Presidential Debate Tailgate with John Dickerson

Politically Re-Active with W. Kamau Bell & Hari Kondabolu

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🗓️ 21 September 2016

⏱️ 51 minutes

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The host of CBS' Face the Nation talks about the skill of moderating presidential debates.In a first for Politically Re-Active, Kamau and Hari chat with a member of the mainstream media! John Dickerson is the host of CBS’s Face the Nation, and like Kamau, is a man of many podcasts (“Whistlestop,” anyone?). The veteran journalist and moderator extraordinaire stops by just in time for next week’s Hillary v. Trump showdown, offering pro tips on steering a presidential debate and explaining why it’s actually better when the candidates do the fact-checking. So start your presidential debate tailgate and dive into this episode of #politicallyreactive!Pick up John’s latest book Whistlestop: My Favorite Stories from Presidential Campaign History on Amazon. And get educated before the election with John’s brilliant podcast of the same name: http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/whistlestop.htmlStill want more? Find Kamau and Hari at a venue near you! Hari will be in SF this week at Cobb’s Comedy Club from September 22-24! Check out www.harikondabolu.com for more info.Kamau has his live radio talk show Kamau Right Now! this Thursday September 22nd. Check out KALW.org to stream live or find the podcast. You can also check out www.wkamaubell.com for tour dates and of course, more podcasts.Thanks for listening! Keep those tweets coming: #politicallyreactive

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0:00.0	So in a debate, I'm trying to use whatever one has said and get the other to respond, not just to
0:06.8	say mean things about the guy who's the first.
0:08.4	It sounds a little like a playground. Do you hear what he said?
0:10.4	Yeah!
0:13.6	From First Look Media and Panoply, this is politically reactive. I'm Debbie Kamalbeau.
0:18.8	And I'm ladies love Poole Harry Kundebolo.
0:23.3	Are you?
0:24.3	Yeah.
0:24.9	Okay.
0:26.1	The show where two comedians try to make sense of politics in America.
0:29.5	Well currently comedians, as soon enough they'll call us public intellectuals.
0:32.4	I'm not going to stop that campaign.
0:34.8	Come on NPR, come on New York Times, come on Washington Post,
0:40.0	intellectualize us.
0:44.8	So obsessed.
0:47.2	They were talking to host of CBS's Face the Nation and author of the New York Times best seller
0:52.4	Whistlestop, John Dickerson.
0:54.6	He moderated a democratic and republican debate this campaign cycle.
0:58.3	So we'll ask him the hard-hitting questions, like which party runs over their time the most
1:03.1	and which candidate loves America the least.
1:06.2	And who has the biggest flag pen?
1:09.2	Also we'll ask him what it feels like to get booed by Ted Cruz supporters.
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