W. Kamau Bell talks about Trump, racism and podcasting
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4.4 • 585 Ratings
🗓️ 11 May 2017
⏱️ 36 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Today's show is sponsored by Mac Weldon. |
| 0:03.4 | They make the most comfortable hoodies, sweatpants, underwear, and socks you'll ever wear. I'm wearing the socks right now. W. Kamauvel can co-sign that I'm wearing socks. You are wearing socks. I'm not going to take them off and show you the label, but they're from Mac Weldon. How do they look? They look beautiful. socks that if if I was in the sock need place I would buy those socks we've always got sock |
| 0:23.0 | needs right that's true unless you're on vacation They look beautiful. They look like socks that if I was in the sock-k-kneed place, I would buy those socks. |
| 0:22.2 | We've always got sock needs, right? |
| 0:23.6 | That's true. |
| 0:24.1 | Unless you're on vacation. Well, no, I'm on, I had to buy socks because I'm on the road right now, and I ran out of socks, and so I wish I bought those socks. Come out, if you wanted to buy socks from Mac Weldon, and you want to get 20% off, you'd go to mac weldin.com put the promo code recode in. That's recode media. And you get 20% off. |
| 0:40.1 | Pretty good deal. And for some reason you don't like the socks? Not possible. You get to hang on to him. Tell Mac Weldon, you don't like the socks, tell them the straight face. They will send you your money back. They're easy to buy. They're easy to have delivered. They're easy to keep if you don't want to pay for him. W. Camau Bell says they look like socks. He's correct. Go to macwolden.com. Use the promo code, recode, get 20% off. Tell them I sent you. This is Recode Media with Peter Kafka. That's me. We're part of the Vox Media Podcast Network. |
| 1:25.5 | I'm here with W. Kamau Bell, who does so many things I cannot list them all. They're not even written down here. He's a podcaster. He's a comedian. He's on CNN. Oh, he's written a book. Have I got it all? He's nodding. He's so tired of getting me. No, yes. I just didn't want to interrupt your flow. |
| 1:26.7 | So you're... I'm a dad. |
| 1:27.7 | You're important too. |
| 1:28.8 | Two kids. |
| 1:29.5 | Two kids. |
| 1:29.9 | Two daughters. |
| 1:30.5 | I did my research. |
| 1:31.3 | William. I'm not, no, yes, I just didn't want to interrupt your flow. So, so you're, I'm a dad. You had a dad. Two kids. Two kids, two daughters. I did my research. We only make girls. Rather than me butcher the titles of all your podcasts and all your, and all your TV shows, you want to rattle them off for me? Yes, I have the one that's currently active, the most active is called Politically Reactive. |
| 1:44.3 | It's so you've got two podcasts, right? |
| 1:45.7 | I've got three. |
| 1:46.9 | Sorry. |
| 1:47.8 | I've got one is a radio show and podcast, but I've got politically reactive with Hurricane |
| 1:52.9 | Bolu, which is a political podcast, so it's by two comedians. |
| 1:56.1 | That started up again, second season. |
| 1:57.7 | That's why we're here. |
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