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Brent Roske, ‘Iowa’s political bartender,’ talks Hawkeye State races

Political Theater

English - October 22, 2020 18:40 - 20 minutes - ★★★★★ - 40 ratings
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Brent Roske is a political animal, but it wasn’t supposed to be that way. A veteran Hollywood creative type, his series “Chasing the Hill,” about a fictional congressional campaign, was supposed to get it out of his system. It just lit the fire though, and he went on to run for Congress himself, move to Iowa, start a political talk show, Roske on Politics, and get involved in political strategy. And now, with several competitive races in the Hawkeye State in 2020, he’s doing what he does best: Getting politicians to open up in the public sphere.
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Brent Roske is a political animal, but it wasn’t supposed to be that way. A veteran Hollywood creative type, his series “Chasing the Hill,” about a fictional congressional campaign, was supposed to get it out of his system. It just lit the fire though, and he went on to run for Congress himself, move to Iowa, start a political talk show, Roske on Politics, and get involved in political strategy. And now, with several competitive races in the Hawkeye State in 2020, he’s doing what he does best: Getting politicians to open up in the public sphere.

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