Bernie Sanders on HBO’s ‘Axios’ May 9

By Michael Malone
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Sanders and Jonathan Swan discuss Dem discord, police reform, GOP standoffishness

Bernie Sanders on HBO's Axios
(Image credit: HBO)

Senator Bernie Sanders sits for an interview on HBO documentary series Axios May 9. Sanders chats with Jonathan Swan, Axios national political correspondent, about the discord among Democrats, the challenge of negotiating with Republicans, police reform, and why the Democratic party isn’t resonating with working-class voters. 

May 9 will be the first of six new episodes. The premiere also checks in with Ben van Beurden, CEO of Shell, and Sarah Kate Ellis, GLAAD president and CEO. 

Matthew O’Neill and Perri Peltz direct and the pair executive produces Axios with Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen & Roy Schwartz. 

Axios is a co-production of HBO Documentary Films, Axios and DCTV. 

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.