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Recode Decode: Chuck Todd, moderator, 'Meet the Press'
Episode 184

Recode Decode: Chuck Todd, moderator, 'Meet the Press'

Decoder with Nilay Patel · The Verge

January 29, 20181h 9m

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Show Notes

NBC News Political Director Chuck Todd talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about how he's evolving what it means to be the host of the longest-running series in TV history, "Meet the Press." Todd discusses how a childhood interest in politics led him to Washington, D.C., and how a lucky break at the pioneering digital service Hotline led him to NBC. He also talks about how technology accelerated trends of political polarization that began during Watergate and why social media has "peaked" in politics. Plus: Why the "best and the brightest" don't come to Washington anymore, and should anyone in Silicon Valley run for office?

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