EXCLUSIVE: Governor Tim Walz is smartly expanding his media interview schedule. Kamala Harris’ vice presidential nominee will be virtually sitting down with the SmartLess podcast Monday, we hear. Minnesota Gov.
Walz, who is also appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live tomorrow, will hold a Zoom conversation with the popular podcast hosts, actors Jason Bateman , Sean Hayes and Will Arnett . The interview is set to air sometime in the next week or so, according to sources. This comes on the heels of Walz’s less-than-stellar debate performance against GOP VP pick Senator JD Vance [R-OH] on Oct.
1. The two-term governor received criticism for being too congenial with his Republican rival and seemingly befuddled in the national spotlight for most of the 90-minute debate. The Harris-Walz campaign has made it very clear since that debate that the governor will be conducting many, many more sit-down interviews with legacy and non-legacy media.
For instance, Gov. Walz went into the heart of MAGA-land and appeared today on Fox News Sunday. News of the Walz interview also comes as the SmartLess podcast guys received a splashy feature spread in Sunday’s New York Times touting their business and media success.
The SmartLess podcast has actually been very political this past year. Earlier in the spring, the trio had president Joe Biden, president Barack Obama and president Bill Clinton on the podcast, when the three POTUSes were appearing at a deep-pocket fundraiser at New York City’s Radio.