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Stephanie McCrummen is a national enterprise reporter at The Washington Post.\n\n\u201cI do have to psych myself up. There\u2019s always something awkward about it and that never goes away. \u2026 No matter how long I do this job, that part of it doesn\u2019t get any easier. It\u2019s always a bit awkward and you\u2019re always sort of humbled when someone actually is willing to talk to you. Then it can be kind of thrilling, once you\u2019re in it, once you\u2019re actually in the conversation. ... But the moment a few seconds before that is still\u2014to this day, it\u2019s sort of an act of will.\u201d\n\nThanks to Mailchimp and Squarespace for sponsoring this week's episode.\n\nShow notes:\n\n@mccrummenWaPo\nMcCrummen on Longform\nMcCrummen's Washington Post archive\n08:00 "In Georgia, a Biden supporter realizes the power of her ballot" (Washington Post \u2022 Nov 2020)\n12:00 "Miranda\u2019s Rebellion" (Washington Post \u2022 Feb 2020)\n28:00 "Judgment Days" (Washington Post \u2022 Jul 2018)\n37:00 "Woman says Roy Moore initiated sexual encounter when she was 14, he was 32" (Washington Post \u2022 Nov 2017)\n43:00 "A woman approached The Post with dramatic \u2014 and false \u2014 tale about Roy Moore. She appears to be part of undercover sting operation." (Shawn Boburg, Aaron C. Davis and Alice Crites \u2022 Washington Post \u2022 Nov 2017)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices