Chris Matthews with Scott Shafer: Kickstarting Conversation on the 2016 Elections

In collaboration with the Leo T. McCarthy Center at The University of San Francisco

Chris Matthews, Host, "Hardball," MSNBC
Scott Shafer, Host and Reporter, "The California Report," KQED

Join us for a special morning program with Chris Matthews, of MSNBC's weekday series "Hardball," who will share his insider perspective on national politics, along with his usual sharp and witty musings, in conversation with KQED's Scott Shafer.

Chris Matthews has been following American politics since the first Eisenhower campaign. As a very young teenager, he became enthralled with the historic rivalry of John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. Hardly a decade later he was engaged in American politics professionally. Back home from the Peace Corps in Africa, he was working in the U.S. Senate. Then came his tour in the White House as a presidential speechwriter, followed by his front-row seat as top aide to the legendary Speaker of the House Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill, Jr.

In the late 1980s, Chris switched to full-time journalism, serving as Washington bureau chief for the San Francisco Examiner. He began his career on television in 1994 as host of a two-hour nightly program on the NBC-owned America’s Talking network. Three years later, he launched "Hardball," now on MSNBC, which was the title of his best-selling handbook on real-life politics published in 1988. He has been on the air every weeknight since.

November 19, 2015