Rethinking Crime and Punishment With San Francisco’s Mayor
The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
Comedy Central
4.5 • 7.5K Ratings
🗓️ 29 March 2023
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
San Francisco has become a go-to example for the narrative that cities are overrun with rampant crime and people experiencing homelessness. But the reality is far more complicated. On this week’s podcast, San Francisco Mayor London Breed joins us to talk about her approach to making the city safer for everyone, the need for compassionate alternatives to policing, and what we could actually do to break the cycles of entrenched poverty and incarceration. Also, writers Kris Acimovic and Jay Jurden stop by to discuss the suspense of the never-ending Trump Indictment Watch.
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CREDITS
Hosted by: Jon Stewart
Featuring, in order of appearance: Kris Acimovic, Jay Jurden, London Breed
Executive Produced by Jon Stewart, Brinda Adhikari, James Dixon, Chris McShane, and Richard Plepler.
Lead Producer: Sophie Erickson
Producers: Zach Goldbaum, Caity Gray
Assoc. Producer: Andrea Betanzos
Sound Engineer: Miguel Carrascal
Senior Digital Producer: Freddie Morgan
Digital Producer: Cassie Murdoch
Digital Coordinator: Norma Hernandez
Supervising Producer: Lorrie Baranek
Head Writer: Kris Acimovic
Elements Producer: Kenneth Hull
Clearances Producer: Daniella Philipson
Senior Talent Producer: Brittany Mehmedovic
Talent Manager: Marjorie McCurry
Talent Coordinator: Lukas Thimm
Senior Research Producer: Susan Helvenston
Theme Music by: Gary Clark Jr.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Do you guys know Bobby Slatiness? |
| 0:01.4 | They used to call him the pit bull of comedy. |
| 0:04.0 | He was from San Francisco, very famous guy out there. |
| 0:08.1 | So he would take me as his opening act, |
| 0:09.8 | because when he was in New York, |
| 0:11.2 | he saw me on stage and he bought a couple of my jokes. |
| 0:14.2 | So he decided, you know, it would be cheaper. |
| 0:16.6 | I'll just bring this in. |
| 0:18.4 | I'll bring this idiot with me. |
| 0:20.0 | And that'll be the way area funny. |
| 0:23.1 | It was great. |
| 0:23.9 | But we played there right after the 1989 earthquake. |
| 0:28.4 | When the punchline still had a crack in the wall going up it. |
| 0:32.0 | Wow. |
| 0:33.0 | And I'd walk around with Bobby and I'm never a cat. |
| 0:37.8 | There's fucking homeless dude, clearly like he'd been out there a while, |
| 0:41.4 | like really looked gone. |
| 0:44.4 | We walked behind, he turns around and he goes, |
| 0:46.4 | Bobby Slatiness! |
| 0:47.8 | That's comedian. |
| 0:50.3 | Extraordinaire. |
| 0:53.2 | That's the way you know you tapped into his city. |
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