Ana Marie Cox
The Disruptor
Contrarian and drawn to the edge; challenges the settled answer.
Ana Marie Cox is a prominent journalist and podcaster known for her sharp wit and critical perspective on politics and culture. This interview highlights her role as a disruptor, as she navigates complex topics and encourages candid discussions about personal and societal challenges.
“Although it's funny, I would say that actually, again, Trump's conception of the media for all of his use of Twitter and the way that bots have like corrupted our democracy and Facebook's algorithm is killing us. Trump's vision of what media is is 20 years old.”
“Certain things you're going to have He's got a emotional language is probably numbers. But it's there. And his love for me, I never doubted. He always thought I could do anything and encouraged me in everything that I did.”
“Well, it was actually John Lovett that really hit on the title. I had been wanting to call it some of my best friends, which is sort of the same idea. Like some of my best friends are XYZ. Think actually he hit on a theme that's a better description of the project, which is not so much like left and right.”
“Yeah. And when I didn't act responsibly, the whole like, I'm not mad, I'm disappointed. Like, coming from my dad, it can really weighs a lot. Because also, like, it was this feeling like he was treating me with all this respect. And if I didn't treat him with respect back, then I had failed him in some way.”
The Axe Files with David Axelrod — Ep. 225 - Ana Marie Cox
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