You Don't Gotta Hand it to White Nationalists (with Alex Edelman)
The Next Level
The Bulwark
4.8 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 9 July 2023
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Hot comedian on the rise Alex Edelman joins Tim to discuss his show, Just for Us, and its debut on Broadway, alongside Judaism, white nationalism, comedy itself, and why he's the reverse of JD Vance.
Plus, Tim and JVL discuss Hunter Biden's secret child in Arkansas, and what President Joe Biden should do, both politically and morally.
Just for Us plays at the Hudson Theatre on Broadway until August 19th.
Watch Tim interview Alex here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKgSs916Utk
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the next level Sunday show I'm your host Tim Miller with my besty |
| 0:14.6 | JVL. J-Y, I've got some exciting news for you. |
| 0:19.2 | You weren't there for the interview that the listener has read to hear that is with Alex Edelman, |
| 0:24.8 | the hottest young comic out there, I think right now. |
| 0:28.6 | His shows in New York were being viewed by all of these comedy luminaries, Jerry Seinfeld and Steve Martin, |
| 0:35.6 | and there's all this buzz and comedy circles about him, and now he is selling out on Broadway, |
| 0:42.4 | all the way through August 19th. |
| 0:44.1 | So it's just right around the corner from you. |
| 0:45.9 | Great White Way. |
| 0:47.0 | I gotta catch the seven train over there to go watch. |
| 0:51.0 | We'll see if I can get you backstage. |
| 0:53.0 | It's an easy jaunt for you. |
| 0:54.2 | You're only 49 minutes away. |
| 0:56.2 | But yeah, I'm going. |
| 0:57.2 | And yeah, and so we'll send a note to Alex afterwards. |
| 1:00.4 | You weren't able to do the interview. |
| 1:01.7 | He's a sweet guy. His show is about him as an |
| 1:04.8 | Orthodox Jew attending a white nationalist meeting in New York. And comedy ensues from |
| 1:10.9 | there, but so does also, I think, deep observations about identity and empathy. |
| 1:15.3 | I call them the reverse J.D. Vance. |
| 1:18.0 | He's kind of like the good side of J.D. Vance, you know, where I'm doing observational |
| 1:22.4 | creative work about the Trump world but it's for light instead of for darkness |
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