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Tara Palmeri takes her turn as the interviewee in a podcast swap with The Assignment with Audie Cornish. Audie dives into Tara’s journey as a journalist, what it’s like to cover a campaign in this period of political pessimism, and more.

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Host: Tara Palmeri
Guest: Audie Cornish
Producers: Devon Baroldi and Conor Nevins

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