The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway
Was Biden’s Decline a Cover-Up? — with Jake Tapper & Alex Thompson
22 May 2025
Scott has a conversation with Jake Tapper, anchor of "The Lead" on CNN and the network’s chief Washington correspondent, and Alex Thompson, national political correspondent for Axios and a CNN contributor. They discuss their new book, Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again. Scott also opens the episode by addressing the controversy surrounding the book. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Jake Tapper, anchor of The Lead on CNN and the network chief Washington correspondent, and Alex Thompson, national political correspondent for Axios and CNN contributor on the pod. They're the co-authors of a new book, Original Sin.
which unpacks what they call the defining mistake of the 2024 election, President Biden's decision to run for re-election followed by a concerted effort to hide his cognitive decline. Let's talk about the timeline and what's going on here. I find this fascinating. Biden officially dropped out of the race on July 21st, 2024. I want to say I'm the original ageist.
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