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Hey, what's going on, everybody.
I'm Trevor Noah
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and this is The Daily
Social Distancing Show.
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Today is February 25,
which means
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it's the last week
of Black History Month.
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And that's why, my friends,
I have decided
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for the final time
that I am going to make
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new Black history
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by becoming the first-ever
Black Karen.
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(skateboard rolling past)
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Hey! Do you have a license
for that skateboard?
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TEEN BOY: Hey, (bleep) you,
where's your mask, lady?
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I don't have to wear a mask,
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I pay taxes!
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What an amazing day
for our people.
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I think I did pretty well.
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Anyway, on tonight's show,
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why your tattoo
could come back to haunt you,
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an explosive story about cats,
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and why the state of America's
electric grid will shock you.
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So let's do this, people.
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Welcome to The Daily
Social Distancing Show.
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-? ? -ANNOUNCER: From Trevor's
couch in New York City
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to your couch somewhere
in the world, this is
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The Daily Social Distancing
Show with Trevor Noah.
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Folks, it's been another long,
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long, long week.
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The pandemic reached
a grim milestone,
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people in Texas
struggled to get clean water,
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and now someone
stole Lady Gaga's dogs.
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Which is crazy.
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Do you know how hard it is
to lure dogs away
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from someone
who dresses in meat?
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So instead of ending the week
on a frown,
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let's turn that thing
upside down
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with another installment
of Ray of Sunshine.
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One of the worst stories
recently
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has been the crisis in Texas.
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But even that had a ray of
sunshine, as a bad situation
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brought out the best
in some people.
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In Houston, two strangers
took in a delivery driver
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-for five days after she got
stranded during the storm. -Wow.
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Last week Chelsea Timmons
says she got stuck outside
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their home
while delivering groceries
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just as the brunt
of that storm moved through.
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The couple tried
to get her a tow truck,
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but no one showed up,
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so they opened up
their home to her.
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MAN: We were like,
"Just come inside,
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hang out,
we'll figure it out," and, uh,
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you know, at some point we
realized that we were probably
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gonna have a houseguest
for a few days,
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which was fine.
Chelsea made
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-an amazing coconut cake
the other day, too. -(laughs)
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Oh, that is the sweetest,
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most heartwarming abduction
I have ever seen.
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This is like
if the movie Get Out
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was made by
the Hallmark Channel.
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And you know, these days,
when everyone is so suspicious
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and distrustful of strangers,
it's really wonderful
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to hear about a couple that
didn't hesitate for a second
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to help a stranger in need.
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In fact, you know what, I'm
gonna write them an e-mail.
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(heavy African accent):
Dear American friends.
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I am a Nigerian prince
who has lots of money.
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And can you help me...
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(regular accent):
The only person who this isn't
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a happy story for
is the guy who
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ordered the coconuts
that never showed up.
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'Cause, I mean, he was
shivering in his house like,
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"Don't worry, kids,
we're gonna
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"make it through this just fine.
Oh, man,
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just as soon
as those coconuts get here."
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Let's move on
to a ray of sunshine from Ohio.
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A story that starts out scary
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but ends scarily adorable.
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An Ohio bomb squad made a
surprise discovery responding
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to a call about a suspicious
bag found outside a church.
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Well, they weren't
met with ticking
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but purring
coming from the bag.
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Six newborn kittens and
their mother were discovered.
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NEWSWOMAN: And a note that says
Sprinkles had gone into labor
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the day earlier.
They're all being cared for,
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they're all well, at the local
animal shelter there.
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Wow, what a relief
that must have been.
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A bunch of kittens is the best
thing you can hope to see
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when you're expecting
to see a bomb.
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I mean, it's like going
to your grandpa's funeral,
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but instead Beyoncé
pops out of the casket
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for a surprise concert.
Oh!
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I mean, it's too bad you
didn't get to bury your grandpa,
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but, hey, Beyoncé!
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(vocalizing)
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So, it really is great news
that this wasn't a bomb.
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Although, after one week
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with seven cats in your house,
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you'll wish
it had just been a bomb.
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And look, I know
we should be careful,
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but did this really have to
go straight to the bomb squad?
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I mean, like, it feels like
a couple more questions
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on the 911 call
could have helped.
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Okay, sir, is the bag meowing?
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It is? All right,
then those are kittens, sir.
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-Yeah, that's not a bomb.
Okay, bye-bye. -(beep)
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911, what is your emergency?
Mm-hmm?
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Now, is the fire meowing?
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Yeah, those are kittens, ma'am.
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-Yeah, that's not a fire.
Okay, then, bye-bye. -(beep)
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911, what's your emergenc...
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At the same time, though,
I will admit,
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it is still too early
to let our guard down.
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I mean, bombers
are really clever people,
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so this could
all be a long game, you know?
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You bring home
those sweet kittens,
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you take care of them,
you snuggle them,
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you listen to them purr,
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they become part of the family,
and then, one night,
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ten years from now,
you open your eyes
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and your cat is on your chest,
holding a trigger button like,
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"Boom, bitch.
Meow."
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All right, let's move on now
from six tiny kittens
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to one giant sheep
and another
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great animal rescue story
from the week.
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Rescuers in Australia
found a sheep
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that had close to 78 pounds
of wool dragging him down.
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Look at this guy.
He was underweight,
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and all that gargantuan fleece
even covered his eyes.
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The rescuers took him to
Edgar's Mission Farm Sanctuary.
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That's where he promptly
received a good shearing.
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Sheep typically have to be
sheared at least once a year
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to keep them healthy.
Look at all of that.
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Talk about the socks
and the sweaters.
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Oh, man!
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I am so happy for that sheep.
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And he must have
been relieved, too.
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I bet he was like,
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"Baa! Thank you! My dick
looks so much bigger now!"
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That's incredible, though.
They shaved
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78 pounds of wool
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off of one sheep.
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That's enough to make
one mitten for Bernie Sanders.
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And finally, here's a young
woman whose good attitude
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turned her embarrassing mishap
into Internet clout.
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A trend going around TikTok
is asking people to share
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their most regrettable tattoo.
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And it looks like one poor woman
from Kentucky takes the cake.
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Okay, I'm just gonna go ahead
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and let you guys know
that I won.
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Um, so, I got this tattoo.
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I've wanted it
for a couple of years.
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It basically means,
like, you know,
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being true to yourself and real
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and, like, not pretending to be
something you're not.
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I got this March 4, 2020, and...
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it says:
"Courageously and radically
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refuse to wear a mask."
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NEWSWOMAN: She says
she's not an anti-masker.
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Says she was so embarrassed
she wore long-sleeved clothes
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all summer long to hide it.
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All right, you've got
to feel bad for this woman.
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Just trying to make
a personal statement
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and ending up on the wrong side
in the culture wars?
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I mean,
the only way out of this thing
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is just to go full Post Malone
and get tattoos everywhere.
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Just stack them up.
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Yeah, 'cause good luck
picking out
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an individual message
on that guy.
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He could have his ATM PIN
somewhere in there,
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and we wouldn't know--
nobody would know.
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But this is the problem
with getting a tattoo
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to express a personal statement.
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Like, if you're gonna get
a tattoo, people,
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there's a simple rule to follow.
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Just make sure you get a tattoo
of something
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that will never change.
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You know?
Like Mr. Potato Head.
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No matter what happens,
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Mr. Potato Head
will always be Mr....
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They did what, now?
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But you know what? Kudos.
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Because she's laughing about it,
she's having a good time,
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and, even better news,
she just got a prime-time show
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on Fox News.
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For more on this story,
I want to bring in my friend,
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Desi Lydic.
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Desi, I know you love
these kinds of stories
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as much as I do.
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It's such bad luck, right?
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Yeah, I guess.
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(laughing): Because, I mean,
like, what are the chances
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of getting a tattoo where,
like, things change,
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and then all of a sudden,
that tattoo becomes, like,
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really controversial?
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-It's so wild.
-God, let go, Trevor.
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It can happen to anybody.
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Oh.
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Damn, Desi, I...
I feel like I hit a nerve.
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(mocking):
I feel like I hit a nerve.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, you know what,
you did hit a nerve, Trevor.
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This lady isn't the only one
dealing with this.
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(sighs) I also got
an inspirational tattoo
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that became
kind of embarrassing this year.
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What?
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(groans)
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"Stop the steal"?
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Wait. You think Trump had
the election stolen from him?
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No!
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No. I got this in 2010
after a breakup.
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It was just to remind myself to
stop letting bad relationships
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steal my precious time.
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Now every time
I wear short sleeves outside,
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I get a visit from the FBI.
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Well, I mean,
I'm really sorry, Desi,
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but I guess... I guess at least
you can just wear long sleeves.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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It doesn't help
with the other one, but...
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Wait, like,
you've got another bad tattoo?
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(sighs) Okay, but don't...
don't judge me.
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All right?
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-Please? Promise?
-(stammering)
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Yeah, yeah. Wha...
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This one is small and tasteful
on my knuckles.
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"I heart Q."
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Whoa, Desi!
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What, you believe in QAnon?
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No!
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Trevor...
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I believe in the Q Train, okay?
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Excuse me for supporting
public transportation.
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I mean, how was I supposed
to know that it would become
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the worst letter
in the alphabet?
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Oh, man.
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Wow.
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Wow. All right, well, I didn't
realize how common this was.
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Maybe for the future,
just, like...
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maybe you shouldn't get tattoos.
It's probably safer, you know?
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Yeah. I-I won't. I'm done.
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Except I-I did just recently get
a really special tattoo
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that you can't misinterpret.
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It's in Sanskrit on my neck.
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-Isn't it beautiful?
-Oh, y... okay,
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my Sanskrit is rusty, but I...
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Oh, Desi.
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Oh, no, Desi, that says:
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"Jeffrey Epstein
didn't kill himself."
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Yeah, I know.
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Wait, so you-you think...
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You know what?
Let's not get into that.
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Let's just, uh...
All right, well,
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well, good luck,
good luck with the tattoos,
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and, um, and-and life and stuff.
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This was weirder
than I thought it was gonna be.
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I was thinking
about getting a lizard person
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right on my calf.
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We should, we, I-I...
we should, I lost... I lost you.
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My Wi... my Wi-Fi...
uh, br... uh-huh...
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All right, when we come back
we'll figure out why
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all of America could end up
like Texas.
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And Kevin Garnett is my guest
on the show.
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So stick around.
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Welcome back to The Daily
Social Distancing Show.
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Over the past week,
we all watched the chaos unfold
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when Texas's electric grid threw
the entire state into chaos.
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It was basically
the biggest blackout
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since Brett Kavanaugh celebrated
getting on the Supreme Court.
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But Texas is far
from the only state
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to experience
massive power outages.
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And the question is,
why does America's energy grid
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have so many problems?
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Well, let's find out why
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in another installment of
If You Don't Know, Now You Know.
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? ?
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We all know how the
electric system works, right?
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You plug your phone in,
you unplug it,
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you plug it back in,
because it's only at 11%,
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and then you just stand
by the wall all day
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scrolling through Instagram.
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But what's going on behind
that wall might surprise you.
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NARRATOR: In 1882, on
Pearl Street in New York City,
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Thomas Edison opened
the world's first
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commercial electric grid,
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lighting up local homes
and businesses
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with cables connected
to his power station.
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WOMAN:
The modern electric grid
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connects
to 7,300 major power plants
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through nearly 160,000 miles
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of high-voltage
transmission lines
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and millions of miles
of low-voltage lines
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to bring power
to over 150 million customers.
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MAN: There are only four
distinct electrical grids
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that service essentially
all of North America.
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You have the two big ones,
Western and Eastern,
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and the two
electrical separatists,
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Québec and Texas.
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MAN 2: The electrical grid
is the most massive machine
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that humans have ever built.
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In the United States,
uh, we use
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something like five or six times
more energy per person
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than anywhere else in the world.
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Of course Americans
consume that much energy.
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Americans invented a bike
that you have to plug in,
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doesn't even go anywhere
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and costs more
than ten regular bicycles.
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But yes, the electrical grid
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is the most massive machine
that man has ever built.
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And it's amazing how it connects
the entire continent.
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I mean, just think.
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While you're blending a smoothie
in your kitchen,
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Donald Trump
is using the same electricity
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to shred his tax returns.
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It's actually beautiful
when you think about it. Wow.
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So, there's no doubt that this
is an impressive system.
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Unfortunately,
much like a tweet from 2010,
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it hasn't aged well.
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NEWSWOMAN:
The U.S. electric grid
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loses power
almost three times more often
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than it did in 1984,
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much more than any other
industrialized nation.
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Japan loses power an average
of four minutes a year.
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But in the northeast U.S.,
214 minutes.
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And it just keeps getting worse.
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NEWSMAN:
In 2010 alone,
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disruptions
in our inefficient power grid
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cost our country in excess
of $100 billion.
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MAN:
We actually lose about 60%
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of the energy that we generate.
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MAN 2:
Most of the infrastructure
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that we use today, um,
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hasn't changed much
since 30, 40, 50 years ago.
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NEWSMAN 2: Some of the country's
power systems
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predate the 20th century.
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Um, if Thomas Edison walked
into a modern substation,
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he'd feel very much at home.
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Yeah, he would feel at home.
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Especially
if he saw Joe Biden on TV.
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"Hey,
my old pal Joe is president.
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"Joe!
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"Why are you so small?
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Get out of that box, Joe."
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But this is pretty worrisome.
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America's living in 2021
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with an electric grid
that's barely been updated
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in the past 50 years.
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You have to update technology
more often than that, people.
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I mean, imagine trying
to get through your life
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with the first iPhone.
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You couldn't even use
the Maps app
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because New York
wasn't a state back then.
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So, clearly the grid
needs to be upgraded.
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And we'd better do it soon,
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because the problem
is heating up.
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WOMAN:
The last half century,
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there have been
more and more power outages
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because of weather,
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and it'll only get worse
because of our changing climate.
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WOMAN 2:
The grids are facing
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more extreme conditions
more often
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and are susceptible to really,
really major failures.
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Our grid is no match
for wildfires,
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no match for hurricanes
and flooding.
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MAN: As weather patterns
and temperatures
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get more and more extreme,
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the extremely hot
and the extremely cold days
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end up driving
the most significant peaks
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that utilities have to manage.
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MAN 2:
Air conditioners can account
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for up to half
of the electricity
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being used in the country.
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The first thing that happens
when you have a hot day
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is people use
their air conditioners.
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And the increase in, um,
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the abundance
of air conditioning,
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uh, throughout the country,
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um, certainly, uh, means
that more people
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can turn on air conditioning
all at about the same time.
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That's right. America is using
way more air conditioning
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than its grid can handle.
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And I know that for a fact.
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Offices in this country
are so cold,
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you could store corona vaccines
in your desk.
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And thanks
to the extreme temperatures
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that climate change creates,
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this problem
is only gonna get worse.
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And maybe you're not worried.
You know, maybe you're thinking,
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"Oh, eventually, climate change
is gonna get so bad
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"that I'll be stuck
between a wildfire and blizzard,
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creating
the perfect temperature."
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But on the off chance
that that doesn't happen,
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America needs to find
alternative methods
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of climate control.
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Like, I know I do that,
you know?
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When I'm cold,
I just turn on Bridgerton.
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You know, those accents.
The decor.
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Regé-Jean Page's smolder.
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Ooh!
(chuckles)
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I'm hot already. Okay.
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But it's not just nature
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that's putting
the electric grid at risk.
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It's also technology.
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NEWSMAN:
Of all the critical components
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of the U.S. infrastructure,
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the power grid
is one of the most vulnerable
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to cyberattack.
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NEWSWOMAN: Imagine
if the critical infrastructure
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we rely on every single day
simply shut down.
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Power plants, banking systems,
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air traffic control, subways:
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all are vulnerable.
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NEWSMAN 2:
Russian government hackers
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are actively trying
to penetrate the grid
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to carry out potential attacks.
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They are already in the grid.
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The Russians are in.
The Chinese are in.
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The-the Iranians may be
on the verge of getting in.
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NEWSMAN 3:
Ironically,
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it's our less sophisticated
electric providers
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who may have an edge here.
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Rural co-ops account
for 42 million people.
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None of these co-ops
relies on the Internet
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for the distribution of power.
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That's right, people.
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00:16:55,281 --> 00:16:57,650
Sometimes the less fancy
something is,
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the more you can count on it.
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Like Danny DeVito.
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00:17:01,654 --> 00:17:03,255
That's why
when everyone is messing around
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00:17:03,289 --> 00:17:05,824
with their Spotify playlist
on their iPhone 12s,
427
00:17:05,858 --> 00:17:07,559
I'm jamming out to CDs
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00:17:07,593 --> 00:17:10,329
on my old, reliable Discman.
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00:17:10,362 --> 00:17:13,866
? It's been,
it's been, it's been. ?
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00:17:13,899 --> 00:17:17,603
But those rural providers aside,
America is in real trouble here.
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00:17:17,636 --> 00:17:20,072
If America's electricity
is hacked,
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that could mean
hospitals lose power.
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00:17:22,508 --> 00:17:24,710
The banking system collapses.
434
00:17:24,743 --> 00:17:26,946
Boeing planes
fall out of the sky.
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Even more than they already do.
436
00:17:29,248 --> 00:17:31,884
And there are so many countries
already in America's grid
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00:17:31,917 --> 00:17:33,252
that they're probably
just arguing
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over who will actually get
to cause the blackout.
439
00:17:35,421 --> 00:17:37,923
"What are you doing? Get out
of here. We were here first."
440
00:17:37,957 --> 00:17:40,292
"Get out of here, Russia.
You already did an election.
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00:17:40,326 --> 00:17:41,827
Give us something, huh?"
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00:17:41,860 --> 00:17:43,529
In fact,
you know what they need to do?
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They need to update
the Geneva conventions
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for this new kind of warfare.
445
00:17:46,899 --> 00:17:48,267
They got to be like,
"Okay, look,
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00:17:48,300 --> 00:17:50,269
"we can bomb each other
as much as we want,
447
00:17:50,302 --> 00:17:52,838
"but can we agree
no cutting power
448
00:17:52,871 --> 00:17:54,440
"when there's
a new WandaVision?
449
00:17:54,473 --> 00:17:56,075
That's a war crime."
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So this is a scary future
that the world is facing.
451
00:18:00,913 --> 00:18:02,481
But the good news is
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00:18:02,514 --> 00:18:06,252
the United States
now has Space Force.
453
00:18:06,285 --> 00:18:08,754
I mean, they won't be able
to protect the power grid.
454
00:18:08,787 --> 00:18:10,589
But if it does go down,
455
00:18:10,623 --> 00:18:13,726
someone in space
can look down on Earth
456
00:18:13,759 --> 00:18:17,730
and be like, "Yep, it looks like
the lights are out down there.
457
00:18:17,763 --> 00:18:18,931
Everything's off."
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00:18:18,964 --> 00:18:21,667
And that, my friends, is huge.
459
00:18:21,700 --> 00:18:25,471
Now, luckily, hackers
haven't done any major damage
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00:18:25,504 --> 00:18:28,073
to America's power grid yet.
461
00:18:28,107 --> 00:18:30,643
But wait till you hear what has.
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NEWSWOMAN: One of the biggest
threats to the U.S. power grid
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isn't state actors
or natural disasters.
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It's that little gray mammal
invading your birdfeeder.
465
00:18:38,484 --> 00:18:40,920
In fact, it's difficult
to know the severity
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00:18:40,953 --> 00:18:42,721
of our squirrel sabotage problem
467
00:18:42,755 --> 00:18:44,290
because it happens
so frequently.
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00:18:44,323 --> 00:18:46,125
Utility industry groups say
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they are the most common cause
of grid trouble.
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They cause
one of every five outages.
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One ill-fated squirrel
can knock out power
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00:18:53,866 --> 00:18:55,434
for thousands of customers
473
00:18:55,467 --> 00:18:57,703
or trip up
whole financial markets.
474
00:18:57,736 --> 00:19:01,440
Squirrels have short-circuited
Nasdaq not once but twice
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from the same city
in Connecticut.
476
00:19:03,842 --> 00:19:05,477
Well, well, well.
477
00:19:05,511 --> 00:19:08,814
Turns out squirrels
have been sabotaging us.
478
00:19:08,847 --> 00:19:10,382
And we shouldn't be surprised.
479
00:19:10,416 --> 00:19:12,251
I mean,
have you ever seen a squirrel?
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They always look like
they're plotting some shit.
481
00:19:16,622 --> 00:19:17,623
And I guess it turns out
482
00:19:17,656 --> 00:19:19,892
if squirrels were
the real threat all along,
483
00:19:19,925 --> 00:19:23,228
some of us need to start
apologizing to our dogs.
484
00:19:23,262 --> 00:19:26,432
Because it turns out
they were good boys.
485
00:19:26,465 --> 00:19:28,133
Very good boys.
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So, yes,
when you look at the state
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00:19:30,069 --> 00:19:33,172
of America's electric grid,
it is not a pretty picture.
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It's under threat
from climate change,
489
00:19:35,174 --> 00:19:37,509
from hackers,
and even jumped-up rats.
490
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Honestly, just thinking
about how the entire country
491
00:19:40,579 --> 00:19:45,217
could be shut down in an instant
is starting to stress me out.
492
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In fact,
I'm getting so stressed,
493
00:19:47,086 --> 00:19:48,654
I-I think
I'm just gonna take a moment
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to listen
to some of my relaxing tunes.
495
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-Aw...
-(skipping): ? Sail away ?
496
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-? Sail away, sail away ?
-Yeah, yeah. Yeah.
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All right, when we come back,
498
00:19:56,495 --> 00:20:00,332
NBA legend Kevin Garnett
joins me on the show.
499
00:20:00,366 --> 00:20:00,432
So don't go away.
500
00:20:03,068 --> 00:20:04,803
Welcome back to The Daily
Social Distancing Show.
501
00:20:04,836 --> 00:20:07,272
Earlier today,
I spoke with NBA champion
502
00:20:07,305 --> 00:20:10,609
and 15-time All-Star
Kevin Garnett.
503
00:20:10,642 --> 00:20:13,011
We talked about
his Hall of Fame career,
504
00:20:13,044 --> 00:20:15,414
life before
and after basketball,
505
00:20:15,447 --> 00:20:17,682
and where to from here.
506
00:20:17,716 --> 00:20:21,420
Kevin Garnett, welcome to The
Daily Social Distancing Show.
507
00:20:21,453 --> 00:20:24,222
Thank you, man. Thank you, Trev.
Thank you for having me.
508
00:20:24,256 --> 00:20:25,657
Yeah, man, it's too dope
to have you here.
509
00:20:25,690 --> 00:20:28,527
First things first, like,
why-why is it so dark?
510
00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:30,762
What-What's going on over there?
511
00:20:30,796 --> 00:20:33,298
Um, you know what,
we're not in the studio.
512
00:20:33,331 --> 00:20:35,434
Um, I like indirect lighting
myself.
513
00:20:35,467 --> 00:20:37,335
-I don't like direct light.
I don't like -(laughing)
514
00:20:37,369 --> 00:20:39,171
a bunch of light hitting me.
515
00:20:39,204 --> 00:20:40,772
You know, I was trying
to tell the producers
516
00:20:40,806 --> 00:20:43,375
I got a high level of melanin,
so y'all just gonna have to deal
517
00:20:43,408 --> 00:20:45,644
with some of this darkness
today, you know?
518
00:20:45,677 --> 00:20:48,447
I'm-I'm bringing some balance
to the whole Trevor show today.
519
00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:50,048
-You know? -All right,
all right. I feel it, I feel it.
520
00:20:50,082 --> 00:20:52,717
We got, like-- we got-- we got
an ebb and flow going here.
521
00:20:52,751 --> 00:20:54,653
Okay, I like that. I like--
Well, welcome to the show
522
00:20:54,686 --> 00:20:56,321
either way.
I can see you.
523
00:20:56,354 --> 00:20:59,424
I can feel your presence. And,
uh, before we get into the book,
524
00:20:59,458 --> 00:21:01,093
let me say, first of all,
congratulations
525
00:21:01,126 --> 00:21:04,629
on making it
into the NBA Hall of Fame.
526
00:21:04,663 --> 00:21:06,898
And, man,
you did it in style as well.
527
00:21:06,932 --> 00:21:09,101
Because you're
a first-ballot Hall of Famer.
528
00:21:09,134 --> 00:21:11,303
That's pretty amazing.
How does it feel?
529
00:21:11,336 --> 00:21:13,538
It feels amazing, man.
You know... (clears throat)
530
00:21:13,572 --> 00:21:16,007
As you would know,
putting-putting all your time
531
00:21:16,041 --> 00:21:18,443
and effort into a craft
and believing in yourself
532
00:21:18,477 --> 00:21:22,881
and wanting to, you know, grow
a-a passion that's within you,
533
00:21:22,914 --> 00:21:26,218
uh, is-is not ideal in a--
in a... (chuckles)
534
00:21:26,251 --> 00:21:27,719
in-in a Black home.
535
00:21:27,753 --> 00:21:31,389
Uh, thinking big, dreaming big,
um, all of those things.
536
00:21:31,423 --> 00:21:34,926
Going to having a vast
imagination and chasing a dream,
537
00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:37,963
um, only to find yourself
in your dream
538
00:21:37,996 --> 00:21:39,765
and now you're in it.
539
00:21:39,798 --> 00:21:40,832
Now what do you do?
540
00:21:40,866 --> 00:21:44,002
So to be able to be--
able to, um,
541
00:21:44,035 --> 00:21:46,304
reach heights, reach dreams,
542
00:21:46,338 --> 00:21:49,841
uh, I-I couldn't-- Listen,
I couldn't have wrote this.
543
00:21:49,875 --> 00:21:51,176
You know? I couldn't
have came up with this
544
00:21:51,209 --> 00:21:53,011
in my--
in my wildest imagination.
545
00:21:53,044 --> 00:21:55,180
Your-your induction
into the Hall of Fame
546
00:21:55,213 --> 00:21:58,950
comes with a-a bittersweet story
to it, you know,
547
00:21:58,984 --> 00:22:01,553
because you were inducted
along your-your peer
548
00:22:01,586 --> 00:22:03,321
and your friend Kobe Bryant.
549
00:22:03,355 --> 00:22:05,791
You know, now, he was
a-a fellow giant in the sport.
550
00:22:05,824 --> 00:22:08,794
And-and one thing I've
really always wondered about is
551
00:22:08,827 --> 00:22:11,296
how you could be friends
with somebody
552
00:22:11,329 --> 00:22:14,633
when you guys wanted
to kill each other on the court.
553
00:22:14,666 --> 00:22:16,301
Because you would watch
the games,
554
00:22:16,334 --> 00:22:18,003
you know,
when it was Celtics/Lakers,
555
00:22:18,036 --> 00:22:20,605
it's just like-- it's just like,
"Gah! I want to kill you."
556
00:22:20,639 --> 00:22:22,474
And it's like you guys
are friends off the court.
557
00:22:22,507 --> 00:22:24,142
Did-did that ever spill over?
558
00:22:24,176 --> 00:22:25,477
Were you ever too friendly
on the court
559
00:22:25,510 --> 00:22:27,779
or ever too aggressive in life?
560
00:22:27,813 --> 00:22:30,549
Uh, no, I think Kobe and I
had a great balance
561
00:22:30,582 --> 00:22:32,084
of respect for each other,
where--
562
00:22:32,117 --> 00:22:35,220
I think when you hit the floor,
um, as gladiators,
563
00:22:35,253 --> 00:22:38,156
you have a respect
but within the lines.
564
00:22:38,190 --> 00:22:39,591
But it's free game, you know?
565
00:22:39,624 --> 00:22:41,593
It's all about advantage.
566
00:22:41,626 --> 00:22:45,163
Um, and you're trying to look
for that advantage every minute,
567
00:22:45,197 --> 00:22:46,765
every second of the game.
568
00:22:46,798 --> 00:22:49,468
And when you come off the court,
it's a lot less, uh, intense,
569
00:22:49,501 --> 00:22:50,802
a lot more intimate.
570
00:22:50,836 --> 00:22:54,072
Uh, the conversations are-are
obviously long-running
571
00:22:54,106 --> 00:22:55,941
and-and they're in-depth.
572
00:22:55,974 --> 00:22:59,044
Um, but when you're between
the lines, there are no rules,
573
00:22:59,077 --> 00:23:00,612
um, only respect.
574
00:23:00,645 --> 00:23:02,047
And, uh,
if you don't have respect,
575
00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:03,248
then it goes another way.
576
00:23:03,281 --> 00:23:05,684
But I think Kobe and I had
a great understanding
577
00:23:05,717 --> 00:23:06,952
of each other.
578
00:23:06,985 --> 00:23:09,354
Um, I met him when he was--
when he was very young.
579
00:23:09,387 --> 00:23:11,556
We-we started off, you know,
when we were very young
580
00:23:11,590 --> 00:23:14,192
in the relationship, and we--
and we-- and we kept that
581
00:23:14,226 --> 00:23:15,827
throughout our whole times
in the league.
582
00:23:15,861 --> 00:23:18,163
So it's only right
that we go in the hall together.
583
00:23:18,196 --> 00:23:20,132
Yeah, man, it's-it's been
an amazing journey
584
00:23:20,165 --> 00:23:23,135
that you've been on, and I feel
like you're one of those people
585
00:23:23,168 --> 00:23:26,104
where, every time
I learn more about you,
586
00:23:26,138 --> 00:23:28,073
I like you more. You know?
587
00:23:28,106 --> 00:23:29,641
Obviously, I loved you
as a basketball player,
588
00:23:29,674 --> 00:23:31,309
'cause I was, like,
"KG is killing the game."
589
00:23:31,343 --> 00:23:33,445
You know, and then,
in an Uncut Gems, I was like,
590
00:23:33,478 --> 00:23:36,114
"Man, this is a new side of KG
I never thought I would see."
591
00:23:36,148 --> 00:23:38,917
But now, we get
to live your life with you
592
00:23:38,950 --> 00:23:41,853
because you've released a memoir
that's coming out this week,
593
00:23:41,887 --> 00:23:46,625
KG: A to Z: An Uncensored
Encyclopedia of Life,
594
00:23:46,658 --> 00:23:49,828
Basketball,
and Everything in Between.
595
00:23:49,861 --> 00:23:51,930
And you've literally written it
like an encyclopedia.
596
00:23:51,963 --> 00:23:55,867
-The book goes A, B, C, D,
all the way to Z. -That's right.
597
00:23:55,901 --> 00:23:59,071
Talk me through why KG decided
to write a book like that,
598
00:23:59,104 --> 00:24:01,373
'cause, I mean, that's not how
everyone writes a memoir.
599
00:24:01,406 --> 00:24:03,909
I'm not a memoir guy.
I'm more of a mathematician,
600
00:24:03,942 --> 00:24:05,911
I'm more science,
I'm more into history,
601
00:24:05,944 --> 00:24:07,512
I'm more
into my world geography.
602
00:24:07,546 --> 00:24:09,014
You know, I'm not a...
603
00:24:09,047 --> 00:24:12,384
You know, when I read a bunch
of papers, I skim through.
604
00:24:12,417 --> 00:24:14,286
I'm not always seeing
the "the," the "a."
605
00:24:14,319 --> 00:24:16,321
-And you know, I'm a skimmer,
you know? -Right.
606
00:24:16,354 --> 00:24:20,392
And, um, I wanted the book to be
able to be followed very easily.
607
00:24:20,425 --> 00:24:23,395
I... Sometimes when I read
stuff, I get lost in how...
608
00:24:23,428 --> 00:24:26,531
the format, the paragraphs
are really in depth.
609
00:24:26,565 --> 00:24:29,668
So I wanted to be able
to write something
610
00:24:29,701 --> 00:24:31,269
that was easy to follow,
611
00:24:31,303 --> 00:24:33,105
and you know,
something that you can enjoy.
612
00:24:33,138 --> 00:24:36,742
It is enjoyable. Man,
because you have lived a life.
613
00:24:36,775 --> 00:24:40,112
Everything in your book gives us
insights into something.
614
00:24:40,145 --> 00:24:42,547
You know, if people love KG
on the court,
615
00:24:42,581 --> 00:24:45,083
there's parts about KG on the
court. There's parts about...
616
00:24:45,117 --> 00:24:47,819
Like, just when you learn things
about who you are as a person...
617
00:24:47,853 --> 00:24:49,421
Like, you... you for instance,
you have, like...
618
00:24:49,454 --> 00:24:51,289
You're a very serious player,
619
00:24:51,323 --> 00:24:53,725
but you love messing
with people, you know?
620
00:24:53,759 --> 00:24:55,560
Um, one of my favorite things
you did--
621
00:24:55,594 --> 00:24:57,095
and I never used
to understand this,
622
00:24:57,129 --> 00:24:58,430
'cause, you must remember,
I only learned about basketball
623
00:24:58,463 --> 00:25:00,098
maybe, like, seven years ago--
624
00:25:00,132 --> 00:25:02,434
is I would always see you
hitting the ball away
625
00:25:02,467 --> 00:25:05,203
when people would shoot after
the time out has been called.
626
00:25:05,237 --> 00:25:06,772
And I was always like,
"Oh, did they get the point?"
627
00:25:06,805 --> 00:25:08,507
And people would be like,
"Nah, KG just does it."
628
00:25:08,540 --> 00:25:09,674
I was like,
"Why is he doing that?"
629
00:25:09,708 --> 00:25:10,976
Everyone was like,
"I don't know."
630
00:25:11,009 --> 00:25:12,177
But now we know.
It was because
631
00:25:12,210 --> 00:25:13,445
you were trying
to mess with people
632
00:25:13,478 --> 00:25:14,913
who were trying
to get their rhythm going.
633
00:25:14,946 --> 00:25:17,449
It's-it's a combination
of things, Trevor.
634
00:25:17,482 --> 00:25:19,151
Like, you know, confidence,
635
00:25:19,184 --> 00:25:21,820
on this level, when you play
with guys in the league,
636
00:25:21,853 --> 00:25:23,955
only thing they need
to see is the ball go through
637
00:25:23,989 --> 00:25:25,891
-a couple of times,
or even one time. -Right.
638
00:25:25,924 --> 00:25:29,094
Reggie Miller, Michael Jordan,
Charles Barkley, guys who...
639
00:25:29,127 --> 00:25:32,230
LeBron,
guys who can actually beat you
640
00:25:32,264 --> 00:25:35,000
by just a blink of an eye,
have that switch.
641
00:25:35,033 --> 00:25:37,135
And I used to be mindful
of that switch.
642
00:25:37,169 --> 00:25:39,404
And when guys would try to,
you know, be shooting,
643
00:25:39,438 --> 00:25:42,641
or have themselves
a bad shooting nights,
644
00:25:42,674 --> 00:25:44,376
I would... I would just,
I would...
645
00:25:44,409 --> 00:25:47,012
Part of it being
an A-hole, too.
646
00:25:47,045 --> 00:25:48,480
You know, kind of, you know?
647
00:25:48,513 --> 00:25:50,816
You know, poking the bear
a little bit.
648
00:25:50,849 --> 00:25:52,784
But a lot of it was just
to throw off rhythm
649
00:25:52,818 --> 00:25:55,053
and to really make someone,
really, like,
650
00:25:55,087 --> 00:25:56,955
like, "You know what?
Stop doing that."
651
00:25:56,988 --> 00:25:58,557
And-and that's...
You know, it...
652
00:25:58,590 --> 00:26:00,725
The more I can mess with you,
the more I saw it effecting you,
653
00:26:00,759 --> 00:26:03,128
the more I would probably do it,
but yeah, it was effective.
654
00:26:03,161 --> 00:26:05,664
Yeah, man, you might
call yourself a bit
655
00:26:05,697 --> 00:26:08,734
of an A-hole at times, but, man,
there are parts of this book
656
00:26:08,767 --> 00:26:11,336
that show us how complicated
and dynamic you are as a person.
657
00:26:11,369 --> 00:26:13,638
You know, I really appreciated
how you talked
658
00:26:13,672 --> 00:26:16,508
-about struggling with attention
deficit disorder. -Yeah.
659
00:26:16,541 --> 00:26:19,010
How you struggled, you know,
living with dyslexia
660
00:26:19,044 --> 00:26:20,979
and learning how to learn
without that,
661
00:26:21,012 --> 00:26:22,981
or with that impediment
in your life.
662
00:26:23,014 --> 00:26:25,550
It seems like something a lot
of people wouldn't share,
663
00:26:25,584 --> 00:26:26,885
especially self-doubt.
664
00:26:26,918 --> 00:26:28,320
You know, when people think
of Kevin Garnett,
665
00:26:28,353 --> 00:26:30,856
we don't necessarily ever think
of self-doubt being
666
00:26:30,889 --> 00:26:32,457
in a sentence with your name.
667
00:26:32,491 --> 00:26:33,959
Why do you think
it was so important
668
00:26:33,992 --> 00:26:35,494
for you to share that
with people and say,
669
00:26:35,527 --> 00:26:36,762
"Hey, these are the things
670
00:26:36,795 --> 00:26:38,997
that KG has struggled with
off the court"?
671
00:26:39,030 --> 00:26:41,266
Trevor, I wanted
to give people confidence.
672
00:26:41,299 --> 00:26:43,802
I wanted to be able to say,
it's okay to have ailments.
673
00:26:43,835 --> 00:26:46,138
You know, we're all human.
Everyone's not perfect.
674
00:26:46,171 --> 00:26:47,739
We all have flaws.
675
00:26:47,773 --> 00:26:49,941
Um, growing up,
I didn't necessarily know
676
00:26:49,975 --> 00:26:51,109
what was going on.
677
00:26:51,143 --> 00:26:52,778
I didn't know why, you know,
678
00:26:52,811 --> 00:26:54,312
things appeared the way
they were,
679
00:26:54,346 --> 00:26:56,481
and why I was processing
the way I was.
680
00:26:56,515 --> 00:26:58,583
So, in this whole book,
I wanted to be able
681
00:26:58,617 --> 00:27:01,753
to have the reader be able
to grab some solutions
682
00:27:01,787 --> 00:27:03,121
from-from what I...
683
00:27:03,155 --> 00:27:04,856
from some of the things
I was talking about.
684
00:27:04,890 --> 00:27:06,792
Uh, that doubt you speak on,
685
00:27:06,825 --> 00:27:08,927
-it's the same doubt
that drives you. -Mm-hmm.
686
00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:11,396
It's the same doubt
that pushes you every day.
687
00:27:11,430 --> 00:27:14,032
-Right. -And you know,
the message in that,
688
00:27:14,065 --> 00:27:17,335
in having the ADDs
or these deficits is
689
00:27:17,369 --> 00:27:19,037
to continue to push through.
690
00:27:19,071 --> 00:27:21,873
I never let any of this hold me
back, I figured it out.
691
00:27:21,907 --> 00:27:24,476
It was an odd way of figuring
some of this stuff out,
692
00:27:24,509 --> 00:27:26,578
but it worked
at the end of the day.
693
00:27:26,611 --> 00:27:28,914
And the message here is
to continue to push through
694
00:27:28,947 --> 00:27:30,382
no matter, whatever it is.
695
00:27:30,415 --> 00:27:32,751
There is a solution
to everything.
696
00:27:32,784 --> 00:27:34,453
I really like to believe that.
697
00:27:34,486 --> 00:27:36,354
So, I wanted to share that
with everybody,
698
00:27:36,388 --> 00:27:37,823
to show the human side
of me, too.
699
00:27:37,856 --> 00:27:39,324
-Right, right, right. -You know,
people see me, and this...
700
00:27:39,357 --> 00:27:41,193
and this great athlete,
and you're running and jumping
701
00:27:41,226 --> 00:27:43,095
and all this,
and they don't really understand
702
00:27:43,128 --> 00:27:46,098
that, you know,
you know, it's a whole bunch
703
00:27:46,131 --> 00:27:49,367
of other things that go
into the makeup of a person.
704
00:27:49,401 --> 00:27:51,236
So I wanted to show
a more human side.
705
00:27:51,269 --> 00:27:54,005
Yeah, man, the book takes us
into all the things that go
706
00:27:54,039 --> 00:27:55,774
into the makeup of this human
in particular.
707
00:27:55,807 --> 00:27:58,610
One of the scariest stories
to read in the book--
708
00:27:58,643 --> 00:28:01,246
because it just shows
709
00:28:01,279 --> 00:28:03,882
how much a person's life
could change in an instant--
710
00:28:03,915 --> 00:28:07,586
is when you talk
about being in high school
711
00:28:07,619 --> 00:28:10,889
and getting into a fight,
defending your friend
712
00:28:10,922 --> 00:28:12,758
who is getting beaten up
by these white kids.
713
00:28:12,791 --> 00:28:15,026
And the next thing you know,
you were being put up
714
00:28:15,060 --> 00:28:17,596
for lynching charges,
which is a capital offense,
715
00:28:17,629 --> 00:28:19,131
where you were
in South Carolina.
716
00:28:19,164 --> 00:28:21,466
I mean, this is...
this is a scary world
717
00:28:21,500 --> 00:28:23,535
for you to be in,
when you think to yourself,
718
00:28:23,568 --> 00:28:25,604
that one thing
could have changed your life,
719
00:28:25,637 --> 00:28:27,439
and there might be
no Kevin Garnett
720
00:28:27,472 --> 00:28:29,007
in the Hall of Fame right now.
721
00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:32,677
Facts. Facts. And, um,
this where... (clears throat)
722
00:28:32,711 --> 00:28:35,313
the saying "Bad associations
spoils useful habits"
723
00:28:35,347 --> 00:28:36,615
come into play.
724
00:28:36,648 --> 00:28:38,884
And you know, I was a young kid
at the time.
725
00:28:38,917 --> 00:28:42,053
And I'm a very loyal person.
People know me for that.
726
00:28:42,087 --> 00:28:44,790
And you know, you get yourself
in situations,
727
00:28:44,823 --> 00:28:47,526
and you don't really think
when you're young.
728
00:28:47,559 --> 00:28:49,561
-Right.
-You just more react, you know?
729
00:28:49,594 --> 00:28:51,830
(coughs) In going through
that situation,
730
00:28:51,863 --> 00:28:53,665
it taught me to actually think
731
00:28:53,698 --> 00:28:56,868
before actually responding
or actually reacting to things.
732
00:28:56,902 --> 00:29:00,739
Um, I was very fortunate to be
able to go through that process
733
00:29:00,772 --> 00:29:04,209
and come out of it, and find a
rainbow at the end, if you will.
734
00:29:04,242 --> 00:29:08,146
-Mm-hmm. -Um, I took a negative,
you know, I took myself,
735
00:29:08,180 --> 00:29:11,216
uh, and I was
completely invested
736
00:29:11,249 --> 00:29:13,618
in whatever
the consequences was.
737
00:29:13,652 --> 00:29:16,354
And I went through that process,
and I came out on top,
738
00:29:16,388 --> 00:29:18,690
and I like to think
that it made me a better person.
739
00:29:18,723 --> 00:29:20,592
Um, I like to think that, um,
740
00:29:20,625 --> 00:29:23,095
it made me shrink my, uh...
741
00:29:23,128 --> 00:29:25,097
my so-called circle of friends,
too.
742
00:29:25,130 --> 00:29:27,032
It made me rethink a lot
of things that were going on
743
00:29:27,065 --> 00:29:29,101
in my life
as a young individual.
744
00:29:29,134 --> 00:29:32,571
And, um, I can honestly say
that was a pivotal point
745
00:29:32,604 --> 00:29:35,373
in my life to where a lot
of things changed for me,
746
00:29:35,407 --> 00:29:38,176
-along with my attitude and how
I saw things. -Yeah, man.
747
00:29:38,210 --> 00:29:41,079
I feel... I feel you. I mean,
I could relate to the parts
748
00:29:41,113 --> 00:29:43,415
of the book where I read, when
I went, "Man, just one mistake
749
00:29:43,448 --> 00:29:45,751
"as a kid can change your life,
750
00:29:45,784 --> 00:29:47,819
depending on how you get
punished for that mistake."
751
00:29:47,853 --> 00:29:49,121
So many people
don't get punished.
752
00:29:49,154 --> 00:29:50,589
And the people who do,
it's, like, that was it.
753
00:29:50,622 --> 00:29:52,224
That was the mistake
that changed your life forever.
754
00:29:52,257 --> 00:29:54,025
And I don't want to spoil parts
of the book.
755
00:29:54,059 --> 00:29:55,427
So, I want people to read it
756
00:29:55,460 --> 00:29:57,295
and just
really appreciate that story.
757
00:29:57,329 --> 00:30:00,031
You do an amazing job
in everything that you do.
758
00:30:00,065 --> 00:30:02,367
You know, you crushed it
in the NBA, you know.
759
00:30:02,401 --> 00:30:04,569
You crushed it in the film
that you were in.
760
00:30:04,603 --> 00:30:07,038
And I'll tell you now, you've
crushed it with your memoir.
761
00:30:07,072 --> 00:30:09,040
Thank you for writing it,
thank you for being different,
762
00:30:09,074 --> 00:30:10,809
thank for you being
Kevin Garnett
763
00:30:10,842 --> 00:30:12,377
and thank you for joining me
on the show.
764
00:30:12,411 --> 00:30:14,546
Trevor, I appreciate you, man.
You're the dopest, man.
765
00:30:14,579 --> 00:30:16,915
Keep doing your thing, too, man.
I'm a huge fan.
766
00:30:16,948 --> 00:30:19,151
And, uh, I'll look for you
in the future.
767
00:30:19,184 --> 00:30:20,852
Much appreciated, my dude.
768
00:30:20,886 --> 00:30:24,389
Don't forget, Kevin's memoir,
KG A to Z: An Uncensored
769
00:30:24,423 --> 00:30:26,057
Encyclopedia of Life, Basketball
770
00:30:26,091 --> 00:30:29,795
and Everything In-Between is
available right now.
771
00:30:29,828 --> 00:30:31,530
We're gonna take a quick break.
772
00:30:31,563 --> 00:30:31,630
But we'll be right back
after this.
773
00:30:34,565 --> 00:30:36,333
Well, that's our show
for tonight, but before we go,
774
00:30:36,367 --> 00:30:38,402
this month is
Black History Month,
775
00:30:38,435 --> 00:30:40,638
so please consider
supporting an organization
776
00:30:40,671 --> 00:30:42,940
called Free Black Therapy.
777
00:30:42,973 --> 00:30:45,075
Their mission is to connect
Black therapists
778
00:30:45,109 --> 00:30:47,278
with Black and African-American
individuals
779
00:30:47,311 --> 00:30:49,780
who lack adequate funds
or health insurance
780
00:30:49,813 --> 00:30:52,283
so that they can be treated
for free.
781
00:30:52,316 --> 00:30:54,151
By supporting
Free Black Therapy,
782
00:30:54,184 --> 00:30:56,820
you're helping Black people
in need get culturally competent
783
00:30:56,854 --> 00:31:00,324
mental healthcare as well
as supporting Black therapists.
784
00:31:00,357 --> 00:31:02,559
If you're able
to help out in any way,
785
00:31:02,593 --> 00:31:04,862
then all you have to do is go
to the link below.
786
00:31:04,895 --> 00:31:07,264
Until next time,
stay safe out there,
787
00:31:07,298 --> 00:31:09,733
wear a mask and remember,
788
00:31:09,767 --> 00:31:13,437
if you want to get a tattoo,
get it on your finger.
789
00:31:13,470 --> 00:31:15,673
Then if the tattoo
becomes embarrassing,
790
00:31:15,706 --> 00:31:17,675
you can just chop the finger off
and it will grow back
791
00:31:17,708 --> 00:31:19,109
without the tattoo.
792
00:31:19,143 --> 00:31:21,412
Now here it is,
Your Moment of Zen.
793
00:31:21,445 --> 00:31:23,247
? ?
794
00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:24,548
(applause and cheering)
795
00:31:24,582 --> 00:31:26,450
Her tweets, uh,
796
00:31:26,483 --> 00:31:29,620
are the manifestation
of an attitude
797
00:31:29,653 --> 00:31:32,122
that concerns both Democrats
and Republicans.
798
00:31:32,156 --> 00:31:34,959
I'm not saying
she's a smoked turkey,
799
00:31:34,992 --> 00:31:36,994
but the smoker's warming up.
800
00:31:37,027 --> 00:31:37,094
? ?