The FRONTLINE Interviews:

Pelosi’s Power

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To produce Pelosi’s Power, FRONTLINE conducted more than 30 original interviews with some of the people closest to Nancy Pelosi, as well as political opponents and journalists who have covered her. These interviews can be explored below in video or text. The collection is part of FRONTLINE’s Transparency Project, which makes our source material available to the public.

Interviews

Yamiche Alcindor
White House Correspondent, PBS NewsHour

Text
David Axelrod
Political Adviser and Commentator

Video
Matt Bai
Columnist, The Washington Post

Text
Molly Ball
Author, Pelosi

Text
Dan Balz
Journalist, The Washington Post

Text
Eric Cantor
Former U.S. Representative (R-VA)

Video
Katherine Clark
U.S. Representative (D-Mass.)

Text
Jim Clyburn
U.S. Representative (D-S.C.)

Text
Robert Costa
Co-author, Peril

Text
Rahm Emanuel
Former Obama Chief of Staff

Video
Anna Eshoo
U.S. Representative (D-Calif.)

Text
Susan Glasser
Columnist, The New Yorker

Text
Carl Hulse
Washington Correspondent, The New York Times

Text
Alisa La
Former Pelosi Assistant

Text
John Lawrence
Former Pelosi Chief of Staff

Text
Barbara Lee
U.S. Representative (D-Calif.)

Text
Judy Lemons
Former Pelosi Chief of Staff

Video
Michael Long
Former Pelosi Adviser

Text
Frank Luntz
Conservative Pollster

Text
Susan Page
Author, Madam Speaker

Text
Nancy Pelosi
Speaker of the House

Video
Christine Pelosi
Pelosi's Daughter

Text
Eugene Robinson
Columnist, The Washington Post

Video
Amy Rosenbaum
Former Pelosi Policy Director

Text
Adam Schiff
U.S. Representative (D-Calif.)

Text
Chuck Schumer
Senate Majority Leader (D-N.Y.)

Text
Marianna Sotomayor
Journalist, The Washington Post

Text
Darlene Superville
White House Correspondent, The AP

Text
Charlie Sykes
Political Commentator

Text
Rebecca Traister
Author, Good and Mad

Text

Interviews for this film were conducted by Jim Gilmore, Michael Kirk and Mike Wiser of the Kirk Documentary Group and edited for the web by Phil Bennett and Lauren Prestileo. The Transparency Project is produced by Phil Bennett and Lauren Prestileo.

Design and build for Pelosi's Power by Dan Nolan and Anthony DeLorenzo with assistance from Kimberly Patch. Video editing by Alex LaGore. Copy editing by Julie Wolf. Additional assistance from Olivia DelVecchio, Denise Emerson, Priyanka Boghani, Aasma Mojiz, Bruce Gil, Patrice Taddonio, and Jennifer Wehunt.

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