To unlock exclusive content, visit: https://politicology.com/plus
What does it take for a mid-west mayor to become a viable presidential candidate?
What’s it like to be a crisis communications expert in the eye of New York City Tabloids?
What does it take to go from a field organizer to one of the most well respected communications strategists in American politics?
Lis Smith (former senior advisor to presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg) joins host Ron Steslow to discuss her career working on twenty-something political campaigns, and her new memoir, Any Given Tuesday: A Political Love Story
(01:25) Why “Any Given Tuesday?”
(02:56) What drew her to politics?
(07:48) Candidates as people, not two-dimensional characters
(10:57) What can losing campaigns teach you?
(14:45) Being in the eye of a tabloid news story
(29:32) How not to use Twitter (and how you can use it well)
(37:50) Tailoring comments on cable news
(45:11) Candidate Pete’s communications strategy
(56:21) The Gay Talk Express
You should read Any Given Tuesday: https://bit.ly/3AimMu7
Follow Lis and Ron on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3AimMu7
https://twitter.com/Lis_Smith
https://twitter.com/RonSteslow
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Boogeyman—The Weekly Roundup
“Dead To Rights” — George Conway on Trump’s 2nd Indictment
Spoiler Alert?—The Weekly Roundup
ENCORE: The Power of Silence — Part 2
ENCORE: The Power of Silence — Part 1
‘A Hostage They Couldn’t Shoot’—The Weekly Roundup
‘Give Ukraine What it Needs to Win’
[+] “Faith in America” [Preview]
DeCision 2024
TikTok Showdown: The RESTRICT Act Debate
ChatGPT Goes to Washington — The Weekly Roundup
Misunderstanding Misinformation
Musical Chairs — The Weekly Roundup
In Money We Trust
Collapse of Reality? — The Weekly Roundup
The Fight for Zimbabwe — Part 2: Prosperity, Justice, and Modernization
The Fight for Zimbabwe — Part 1: Confronting a Failed State
Tuckered Out — The Weekly Roundup
Politicology Mailbag with Mike Madrid & Anthony York
Are We Funding The Taliban? — The Weekly Roundup
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free