The Political Mind of Jerry Brown

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  • The Political Mind of Jerry Brown brings listeners the wisdom of the former Governor, Mayor, and presidential candidate. Scott Shafer interviewed Brown for more than 40 hours, covering the former governor’s life and half-century in the political game — and Brown has some lessons he’d like to share.
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  • Introducing The Political Mind of Jerry Brown

    Introducing The Political Mind of Jerry Brown
    Dec 18 2019
    Jerry Brown often complains that no one comes to him for political advice. So we came knocking, and we’re glad we did. Across more than forty hours of exclusive interviews, Brown shares his lessons on politics and government gleaned from his five decades in the arena. 
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    3 mins
  • The Novice

    The Novice
    Jan 11 2020
    Before Jerry Brown was a political chessmaster, he was a political novice. He grows up in a world apart from the political rise of his father, Governor Pat Brown, and enters the Jesuit novitiate to study for the priesthood. But in 1960, he gives his father some political advice that nearly derails Pat’s career. In the process, Brown learns that the world of politics is very different from the world of ideas. 
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    24 mins
  • Ins and Outs

    Ins and Outs
    Jan 11 2020
    Jerry Brown’s political ambitions could not have come from less humble beginnings. A conversation overheard in the governor’s mansion sparks his political interest, and his father’s crushing defeat to Ronald Reagan illuminates the guiding principle for his political rise: politics is a struggle between those in and out of power. Brown’s weapon of choice against the ins? Political reform. 
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    29 mins

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