Nikki Haley's Misleading "Moderate" Reputation | Jason Isbell
Feb 23, 2024
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Exploring Nikki Haley's conservative policies and her misleading 'moderate' reputation, Beyoncé's historic achievement on the country music charts, a White House biting incident, AT&T outage, Jason Isbell's approach to songwriting inspired by personal experiences and political issues, and his acting debut in Scorsese's film.
Nikki Haley's conservative policies challenge her 'moderate' label in the political sphere.
Jason Isbell draws songwriting inspiration from personal experiences, political issues like gun control, and film work.
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Desi Lydic explores Nikki Haley’s campaign against Trump, and how she’s become characterized as the "moderate" candidate despite her staunchly conservative, and even extreme, policies. Meanwhile Beyoncé becomes the first Black woman to top the country charts, a new report gives more details about Commander Biden's White House biting spree, and Troy Iwata enjoys an unplugged morning thanks to a major AT&T outage. And Grammy-winning musician Jason Isbell discusses his latest album “Weathervanes,” sharing his method for approaching songwriting and how past real-life experiences and political issues like gun control inspire his songs. Isbell also reflects on his first experience acting on the set of Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” and how filming inspired the songwriting on his latest album.