John Colan Hill is the new host of the weeds a podcast from Vox all about politics and policy. This week for my first official episode in the host chair we're firing up the weeds time machine and taking a trip back to 1965 today is a trial for freedom as huge as any victory that's ever been won on any battlefield. We talk about one of the most significant pieces of civil rights legislation in US history the Voting Rights Act. With questions swirling around election integrity and the future of American democracy we figured there's no time like the president to look back on it subscribe to the weeds for new episodes every Tuesday morning.
He was King Charles’s Communications Chief for almost a decade. She wrote the book on Charles (literally). Our guests today – Patrick Harverson and Catherine Mayer – are two insiders who take us beyond the media spectacle and into the inner workings of both the Crown and the British media. They consider whether the revelations inside Prince Harry’s best-selling book “Spare” will shake-up a stodgy palace. They discuss the unquenching hunger of the tabloid machine, debate the resilience of the monarchy – and examine whether the response to this royal controversy hints at a deeper culture war brewing in Britain. Finally, they unpack an emotion that permeates Harry’s pages: grief.
Kara and Nayeema taped this episode in London where they were joined by Brooke Hammerling, a strategic communications expert and Kara’s go-to source for all things royal. Before and after the interview, the trio looks at how people on both sides of the pond are responding to the book’s many revelations. And Brooke shares why a tell-all … may not have been the best strategy for Harry and Meghan.
You can find Kara and Nayeema on Twitter at @karaswisher and @nayeema.
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