series again,

but only as a special treat for our MS NBC premium subscribers. So if you haven't signed up for premium yet, now's the time.

When you do, you'll get MS NBC's original podcasts ad-free on Apple Podcasts, plus early access to select content and monthly bonus content like Kamala next in line.

And to give you a taste of the benefits, I wanted to share an excerpt from the first episode here.

Around the same time Gary Delainis met Kamala Harris,

Rebecca Prozen got a phone call.

And, you know, the call that changed my life,

Senator Harris called and was like, look, I'm looking for a campaign manager.

Are you interested?

She didn't know Kamala well, but she knew her reputation and that she'd recently

announced her run for district attorney.

San Francisco political scene is literally like high school.

Rebecca had recently chaired a local election campaign and had worked in

Willie Brown's office for five years. She hadn't been looking to run another

campaign but she agreed to come in and meet with Kamala and her political

consultant. But it was like a redone basement office.

So it was an open, like there was maybe three desks in there.

And then we were like in the sitting,

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