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Farewell to ‘The Axe Files’

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After a remarkable 605 shows over more than nine years , David Axelrod is ending his ground-breaking podcast by interviewing his fellow Chicagoan , Rahm Emanuel .

David Gergen : I'm sad to see The Axe Files’ go, in part because it’s more essential now than ever.

Gergen says the show was equal parts therapy session and journalistic inquiry.

He says the son of an immigrant, Axelrod would invariably find common ground with those only a generation or two removed from freedom's flame.

David Gergen : I'll miss the Axe Files podcast, but I get why he wants to wrap it up with over 600 under his belt.

Axelrod knows politics ain’t beanbag, and even though he’s out of the campaign business he still pays a price for some grudges.

Biden was the only major Democratic contender in 2020 to skip the show.

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