The MSNBC control room in 30 Rock was bustling on Wednesday afternoon, with monitors galore and more than a dozen production staffers manning the cable-news ship. But Nicolle Wallace wouldn’t be needing the traditional cable-news setup for that day’s recording of her new podcast, The Best People.

I met Wallace briefly before the taping, which was featuring the brothers behind MeidasTouch, the independent, pro-democracy media network whose podcast briefly unseated Joe Rogan ’s on the charts, a fact I overheard someone mention as we headed toward the studio. While the audio format is a new endeavor for Wallace, who will continue to tape more content for the recently launched series, this was not Ben, Brett, and Jordy Meiselas ’s first rodeo. When Wallace walked into the room, fla

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