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Family Trips with the Meyers Brothers

W. KAMAU BELL Took His Mom Parasailing

Family Trips with the Meyers Brothers

Seth Meyers and Josh Meyers

Personal Journals, Comedy, Comedy Interviews, Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Film Interviews

4.82.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2026

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

This week on the pod, Seth and Josh welcome W. Kamau Bell! Kamau talks about a childhood spent constantly on the move, living in places including California, Indianapolis, Boston, Chicago, Mobile, Philadelphia, and the Bay Area, and how those experiences shaped his perspective on the world. He shares stories about choosing to live with his dad in Alabama, spending summers with his Southern grandmother watching game shows and soap operas, flying alone as a child, and taking family beach vacations. Kamau also reflects on traveling with his own family, including bringing his kids to destinations inspired by their favorite books and taking his mom on a cruise where she surprised everyone by trying parasailing. Plus, he discusses his new podcast and Substack, Who’s With Me?, which spotlights meaningful conversations and ways people can make a difference. Watch this episode on the Family Trips YouTube or Spotify, or listen wherever you get your podcasts! Get your tickets for Family Trips Live!8/12 - Philadelphia: https://tickets.citywinery.com/event/family-trips-with-the-meyers-brothers-il7k6b8/13 - Boston: https://tickets.citywinery.com/event/family-trips-with-the-meyers-brothers-iipsfk 00:00 Introduction with Seth Meyers and Josh Meyers08:24 Guest Intro W. Kamau Bell10:17 Supergirl Hate Watching16:36 Dropping Out & Finding Comedy19:18 Mobile. AL Summers 34:48 Bruce Lee Chinatown Trip36:47 Rocky Statue Dilemma37:13 Indianapolis Grandma Memories40:01 Solo Flights as a Kid43:58 Cruise With Mom Parasailing46:29 Redneck Riviera Beach Trips01:06:51 Speed Round and Farewell Support our sponsors: The BreadwinnerFrom Sony Pictures Home Entertainment The Breadwinner. Straight from theaters, the must-see comedy of the summer is now available to watch at home on digital — to enjoy again and again.Grab your family and don’t miss the comedy everyone is loving, with an 86% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. Get it now on Prime Video, Apple TV, or Fandango at Home. Rated PG. Article:Article is offering our listeners $50 off your first purchase of $100 or more. To claim, visit https://www.article.com/discount/trips and the discount will be automatically applied at checkout.IQ BarText TRIPS to 64000 to get 20% off all IQBAR products, plus FREE shipping. Message and data rates may apply.FitBodGet 25% off your subscription or try the app FREE for seven days at Fitbod.me/TRIP. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:39.1

Tripsters, family trips is coming to you live this summer.

0:42.7

Join us for our first American live shows at the City Winery on August 12th in Philadelphia

0:50.0

and August 13th in Boston, also at City Winery.

0:54.4

Family trips live in Boston is a partnership with Airbnb.

0:58.4

And of course, you know, we love taking this show on the road and love seeing all of you.

1:02.0

So come join us on August 12th in Philly and August 13th in Boston at Citywinery.

1:07.6

Go to citywinery.com for tickets.

1:10.4

That's Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Boston, Massachusetts. Here we go. Hey, posh. Hey, Sufi. How are you? I'm good. I got the Ponca's with me. Yeah, that's right. Pongas visited, and it's a rainy day. It's a rainy beach day, so we've been socked in. We played a little bit of hearts already. Played three-person hearts. Yeah. This is something that's new to them. And 17 cards each, one card in the middle, and you don't know what that card is until the end. The last trick takes that card? No. Is that card not play? That's what my assumption was. You just turn it over and it's just an uncounted point. But if you blitz, if you shoot the moon and try to take all the points, if it's, if a heart or the queen of spades is in there, it's not a blitz. And you're screwed. Oh, wow. Yeah.

2:00.9

I don't like that rule.

2:01.9

Feels to me like better strategy would be the last trick takes it for what it's worth.

2:05.6

But who am I?

2:07.3

Who am I to fight the puns?

2:08.3

I mean, you could change that in terms of House rules.

2:11.4

I went to a Fourth of July party this year and we played a little cornhole and the girl

2:17.4

who was sort of in charge of games, there was this whole like beer Olympics.

2:21.4

And she said, like a bean bag or a cornhole bag that is like leaning into the hole, that's two points, which I had never heard before.

2:30.6

And I was like, really?

2:31.8

She was like, house rules.

2:32.9

And you can call house rules

2:34.2

when it's your house. That's true. I could house rule it. Trying to think of the highlights.

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