Scott Jennings INTERVIEW: Good Faith Debates, Weight Loss Triumphs, Signalgate, & the Future of CNN

Chicks on The Right Show w Mock & Daisy

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🗓️ 29 March 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In this exciting episode, Scott Jennings takes us on a journey from his days as a White House advisor to becoming a prominent conservative voice on CNN. We dive deep into his transition from politics to media, discussing the challenges and rewards of maintaining friendships across the aisle, debating in good faith, and navigating the often-hostile political discourse. Scott opens up about the role of credibility, the impact of the Afghanistan withdrawal, and what it takes to stay authentic in today’s media world.

He shares the highs and lows of life behind the scenes at CNN, including his take on national security, the future of legacy media, and what’s next for his career. Plus, Scott reveals how he shed 60 pounds on his health and fitness journey, and how his family—and pets—have handled his newfound fame.From the latest challenges in political rhetoric to insights on the future of the Democratic Party, this conversation is packed with thought-provoking moments and laughs along the way.

Whether you’re a political junkie or just curious about the intersection of media and personal life, you won’t want to miss Scott's candid and lively reflections!Tune in now for a conversation full of wit, wisdom, and a glimpse into the ever-evolving world of politics and media.

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0:00.0	Welcome to another edition of The Chicks on the Right Podcast. You guys, I know everybody's just as excited as we are to have got Jennings. I have to purr on our show. Every single time. She has to do the purr because I can't do it.
0:19.5	You all are terrific to have me on.
0:22.6	And I just have to say, I hear from people all over the country almost every day.
0:27.7	Do you know these amazing women on the chicks on the right?
0:30.7	They're playing your clips.
0:32.1	They're talking about you again.
0:33.5	They're purring about you.
0:34.6	I'm like, I don't know them personally, but I feel like we have this
0:37.8	cosmic connection. And so this engagement's been a long time in the making, and I'm very
0:43.2	grateful to be here and for everything. So happy to have you. And after today, you can say,
0:47.3	I personally know them. We're like BFS now. That's right. So there you guys. Yeah.
0:51.8	Well, and this is going to be unlike perhaps other shows that you do
0:55.3	because most of the time when you're on CNN, you're talking about all the news, you're talking
0:59.3	about the stuff that's going on right now. But very rarely, do we ever hear you talk about you?
1:05.1	And that's what we want to know about. That's what our audience wants to know about.
1:08.9	So we thought we would kick it off just by asking you how you transitioned from being a White House advisor in the George Bush administration to being, let's face it, the star of the CNN right now. Like you're the reason people are tuning in. How did that all happen?
1:25.3	Well, it's a long story. I worked in politics for a long
1:28.8	time beginning in the year 2000. So I've been doing this for 25 years and did work for President
1:33.8	George W. Bush. And ultimately, when that was over, I did both campaigns and served in his White
1:39.0	House. I went home to Kentucky and started a private firm and continued to work in politics somewhat there.
1:45.5	I joined CNN in June of 2017. I had actually done about a year with Fox News before that during
1:53.2	the 2016 campaign, but I joined CNN in 2017 and I've been there ever since, and I've seen a lot of
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