Rob Schneider: Here’s What’s Wrong With Our Culture Today
American Thought Leaders
The Epoch Times
4.9 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 20 December 2025
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
“COVID was a really dark time for me and for a lot of people,” said Rob Schneider.
For the famous comedian and actor, the years of the pandemic were a time to take stock of what had become of America, speak up about it—and even write a book. “You Can Do it! Speak Your Mind, America” was published in September 2024.
“If we’re going to continue to have a free society, it’s going to require people to step up and be courageous,” Schneider said.
Schneider, who is also a screenwriter and director, rose to prominence as a cast member and writer of NBC’s Saturday Night Live. He earned three Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his writing on the show.
In this episode, he reflected on our current political and cultural moment.
What really happened when Rob bumped into Robert De Niro at the SNL reunion? What is the role of comedy in an age of outrage? And how do we turn around the tribalism he sees gripping America?
Views expressed in this video are opinions of the host and the guest, and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm there to celebrate the 50 years of Saturday Night Live. |
| 0:03.0 | So we all make our way onto the stage. |
| 0:05.0 | I find myself being jostled and I'm right behind the Nero and I bump into him. |
| 0:10.0 | And he turns around and he has that particular expression which... |
| 0:13.0 | It's just like... |
| 0:15.0 | How can you support that schmuck? |
| 0:19.0 | And I just said, I love you. In this episode, I sit down with comedian and actor Rob Schneider, author of You Can Do It. |
| 0:27.0 | Speak Your Mind, America. |
| 0:28.3 | We are appealing to people's fears and their desires more than their logic of what's best for them. |
| 0:34.5 | Sony lot, the Fox lot, Warner Brothers lot. |
| 0:37.3 | Those places in five years will just be real estate. And I think it's best for them. Sony lot, the Fox lot, Warner Brothers lot, those places in five years will just be real estate. |
| 0:40.3 | And I think it's their own decline. He explains why free speech is vital to a divided society. |
| 0:45.3 | We're not China, and China to give you one party. They tell you who to vote for. That's it. We're America. We got freedom. We get two parties. Can we at least vote for the other party? |
| 0:57.5 | Behind his humor and sharp observations, Rob reminds us of what truly matters. |
| 1:03.0 | Sometimes in our worst moments, we must remember there's a human being inside there. |
| 1:15.9 | Every human being is deserving of being treated with dignity. |
| 1:19.0 | This is American Thought Leaders, and I'm Yanya Kellick. |
| 1:24.8 | Rob Schneider, such a pleasure to have you on American Thought Leaders. |
| 1:32.3 | Thank you. Thank you for having me. During COVID was a really dark time for me and for a lot of people. And one of my escape valves that was two pillars that I clung to at that time, Joe Rogan |
| 1:40.6 | and the Epoch Times. |
| 1:42.8 | So every morning, I want it, what's Joe Rogan saying? And what can I read at the Epoch Times. So every morning I want it, what's Joe Rogan saying? |
| 1:45.8 | And what can I read at the Epoch Times? |
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