Heather Tal Murphy

Montana-based reporter (narration split into a separate label)

Heather Tal Murphy (Montana-based reporter (narration split into a separate label)) hosts This American Life. Topics they speak about most include Independent candidacies backed by Democrats in red states.

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Independent candidacies backed by Democrats in red states

  • Murphy reports the plan to back an independent and push out the Democratic nominee began at a 2025 meeting in Anaconda.

    “It all began with a meeting in August 2025 in Anaconda with Democratic politicians and strategists from Montana and beyond”

    This American Life: 900: Talk Me Into It (Nov 2, 2026) · Listen from 21:34

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  • 900: Talk Me Into It

    This American Life · Nov 2, 2026 · 1 h 1 min

    Ira Glass and reporters examine persuasion before the 2026 midterms: a Detroit canvasser, Montana's Democratic Senate nominee pressured to quit, a sales trick, and an Allentown Republican organizer.

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