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The Axe Files with David Axelrod

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David Axelrod, the founder and director of the University of Chicago Institute of Politics, and CNN bring you The Axe Files, a series of revealing interviews with key figures in the politica...

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Ep. 605 — Ambassador Rahm Emanuel

This week marks a significant moment for The Axe Files: our final episode. We hope you have found these conversations to be as eye-opening a...

65:08Dec 19, 2024

Ep. 604 — Scott Jennings

Scott Jennings is well known as a conservative firebrand on CNN. From working for George W. Bush to being mentioned as a possible press secr...

65:19Dec 12, 2024

Ep. 603 — Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez

Democratic Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez has made waves—and won elections—by questioning who gets to be an expert on the needs of everyday Am...

52:12Dec 5, 2024

The Best of The Axe Files: Jon Meacham

This Thanksgiving, we’re revisiting a conversation with historian and writer Jon Meacham on his book, “And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln...

62:13Nov 28, 2024

Ep. 602 — Chris LaCivita

Chris LaCivita, GOP campaign pro and mastermind behind some of the party’s most ruthless yet effective political ads, says he focuses on a s...

63:02Nov 21, 2024

Ep. 601 — John Anzalone

Democratic pollster John Anzalone wants voters to know that pollsters are not prognosticators. Instead, they use their findings to help craf...

58:29Nov 14, 2024

The Axe Files: The 600th Episode

This week, The Axe Files reaches a milestone: 600 episodes. For this anniversary show, CNN’s Anderson Cooper sat down with David to talk abo...

67:39Oct 31, 2024

Ep. 599 — Charlamagne tha God

Charlamagne tha God—born Lenard McKelvey—got his start in radio by chance, but once he started, he was hooked. He now co-hosts The Breakfast...

61:54Oct 24, 2024

Ep. 598 — John King

CNN’s John King loves being an anchor, but looking back on the past few presidential elections, he felt he was missing something from inside...

63:46Oct 17, 2024

Ep. 597 — Ilana Dayan

Ilana Dayan, a prominent Israeli journalist, spoke with David last fall, just days after the October 7 massacre in Israel perpetrated by Ham...

61:37Oct 10, 2024

Ep. 596 — Secretary Janet Yellen

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has been thinking about the economy since she was a young girl in the working-class neighborhood of Bay Ridg...

62:55Oct 3, 2024

Ep. 595 — Kasie Hunt

As a child, journalist Kasie Hunt eagerly awaited the arrival of “Time” magazine each week. She loved current events, which eventually pique...

66:58Sep 26, 2024

Ep. 594 — Amb. Roger Carstens

At 11 years old, Roger Carstens, already an avid news consumer, was struck by stories of genocide in Cambodia. He resolved that when he grew...

64:59Sep 19, 2024

Ep. 593 — DeMar DeRozan

DeMar DeRozan is a six-time NBA All Star and an Olympic gold medalist. But perhaps the defining legacy of his career will be his decision to...

61:04Sep 12, 2024

Ep. 592 — Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi

Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi has joined David on The Axe Files many times to talk about her life, policy, and politics. With the recent rele...

64:47Aug 29, 2024

Ep. 591 — Ezra Klein

Journalist Ezra Klein has been covering politics for two decades, first as a blogger from his undergrad dorm room and now as an Opinion colu...

65:30Aug 15, 2024

Ep. 590 — Don Rose

Much has been said about perceived parallels between this year’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago and the 1968 convention, hallmark...

53:38Aug 8, 2024

Ep. 589 — Audie Cornish

As a longtime reporter and observer of American politics and culture, Audie Cornish spends her days chronicling and analyzing history as it’...

64:42Aug 1, 2024

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