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S16, Ep11 How To Fail: Bernie Sanders on defeat, defiance and the struggles that shaped him (plus: the power of mittens)

How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

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What Do You Think About the Mitts?

The image of a US senator standing there in a very non fancy coat with a pair of mittens appealed to people and maybe reminded folks of a sense of normalcy, which we were not experiencing. Do you still have them? I should have. Have any museums been in touch wanting? Well, that's what my wife does not allow me to wear them. Good for your wife. Put them away someplace, honestly. But I've had to get another pair of some. Yes, in years to come, you could auction them and make even more money. That's what she did. The answer to your question is I don't know why things become viral. It was an art

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