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Overheard with Evan Smith
Jonathan Alter
Season 1
Episode 1
Longtime Newsweek columnist Jonathan Alter joins us to discuss the latest in politics, the midterm elections and The Promise: President Obama, Year One, his new book about the beginning of Obama’s presidency.
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Jeffrey Goldberg, editor in chief of The Atlantic, discusses their reporting on US politics.
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