September 9 – Ron Brownstein with Madeleine Brand

Ronald Brownstein, a two-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of presidential campaigns, is a senior political analyst at CNN, a columnist for Bloomberg Opinion, and has served as senior editor at The Atlantic. He also served as the national political correspondent and national affairs columnist for the Los Angeles Times and covered the White House and national politics for the National Journal. He is the author of seven books, most recently, “Rock me on the Water,” about the confluence of music, movies, television and politics, and “The Second Civil War: How Extreme Partisanship Has Paralyzed Washington and Polarized America.”