Late Night Political Party, Part 2
Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast
NBC
4.5 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 27 October 2020
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
This is the second part of our three-part series Late Night Political Party, in which Late Night with Seth Meyers staffers reflect on what it's like to work on a comedy show in a truly unprecedented time in American politics.
In this episode, field producer Amanda Cowper talks to the members of the show's production team: writer/director Mike Karnell, production designer Ellen Waggett and assistant Justin McGriff.
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| 0:00.0 | Even the Rich is a podcast from Wondery that tells the jaw-dropping stories about the |
| 0:04.4 | tumultuous lives of the world's elite, from the greatest family dynasties to pop culture |
| 0:08.7 | superstars. |
| 0:09.7 | Listen to even the Rich on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:14.5 | In a four-part series, The Generation Y Podcast unravels the story of Khalif Browder, a young |
| 0:19.8 | boy falsely accused of stealing a backpack and held it Recker's island for three years |
| 0:25.0 | without trial. |
| 0:26.4 | This is a story about a young life caught in the middle of the justice system. |
| 0:30.4 | Listen to Generation Y on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:34.0 | Hey, everyone, Seth Meyers here. |
| 0:37.6 | A week from today's election day and before America votes on November 3rd, we here at |
| 0:41.4 | late night wanted to reflect on how the last five years of politics have shaped our work |
| 0:45.7 | and our lives. |
| 0:46.7 | Now I'm going to turn things over to Field Producer Amanda Calper to lead the conversation. |
| 0:51.1 | Take it away, Amanda. |
| 0:57.4 | Hi, I'm Amanda Calper and welcome to the second of three special episodes of the late |
| 1:02.7 | night podcast that we're calling Late Night Political Party. |
| 1:06.3 | On this episode, I'm speaking to members of our production staff about what a difference |
| 1:10.3 | four years can make. |
| 1:11.5 | We're going to look back at our extraordinary time preparing sketches for the 2016 election |
| 1:16.2 | and then share how late night shift towards political comedy has coincided with the real |
| 1:20.3 | life social and political activism for myself and my co-workers. |
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