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A Former Trump Official on Politics, Polarization, and a Path Forward

Alexandra Hutton

Ciaran O’Connor interviews Alexandra (Lexie) Hudson, a writer and education policy expert, who served as an Assistant to Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos in the Trump administration.  Lexie recently attended a Better Angels workshop and wrote an article in Quillette about her experience.  Have a listen:

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