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Citizen McCain with Meghan McCain

Have We Become Numb to Political Chaos? ft. Stacey Kaiser & Tara Palmeri

Citizen McCain with Meghan McCain

Citizen Cain Productions

News, News Commentary, Society & Culture

3.9692 Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2024

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Meghan McCain, co-host Miranda, and psychotherapist Stacey Kaiser dive into the wild world of Chimp Crazy, the shocking HBO Max documentary about people who keep dangerous chimpanzees as pets. They explore the deep psychological reasons behind this obsession and its risks before shifting to a discussion on how Americans are coping with political exhaustion and election fatigue. Later, political correspondent Tara Palmeri joins to offer her expert analysis on the upcoming election, including Trump’s associations with controversial figures and Donald Trump Jr.'s rumored affair. Packed with insights and juicy political gossip, this episode has it all!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Megan McCain has entered the chat.

0:07.0

Megan McCain has entered the chat. Welcome back to Citizen McCain. I'm so happy you're here. Today we have psychotherapist, author, and relationship expert, Stacey Kaiser, coming on to talk about

0:38.1

all things chimp crazy and why people are crazy enough to own dangerous chimpanzees.

0:44.4

And then we have our friend Tara Paul Mary, who is the Puck News senior correspondent and host

0:48.9

of the really wonderful election podcast.

0:50.8

Somebody's got to win.

0:52.0

She's coming on to do a little horse race and that is our show today.

0:55.1

I'm very excited about it. Miranda, is there anything you want to add before we get started?

0:59.0

I have been dying and waiting to talk to Stacey ever since we watched like the first

1:04.6

minute of Chimp Crazy because I cannot wait to find out what makes these people so crazy for

1:10.8

these chimps, especially

1:13.0

Tanya Haddx.

1:13.7

I think there's some special kind of diagnosis about her.

1:18.4

We may get to hear today from Stacey because she, like us, is obsessed with this show.

1:24.2

And a lot of the country, because every time I open up my HBO Max app, it is still like the number one trending show.

1:29.7

Yeah.

1:29.8

So we are not alone in this.

1:31.4

There are a ton of people who are watching this and may be very, very interested to hear what Stacey has to say because she is so smart and so insightful every time we've had her on.

1:42.5

Do you remember the first time we ever talked to her?

1:44.1

It was to find out why Brooks from the Real Housewives of Orange County, Brooks and Vicki,

1:49.7

were lying about Brooks having cancer. So that was the very first time we talked to her.

1:55.8

So we've known her a long, long time. And she's always such a great person with amazing insight. So I'm very

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