James Fallows on Jimmy Carter
I didn’t watch the funeral service for former president Jimmy Carter yesterday, but I thoroughly enjoyed this interview between John Heilemann and James Fallows, who, at 27, worked for Carter as the youngest White House speechwriter ever. Heilemann’s podcast, Impolitic, is one of my favorites, so this was like catnip for me.
He’s an infinitely interesting fella, and his assessment of Carter’s legacy and insights into our current political landscape is invaluable. I’m just a huge fan.
James Fallows: The Jimmy Carter Conundrum - Impolitic with John Heilemann
Join Puck’s chief political columnist, MSNBC/NBC News national affairs analyst, and best-selling author John Heilemann as he roams the corridors of power and influence in America on this twice-weekly interview show, taking you behind the scenes and beyond the headlines with the people who shape and shift our culture: icons and up-and-comers, incumbents and insurgents, moguls and machers in the overlapping worlds of politics, entertainment, tech, business, sports, media, and beyond. The conversations are rich and revealing, unrehearsed and unexpected … and reliably impolitic. A Puck-Audacy joint, new episodes drop every Wednesday and Friday.
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