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Politically Re-Active with W. Kamau Bell & Hari Kondabolu

Dog Whistling with Ian Haney-López

Politically Re-Active with W. Kamau Bell & Hari Kondabolu

WarnerMedia Podcast Network

News

4.83.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2016

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Our first show! On the first episode of this brand new show, comedians W. Kamau Bell and Hari Kondabolu start digging into the strange facets of our political system. Berkeley professor Ian Haney-López joins them to talk about dog whistling in politics. They get into some of the history of this coded language we've heard so much of in politics. Some of it seems obvious - like from former Alabama Governor George Wallace - but some of it is harder to decipher...anyone remember Bill Clinton playing sax on Arsenio? We'll get into all of it! Like how Hilary's language fits into this today. And when Trump says he wants "to build a wall" - is that dog whistling or is he just being a straight up racist dickhole? Tune in every Wednesday throughout the election for a new episode. But since it's our first week, we're giving you two! If you've got questions or a topic you want to hear about, tweet us at #politicallyreactive.

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0:00.0

I will vote for my, I guess my former employer, I was an intern for Hillary Clinton if you remember 13 years ago.

0:06.0

I spent a summer working in her mail room, especially that was the era of the anthrax scares.

0:12.0

Oh, they hired the brown guy to open up the envelopes.

0:14.0

Yup.

0:16.0

And despite that, I would still vote for her.

0:18.0

I would vote for her, even despite the fact that we were forced to call each other Clintons.

0:24.0

Oh!

0:26.0

From First Look Media and Penoply, this is Politically Reactive. I'm W. Kamal Bell.

0:32.0

And I'm Harry Kunderbolo.

0:34.0

The show where two comedians try to make sense of politics in America.

0:37.0

Think of us as the cliff notes of political comedy podcasts.

0:40.0

You'll know everything you need to know to barely pass the test.

0:44.0

Extra credit for voting.

0:46.0

On today's show, we're going to talk about dogwisting.

0:48.0

How politicians use coded language to reach and often divide voters on issues like race, religion, gender,

0:54.0

insert future prom we're not aware that we currently have.

0:57.0

When do we start hearing this kind of language?

0:59.0

And how is that affected what we're hearing in today's campaigns?

1:02.0

Because we're definitely hearing it today from future President Trump.

1:05.0

Will you unequivocally condemn David Duke and say that you don't want his vote or that of other white supremacists in this election?

1:10.0

Well, I have to look at the group.

1:12.0

I mean, I don't know what group you're talking about.

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