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Notes on the Stories We Tell

Ben Rhodes, Alex Wagner

The world as it is and the world as it should be. Writing on politics and power, history and travel, books and the people I meet along the way.

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  • Ben Rhodes

    Pod Save the World. New York Times. Author: All We Say, After the Fall, and the World As It Is. Former Obama speechwriter and deputy national security advisor. Knicks and Mets.

  • Alex Wagner

    Host of "Runaway Country" on Crooked Media + author of "How the Hell with Alex Wagner" on Substack + contributor, "Pod Save America" + MSNOW senior political analyst + worried mom + lover of milkshakes

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