#23: You Can Call Me (Weird) Al

Current Affairs

Comedy, Government, News, Culture, Politics

4.4 • 645 Ratings

🗓️ 12 April 2019

⏱️ 52 minutes

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The Current Affairs panel discuss why they fight in the first place and then share what cultural products are their favorite lefty gateway drugs.

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0:00.0	This episode contains spoilers for the 1989 Weird Al film, UHF.
0:06.2	From Studio H3 in the Current Affairs World headquarters, it's Current Affairs, your ears.
0:13.1	Greatest Hour of Politics and Culture.
0:16.8	Today on the program, the panel gets existential about why they fight for the cause in the first place,
0:22.8	and we all share our favorite cultural gateway drug to lefty politics.
0:29.0	Our panel tonight, current affairs amusements editor, Lida Gold.
0:34.4	Hi.
0:35.3	Current Affairs Finance editor, Sparky Abraham.
0:38.6	Hello, everyone.
0:39.7	Making her debut on the main episode, current affairs contributing editor, Ashling McCray.
0:46.5	Hello.
0:47.9	And the editor-in-chief himself, Nathan J. Robinson.
0:53.8	Good evening. I'm your host, Pete Davis. We begin with
0:57.9	segment one. Let's get existential. In the recurring segment, let's get existential. We move beyond
1:04.5	the rationalities of the mind. We move beyond the emotions of the heart, and we confront
1:10.2	the quandaries of the soul.
1:13.7	On this week's Let's Get Exessential, we ask, why do we fight for things at all?
1:19.3	Why not just do nothing and enjoy our abundance?
1:22.9	Panel, what drives you to keep doing this?
1:25.6	Why organize?
1:26.8	Why vote? Why vote?
1:28.1	Why post?
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