Dana Taylor
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4,452 appearances
116 recordings
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first heard Mar 2025
last heard 2d ago
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The White House press secretary is one of the most visible and demanding jobs in American politics.
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Long hours and constant scrutiny, along with little separation between work and home, can take a toll, especially for parents of young children.
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What can their experiences tell us about the demands of high pressure careers while also raising a family?
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Hello and welcome to USA Today's The Excerpt.
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I'm Dana Taylor.
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Today is Wednesday, September second, twenty twenty six.
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Carolyn Levitt is now leaving the role months after having her second child, saying she wants more time with her family.
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As USA Today government and accountability reporter Erin Mansfield found, other recent press secretaries who were mothers have described many of the same pressures.
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Erin, thank you so much for joining me.
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And what did Carolyn Levitt say about why she's leaving and what did you find when you looked at her decision alongside other recent White House press secretaries?
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Your analysis found that the mothers who served as press secretary stayed in the job for an average of 18 months, about a year less than everyone else.
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What stood out to you when you looked at those numbers?
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Economist Claudia Golden uses the term greedy jobs for careers that demand extraordinary amounts of time and availability.
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What does the day to day reality of the press secretary job look like?
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Sticking with that, several of the press secretaries you spoke with talked about missing bedtimes, school drop off sports, ordinary moments with their children.
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What did you hear about the effect, the toll that that had on them?
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Aaron, as you mentioned, fathers with young children have held this job too.
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