John Hendrickson
The Catalyst
Ideas with a spark, energy, range and the ability to start things.
John Hendrickson is a journalist and author who uses his platform to raise awareness about stuttering and the challenges associated with it. This interview reveals his ability to inspire others to embrace their challenges and find their voice, demonstrating a commitment to mobilizing people around important social issues.
“2018, where I was tapping for a job at Roe Stone covering politics and then a year later tapped for a job at the Atlantic doing politics. And when I got there to the Atlantic, my first week, our features editors, Denise, had asked me if I had any evergreen ideas tied to the 20 election.”
“Pivoting back to childhood, or he goes another place. And so it dawns on me as we're now at the 50 minute mark, and I think I had just an hour, like, he's not going to say it. This is not going to happen. And I left his office that day mad. I was mad at myself because I felt like I had failed as a journalist.”
“30 minutes and he just reacted to my stutter with total neutrality and treating me like any other journalist. And we ended up having a great conversation with a lot of improvisation. And I tossed out some of my questions because I was just in the moment and it was just.”
“New York to me has always just felt kind of like an old sweatshirt and kind of like a puzzle piece fit and to use one more completely unrelated metaphor here. Like the island of Misfit Toys, you know, everybody who's here is people who want to be here. going after something and they're creative and they work hard.”
The Axe Files with David Axelrod — Ep. 526 — John Hendrickson
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