Beyoncé to Baldwin and Back Again | Episode 24

Cannonball with Wesley Morris

The New York Times

News, News Commentary, Arts, Society & Culture

4.7 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2017

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

It’s been five days, and we’re still trying to make sense of Beyoncé’s loss at the Grammys. It’s been 50 years, and we’re still learning from James Baldwin. The new Baldwin documentary “I Am Not Your Negro” touched both of us, and this week we interview its director Raoul Peck about why the Oscar-nominated film is so invigorating in this moment. Then we bring on our pal and New York Times food reporter Tejal Rao to talk about something we all need these days: comfort food. To take our survey, please visit nytimes.com/SPsurvey.

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0:00.0	I'm Wesley Morris.
0:01.5	You forgot to say, I'm Wesley Morris in Jegging's.
0:04.6	I'm...
0:05.6	I'm...
0:07.0	I'm Kate!
0:08.0	I'm Jenna Wertha, and this is still processing.
0:12.8	Yeah.
0:16.0	I can't even believe you were throwing my business all over the microphone.
0:22.3	Your business was on the street the moment you walked in here wearing that outfit.
0:25.7	So, once again,
0:28.2	you only have yourself to play.
0:30.8	Don't put...
0:31.6	Look, I didn't get you dressed in the morning.
0:32.8	If you said...
0:33.8	Now, if you said to me, Jenna, should I wear these jeans today?
0:38.6	And I was like, yes, and then I'm still clowning you.
0:42.6	That's different.
0:43.6	All right, fine.
0:44.6	I did walk into the studio and say, I'm wearing Jegging's.
0:47.6	You were announced it immediately.
0:48.6	To preemptively strike against the strikes against me.
0:53.2	So, I thought that was you setting it up, making it okay.
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