Ep. 146 - Chelsea Handler

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

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4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2017

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Chelsea Handler, comedian and creator of the Netflix show "Chelsea," sits down with David Axelrod to discuss the work she's doing on behalf of Syrian refugees, why the election of Donald Trump compelled her to become more politically active, and how a speech at a DUI class led her to pursue a career in comedy. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And now, from the University of Chicago Institute of Politics and CNN, the Axviles, with your
0:12.5	host, David Axelrod.
0:17.9	We live in a time when satire and humor have taken a front seat in our political debate.
0:23.4	And nowhere is that more evident than on Chelsea Handlers' eponymous show on Netflix, which
0:29.2	she has turned into a sometimes hilarious but very pointed forum for a discussion on
0:37.1	our current politics and our current president.
0:39.6	I sat down with Chelsea the other day as she was passing through Chicago to talk about
0:44.1	her life and career and her very distinct views about Donald Trump.
0:55.0	Chelsea Handler, welcome.
0:57.7	Thank you, David.
0:58.7	Welcome to CU.
1:00.2	So tell me what it's like to be a Jewish Mormon kid.
1:06.2	Okay.
1:07.2	Well, the Mormon part didn't really creep in until my mom was a Mormon.
1:13.8	My mom was German from Germany and Mormon.
1:16.4	There's a big Mormon contingency in Germany or there was.
1:19.7	So she was a German and met my dad when she was around 20.
1:23.4	He was a Jew.
1:24.4	So she kind of like tucked the German and the Mormon to bed.
1:29.4	Like she just agreed.
1:30.7	Like, okay, well raise our kids.
1:31.9	He's like, I have to raise my children's Jewish and she agreed to do that.
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