Rachel Maddow on Donald Trump, Dick Cheney, and River Monsters

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

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4.8 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2016

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Not Loch Ness Monsters, River Monsters.Decompress from the presidential debate with your favorite hosts and this week’s guest, Rachel Maddow! With just under six weeks to go until the election, the author and TV icon gets real about Trump, from his chances of actually winning to his media strategy and finally to Mike Pence’s motivations for joining the ticket (the guy just needed a job). Rachel’s mission is to “increase the amount of useful information in the world,” and she does plenty of that on this week’s episode of #politicallyreactive! The Rachel Maddow Show airs on MSNBC weeknights at 9pm EST. Learn more about Rachel on her personal website: http://www.rachelmaddow.com/.Find Hari’s new album Mainstream American Comic and Kamau’s album Semi Prominent Negro at www.killrockstars.com. Check out Hari and Kamau’s upcoming tour dates at their websiteswww.harikondabolu.com and www.wkamaubell.com.Thanks for listening! Keep those tweets coming: #politicallyreactive

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0:00.0	Calling somebody a spent force, I just feel like that is such a deep, cutting insult that it just made me...
0:07.6	Whether or not I agree with Colin Powell on that, it made me respect him as an insultor.
0:12.4	I mean, that is sick burn.
0:18.4	From First Look Media and Penna Plei, this is politically reactive. I'm W. Kamal Bell.
0:24.5	And I'm 90's Bad Boy Recording Artist, Harry Kundebo.
0:28.4	The show where two comedians try to make sense of politics in America.
0:32.1	We're like the 21st century version of the 80s version of Paul and Oat.
0:40.4	Hey, can I be Oat? Of course you can be Oat.
0:42.9	Yay, who doesn't want to be Oat?
0:44.9	I don't want to answer that question.
0:47.5	There are a few voices that people actively turn to in a 24 hour news cycle,
0:51.7	especially during the elections. And today we are talking to one of those voices.
0:56.3	She is one of America's preeminent cable news hosts and my patronus.
1:01.9	It's Rachel Maddo Day!
1:08.0	Seriously, Harry, I went to the Pottermore website and it said my patronus is Rachel Maddo.
1:12.9	I'll be honest with you, I don't even know what patronus means. This is all weird to me, Muggle.
1:17.4	Would you call me?
1:19.7	That sounds racist, is that racist?
1:21.9	A little bit, a little bit.
1:23.3	Rachel Maddo is the first openly gay anchor to host a major US news show.
1:28.8	And she's also groundbreaking how she approaches difficult and controversial topics in today's news.
1:34.1	In a world where we have pundits and journalists who pretend they aren't totally biased,
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