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Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

Robert Caro

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

Team Coco & Earwolf

Comedy

4.857.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2019

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Author Robert Caro is cautiously optimistic about being Conan O Brien’s friend. Robert and Conan discuss his biographical works on Robert Moses and Lyndon Johnson, getting into the shoes of his subjects, his new book “Working,” searching for the man who helped steal a Senate election, and the parallels we can draw to today’s events. Plus, Conan responds to a listener voicemail about the size of his skull. Got a question for Conan? Call our voicemail: (323) 451-2821. This episode is sponsored by VRBO, Twix, State Farm (1-800-STATE-FARM), Huly's Ramy, and Fracture (www.fractureme.com/CONAN).

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0:00.0

Hi, my name is Robert Carro and I'm really cautiously optimistic about being old

0:11.4

kind of no Brian's friends.

0:37.8

Hello there and welcome to Conan O'Brien needs friend. This is the show where I very

0:43.8

desperately use the podcast format to make people be friendly to me for an hour at a time

0:52.2

and they usually get away. I'm joined by my assistant Sonoma of Sesson. You're my assistant

0:57.2

in real life, aren't you? I am your assistant in real life. Do you feel like you assist

1:00.6

me? Why do you always ask me these questions? Yes, I assist you. I am the only assistant

1:06.2

you have things happen and they happen because I assist you. Yes, okay, take it easy.

1:11.2

No, we do this all the time. You're shouting into a very sensitive microphone. I'm sorry.

1:15.9

If you're driving right now, I apologize for Sonoma's shriek. It's always like, hey, I'm

1:20.4

here with my assistant Sonoma. She sucks at her job. You do not. And then there's Matt.

1:26.4

No. It's got a beard. I could do your intro for you. I didn't get to Matt. Yes, Matt

1:31.6

Gourley, if that's even a real name. How are you, Matt? Good to see you. Good to see you.

1:36.6

Oh, come on. She's a little enthusiasm. I haven't gone after you yet. Well, I feel like

1:40.6

you're you're about to know I'm not. I've got my guard up. I got my shield up. You do the

1:46.1

own. I've never seen it's impressive. I've never seen headphones that are tweed before.

1:51.3

He has tweed headphones. Oh, my God. Pretty funny. Score one for Conan. It is pretty good.

1:56.4

I'll give you that one. That's pretty good. I thought you'd be on your best behavior

2:01.1

today. You know what? You'd think I would be on my best behavior because this is a very,

2:05.2

very, very special episode of Conan O'Brien needs a friend. I've been pursuing my next

2:11.9

guest for years, years and years and years. That sounds threatening. The New York Times

2:20.2

referred to this man as the white whale to my a-hab, which means he'll end up killing

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