“Proud pigheadedness”

Past Due with Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike Eagle

Ana Marie Cox and Open Mike Eagle

News, Arts, Performing Arts, Business, Society & Culture, Politics

4.6 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2017

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

W. Kamau Bell (@wkamaubell), of CNN’s United Shades of America, joins to help a listener puzzle through how (and if) to have a relationship with her Trump-supporting parents. As he put it: Do they deserve the privilege of her children’s company? Also: What Kamau’s TV show has taught him about a post-election America, and a primer on the *good* kind of white pride. Kamau’s new book! The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6' 4", African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama's Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LZXZK2F/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 He is on tour! http://www.wkamaubell.com/calendar/ Our sponsors: - Parachute sheets (they’re awesome): ParachuteHome.com/FRIENDS for free shipping and returns - Third Love bras and underwear (very comfy): ThirdLove.com/FRIENDS to try one of their bras for free for 30 days - Thred Up (consumerism but not): ThredUp.com/FRIENDS for an extra 40 percent off your order Got a question or comment? @crooked_friends if it’s 140 characters or less, [email protected] if it’s not. Got an experience or problem to share relating to politics and relationships? Let us know if you want us to try to address it on the show. The theme song is by Ross Flournoy (@ApexManor) and we know that it sounds like the 90s. That’s exactly what we asked for.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Anna Marie Cox.
0:03.3	Welcome to with friends like these.
0:05.7	I'm really excited for the guest this week.
0:08.0	It is W. Kamau Bell.
0:10.0	He is the host of the Emmy Award-nominated CNN
0:13.4	DoughQ Series, United Shades of America,
0:16.0	which happens to be promised on the same exact idea
0:18.8	as this show, which is that we should be having
0:20.7	uncomfortable conversations.
0:22.4	He also has a new book out called,
0:23.9	and I'm gonna take a breath here.
0:26.1	The awkward thoughts of W. Kamau Bell,
0:28.1	Tales of a 6'4 African American heterosexual cisgender,
0:31.9	left-leaning, asthmatic, black and proud,
0:34.2	blurred, mama's boy, dad, and stand-up comedian.
0:37.9	He is all of those things.
0:40.1	He's also very funny and very sensitive.
0:43.3	And we're gonna talk about his show
0:45.6	and what he's learned from doing his show.
0:47.4	But the first part of the episode
0:48.6	is gonna be a conversation with a listener
0:50.4	who wrote in to ask for some guidance
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