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Death, Sex & Money

Trevor Noah Talks Depression, Radical Honesty, and Braiding Hair

Death, Sex & Money

Slate Podcasts

Business, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Careers, Relationships, Sexuality

4.67.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2022

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

The former host of The Daily Show sometimes struggles to get out of bed. But he's comfortable saying that with a smile.

*This episode originally ran in 2019.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Anna.

0:02.0

Earlier this month, as you probably know, Trevor Noah

0:05.3

ended his seven-year run hosting the Daily Show.

0:09.0

In his final episode at the desk, he said this.

0:12.4

I always tell people if you truly want to learn about America,

0:16.6

talk to black women.

0:17.8

Yeah, cause...

0:23.6

Unlike everybody else,

0:25.6

black women cannot afford to f*** around and find out.

0:30.6

Black people understand how hard it is when things go bad,

0:38.6

especially in America, but any place where black people exist

0:41.6

whether it's Brazil or South Africa or whatever it is,

0:44.6

when things go bad, black people know that it gets worse for them.

0:48.6

But black women in particular, they know what shit is.

0:53.6

And he thanked some black American women in particular.

0:58.6

So black women who have taught me all of them,

1:00.6

I mean, the scholars online, the authors, everybody,

1:04.6

the Roxanne Gays, the Tressie Mcmillan-Cottons,

1:06.6

you know, I'll remember the names.

1:09.6

Listening to this, we were reminded of one of our very favorite

1:13.6

death sex and money episodes.

1:15.6

One, I wasn't involved in at all.

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