Introducing: Here We Go Again with Kal Penn

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Society & Culture, Comedy

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🗓️ 24 October 2025

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Hello, This Is Important Listeners! We want to share a new show you might enjoy, Here We Go Again With Kal Penn.

About the show: Each week, Kal Penn takes today’s trends and headlines and asks: Why does history keep repeating itself? From the new space race and plane delays to fad drugs and movie remakes, our guest's answers will make you feel better about everything.

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0:00.0	Here we go.
0:02.4	Hey, I'm Cal Penn, and on my brand new podcast, Here We Go Again, we're going to take today's
0:07.4	trends and headlines and figure out, why does history keep repeating itself?
0:11.9	You may know me as the second hottest actor from the Harold and Kumar movies, but I'm also
0:17.2	an author, a former White House staffer, and as of like 15 seconds ago, a podcast host.
0:23.5	You know, sometimes I feel like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day, where I'm watching the same
0:29.1	never-ending cycle of things that are happening over and over and over again.
0:34.1	Like bridge is collapsing, vinyl coming back, gas prices dropping, and Fantastic Four being rebooted again. Like, bridge is collapsing. Vinyl coming back. Gas prices dropping. And Fantastic Four being
0:40.4	rebooted again, not that I'm complaining. Pedro Pascal is obviously a zaddy. Along the way,
0:47.6	I've made some friends who are experts in science, politics, and pop culture. People like Bill Nye.
0:53.0	In my opinion, and keep in mind everybody,
0:55.4	my opinion is correct. Alok Vade Menon. The headlines from today could have been there in
1:01.0	1940 and 1950 and 1960. Pete Buttigieg. So we don't just wind up with the Gilded Age on
1:07.6	steroids. And Stacey Abrams. People have always been skeptical of government.
1:11.9	We've always been distrustful of power. I'll be asking them things like, why are we racing
1:16.8	to space again? Are we headed towards another financial crash like in 2008? Is non-monogamy back in
1:23.0	style? And how come there's never a gate ready for your flight when it lands like two minutes early?
1:28.3	By the way, seriously, someone knew the answer.
1:30.2	Look, the world can feel pretty scary right now, right?
1:32.9	But my goal here is for you to listen and feel a little better about the future.
1:38.1	Here we go again, premieres October 21st.
1:41.0	You can listen on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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