TCB Infomercial: W Kamau Bell

The Commercial Break

Bryan Green

Comedy, Improv

5 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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EP#850 TCB Infomercial w W Kamau Bell Comedian, writer, and social commentator W. Kamau Bell joins The Commercial Break for an unflinching, funny, and deeply human conversation about America’s growing cultural divides. From his Emmy-winning series United Shades of America to his fearless stand-up and activism, Kamau has spent years walking into rooms most people would run from—talking with the KKK, white nationalists, and everyone in between—to find the common threads of empathy, ignorance, and humor that bind us. Bryan digs into how Kamau prepares for uncomfortable conversations, the role comedy still plays in bridging divides, and why satire may be our last best hope in a world that can’t agree on anything. With warmth, wit, and insight, this episode explores what it really means to laugh, listen, and learn in modern America. Kamau's LINKS: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow him on Insta⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Tickets, Info and all things W Kamau Watch EP #850 with Rickey Smiley on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Text us or leave us a voicemail: +1 (212) 433-3TCB FOLLOW US: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@thecommercialbreak⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Youtube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠youtube.com/thecommercialbreak⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@tcbpodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.tcbpodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ CREDITS: Hosts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bryan Green⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ &⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Krissy Hoadley⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Executive Producer: Bryan Green Producer: Astrid B. Green Voice Over: Rachel McGrath TCBits | TCB Tunes: Written, Performed and Edited by Bryan Green To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, uh, there's something I gotta tell you, you're not going to hear this, but I gotta tell you, it's on you.
0:08.0	It is your job to stop the fascist takeover of our country. It's on you. I know, I know, I know you don't hear it.
0:16.0	I know you don't hear it, but in the movie that is made about this era, the camera is zooming in right now on you, on your character.
0:25.0	It is on you.
0:26.5	And I know you're like, but I'm not ready, I don't know what to do.
0:29.6	I didn't train or whatever.
0:31.0	No, you know, Neil wasn't ready.
0:33.2	Luke Skywalker wasn't ready.
0:35.2	Katness wasn't ready.
0:37.0	Shuri from the Black Panther wasn't ready. Oana wasn't ready. Catnus wasn't ready. Shuri from the Black Panther wasn't ready.
0:39.3	Oana wasn't ready. Those pups on Paul Patrol are never ready, except for Chase. He's a cop.
0:46.2	But yeah, it's on you. It's on you to figure out how to stop America's fascist takeover.
0:52.0	Jesus Christ. He wasn't ready either, actually.
0:56.0	Yeah, but it's on you.
0:57.1	No politicians are going to save us.
0:59.1	Nobody else.
1:00.0	It's on you.
1:01.5	You're welcome.
1:02.7	I'm sorry.
1:07.8	On this episode of the commercial break.
1:11.2	When the president has troops and his law enforcement kidnapping people off streets and taking them to places where they don't want to go and not giving them ever access to a lawyer in that process, that's fascism.
1:24.9	Tadda!
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