Summer Friday #2: Inside the Writers Room | Summer Book Club
Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast
NBC
4.5 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 June 2018
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
On the second edition of the Late Night Podcast: Summer Fridays, hear a special message from Trump's upcoming Space Force.
Then, a delicate issue is resolved in the Late Night writers room, represented by John Lutz and Mike Karnell and judged by Amber Ruffin.
After that, Late Night head writer Alex Baze and staff writer Mike Scollins talk about what it's like writing comedy during this unique time.
Finally, we hear summer book recommendations from Zach Woods, Rakesh Satyal and George Saunders.
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| 0:00.0 | Many involved in crypto saw Sandbankman Freed as a breath of fresh air from the usual Wall Street buffs. |
| 0:05.1 | But in just one month, his crypto exchange would collapse. From Bloomberg and Wondery comes |
| 0:10.0 | Spellcaster, a new six-part docuseries about the wild rise and fall of FTX and its founder, |
| 0:15.2 | Sandbankman Freed. Listen to Spellcaster on Amazon Music, or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:20.0 | I love my kid, but is a new comedy parenting podcast from Wondery that shares a refreshingly |
| 0:25.3 | honest and insightful take on parenting. Each week, the host will share a parenting story that |
| 0:30.0 | will have you laughing and thinking, yes, I have absolutely been there. Listen to, I love my kid, |
| 0:36.3 | but on Amazon Music, or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:41.7 | Hey everyone, this is Seth Meyers and you're listening to the Late Night Podcast Summer Friday edition. |
| 0:50.5 | Welcome to the second episode of The Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast Summer Friday, |
| 0:54.5 | featuring all exclusive content just for the podcast. On today's show, a message from a very |
| 0:59.7 | important new organization. Then, the Late Night Writer settled a debate that's been tearing apart |
| 1:04.6 | the writers room. And finally, Late Night Writer's Alex Bates and Mike Scowlens talk about what it's |
| 1:09.3 | like writing comedy in today's day and age. It's the symbol of strength. I always knew I wanted to |
| 1:21.0 | make a difference in the world and in outer space too. And only one commander in chief is finally |
| 1:27.4 | doing what has to be done. That would be the Space Force. We'll go with the Space Force Space Force. |
| 1:35.5 | I also always wondered if Aliens existed. And if they did, the many, many ways I could kill them. |
| 1:40.9 | I want to see a spaceship. I want to shoot an alien in his big fat face. |
| 1:46.8 | Um, I'm trying to fly at hyper speed. Kill those aliens. |
| 1:51.7 | Pew, pew, motherfuckers. Before there was a nation, there had to be people willing to fight for it. |
| 1:58.9 | And before that, there was space. At some point in the future, we're going to look back and say, |
| 2:04.0 | how did we do it without space? They'll be better educated, better trained, and better equipped |
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