Michael Bennett on the Importance of Activism and Being a Historian (Ep. 16)

Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2017

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Larry Wilmore and NFL star Michael Bennett of the Seattle Seahawks discuss the increasing amount of protests and social activism among athletes, the importance of knowing your history, and what the defensive end would say to President Trump if he met him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey guys, White Famous is a new Showtime original comedy series about trying to make it in Hollywood,
0:05.7	starring SNL Bet, Jay Farrow as Floyd Mooney.
0:08.8	A comedian whose career is about to blow up, but he's not sure he's ready for all that.
0:12.5	Can he make it without losing his soul?
0:14.7	White Famous is executive produced by Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx
0:18.6	in the creative California Cation, Tom Capinos.
0:21.6	And the show is based on Jamie Foxx's real life experiences and also stars Michael Rappapour,
0:25.6	Jacob Ming Tran, other crash, I'm a blue car, I hope I did my best with name and Lonnie Chavez.
0:30.4	The two episodes series premieres this Sunday, October 15th at 10pm, only on Showtime.
0:36.4	It's really, really funny guys.
0:38.3	It's really kind of the story of Jamie Foxx making it in Hollywood.
0:42.1	You can also watch the hilarious season premiere right now for free on YouTube.
0:45.5	So just download the Showtime app now to start your free trial.
0:48.5	That's White Famous.
0:56.6	Welcome back to Black in the Air.
1:00.3	There's Larry Wilmore, Black in the Air.
1:02.3	Welcome. Been away for a while.
1:03.6	Paul Johnson guys, been real busy, but I have a really fun interview today with Michael Bennett,
1:08.9	defensive end of the Seattle Seahawks.
1:11.4	Michael's been on the front line of the whole Colin Kaepernick controversy.
1:15.6	He's put himself out there and he's been very eloquent about the issue.
1:18.8	And it was really, really great talking to him.
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