Bob Schieffer's "About the News" with H. Andrew Schwartz

Bob Schieffer's "About the News" with H. Andrew Schwartz

Author: CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies Language: English Episodes: 50
Each week, legendary CBS News journalist Bob Schieffer and CSIS chief communications officer H. Andrew Schwartz sit down for a conversation that goes behind the headlines. Their Bob Schieffer's "About the News" with H. Andrew Schwartz podcast features the people who are actually reporting the stories, creating a unique dialogue about the craft of journalism itself and how the news shapes our political and policy landscapes. This is a production of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in collaboration with the Bob Schieffer College of Communication at TCU. Rather than just analyzing events, Schieffer and Schwartz engage with the most interesting voices from across the media spectrum, from established legacy institutions to the dynamic digital frontier. Listeners are brought into a substantive discussion about the forces that determine what becomes news, how it is presented, and the real-world consequences of that coverage. The tone is informed and conversational, drawing on decades of experience to ask the questions that get to the heart of modern journalism. Tuning into this podcast provides a deeper understanding of the news cycle from the inside out, offering context and perspective that is often missing from the daily chatter.
Episodes
New Yorker’s Evan Osnos: Dispatch From Pyongyang [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 37:39
In this episode, we talk to the New Yorker’s Evan Osnos about his New Yorker piece “The Risk of Nuclear War with North Korea.” Osnos spent 5 days in late August visiting Pyongyang. His reporting on the “historic uncertai…
ABC's Jonathan Karl at the UN with Trump [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 32:35
In this episode ABC's Jonathan Karl calls in from New York, where he's covering President Trump's visit to the UN plus a discussion about the Muller investigation.
Politico’s Josh Dawsey: Gen. Flynn Scoop [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 38:25
Politico’s Josh Dawsey reported today that as a top official on President Donald Trump’s transition team, former Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn actively promoted a private-sector scheme to build dozens of nuclear reactors a…
NYT’s Glenn Thrush: What’s Going On? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 33:58
When we really want to know what’s going on deep inside the Trump White House and with the President himself, there is no one better to turn to that New York Times White House correspondent Glenn Thrush. In this intervie…
Politico’s Tara Palmeri: A Reporter With Sources [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 41:22
Sean Spicer infamously said Politico’s star White House correspondent Tara Palmeri was “an idiot with no real sources.” We beg to differ! In this wide ranging discussion taped on the eve of President Trump’s August vacti…
Race to the Top: Graham Allison on Balancing China [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 46:32
In this episode, Bob sits down with prominent political scientist and professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School, Graham Allison. Allison discusses his recent book, Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s…
Ruth Marcus: A Matter of Opinion [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 0:00
In this episode we sit down with Ruth Marcus, an accomplished political columnist who has been with the Washington Post for 33 years. Ruth tells us why the Post seeks to challenge the “self-imposed siloization” of Americ…
Politico’s Playbook: Pulse of Political Pop Culture [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 0:00
In this episode we talk to Playbook’s Anna Palmer and Jake Sherman, two members of the team that took the reins from Playbook’s creator Mike Allen a year ago this month. Since that time, Anna and Jake, along with Daniel…
Ezra Klein: Collusion is Likely [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 0:00
In this episode with Vox’s Ezra Klein, we discuss the Donald Trump, Jr. emails, what “collusion means” and what Klein calls “a dark time” in Washington. Download transcript here.