Kal Penn Got ‘Schooled’ by Barack Obama and ‘Weirded Out’ Michelle

The New Abnormal

The Daily Beast

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🗓️ 7 August 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Actor and former White House adviser Kal Penn recalls the moment he spectacularly failed to outsmart the former president and how he was humiliated in front of the first lady.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Molly John Fass, no relationship to Kim Jong-un.
0:04.6	I'm a left-wing pundit and a writer at the Atlantic Envote.
0:08.0	And I'm Andy Levy, former Fox News and CNN HLN Guy and current cable news conscientious
0:13.7	objective.
0:14.7	And I've produced Suggesticated and I'm here to make sure things don't go too far off
0:18.0	the rails.
0:19.0	We're here to have fun, smart conversations with the wisest and funniest people in science
0:23.5	and media and politics that help make what's happening today clearer.
0:28.0	Our world has been turned upside down and on the new abnormal we'll talk about the people
0:32.1	who got us into this mess and how we'll hopefully get ourselves out of it.
0:35.6	Below and welcome to another Sunday episode of the new abnormal.
0:38.5	We thank you so much for being here.
0:40.5	Today we have an extra special guest you definitely know.
0:43.4	It's CalPen.
0:44.4	How do you not know Harold and Kumar go to White House or escape from Guantanamo Bay or
0:49.6	designated survivor or his time in the White House?
0:53.1	And so he's going to talk to us about all of that and you know some life lessons as well
0:56.9	as his time on the TV show House.
0:59.3	We're going to have a great time.
1:00.4	And of course we're going to discuss his new book you can't be serious.
1:03.6	But first let's have some fun.
1:06.1	Are you guys ready to listen to some clips?
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