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The Apprentice

Politics Movies & TV

How Mark Burnett Resurrected Donald Trump as an Icon of American Success

With “The Apprentice,” the TV producer mythologized Trump—then a floundering D-lister—as the ultimate titan, paving his way to the Presidency.

Patrick Radden Keefe New Yorker Dec 2018 50min Permalink

Politics Movies & TV

Who's Afraid of Tom Arnold?

Inside Arnold’s manic, occasionally dishonest quest to find tapes of Trump using slurs on the set of The Apprentice.

Brian Hiatt Rolling Stone Aug 2018 15min Permalink