Live from Washington, D.C., we celebrate our two-year anniversary! First up, fmr. CIA officer, State Dept. spokesperson & Fox News contributor Marie Harf and fmr. FBI special agent Pete Lapp joined us to discuss why they got into government & the public mistrust surrounding their former employers. Later, our panel of journalists, Washington Post national politics reporter Sabrina Rodriguez, NPR politics reporter Ximena Bustillo & Reuters foreign policy correspondent Idrees Ali join us to discuss the current state of journalism, why they got into the profession, how to cover misinformation & disinformation from politicians & more.

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