The Debate about Debates - with Susan Page
<p>This week Katie and Jennifer are joined by award-winning journalist, author and the Washington Bureau Chief for USA Today, Susan Page.</p><br><p>Susan has covered six White House administrations and ten presidential elections, and interviewed nine presidents. She was the first woman to serve as music chairman of the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gridiron_Club" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gridiron Club</a>&nbsp;show and was the president of the club, the oldest association of journalists in Washington, in 2011. She was president of the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_Correspondents_Association" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">White House Correspondents Association</a>&nbsp;in 2000.</p><br><p>In 2019 she wrote a biography of former&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Lady_of_the_United_States" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">First Lady</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Bush" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Barbara Bush</a>&nbsp;titled&nbsp;<em>The Matriarch: Barbara Bush and the Making of an American Dynasty</em>. &nbsp;And is working on an upcoming biography of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.</p><br><p>Earlier this month she served as&nbsp;the moderator of the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_debates#Vice_presidential_debate_(University_of_Utah)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">2020 vice presidential debate</a>&nbsp;between&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Pence" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mike Pence</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_Harris" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kamala Harris</a>, which took place on October 7, 2020 in Salt Lake City.</p><br><p>Support this show <a target="_blank" rel="payment" href="http://supporter.acast.com/words-matter">http://supporter.acast.com/words-matter</a>.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>
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This week Katie and Jennifer are joined by award-winning journalist, author and the Washington Bureau Chief for USA Today, Susan Page.
Susan has covered six White House administrations and ten presidential elections, and interviewed nine presidents. She was the first woman to serve as music chairman of the Gridiron Club show and was the president of the club, the oldest association of journalists in Washington, in 2011. She was president of the White House Correspondents Association in 2000.
In 2019 she wrote a biography of former First Lady Barbara Bush titled The Matriarch: Barbara Bush and the Making of an American Dynasty. And is working on an upcoming biography of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Earlier this month she served as the moderator of the 2020 vice presidential debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris, which took place on October 7, 2020 in Salt Lake City.
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