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This edition: What is Jim Baker's Legacy?

Episode Details

Original tape date: October 5, 2020. First aired: October 12, 2020.

Conversations with Jim Zirin: For a quarter century James A. Baker reigned supreme as a consummate Washington operator, politician and statesman. He served four Presidents, ran five presidential campaigns, was White House Chief of Staff, Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of State at a time when Washington was a place of compromise and civility. Peter Baker and Susan Glasser, authors of the bestselling biography of The Man Who Ran Washington, tell Jim Zirin how Baker made real deals when making them was truly an art.

Guest List

Peter Baker Author and Chief White House Correspondent, The New York Times

Susan Glasser Author and Journalist, The New Yorker

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