President Biden, seeking ways to advance his agenda in a cluttered media landscape, is set to revive a presidential tradition that faded under his predecessor: the weekly radio address. The Biden version is not exactly just a man and his microphone. White House press aides said that some installments could follow a traditional president-talks-to-the-people format, but that they were also planning to pair Mr. Biden with everyday Americans and other guests, recreating the informal style of popular podcasts. “We expect it to take on a variety of forms,” Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, said on Friday. The first installment is scheduled for this weekend, and it features Mr. Biden speaking with Michele Voelkert, a California woman who was laid off from her job at a San Francisco-based clothing company in the early months of the pandemic.

Source: New York Times February 05, 2021 17:28 UTC