It's Now Literally Life or Death with guests Juliette Kayyem & Reed Galen

Honestly Speaking with Tara Setmayer

English - May 09, 2020 13:44 - 1 hour - 92.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 266 ratings
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Previous Episode: No, We're Not Testing Enough to Reopen with guest Ron Klain

Next Episode: What the hell is Obamagate? with Guest Harry Litman

This week's episode includes two fantastic interviews.

Despite increasing infection rates and a COVID-19 death toll on pace to hit 100,000 in a few weeks, Trump has pivoted to reopening the economy in hopes of saving his re-election. Former DHS official, CNN National Security Analyst and Harvard Professor Juliette Kayyem discusses the alarming failures of the Trump administration's response and why Trump's you're "one your own now" approach to the COVID-19 fight will cost lives.

Want to know why Trump flew into a twitter rage at 1am over a campaign ad? Meet Reed Galen, a co-founder of the Lincoln Project whose recent "Mourning in America ad" is driving Trump crazy. Reed reacts to the Trump attacks, explains the origins of the ad and what the group is doing to defeat Trump in November.