Location

Rock Creek Parkway

A tree-lined urban parkway that arcs toward the Lincoln Memorial, Rock Creek Parkway feels both public and privately secluded. Morning air carries a scrape of tires and distant traffic under a canopy of oaks; the paved ribbon narrows sightlines and compresses footsteps into focused motion. Runners pass in small, breathy rhythms while monuments and riverlight sit beyond the trees. Here conversation cuts sharper because movement and landscape demand economy—jogging converts policy into accusation, and the path becomes a corridor for a private political reckoning with immediate emotional consequences.

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S1E22 · What Kind Of Day Has It Been

Jogging Confrontation: Josh Calls Out 'Legalized Bribery'

Rock Creek Parkway is the physical corridor where the confrontation occurs: a public, semi-private jogging route that enables an urgent, unadorned exchange away from offices and cameras, compressing the conversation into motion and making the talk feel both routine and consequential.

Atmosphere

Informal but tense — a charged intimacy undercut by the brisk rhythm of exercise and the shade of trees.

Functional Role

Meeting place for a private political reckoning during movement.

Symbolic Significance

Neutral ground that forces economy of speech; movement toward a monument echoes forward momentum in politics.

Access Restrictions

Publicly accessible, informally used by senior staff and protected by visible security presence nearby.

Tree-lined path creating a focused corridor Sounds of jogging and distant traffic Daylight filtered by canopy, compressing sightlines

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S1E22 · What Kind Of Day Has It Been

Jogging Confrontation: Josh Calls Out 'Legalized Bribery'

On Rock Creek Parkway, while casually jogging toward the Lincoln Memorial, Josh pulls Vice President Hoynes into a blunt, private reckoning. What begins as a policy lecture on corporate soft …