Leonard Lopate Weekend: Obama's White House, Bridging the Political Divide, Chris Hayes

The Leonard Lopate Show | Mar 24, 2017

Alyssa Mastromonaco recalls her time working in the Obama White House as Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. The political lines between parties keep becoming more embattled these days, and we asked our listeners whether or not they felt more isolated from the rest of the country, or from friends and family. Emmy Award-winning MSNBC host Chris Hayes joined us to discuss his book A Colony in a Nation.

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