"Half past a Handmaid’s Tale.” (LIVE from Brooklyn)

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News, Politics

4.5 • 87.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2019

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Alabama Republicans pass the most extreme abortion ban in history, John Bolton tries to start a war with Iran, and Montana Governor Steve Bullock and New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio round out the 23-candidate field for the Democratic nomination. Then New York Attorney General Letitia James joins Tommy, Jon, Jon, Dan, and Akilah Hughes on stage at Kings Theater in Brooklyn.

Audio note: At 13:01, Jon Favreau's microphone temporarily cuts out in the discussion about the Alabama abortion law. For clarity, here is his question to Akilah: "What can people do in the meantime starting now to protect access to abortion and to fight back?"

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0:00.0	The
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0:07.5	strangest job interview we've ever experienced.
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0:12.0	Who's got the best story?
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0:16.6	I do. I do.
0:17.6	Um...
0:18.6	And who could first?
0:20.2	Yeah, none of us can forget it.
0:21.4	It was at a Starbucks.
0:22.4	It was.
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0:26.9	I just remember you being funny.
0:28.4	Yeah.
0:29.4	I just thought it would be worth it taking a risk on you.
0:32.0	Yeah, because I will say, um, as you can imagine,
0:35.0	when you ask people for references for me,
0:37.3	you never get an unalloyed yes.
0:39.5	No.
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