On the Media   /     How Kash Patel Came to Loathe the Media and Love Trump

Summary

How Kash Patel went from a little-known, largely inexperienced civil servant to being nominated for an enormous role in the Trump administration.

Subtitle
How Kash Patel went from a little-known, largely inexperienced civil servant to being nominated for an enormous role in the Trump administration.
Duration
00:17:21
Publishing date
2025-02-19 08:00
Link
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm
Contributors
  Elaina Plott Calabro, Micah Loewinger
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Shownotes

This week, the Senate will consider more of Trump’s Cabinet nominees, including his pick for FBI director, Kash Patel. For this midweek podcast, we're looking back at this conversation host Micah Loewinger had with Atlantic staff writer Elaina Plott Calabro, who charted Patel's rise to power, starting at the very beginning of his legal career. She explains how he came to loathe the media, and love Trump.

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