#127 Jake Tapper: Leadership and Vulnerability (2023)

Jake Tapper has been a leading figure in American media for more than a decade, serving as the chief DC anchor at CNN, the host of the network's weekday show "The Lead with Jake Tapper," and the co-host of the Sunday public-affairs show, "State of the Union." During that time he's interviewed some of the most consequential and controversial figures in American politics, and in the process learned a few things about why powerful men are so reluctant to admit when they're wrong, and what it costs them in the end. On this 2023 episode of Paternal, Tapper discusses how he balanced a high-powered career in journalism with a life as a father of two children, how his own father influenced his upbringing in Philadelphia, and the traits that make a successful leader. Tapper's new book, All the Demons Are Here , is available wherever you buy books.

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#127 Jake Tapper: Leadership and Vulnerability (2023) is an episode from Paternal by Nick Firchau.

This episode is 36:29 long.

This episode was published on Mar 26, 2025.

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