Roy Wood Jr. and Franchesca Ramsey fighting trolls with truth and satire

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

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4.8 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2017

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

How do social commentary and comedy mix? W. Kamau Bell and Hari Kondabolu are joined with guests Roy Wood Jr. (The Daily Show with Trevor Noah) and Franchesca Ramsey (MTV’s Decoded) to explore the power of humor in today’s polarizing political era. Roy talks about the new sense of diversity on 'The Daily Show' and dissects a rising style of comedy where comedians get audiences to clap in agreement rather than laugh at jokes. Franchesca describes her balancing act with social media and how she avoids sexist and racist trolls online while maintaining her popular presence and personal life.

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0:00.0	That was raised Baptist. I'm from Alabama.
0:02.6	World part of Alabama.
0:03.6	Birmingham.
0:04.2	Mobile.
0:05.2	Oh, oh, really?
0:06.2	So, yeah, you're my dad's mobile, yeah, yeah.
0:08.0	Yeah, I call it a mobile like a New Orleans internship.
0:11.0	You say?
0:12.0	Ha ha ha ha.
0:13.0	From topic and earwolf, this is Little Kid Reactor.
0:19.0	I'm Debbie Knawbou.
0:21.0	And I'm the Mac Daddy and the Daddy Mac.
0:24.0	Hurry, Kunderbolo.
0:25.0	Job, job, job.
0:27.0	The show where two creators try to make sense of politics in America.
0:31.0	Yes, we want to make politics understandable again.
0:34.0	Like it used to be.
0:36.0	Remember when it was understandable when we all knew exactly what was going on?
0:40.0	And nothing was a mystery to anybody?
0:42.0	Nope, I don't remember that.
0:45.0	On today's show, we're joined by comedian and daily show correspondent Roy Wood Jr.
0:50.0	Everyone loves weed. It's the Bruno Mars of Drugs.
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