The Writers and Actors Strike With Roy Wood Jr.

The Bakari Sellers Podcast

The Ringer

Politics, News

4.8 • 966 Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Bakari Sellers is joined by stand-up comedian and actor Roy Wood Jr. to break down the differences and similarities between the WGA and SAG strikes (2:35), the state of sitcoms and late night TV once the strikes eventually end (14:12), and the perseverance of comedy during the shutdown (22:43). Host: Bakari Sellers Guest: Roy Wood Jr. Producer: Donnie Beacham Jr. Executive Producer: Jarrod Loadholt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I won't tell you that it's gonna be okay.
0:07.0	I won't tell you that it's gonna be okay.
0:15.0	And welcome to another episode of the Bakari Cellars podcast.
0:18.0	Today we got a friend of the show.
0:19.0	He is back, a little bit more famous than he was the last time we interviewed him.
0:23.0	He has come through the White House Correspondence Dinner.
0:26.7	He also apparently is one of the people in the White House press room, I guess.
0:30.4	I don't know, it seems like we see and they're falling asleep every now and then.
0:33.0	Every now and then, periodically.
0:38.0	But none other than Roy Wood, Junior, how you feel like my brother?
0:41.0	Man, how you been brother?
0:42.0	Appreciate you for having me back on the program. How you feel like my brother? Man, how you been brother?
0:42.8	Appreciate you for having me back on the program.
0:45.6	Not program, the program.
0:47.2	That's when it's esteemed.
0:48.8	No, I appreciate that.
0:52.2	What have you been up to that you had
0:55.0	had been up to that you can talk about since the White House correspondent
0:55.2	Dinnock, because that was a success and then you had Wesley Lowry write
0:59.2	that amazing piece about you and was that Washington Post doing great things.
1:03.2	Talk to me.
1:04.2	What can you talk about?
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