The N-Word, a Formula for Detecting Bullshit, and Charlamagne Tha God on ‘Black Privilege’ (Ep. 4)

Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air

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Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2017

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Larry Wilmore discusses Seinfeld’s awkward moment with Kesha on the red carpet, the Bill Cosby trial, Larry's personal formula for detecting bullshit, and Bill Maher’s recent use of the N-word (1:00). Later, Larry talks to Charlamagne tha God about growing up in rural South Carolina and how it shaped his worldview (20:00), Kanye West’s impact on black culture (35:30), and setting yourself up for success (48:00). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, Larry one more here. I am black on the air. Good to be back. Ponds and
0:11.7	metaphors right off the top of the show. I was away for a week and man so many things
0:17.4	happen in the world when you're not commenting on it for one week. It's unbelievable. So many
0:22.6	things. And thank you for all your your tweets and your questions and everything that you
0:27.6	want. I know a lot of people want me weighing on the bill and my heart thing. I'll talk about
0:31.7	that a little bit. I'm at the end but there's so much stuff. Oh and I have a really fun interview
0:36.4	with Charlemagne. The God coming up. I was in New York a little while ago and we had a nice
0:42.7	chat. He's on a book tour right now. For those of you that don't know, Charlemagne the God
0:47.3	is a rising media star right now. He's one of the emerging voices on radio and in media
0:52.7	he's kind of very interesting book out. So we had a real cold chat. He was on my show
0:56.9	tonight. I appeared on his show Breakfast Club. So I think you'll enjoy that. We had a lot
1:02.5	of fun. But okay before I get started, I saw this thing and some of you guys may have
1:06.8	seen it and it really has nothing to do with anything but it really just made me laugh.
1:11.9	If you saw Jerry Seinfeld was being interviewed on the red carpet for something, I don't even
1:16.4	know what it was. And Kesha. The pop star Kesha just came up and said, hey Jerry, hey
1:23.9	I'm a nice fan and he's looking at, oh thanks. And she can't give you a hug and he's
1:28.2	like the time. Oh thanks. No thanks. No thanks. No thanks. Yeah no thanks. I don't know who
1:37.7	that was. Yeah it was Kesha. Okay. Well I wish for the best. And then she tries one more
1:46.8	time. Like please I just want to hug you and he's like no I think I said I'm good. But
1:52.8	leave me. I'm good. It was hilarious you guys. I mean a couple of things went on in that
1:59.2	moment. First of all, he didn't know who she was which is fine. You know it's okay.
2:02.7	He's Jerry Seinfeld. He's not required to know every pop star out there. But to me it
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