Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear nabs the latest must-have for a major politician: His own podcast
Usually, when a governor gets briefed on new information by a key adviser, it happens behind closed doors.
Usually, when a governor gets briefed on new information by a key adviser, it happens behind closed doors. Not so for Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear this week.
“How is ‘skibidi’ different than ‘fire’?” the second-term Democrat asked his son on the first episode of his new podcast.
“Fire is, like, it’s really good,” Will Beshear, 15, explained. “‘Skibidi’ is just, like ‘Oh, OK.’”
This week’s launch of “The Andy Beshear Podcast” is part of a broader series of moves by Beshear — and by a number of other high-profile Democrats — to expand their regular modes of communication. Though he is a potential 2028 presidential candidate and has been an elected politician in his state for a decade, Beshear told NBC News in an interview that he wants to create a space where people can take a break from the daily firehose of political news and instead listen to what Beshear called “a conversation between friends.”
“We want this to be something that’s more like people’s everyday lives, where you’re going to talk about politics for 20 minutes and then you’re going to switch to entertainment or sports, family or faith,” Beshear said, adding that he did not expect the podcast to be “overtly political.”
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