Katie Couric joins Alyssa Mastromonaco for a chat about Kamala Harris fundraising (featuring white people on Zoom calls), the Veepstakes, and calling MAGA Republicans like JD Vance “weird.” Then, Katie and Alyssa answer YOUR questions, covering romance, the idea of interviewing Melania Trump, and everything in between.

Show Notes

Katie Couric (Twitter/X, Instagram) + her podcast, Next Question + her newsletter, Wake Up Call

Francine Pascal, creator of beloved ‘Sweet Valley High’ books, dies at 92 (CNN)

If Kamala Harris Is a D.E.I. Candidate, So Is JD Vance (NYT Op-Ed)

Vance continues to feel the scratch of “childless cat ladies” (Axios)

Democrats Embrace ‘Weird’ Messaging on Trump (NYT)

Kamala Harris allies deploy new Trump attack line: he is ‘just plain weird’ (The Guardian)

Melania Trump to tell her story in memoir scheduled for this fall (The Guardian)

The Age of Grievance by Frank Bruni

Who Thought This Was a Good Idea?: And Other Questions You Should Have Answers to When You Work in the White House by Alyssa Mastromonaco

Going There by Katie Couric