#259 - Oliver's Twist (w/ Anders Lee)

Michael and Us

Luke Savage and Will Sloan

Tv & Film

4.6 • 668 Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In 1994, the most vilified member of the Reagan administration tried to stage a political comeback, and it almost worked. The documentary A PERFECT CANDIDATE (1996) follows Oliver North's attempt to unseat Democrat Chuck Robb as a Virginia senator, and captures the political currents in both Virginia and the United States as a whole. Pod Damn America and Redacted Tonight's Anders Lee fills in for Luke to discuss. Follow Anders Lee on Twitter - https://twitter.com/andersleehere Follow Pod Damn America - https://twitter.com/andersleehere

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Don't worry. I brought my repin' Ronnie Reagan tape. It always makes the trip go faster.
0:07.0	Well, well, well, well, you know something? He did say well a lot.
0:19.0	Welcome to Michael and us. I'm Will Sloan, and unfortunately, my co-host, Luke Savage, is not present today. He has fallen down a well. But don't worry, rescue teams are there right now to save Luke and to treat any injuries he may have sustained. Until then, we're keeping
0:39.2	him in our thoughts and prayers. So stepping up to the plate tonight is a fellow content warrior.
0:45.6	He is a writer, comedian, co-host of the Pod Damn America podcast, and a contributor to
0:51.7	Redacted Tonight. And his name is Anders Lee. Thank you for being here.
0:55.8	Hey, Anders Lee here. I'm honored. First time, long time. I understand Canada is a very large
1:01.5	country with a small population, so I guess it's taking those rescuers a long time to get out to
1:07.8	wherever the well that Will is, sorry, your will, that Luke is in.
1:12.1	Yeah, there's a team from Nova Scotian and another team from Saskatchewan.
1:16.1	And like we're seeing who can get there quicker.
1:18.6	So I want to ask you about a couple of things that you've done recently.
1:21.9	First of all, redacted tonight is part of the RT television network, formerly Russia today.
1:29.2	And funnily enough, when one watches your videos on YouTube, they all carry a little disclaimer that says RT is funded in
1:34.5	whole or part by the Russian government, which I find that very funny. How does it feel to be
1:40.8	funded in whole or part by the Russian government? I mean, it's a nice little
1:45.1	sort of addition, a nice little asterisk to the work. I don't have a blue check on Twitter. I
1:50.5	think they stopped giving us those, and I've been asking Twitter to at least say that about all
1:55.6	of my tweets, but they haven't granted me that yet. But it is, it is, I will admit, kind of cool to be,
2:02.6	to have that on my content. I never thought that would happen. Do people get upset about it?
2:07.3	Do people instinctive, do you ever instinctively get people who are angry at you and say,
2:11.3	well, fuck this guy. He's, he's in the pocket of the Kremlin or whatever. Oh, yeah. There are like
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Luke Savage and Will Sloan, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Luke Savage and Will Sloan and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.