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Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast

McKay Coppins | The Check In: U.S. Cybersecurity

Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast

NBC

Politics, Seth Myers, Seth Meyers, News, News Commentary, Authors, Books, Political Comedy, A Closer Look, Comedy, After Shows, Tv & Film

4.53.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2018

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

While Late Night with Seth Meyers is on hiatus, please enjoy this new episode of the Late Night Podcast.

First, Seth takes a break from breaking news to check in on the United States' cybersecurity and how worried the country should be about a foreign power meddling in its elections again.

Then, Atlantic writer McKay Coppins talks about feeling a kinship with Seth for questioning Trump's political ambitions and gives his take on what really motivates the president.

Coppins continues talking to Late Night producer Henry Melcher behind the scenes about his background as a reporter and how he believes political journalism has been disrupted.


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0:00.0

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0:09.6

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0:15.2

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0:20.4

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0:26.0

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0:30.4

what does our obsession with these feuds say about us? Follow Disantel wherever you get your

0:35.6

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0:40.8

Hi, welcome to the late night with Seth Meyers podcast. My name is Henry Melcher. I'm a producer

0:44.7

at the show. So the show is on hiatus this week, but the podcast is not on hiatus. The podcast

0:49.3

never takes hiatus, so we have a whole new episode for you. First, Seth checks in on cybersecurity,

0:54.5

how vulnerable our systems are, and why that really matters. After that, he talks to reporter

0:58.9

McCay Coppins about his history covering Donald Trump and how he and McCay both told Donald Trump

1:03.5

essentially to his face that he would never run for president and how wrong they were.

1:07.4

After that, just for this podcast, I continue chatting with McCay about his career as a reporter.

1:11.8

By the way, if you are enjoying this podcast, please tell your friends to listen to the podcast.

1:16.2

They can get it for free on Apple Podcasts or wherever they get their podcasts. So thanks so

1:20.1

much for that. Let's get started with Seth checking in on cybersecurity.

1:23.6

The midterm elections are just months away, so how concerned should we be about a foreign power

1:29.9

once again meddling in our elections for looking at how vulnerable our infrastructure is to getting

1:34.2

hacked? It's time for the check-in. Even before Trump became president, he demonstrated that he

1:43.8

didn't really take the issue of hacking too seriously. How do I know? Well, because he publicly

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