Wanda Sykes on Why Trump Isn’t Funny Anymore

On with Kara Swisher

New York Magazine

News Commentary, News, Society & Culture

4.2 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Wanda Sykes can find the funny in almost anything: lockdown during Covid, vaccine hesitancy, book bans. They all come up in her latest Netflix special, “Wanda Sykes: I’m an Entertainer.” But today, she tells Kara that there are a few things she doesn’t find funny anymore – including Donald Trump. Also: Need advice?! We have an upcoming episode where Kara and Nayeema tackle your Qs about career, love, or life in general. Call 1-888-KARA-PLZ and leave us a voice note with a question that could feature on the show. Other questions or Comments? Email us at [email protected] or find us on social media. We’re @karaswisher and @nayeemaraza on Instagram. And Wanda is @iamwandasykes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi everyone from New York magazine in the box media podcast network. This is Lizzo on
0:16.9	the French Rivera and I can definitely play the flute. Just kidding, this is on with
0:21.8	Cara Swisher and I'm Cara Swisher. And I'm named Maraza. You are actually on the French
0:25.4	Rivera right now. You are not Lizzo. Can you play the flute? She can. I saw her last night play it.
0:30.6	She played beautifully and the reason I'm referring to is there's a big joke by one of the
0:34.1	psyches about that. Yes. She was amazing. She was astonishing. She played six or seven songs and
0:39.3	just blew the top off the place. It was great. And I would say I'm here because they hire people
0:44.4	like Lizzo and other stars to appear at this con Lions event. And so there's parties everywhere and
0:50.2	they bring in the big names. He sound tired. I am. I'm exhausted. I've been talking to advertisers
0:55.7	marketers and talking about all kinds of issues. And we tape a live pivot this afternoon.
1:00.6	Wow. After being on a boat for a while was Scott. So it was a lot of hard life. Well,
1:05.2	it was austin. A lot of work. It is a little bit when you're working and some are beautiful.
1:09.2	You're still working. I'm still at Martha Stewart's estate. No, you are. You're staying married
1:12.8	a gardener. It's like gold digging ice, but it's green digging, you know. Yeah. Good idea.
1:17.8	You are in the South of France for can lie. And you know, it's where people get together and make
1:21.7	deals. Essentially marketers and people are buying advertising. Me, people who are selling
1:26.6	advertising and all the big internet companies, which are now big players in digital media,
1:31.3	buy out the beaches here and they throw parties. And there's a lot of rosé. And it's just a
1:36.2	networking event. And I do think a lot of deals get done while it's happening. But they also
1:40.6	give out awards. And it's an excuse to get together and drink together, I think. And in an
1:45.4	analog way, which is good to change dramatically, I think. I don't not sure things like this will
1:49.8	survive the future. You're going to put on your Apple Vision Pro. Yeah. I don't know about that.
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