‘Speed Kills’ with Maggie Haberman and Addisu Demissie

Battleground with Amanda Litman and Faiz Shakir

The Recount

Government, News, Politics

4.8 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Amanda brings Battleground fans a very special series finale, featuring guest co-host Addisu Demissie and a conversation with Maggie Haberman of The New York Times. Addisu is the CEO of More Than a Vote, a voting rights organization started by LeBron James. He has spent decades in politics, most recently as a campaign manager for Senator Cory Booker’s presidential run, and California Governor Gavin Newsom’s gubernatorial campaign in 2018. Maggie is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the Washington correspondent for The New York Times. She is currently writing a book about the former president.

In the last episode of Battleground, the three friends argue and agree about all things Twitter, the media, and politics. Plus, Amanda and Addisu discuss election results across the country, with progressives securing some big wins at the municipal level, while other Dems got served a rude awakening at the state level. But stay positive, folks, as we head into 2022 — teamwork makes the dream work. A big thanks to everyone who’s supported the show — now get out there and run for something.

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0:00.0	I'm Amanda Littman and this is Battleground, a podcast from the recount.
0:10.7	Our guest this week is Maggie Haberman, the Washington correspondent for The New York
0:14.3	Times.
0:15.3	It is a big sad day for us here at Battleground because this is unfortunately our last
0:22.0	show ever.
0:23.1	I am admittedly really bummed about that.
0:25.8	You guys have been amazing.
0:26.8	I have loved hearing from our listeners all across the country.
0:30.8	Some of you have been not so nice, but most of you have been really nice.
0:34.3	And I really enjoy the opportunity to get to ask some of the smartest people I know and
0:38.1	many of the ones I don't.
0:39.6	Questions about what's on their mind.
0:41.2	I especially enjoyed sitting on Joe Manchin.
0:42.9	It's one of my favorite activities.
0:45.4	Because it's our last episode, I thought it'd be fun to do it with a friend.
0:48.5	So I'm really excited to have my pal, a D. Sue Demisey, a campaign manager and political
0:53.2	strategist and executive director of More Than a Vote to help me with this conversation.
0:57.6	Hi, D. Sue.
0:59.1	Hi, Amanda.
1:00.1	It is good to be here for the last episode and obviously good to be here with you.
1:04.7	For folks who are not familiar with you, even though you are famous, oh, stop it.
1:08.7	Tell people a little bit about your background and what you do.
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