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Choice Words with Samantha Bee

Earth or Space? (with Kal Penn)

Choice Words with Samantha Bee

Lemonada Media

Comedy

4.31.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Actor and former Obama White House staffer Kal Penn joins Sam to talk about how he doesn’t make calculated decisions and hates when people suggest he makes a decision tree. They unpack the hope of last week’s elections and his serendipitous decades-long connection to Zohran Mamdani. He explains how every job he’s ever said yes to has turned into subsequent exciting opportunities that have all been meant to be. They wonder if his former job in the White House even exists anymore, talk about the destruction of the East Wing, and the importance of older leaders training their replacements. Plus they argue about the merits of space travel and if we should leave earth or stay on the ground forever. "Here We Go Again” is distributed by iHeartPodcasts and is available on the iHeartRadio app and everywhere podcasts now. Keep up with Samantha Bee @realsambee on Instagram and X. And stay up to date with us @LemonadaMedia on X, Facebook, and Instagram. For a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this and every other Lemonada show, go to lemonadamedia.com/sponsors. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:23.7

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0:29.1

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0:34.4

overnight. No smell, no mess, no fruit flies, and you can keep filling it

0:39.6

for weeks. You can use your grounds in your garden, or mill will send them to farms for you.

0:45.9

We've been using mill for months, and honestly, it has changed how I think about waste. My kitchen

0:51.4

never smells anymore. Fridge cleanouts, don't stress me out,

0:55.1

and I love that I'm not taking out a dripping trash bag every other day. Doing something good for

1:00.3

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1:05.7

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1:14.4

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1:21.6

where you can get the most iconic famous foods from restaurants all across the U.S.

1:26.4

And they will ship it anywhere across the country.

1:29.9

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1:36.3

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1:41.8

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1:45.1

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1:50.3

from that one-of-a-kind restaurant or meals from world-famous chefs like Ina Garten, Daniel Ballude,

1:56.3

or Jose Andres, gold belly has you covered. Okay, I'm serious. I love ordering food online. It's like

2:05.5

one of my favorite things. And I just got Ina Gartens, coconut cake. And I gotta tell you,

2:12.8

it delivered, like literally got delivered, but also delivered everything I wanted from the experience.

2:20.6

I felt like I know was in my kitchen and she personally made me a coconut cake. I love coconut

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