Quick Take: Facing Your Fears
The Michael Steele Podcast
The Bulwark
4.8 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2024
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Michael Steele speaks with Larry Wilmore, Emmy Award winner and television producer, comedian and writer. The pair discuss Trump's sneakers and relationship with the Black community, how our culture is reflected in music, television and film, discussing uncomfortable topics about race, Jon Stewart's return to The Daily Show and the importance of showing vulnerability amidst facing fears.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey Michael Steele podcast listeners, Michael Steele here with another quick take from the Michael Steele podcast. |
| 0:13.7 | Check out what's going on right now. |
| 0:16.3 | Welcome back everybody to the Michael Steele podcast. |
| 0:19.2 | I'm having a good time with my man Larry Wilmore, the host of Black on the air. You know him for his work on Blackish, the |
| 0:29.0 | French Prince, certainly come. |
| 0:32.0 | Green Mac show. Oh my gosh the nightly show the daily show the office that's right the |
| 0:38.5 | office people talk people yeah yeah yeah you what There's a lot. This brother's been working. |
| 0:44.6 | He's been working. |
| 0:48.0 | Insecure. |
| 0:49.2 | There you're right. So we had we had exciting news. I was really excited when the word hit the street that John |
| 0:58.3 | Stuart was coming back at least once a week to the daily show on Comedy Central. I even did a little spoof with the Muppet and it just you know sort of just asking the question well maybe we'll see the Muppet again. |
| 1:15.0 | Who knows? |
| 1:16.0 | Maybe the Muppet will come back and a little Muppet did a little cameo was a lot of fun. |
| 1:20.0 | But it is amazing how John has hit the ground running and sort of real just like before he left and now in this in this moment putting his finger on where the pulse is for a lot of folks. |
| 1:36.5 | What first off what what are your thoughts about John's coming back you know, do you think this, |
| 1:46.2 | what he will bring will help us along |
| 1:49.6 | with some others out there to sort of contextualize the cultural political moment right now. |
| 1:55.0 | I think it's great seeing John again. |
| 1:58.0 | I mean he really made that show what it is and influenced so many others, including myself, you know, doing that. |
| 2:04.3 | He also influenced a lot of people in traditional media |
| 2:07.0 | who kind of adopted little things |
| 2:09.7 | that the Daily Show did back in the day |
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