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Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Who is Kellyanne Conway?

Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway was already in the unenviable position of defending her boss on TV after the infamous Access Hollywood tape came out last Friday. It has since been revealed that Trump told Howard Stern years ago that it was okay to call his daughter a nice piece of you-know-what, putting Conway back on the defensive.

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By Madeleine Brand • Oct 12, 2016 • 1 min read

Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway was already in the unenviable position of defending her boss on TV after the infamous Access Hollywood tape came out last Friday. It has since been revealed that Trump told Howard Stern years ago that it was okay to call his daughter a nice piece of you-know-what, putting Conway back on the defensive. She’s the first woman to run a Republican presidential campaign, and the subject of a new profile in the New Yorker. Madeleine speaks to the writer.

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    Madeleine Brand

    Host, 'Press Play'

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    Producer, 'The Document'

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    Anna Scott

    Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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    Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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    New Yorker magazine / Georgetown University

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