Karine Jean-Pierre

The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

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4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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After making history as the first Black, female, LGBTQ person to hold the job of White House Press Secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre decided to leave the Democratic party. Listen as she tells Stephen Colbert why she lost faith in Democratic leadership, and read more of her observations on the failure of America's two-party system in her book, "Independent," available now. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's the Late Show Potshow with Stephen Colbert.
0:09.0	Ladies and gentlemen, my next guest served as the White House Press Secretary for President Joe Biden.
0:16.0	Her new book is called Independent.
0:18.0	Please welcome back to The Late Show, Corrine Jean-Pierre. Nice to see you again.
0:26.8	Good to see you. This isn't the first time I've been able to interview, but the last time you were
0:31.0	here, you were speaking on behalf of the president. Now you just speak for yourself. Yes. Is that an
0:37.0	improvement? Do you enjoy the freedom? Do you enjoy speak for yourself. Yes. Is that an improvement?
0:38.8	Do you enjoy the freedom?
0:40.3	Do you enjoy the freedom of that?
0:41.3	I will say this.
0:42.6	It was and will always be an honor and a privilege
0:46.6	to have been White House press secretary.
0:48.6	I was number 35.
0:52.4	But it was also nice to step away and be a private citizen
0:56.0	and not having to be in the briefing room.
1:00.0	Do you watch any of the briefings these days?
1:03.0	I don't.
1:04.0	Oh, you should check it out.
1:05.0	Your band is amazing, by the way.
1:07.0	They are, a wonderful band, aren't they?
1:10.0	The new book
1:11.5	is called
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