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Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast

David Sedaris | Trump Is Depressed After the Midterms: A Closer Look

Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast

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Politics, Seth Myers, Seth Meyers, News, News Commentary, Authors, Books, Political Comedy, A Closer Look, Comedy, After Shows, Tv & Film

4.53.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2018

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Seth takes a closer look at President Trump's post-election funk as the Blue Wave that put Democrats in charge of the House keeps getting bigger.

Then, David Sedaris talks about his new passion of picking up garbage and the comeback he wishes he dished out when questioned at the British House of Commons.

After that, Sedaris reads an essay from his new book, Calypso, just for this podcast. It begins at 20:17.


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0:42.2

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0:45.5

employees handguns as Christmas presents. Well, that is appalling. They gave out Christmas

0:52.4

presents before Thanksgiving. From 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City,

0:59.6

please enjoy this podcast edition of Late Night with Seth Meyers. On today's show,

1:03.3

Seth interviews author David Siddaris. Plus, as a special treat for the Late Night podcast,

1:07.8

David reads a short essay from his new book, Calypso. But first, Seth takes a closer look at the news.

1:15.5

President Trump is in a post-election funk as the blue wave that put Democrats in charge of

1:20.4

the house keeps getting bigger for more in this, it's time for a closer look.

1:28.1

As bad as things looked for Republicans going into last week's midterms, Trump himself was

1:32.4

apparently optimistic on election night. Vanity Fair reported that about 100 friends and allies gathered

1:38.0

at the White House for a party to watch the midterm election results. Trump was in high spirits

1:42.3

as the first polls closed, thinking that perhaps he'd defied the laws of political gravity once

1:46.6

again. His mood was great when Republican who spoke with Trump said, but that was before everything

1:51.5

went bad. And you do not want to be at a party with Donald Trump when things go bad. I bet Trump's

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