234 - Is This Really The Turning Point?

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Lewis Black

Stand-up, Leisure, Comedy

4.7 • 843 Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Lewis takes a hard look at the idea of this past week’s events actually being a turning point in the US. Mostly because he feels it’s been said before. Inflammatory rhetoric that seems to do nothing but prove we need more adults in the room at a time of crisis. Buckle up because there seems to be nobody with a strong hand on the wheel. Yes, the political landscape is a combo platter of ineffectiveness and it seems to be seeping in more and more aspects of our society. For advertising opportunities email: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠rantcast@thesyn.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ___________________ TOUR DATES: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.lewisblack.com/tickets⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ GET MERCH: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.lewisblack.com/collections⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ____________________ SUBMIT RANTS TO LEWIS Have something you want to get off your chest? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.livelewis.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ _____________________ SUBSCRIBE TO THE RANTCAST ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.lewisblacksrantcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ____________________ FOLLOW LEWIS ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.lewisblack.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/thelewisblack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.twitter.com/thelewisblack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/thelewisblack⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/OfficialLewisBlack⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I had to bribe him. He's all of a sudden camera shy. Sammy, say hi.
0:07.0	Oh, or. Say hi. We've got some work to do.
0:14.0	This could all go horribly wrong at any minute. Hello there and welcome to the 234th edition of Lewis Blackfrancast entitled,
0:26.6	Is this really the turning point?
0:29.6	Or I could have called it, is this the turning point, really?
0:34.6	Or how many turning points does it take to actually hit the turning point?
0:39.3	Because we've been through a lot of turning points. We are constantly turning our points.
0:43.3	We are turning. This is the turning point. This is the turning point. This is the turning point.
0:48.3	Now we're at the turning point. This is the one, though, because apparently this is different than all the other turning
0:54.3	point.
0:55.3	What makes this night different from all other nights?
0:58.2	What makes this turning point different from all other turning points?
1:03.2	Kennedy was supposed to be the Robert, good John, I mean.
1:07.2	Then there was supposed to be the Robert Kennedy.
1:09.5	No, it was Martin Luther King.
1:14.2	Malcolm Axi did all of these are turning points.
1:17.7	Every single fucking one of them has been a turning point.
1:21.3	We've had more turning points than anybody should have.
1:23.9	And you think by the time we've spun around, we would be dizzy enough to actually know
1:29.3	what the fuck is going on. All right? That's how, because we can't do it with any kind of clarity.
1:39.5	So maybe spinning around will do it. And maybe if we continue to say, this is the turning point,
1:45.5	we're not going to get to it. As long as we're going to have basically a gun-crazed society,
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