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[dan Fried] Is The Department`s Foremost Russia Expert And He, Too, Is Now Leaving At A Time When Arguably The State Department Needs It Most, The State Department Will Not Have The Benefit Of His Insight Going Forward.

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The New [donald Trump] Administration May Not Want The Benefit Of [dan Fried] Expertise In Terms Of Figuring Out What Russia Is Up To With Us Right Now But I Do. I Mean, We Can All Benefit From It As A Country As We Figure Out What`s Going On Right Now With This Presidency And With Russia In Particular.

The Issues Which Mattered To Me As An Activist, Mainly Things Like Prison Reform And Aids, Have Less Of A Chance Of Getting Covered On My Show Than Things I Don't Have A Personal Interest In. It's Because I Don't Trust My Antenna About Being A Good Storyteller On Those Subjects, Because I Know A Lot And Therefore Lose Touch With What The Average Person Might Find Interesting About Them.

I Loved Being On The Radio. Being Paid To Talk? It's Like Being Paid To Eat.