This is an episode of the podcast "9 to 5ish with theSkimm". Listen to the show wherever you get your podcasts.
When Jen Psaki became President Obama’s White House Communications Director, she was pregnant. Later, she became President Biden’s Press Secretary, and she had to navigate her role as a mom and as the White House’s chief spokesperson. A big challenge, considering when you work for the president, you’re expected to be on call 24/7. Today, we spoke to Jen about what doing both actually looked like for her – from the hard realities to the help she got along the way.
In this episode, Jen shares:
Stronger Than Yesterday: Antitrust Laws, Britney, Pride Diplomacy
Heat of the Moment: Biden Meets Putin, SCOTUS, and Juneteenth
Call Them What You Want To: Voting Bills, COVID Variants, Royal Offspring
New School: Naomi Osaka, Global Vax Access, Teaching Tulsa
Something’s in the Air: Pollen, COVID Origin Theories, Police Reform
The Price Is Not Right: Mideast Fighting, Inflation, Summer Travel
Is This Gonna Be Forever?
Shoot for the Moon
What Are You Waiting For?
Skimm Special: Your Best and Worst Pandemic Buys
Like the Sea We Rise
Fury Road: Minnesota, Infrastructure, and Scream Science
Soundtrack to the Summer
Trials and Tribulations: Minneapolis, Myanmar, and Amazon
This Is Us Trying: Gun Reform, Reparations, Grounded Ships
This Could Be Anywhere in the World
Looking Back, Springing Forward, and Hitting Up Obama
Doctor's Orders: Talking COVID with the CDC + Beating Zoom Fatigue
#VaccineGoals
The She-cession Crisis: Policy Meets Reality
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