This is the Last Laugh. I'm Matt Wilstein from The Daily Beast, and today I am thrilled to welcome Samantha

B back on this show for the third time. I always enjoy talking with Sam, but this week is especially

meaningful because she is officially joining the Daily Beast

family as the new co-host with our chief creative and content officer, Joanna Coles, of

The Daily Beast Podcast, which premieres tomorrow, Thursday, September 26th, wherever you're

listening to this podcast. Since her late night show, Full Frontal, was canceled three

years ago, Sam's voice has been sorely missed from the political comedy landscape. So it was

very fun getting to catch up with her here about the state of the 2024 presidential race,

including her own personal experiences interviewing Kamala Harris, and how she might have tackled the whole

childless cat ladies thing if she were still on the air.

Before we get into our conversation, I thought it would be fun to listen back to what she

had to say about the excitement surrounding Kamala Harris back in 2020 when Joe Biden

chose her to be his running mate.

In a message that seems just as relevant now as it did back then,

she warned Democrats not to get complacent against a candidate as unpredictable as Donald Trump.

Well, I'm not sure what's happening right now at the convention.

Vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris may be speaking this very second.

After Joe Biden announced her as his running mate last week, the campaign raised an astounding $48 million in 48 hours, and she's already receiving positive polling that has helped improve

Biden's image. In fact, according to the 538 forecast, Biden has a 71% chance of beating Trump this November.

It's the type of news that makes you want to go ahead and release the red, white, and blue balloons, right?

Well, f*** pop those balloons. Do none of you remember 2016?

Nate Silver personally took a crap in the middle of my bed, and then I almost died from choking on a pantsuit cookie.

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