Roy Wood Jr. on President Biden, Tucker Carlson, Trevor Noah and (of course) the WGA Strike

On with Kara Swisher

New York Magazine

News Commentary, News, Society & Culture

4.2 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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After a look inside a writers' strike that could upend Hollywood, Kara and Nayeema turn to today’s guest: writer and comedian Roy Wood Jr. Fresh off his performance at the White House Correspondents Dinner, Wood breaks down how he chose his jokes for the president, what (if anything) was considered off limits and why we need to start engaging with viewpoints we don’t like. You can follow Kara and Nayeema on Instagram — search for @karaswisher and @nayeemaraza Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi everyone from New York Magazine in the Box Media Podcast Network.
0:11.6	This is just about any TV show you watch with 100% less writers.
0:16.5	Just kidding, this is on with Kara Swisher and I'm Kara Swisher.
0:19.8	And I'm Neymar Azal, we couldn't have any fewer writers than Hollywood has right now.
0:23.8	The writer's guild strike is upon us, and I should say we're on strike because I'm
0:27.5	actually a member of the writer's guild.
0:29.5	Oh, you are, oh wow.
0:30.6	Yeah, not for my journalism, but for my film and TV screenwriting work.
0:33.3	I think I've been in the guild for maybe five years now.
0:35.5	Oh, okay.
0:36.0	And our guest today, comedian Roy Wood Jr. of Daily Show fame and recent White House correspondent
0:41.2	dinner fame, is also a member of the writer's guild.
0:44.0	Yeah, he is.
0:45.0	And there's a lot going on with them in this strike.
0:47.1	And the question is how long it's going to last.
0:48.8	And what impact it'll have is shut down Saturday Live.
0:51.9	I was supposed to go on Bill Mar in a couple of weeks and that's I'm not going on.
0:55.8	They just, they need scripts.
0:57.6	They're trying to figure out a way to do it without scripts.
0:59.7	I don't know if they can do that or if I would cross a picket line.
1:02.7	Yeah, they tried to move forward without scripts in the last strike in a 708.
1:06.0	I think it resulted in a Conan O'Brien, you know, spending a wedding ring at some point
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