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Andrew Yang Podcast

Kumail Nanjiani on the big sickness in Silicon Valley

Andrew Yang Podcast

Andrew Yang & Audacy

Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.2K Ratings

šŸ—“ļø 14 September 2020

ā±ļø 95 minutes

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Summary

Andrew and Zach discussĀ the latest news on Dr.Ā Robert Hadden,Ā unfair labor practices by the WWE, andĀ the gender reveal wildfire in California. Silicon Valley and Big Sick star Kumail Nanjiani talks about the arduous process of immigrating to the US, how serendipity helped him at every point in his career, and the massive problems he seesĀ in Silicon Valley.Ā 

Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ypVA-sikmm4

Kumail Nanjiani - https://twitter.com/kumailn | https://instagram.com/kumailn

Andrew Yang - https://instagram.com/andrewyang | https://movehumanityforward.com

Zach Graumann - https://instagram.com/zachgraumann | https://twitter.com/Zach_Graumann

Transcript

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0:00.0

I have friends in Silicon Valley who could not watch Silicon Valley or show on HBO because they said it just hit too close to hope.

0:06.5

They were like, it's too real.

0:08.5

For me, it was a real wake up call because I think it was season two or three.

0:12.5

We would sort of do these trips, right?

0:15.4

We would go to Silicon Valley and we would show the episode and we'd sort of like tour companies and get to see what they were working on.

0:21.8

And they were very excited to have us because, you know, we're doing the show about what they do.

0:30.0

I was stunned at what little thought was going into the moral and ethical ramifications of the technology that they were working on.

0:40.8

I remember I won't name the company, but they were showing us this new product that's not on the market that many people have.

0:46.8

They were like, you do this, you can do this, you can do this.

0:48.9

And so we brought up a privacy concern.

0:52.1

They were shocked that they were asked this question.

0:55.8

They didn't even have like a fake corporate answer ready to go.

1:00.3

They were stunned and a little upset and disappointed that we would even think of that.

1:12.3

So we just got breaking news, Andrew.

1:13.9

Literally right this second.

1:15.9

You want to break it?

1:17.5

Yeah, the feds are bringing a suit against the doctor Robert had in that.

1:25.6

He's assaulted Evelyn and dozens, maybe hundreds of other women.

1:29.8

It looks like he's going to be sent to jail.

1:34.0

And they're picking up where the DA of Manhattan somehow declined to prosecute.

1:40.7

And so the doctor has been sitting in a house in New Jersey, essentially taking early retirement.

1:46.2

And I am so thrilled that justice is being done, though it's very late in coming.

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