Jen Psaki: Biden is renewing the weekly Presidential Address starting tomorrow!!!

[George II]

So many small things we've missed out on during the last four years.

[patricia92243]

1. Do we know what time??

[highplainsdem]

5. See my reply 2 below, the excerpt from an NYT article. It'll be online.

[highplainsdem]

2. Michael Grynbaum tweet and his NYT article:

And though the tweet calls this a revival of a weekly radio address tradition, it won't be on radio.

Link to tweet

NEW: The Fireside Podcast? Biden is reviving the weekly radio address, a presidential traditional that faded under Trump.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/business/media/biden-weekly-radio-address.html

Editing to add an excerpt from the article:

President Biden, seeking ways to advance his agenda in a cluttered media landscape, is set to revive a presidential tradition that faded under his predecessor: the weekly radio address.

The Biden version is not exactly just a man and his microphone. White House press aides said that some installments could follow a traditional president-talks-to-the-people format, but they were also planning to pair Mr. Biden with everyday Americans and other guests, recreating the informal style of popular podcasts.

The first installment is scheduled for Saturday, and it features Mr. Biden speaking with Michele Voelkert, a California woman who was laid off from her job at a San Francisco-based clothing company in the early months of the pandemic.

In a remote conversation, the president and Ms. Voelkert, 47, discuss her trouble securing unemployment benefits — she ultimately turned to a local state assemblywoman for help — and finding new employment. They also talk about her daughter’s virtual schooling.

The four-minute video segment is set to be published Saturday on the White House’s YouTube page and other social media platforms. (Officials said Ms. Voelkert’s husband, Joshua, was a videographer, allowing for high-quality footage on her end.)

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[George II]

3. Thanks. Good to know.

[highplainsdem]

6. You're welcome! I'm glad the article explains why this won't be on the radio, won't be technically

a revival of the "weekly radio address," since the radio ratings had slipped both toward the end of the Obama admin and at the start of the Trump admin, before Trump dropped it.

[George II]

8. If I recall, when it first became a regular weekly thing it was 10 minutes and was on both....

....radio and some television (not much).

Obama was the first to do it online - first to Youtube and then to the White House website, and it eventually wound up only online.

[PatSeg]

4. He certainly has been making himself

a very visible, hands-on president. He's looking more and more like FDR all the time. I've long been a big supporter of Joe Biden, but he is exceeding all my expectations on a daily basis. I am truly proud to be an American again.

[SallyHemmings]

7. My God, I forgot this was a thing.

Loving this man every day!

Eventually, I will stop twitching when I hear the President said.....