Robert Reich on Min. Wage, the Bern, & His Date with Hillary

Politically Re-Active with W. Kamau Bell & Hari Kondabolu

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4.8 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2016

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Robert Reich wants to save capitalism?The richest people in the U.S. right now are wealthier than they have been “ever in the history of humankind,” says former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich. So why are the rest of us hustling so hard? In this episode, the Berkeley professor joins hosts W. Kamau Bell and Hari Kondabolu to talk about the viability of a universal basic income, Trumponomics, Bernie Sanders’ influence on the direction of the Democratic Party, and yes, the time Reich asked Hillary Clinton out on a date. Check out Robert Reich’s latest book Saving Capitalism: http://robertreich.org/. And pre-order Hari’s new album “Mainstream American Comic” at www.killrockstars.com/hariThanks for listening! Join us every Wednesday throughout the election for a new episode of #politicallyreactive.

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0:00.0	Bernie Sanders despite the fact that he's not young, he's not charming.
0:04.8	Exactly. You wouldn't say that his great looks have...
0:09.1	Wow, and this is one of his circuits.
0:13.8	From First Look Media and Panifly, this is politically reactive.
0:18.6	I'm Debbie Camelbell.
0:20.0	And I'm Harry Cunderbolo.
0:21.6	The show where two comedians try to make sense of politics in America.
0:25.4	It's like a podcast Wikipedia for your election season,
0:28.4	but with some funny jokes thrown in for good measure.
0:31.6	And by funny, I mean absolutely filthy.
0:35.3	On today's show, we're going to talk to professional smart guy, Robert Rice.
0:38.9	He served as the Secretary of Labor during the Clinton administration.
0:42.3	He was deep with the Occupy Wall Street movement.
0:44.9	By the way, I will believe that corporations are people
0:48.3	when Georgia and Texas execute them.
0:52.7	He literally wrote the book on saving capitalism called...
0:55.9	Saving Capitalism.
0:57.6	And he made a fake cop move with Conan O'Brien.
0:59.7	The summer Conan O'Brien and former Secretary of Labor Robert Rice are...
1:06.0	Detective Conan O'Brien and Detective Former Secretary of Labor Robert Rice.
1:12.5	We're going to ask him about some of these presidential candidates' economic policies.
1:15.6	What do we know? What do we need to know?
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