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Andrew Yang Podcast

From Homeland Security to Hollywood

Andrew Yang Podcast

Andrew Yang & Audacy

Society & Culture

4.83.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

You might know him as Uncle Louie on The Goldbergs — but Louis Gregory is also an entrepreneur, music producer, and former director at the Department of Homeland Security. Gregory joins Andrew to talk about his secret past as a rapper, the challenges of working in Customs and Border Protection, and why police training really hasn't gotten better after George Floyd.

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/b4D9FJZ_1Og

Follow Louis Gregory: https://twitter.com/UncleLouie | https://americasfrontline.com

Follow Andrew Yang: https://twitter.com/andrewyang | https://forwardparty.com

Transcript

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0:00.0

For whatever reason, I learned this because at one point I had aspirations of maybe pursuing

0:06.9

leadership in politics. And I learned that it was very sad to me. There was no more middle.

0:13.9

It was, there was no more moderates. It was far left or far right. And it was very hard to

0:20.0

bring people together. And that's what really what I loved about what you were doing. And I think

0:25.4

that people in general, especially people who love America, are looking for an opportunity to

0:31.6

be part of something that's not divisive, where they can love America and they don't have to

0:38.4

pit themselves against other people in the process.

0:55.8

It is my pleasure to welcome to the podcast, the man behind those custom pins, I sometimes

1:09.3

wear including the the math pin. He's been a music impressario, freaking head of law enforcement

1:19.2

and actor. You might know him as Uncle Louis from the Goldbergs. And now he's running a thriving

1:25.1

growth e-commerce business, helping people commemorate their own service. Uncle Louis himself,

1:32.6

Louis Gregory, welcome Louis. Thank you for having me, man. It's great to see you. We're always

1:37.3

talking and texting. Now I get to, I feel like I'm visiting with you. Well, I feel the same way.

1:42.8

And thank you for being such a great friend and champion over the last several years.

1:48.3

So people think I've had a very career. I mean, your career beats my insolid. And I have so

1:54.8

many questions about how the heck you've done what you've done. So you started out producing rap

2:02.8

albums in New York City in the 80s, including some household names for people of our generation.

2:10.4

Well, yes, yes, and no, I started out as a rapper. I want it to be a rapper. And

2:16.6

do you want to spit some tracks right now? I mean, you have like the gear for it.

2:20.8

Yeah, man, let's do it. You ready? Yeah, do it. My flow is detriment to the mental, like,

2:25.4

oh, two to the lung, like a crock head, be strong, like strikes to an out, because it's a title

2:29.7

about. So let's get ready to rumble. How's that? Wow, we're giving up. Now I wrote that 30 years ago.

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