Ask Nick Anything - Part 1 (with Trae Crowder)

Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer

Civic Ventures

Business, Government, News, Politics

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2019

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

You’ve been flooding Nick’s voicemail for months, and the time is finally here! Comedian Trae Crowder joins Nick to answer your questions in this freewheeling Ask Me Anything session. What does John Hickenlooper think about Nick’s net worth? How can we help people see that a $15 minimum wage is good for everyone? We answer these questions and more! Trae Crowder is a comedian and co-author of ‘The Liberal Redneck Manifesto: Draggin’ Dixie Outta the Dark’. Trae has earned national attention for his “Liberal Redneck” series of viral videos. He has been performing his particular brand of Southern-friend intellectual comedy in the Southeast for the past six years, and is now on the WellRED Comedy Tour with fellow comedians and writing partners Drew Morgan and Corey Ryan Forrester. Twitter: @traecrowder Instagram: @officialtraecrowder

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Francis, and I'm calling from Texas. I'm just curious, how do we get the presidential candidates to pay attention and to understand the importance of your message?
0:10.0	Hi, this is Brian calling from Chicago. my question is about the minimum wage
0:15.3	Hi Nick my name's Haran and I'm calling from London how is it that as individuals we can help
0:21.0	change the system make it more equitable and
0:23.2	there for those around us. Thanks then once again love you guys all the best.
0:27.0	From the offices of Civic Ventures in downtown Seattle, this is Pitch Fork Economics with
0:38.3	Nick Hanauer.
0:40.0	One American capitalist take on how we got into this mess and how we can get out.
0:44.0	So today on Pitch Fork Economics, I am joined by my friend Trey Crowder, the comedian, and super
0:58.8	excited to do an Ask Me Anything episode.
1:02.1	Trey is visiting from Los Angeles where he lives
1:06.7	after having grown up in Tennessee.
1:08.4	Yeah, I was gonna say you tell by my accent.
1:10.5	I'm from Los Angeles.
1:11.6	Exactly. This very strong Los Angeles accent. I'm from Los Angeles. Exactly. This very strong Los Angeles accent. Yep. The
1:16.4	south of California. So we have been asking for a long time for our listeners to submit questions. We got a ton of
1:27.0	them. We're going to get to as many as we can. And Trey and I are going to do our level best to intelligently or at least amusingly answer your questions.
1:38.0	Hey there, this is Nick Hanauer, you've reached the magic voicemail box where you can leave me a question for my Ask Me Anything episode.
1:48.0	All you have to do is state your name, where you're calling from, and your question as clearly as possible. So thanks.
1:57.0	Greetings. I am Donnie May from Ontario, California. How do you reconcile your views as a capitalist with policies many people
2:05.2	would call socialists? Thanks for all you do. Hope to hear from you on the radio.
2:11.3	Bye-bye.
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