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Rob Reiner: We are living 'All in the Family' and Trump is Archie Bunker

Capehart

The Washington Post

News Commentary, Politics, News

4.61.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2016

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Rob Reiner, director, actor and activist, discusses how he thinks the media has failed, the position he dreamed about having in a Clinton administration and whether he's planning a move from entertainment to politics.

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0:00.0

Hey everyone this is Jonathan Kapart and welcome to an exciting episode of

0:09.2

Cape up as we talk with Rob Reiner find out how the director and a star on All in the Family actually came to be on the

0:16.8

podcast.

0:17.8

You have to hear what he thinks separately about the press and about Donald Trump.

0:22.1

People are always asking me, they say,

0:24.0

you know, could you do a show like all the family now?

0:28.0

You know, is it so on PC you couldn't do a show like that?

0:30.0

I said, we are doing it.

0:32.0

We're doing it every day with Donald Trump running for president

0:35.4

And would Rob Reiner work in a Hillary White House if she wins and asks him?

0:40.2

You know I would do it. I mean I, if there was something that I could do to help.

0:45.0

He knows exactly what he'd want to do, and you'll find out what that is, and the dream he had about Speaker

0:50.8

Paul Ryan, right now.

0:53.0

Hi, I'm Jonathan Cape Heart.

0:54.0

Hi, I'm Jonathan Capeapart. Welcome to K-Pup. So about a couple of months ago, I noticed that Rob

1:08.3

Reiner, actor, director, proud liberal activist, was hitting like on a lot of my tweets so I did what any

1:16.0

self-respecting journalist and budding podcaster would do I asked him for an

1:20.5

interview now I never thought he'd actually say yes and say yes so

1:26.0

quickly but he did and I am thrilled that he is here right here welcome. Well thank you Jonathan but here's the thing now that

1:35.3

you've said that every single person that's called me a meathead and

1:39.7

attacked me for the some of the views I've had are now going to ask me to do a

1:43.8

podcast I'm stuck now. I mean you don't have to say yes. I'm glad you said yes

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