Slate's Ballot Box: The Gingrich Book Tour

By Madeleine Brand

Published January 10, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST

NPR's Madeleine Brand talks with Slate columnist Chris Suellentrop about former U.S. Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich's tour to promote his new book Winning the Future: A 21st Century Contract with America. Gingrich shares his thoughts on the current debate over the future of Social Security and the other political voices weighing in on reform options for the program.

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Madeleine Brand

Madeleine Brand is the host of NPRs newest and fastest-growing daily show, Day to Day. She conducts interviews with newsmakers (Iraqi politicians, US senators), entertainment figures (Bernardo Bertolluci, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Ricky Gervais), and the everyday people affected by the news (an autoworker laid off at GM, a mother whose son was killed in Iraq).