Hey, everyone listening to the podcast. This is Ari, and we have a special edition this week with two

interviews from the show, a lifelong politician and a lifelong musical activist. First,

we have more from my discussion with John Kerry, who I once worked for back in 2004.

We had the interview this week, but one of the things we like to do here for the podcast listeners is show you and help you listen to things that didn't even make air because we edit up the interview.

So we go deeper into this, which we haven't aired yet, on the podcast, on the discussion about not only Donald Trump's foreign policy, but one area where John Kerry told us he does agree with Donald

Trump, the very controversial Assad policy and bombing Syria. That's one thing we got. And then later

on our podcast exclusive this weekend, we have the full interview I did with Will I.M.

From the Black Eyed Peas, but it's also pretty political. We talked gun control, immigration, and also

who he has his eye on for 2020. If you are a big music fan or a big user of the internet,

you may remember Will made that big viral hit, Yes We Can for Obama before he was president.

All of that, plus extra stuff from the interviews, and, of course, as well,

we have in there what did air on TV. As always, thanks for listening to The Beat. Well, we are

joined on the beat tonight by a man who defined many of those battles during 28 years in the Senate,

John Kerry, until he left that public service to answer a call from President Obama to replace, of course,

Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State.

Kerry won the Democratic nomination for president and ran against George Bush in 2004,

a campaign I worked on.

And as people explore the lessons from the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings, I want to welcome

Secretary Kerry and begin by looking at how you approach that issue then, sir, because there was, as you know, skepticism of Anita Hill from senators in both parties.

You were especially direct about the gender disparity and sexism in the Senate at the time. Take a look.

It is not the accuracy of those accusations that's at issue here.

It is the relationship of 98 men in the United States Senate to the majority of the citizens

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