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CNN's Manu Raju vs. Jeff Flake: Cat and mouse
Playbook Deep Dive
English - November 12, 2021 10:00 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MB - ★★★★ - 1.1K ratingsNews news commentary news government politicians politico politics news analysis washington playbook politico playbook Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
It’s one of the most demanding jobs in Washington journalism: tracking
down a lawmaker who’s in the news but doesn’t necessarily want to talk.
For the Congress press corps, scoring that story-making quote might mean
standing on a marble staircase for hours — if the senator or
representative decides to talk at all. Playbook co-author Rachael Bade
takes us inside the Capitol Hill media “scrum” — as reporters like CNN’s
Manu Raju reveal their tricks of the trade… and former Senator Jeff
Flake discloses all the times he pretended to talk on his phone while
walking past reporters.
Rachael Bade is a Playbook co-author for POLITICO.
Jeff Flake is former Republican Senator from Arizona and
current Ambassador-designate to Turkey.
Manu Raju is CNN's chief congressional correspondent.
Annie Rees is a producer for POLITICO audio.
Carlos Prieto is a producer for POLITICO audio.
Jenny Ament is the senior producer for POLITICO audio.
Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.
Special thanks to Nicholas Wu, Kyle Cheney, Oriana Pawlyk, Nolan
McCaskill, Juliegrace Brufke, Paul Kane who were also featured reporters
in this episode.
It’s one of the most demanding jobs in Washington journalism: tracking down a lawmaker who’s in the news but doesn’t necessarily want to talk. For the Congress press corps, scoring that story-making quote might mean standing on a marble staircase for hours — if the senator or representative decides to talk at all. Playbook co-author Rachael Bade takes us inside the Capitol Hill media “scrum” — as reporters like CNN’s Manu Raju reveal their tricks of the trade… and former Senator Jeff Flake discloses all the times he pretended to talk on his phone while walking past reporters.
Rachael Bade is a Playbook co-author for POLITICO.
Jeff Flake is former Republican Senator from Arizona and current Ambassador-designate to Turkey.
Manu Raju is CNN's chief congressional correspondent.
Annie Rees is a producer for POLITICO audio.
Carlos Prieto is a producer for POLITICO audio.
Jenny Ament is the senior producer for POLITICO audio.
Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.
Special thanks to Nicholas Wu, Kyle Cheney, Oriana Pawlyk, Nolan McCaskill, Juliegrace Brufke, Paul Kane who were also featured reporters in this episode.