How Van Jones Keeps His Cool in the Cable News Circus

Politically Re-Active with W. Kamau Bell & Hari Kondabolu

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4.8 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2016

⏱️ 49 minutes

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And why does he call himself Van...Our guest this week is one of Fox News’s least favorite people. Coincidentally, he’s one of Kamau and Hari’s favorites! Van Jones is a CNN commentator and activist who has started numerous social and environmental justice initiatives – and that’s on top of serving as President Obama’s green jobs advisor in 2009. In this candid conversation, Jones shares what it’s like to be the preferred punching bag of conservative pundits while also being the most compassionate person in the room. For those of you who were wondering how to keep your cool while talking with your Trump-loving uncle, this episode is for you.Learn more about Jones’s causes #yeswecode, #cut50, and Green for All at www.vanjones.net.And find Hari’s new album “Mainstream American Comic” at www.killrockstars.com/hari! Or if you prefer to see him live, check out the dates for his upcoming tour at www.harikondabolu.com. Kamau’s also coming to a venue near you – visit www.wkamaubell.com to find out when.Thanks for listening to #politicallyreactive!

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0:00.0	This is particular, uh, black Republican economic theory that says if black kids pull their
0:05.8	pants up, then jobs just fall out the sky.
0:08.8	From first with media and panoply, this is politically reactive.
0:14.9	I'm Harikun de Bolu.
0:15.9	And I'm Debbie Kamalbel.
0:17.8	The show where two comedians try to make sense of politics in America.
0:21.6	The podcast that proves that America is just like the movie The Matrix, except without
0:25.8	all the kung fu and cool outfits.
0:28.2	Eventually I'm going to watch that movie and understand what you're talking about.
0:32.2	It's been a nut-so- couple of weeks in American politics, but we can now say the lead-up
0:36.6	is officially over.
0:37.6	The way they would say this in UFC harries...
0:39.9	It's time!
0:42.9	Time!
0:44.9	Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are the respective Democratic and Republican candidates for
0:50.9	president, and most of us are unhappy about it.
0:54.5	And someone who's going to have to talk about this for the next three months is Ban Jones.
0:58.8	He's a CNN commentator, environmental and social justice activist, former Obama Green
1:03.8	job adviser, and one of Fox News's least favorite people ever.
1:08.8	All the way back to that guy they had, Glenn Beck.
1:11.6	If you remember, Ban Jones, he's our green jobs, aren't we?
1:14.9	That's right.
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