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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Finding love on the campaign trail

    For some people, Cupid strikes on the campaign trail. Just imagine the political organizers who have spent months rallying potential voters in Iowa. The organizers are mostly young, far from home, in strange towns, and lonely.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Feb 14, 2020 • 1 min read

    For some people, Cupid strikes on the campaign trail. Just imagine the political organizers who have spent months rallying potential voters in Iowa. The organizers are mostly young, far from home, in strange towns, and lonely. Sometimes they find each other.

    We speak with Lisa Bonos, who followed the story of love and lust on the campaign trail for the Washington Post. We also hear from Kristie Welder, who met her husband Brent in Iowa when she was working for the Howard Dean campaign. At the time, Brent was stumping for John Kerry in 2004.

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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Sarah Sweeney

      Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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      Alexandra Sif Tryggvadottir

      Associate producer

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      Lisa Bonos

      dating and relationship reporter for the Washington Post

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      Kristie Welder

      former campaign worker, met her husband on Howard Dean’s campaign

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    The full episode

    3 of 5
    Jackie Lacey dismisses weed convictions in LA. Why now?
    1. 0:00‘Isn’t just a matter of waving a wand’: Jackie Lacey on weed conviction dismissals
    2. 10:14Political forecaster: It’s about turnout, not swing voters
    3. 20:19Finding love on the campaign trailYou’re reading this
    4. 28:17LAPD might be putting innocent people in the California gang database
    5. 35:16‘To All the Boys’ sequel is cute but not in a good way, says critic
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