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Susan Page discusses her book on Queen Elizabeth II's relationships with American presidents and reflects on her career in journalism.

This was one of our most listened-to conversations of the past year. If you missed it the first time, here's your second chance. She moderated the fly debate. She interviewed Stephen Hawking. She covered 12 presidential campaigns and sat down with the last 10 presidents. And she spent years inside Queen Elizabeth’s extraordinary vantage point on American democracy — one that no American journalist could ever fully replicate. Two minutes. Real impact. Leave a review: lovethepodcast.com/politicsandreligion Susan Page, Washington Bureau Chief of USA TODAY, joins Corey to discuss her latest book, The Queen and Her Presidents: a sweeping account of Queen Elizabeth II’s relationships with every American president from Truman to Biden. But this conversation goes well beyond the book. Susan reflects on a career that began in a converted car dealership on Long Island, the lessons she learned covering her first president (and how badly she blew it), what it really takes to develop sources across decades of political reporting, and why — from a Kansas girl’s perspective — the people on both sides of our divide love America more than we give them credit for. Calls to Action ✅ If this…

People in this episode

Host: Corey

Guest: Susan Page

Topics covered

• American democracy
• political reporting
• Queen Elizabeth II
• presidential relationships
• journalism

Keywords

• Susan Page
• Queen Elizabeth II
• American democracy
• political reporting
• USA TODAY
• presidents
• journalism

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Organizations: USA TODAY

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