Former DNC chair Jaime Harrison launches a podcast -- and invites Hunter Biden as an early guest [View all]
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Source: NBC News
July 16, 2025, 4:00 AM EDT
Former Democratic National Committee chair Jaime Harrison is stepping back into the political arena with a new podcast as he — and his party — look to bounce back from losing the White House last year.
In a wide-ranging conversation with NBC News ahead of the launch of the podcast, Harrison framed himself as unshackled from the "straitjacket" of the sensitivities of leading the national party and argued that one way Democrats can rebuild trust with Americans is by embracing their more authentic selves. "We need more voices that are anchored in the Democratic Party, because some of the podcasts that are out there are more often criticizing the Democratic Party instead of really promoting the assets and the leaders that we have," he said.
The early episodes of “At Our Table” feature interviews with three well-known party leaders: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn. But the roster of Harrison’s first guests also includes Hunter Biden — the son of President Joe Biden whose business dealings, drug addiction and legal woes were part of the political attacks on the former president. The then-president’s decision to pardon his son after he was found guilty on three felony gun charges also drew condemnation across the political spectrum.
Asked why he wanted to interview Biden, who many Democrats saw as a political vulnerability for the then-president and his party, Harrison told NBC News that he wanted to push back on the “caricature” of the ex-president's son. The episode will come out next week.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/former-dnc-chair-jaime-harrison-launches-podcast-invites-hunter-biden-rcna218788
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