Longtime MSNBC “Hardball” anchor and bestselling author Chris Matthews is our guest for the 282nd episode.

His new memoir is entitled, “This Country: My Life in Politics and History”.

In this conversation we explore:

His career path from the Peace Corps to being a Capitol Police officer to working in the U.S. Senate, the White House, for Speaker Tip O’Neill and then 20 years as a cable news TV host

Whether the U.S. Senate remains the “world’s greatest deliberative body”

Whether the filibuster should be eliminated

His assessment of President Biden’s first term

What he learned after 20 years hosting “Hardball”

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