Steve Harvey on His Stand-up Career, the Legacy of 'Kings of Comedy,' and Black Radio

The Bakari Sellers Podcast

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Politics, News

4.8 • 966 Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Bakari is joined by Steve Harvey to talk about how he got his start in comedy (4:47); what it was like working with Bernie Mac, Cedric the Entertainer, D.L. Hughley, and Spike Lee on 'Kings of Comedy' (22:07); and the important influence of Black radio in the upcoming election (29:52). Host: Bakari Sellers Guest: Steve Harvey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to another episode of the Bakari Sellers podcast. I cannot believe we this far in.
0:16.4	Shout out to all my guests. Shout out to this week's guests, Josina Anderson,
0:21.1	and today's guests, my brother Steve Harvey. I'm not sure
0:26.1	that your favorite podcast has better guests than we do. Every week Monday and
0:30.6	Thursday we sit down and have long chats about everything that's going on in the world.
0:34.0	So I just want to say thank you for downloading and subscribing and many of you all
0:38.4	DM me about guests that I should have and how you're spreading the word.
0:45.0	I'm so grateful for all of that. You know, there's a lot going on in the news this week, but one thing I didn't want to miss is this ad from
0:51.0	Get your booty to the Pole. A campaign out of Atlanta led by a
0:55.8	handful of sisters who realize like I do that the couch is always an option. We talk
1:02.0	about this often on this show that people aren't
1:04.4	choosing between two candidates. They're choosing between Donald Trump, Joe Biden,
1:09.3	and the couch. And so it's always on the ballot and we have to meet black men
1:13.8	black people we have to meet them where they are in talking to them about
1:17.0	this election in November check out this ad and let's talk about it on the
1:21.5	other side you really not really not going to vote.
1:24.0	You know it's more than just the president on the ballot, right?
1:27.0	Check it.
1:28.0	A district attorney decides to prosecute.
1:30.0	Including whether or not to go out the dirty cops.
1:32.0	Do you know who elects the DA? including whether or not to go out the dirty cops.
1:32.5	Do you know who elects the DA?
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