Recode Decode: Kathy Griffin

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2019

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Comedian Kathy Griffin talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the notorious photo shoot that got her investigated by the Secret Service — and her new self-financed stand-up special, A Hell of a Story. In this episode: The notorious severed-head photo shoot; what happened after the initial wave of backlash; Griffin's run-ins with Donald Trump before he ran for president; why she believes the current battle with Trump is "historic"; Elon Musk; "I've been in Hollywood trouble, but never two federal agencies"; why she had to distribute her new stand-up special herself; does she regret taking the photo?; Anderson Cooper's reaction; Griffin's issues with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and why "he should resign"; how to regulate the social media companies; Griffin's thoughts on the 2020 candidates; speech should be regulated by social media first, not governments; "It took like a good week to talk my own mother out of the fact that I'm not in ISIS"; living next door to the Kardashians, and her other, crazier neighbor; what happens to Griffin's career now?; and advice for women entering the workforce. Today's show is brought to you by Microsoft Azure. Check out Azure.com/trial to sign up for a trial today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Sabotage hired goons and a landfill in Utah.
0:05.0	How Steve Jobs' revolutionary catastrophe of a computer, the Apple Lisa, earned a brief
0:10.7	second life and then was buried for good.
0:14.8	Watch the Verges documentary Lisa's final act now on YouTube.
0:20.0	Hi, I'm Cara Swisher, the Editor-at-large of Recode.
0:26.0	You may know me as Kathy Griffin's new BFF since Anderson Cooper was so mean to her.
0:31.6	But in my spare time I talk tech and you're listening to Recode decode from the Vox Media
0:35.7	podcast network.
0:36.7	Today, we're going to play a live interview I recently did with comedian Kathy Griffin.
0:40.9	She's just released her first stand-up special since the notorious photo shoot in 2017.
0:46.1	The new special is called Kathy Griffin, a hell of a story.
0:49.3	We spoke at the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas.
0:52.8	Let's take a listen.
0:56.0	Whoo!
1:03.0	Cara Swisher is one of those.
1:07.0	You're headliner, you're headliner Cara Swisher.
1:09.0	It is.
1:10.0	Sit down.
1:11.0	Alright, I'm just starting with my funnies.
1:12.0	Alright, listen, we have a lot to talk about.
1:14.6	We were just talking about no shit.
1:16.6	I don't know where to begin.
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