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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 March 4,
which means it's the first week
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of Women's History Month.
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And to celebrate,
we've built a special program
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that'll highlight
a random woman from history
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so that we can
celebrate her achievement.
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Let's see who we got today.
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-(bell dings)
-Oh! Danica Johnson!
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The first woman
to order for a man
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at a restaurant.
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Oh, hi, thank you. We'll have
two fettuccines, please.
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But, Danica,
I don't like fettuccine.
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He loves fettuccines.
(mouths)
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Anyway, on tonight's show,
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we look at Joe Biden's
50 latest scandals,
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what first ladies really do,
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and the pettiest thing
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a Republican senator
has done today.
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So let's do this, people.
Welcome to
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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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Let's kick things off
with the coronavirus vaccine.
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It's reason America's
hot new trend
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is hanging outside
the dumpster at CVS.
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With more doses
hitting the street every day,
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the U.S. now expects
to have enough vaccine
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for every adult
by the end of May.
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But not everyone
will have to wait that long.
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A group of great apes
in San Diego
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have made history
as the first animals
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to receive the COVID-19 vaccines
in the U.S.
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According to
a wildlife health officer,
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the decision
to administer the vaccines
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came after eight gorillas
at the San Diego Zoo
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became the first great apes
in the world to contract COVID.
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Okay, okay, I know some people
out there might be mad
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that apes are getting
the vaccine before them,
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but it's all part
of the priority list, people.
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It goes health care workers,
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the elderly, people with
underlying conditions,
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apes, then you,
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right after teachers,
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children,
people who don't want it,
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everyone who became elderly
while you were waiting,
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then all your friends,
then you.
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So just be patient.
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Honestly, I think this is great.
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I mean, not just because I can
finally hang out with apes
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in person instead of over Zoom
like I'm doing right now,
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but because apes are noble
creatures who are, frankly,
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way more deserving
than any human.
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You got that, Caesar?
You just remember ol' Trevor
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had your back
from day one, buddy.
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You remember me
when it's your planet.
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But let's make like QAnon and
head over to the U.S. Capitol.
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President Biden and the
Democrats now have enough votes
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to get their coronavirus
relief bill
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passed over
Republican objections.
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But while Republicans
can't kill the bill,
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at least one has found a way
to be a dick about it.
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NEWSWOMAN: Senate Republicans
launch an effort to delay
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the vote on President Biden's
$1.9 trillion
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COVID relief package.
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Senator Ron Johnson
of Wisconsin says
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he plans to force
Senate staff
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to read the entire
relief bill out loud
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on the floor, adding at least
ten hours to the process.
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Aw, that's my man.
Ron Johnson,
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delaying desperately-needed aid
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he knows is gonna
get passed anyway.
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And to all the hungry kids
out there, be patient.
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Ron Johnson is making
a symbolic point.
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You can eat tomorrow.
Or maybe next week. Whatever.
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But on the real, though, this is
not just petty, it's disgusting.
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And on top of that, I'd respect
him maybe a little bit more
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if he read the bill himself.
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But instead this bitch is
making some poor clerk read it.
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Like, you don't get to act like
you're some heroic resistor
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if someone else
is doing the work.
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Now I want to see how
Ron Johnson defends his family.
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Hey, you think
you can hit on my wife?
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Well, you got
another think coming.
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Kick his ass, wife.
Kick his ass.
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And by the way,
I love how he says,
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"I don't want to sound
like a leftist."
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That's become the new
"no homo" for Republicans.
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Yo, bro, no leftist,
but I think we should
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all get an equal share
of guac on our chips.
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All right, let's move on now
to our main story:
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President Joseph
Reprehensible Biden.
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And, yes, that is his new
middle name-- Reprehensible.
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Because Biden has been in office
for just six weeks
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and already, people,
he has had more scandals
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than any president before him.
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As we'll find out
in another episode of
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Joe Biden: The Worst President
In History That We Can Remember.
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It will never happen.
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You know, it's hard
to even keep track
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of all the scandalous
things that Joe Biden has done
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since the last time we did
this segment, but yesterday
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he said one of the most
outrageous things
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anybody, or at least anybody
on Fox News, has ever heard.
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DOOCY: Part of the president's
plea with the American people
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when he took over
was to stop talking about
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political opponents
like they are enemies,
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because they are not,
and he's not
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calling these Republican leaders
reopening their states enemies,
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but is he calling them
Neanderthals.
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DOOCY:
What a uniter Joe Biden is.
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-You know, this is Mr. Unity.
-(pundits laughing)
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And yet, if you disagree with
him, you're a Neanderthal.
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It turns out that
he's just another snob.
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Using dismissive, deplorable-
like, demeaning language
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to describe people
who didn't vote for him.
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He called them Neanderthals.
Now you don't call
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one of the largest states
in the union Neanderthal.
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According to Joe Biden,
only a Neanderthal
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would lift COVID restrictions
on Americans.
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I started the Neanderthal
caucus because Neanderthals
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are hunter-gatherers, they're
protectors of their family.
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They are resilient.
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They're resourceful.
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They tend to their own.
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I can't believe that Joe Biden
has the nerve
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to call these
great Americans Neanderthals.
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But also,
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calling them Neanderthals
is actually a compliment.
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So apologize, Joe Biden!
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But also, thank you.
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But how dare you!
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But also, you're so sweet.
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Resign!
My best friend.
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This is just disgusting, people.
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Not only did Joe Biden
call Republicans the N-word...
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(deep breath) ...but he forced
them to acknowledge evolution.
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That is the worst thing
you can do to a Republican.
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And by the way,
point me to a single Neanderthal
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that died from COVID, huh?
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Guess you're not
so smart now, huh, buddy?
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And it's bad enough that
Joe Biden is insulting people
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who don't want to wear masks,
but what's even worse
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is that Joe Biden is a monster
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who wants
to wear a mask himself.
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Why is Joe Biden
still wearing a mask?
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-He's been vaccinated.
-(pundits giggle)
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Like, this virtue signaling
that continues on
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is just really getting tiresome.
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You tell him.
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What kind of sick person
goes out of his way
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to set an example?
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You never once saw Donald Trump
care about public health. No.
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He stood shoulder to shoulder
with ordinary people
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and contracted COVID,
because that's leadership,
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Mr. President--
if that even is your real name.
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What Joe Biden
doesn't understand
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is that wearing a mask is
a personal decision
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that everyone should get to make
for themselves...
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except for Joe Biden,
who isn't allowed to wear a mask
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because it annoys me!
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But clearly, there's
something else going on here.
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Joe Biden is hiding something
under that mask.
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Could it be...
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a Hitler mustache?
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(gasps)
Take off your mask, Joe,
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or you are the new Hitler!
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Meanwhile, Joe Biden
is not only failing on COVID,
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he's a one-man super-spreader
for an even worse pandemic:
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cancel culture.
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NEWSWOMAN: President Biden
didn't even mention Dr. Seuss
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in his presidential proclamation
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honoring Read Across America Day
yesterday.
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The Biden White House
has erased,
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literally erased Dr. Seuss
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from their Read Across America
proclamation this week.
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So, it's Dr. Seuss's birthday.
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The Biden administration
is refusing to celebrate.
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Biden administration cancelled
the entire...
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It's like Dr. Seuss.
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Magic wand, doesn't exist.
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That's right.
Joe Biden has a magic wand,
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and he used it
to erase Dr. Seuss.
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He could have been doing
something
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that would actually benefit
the country with that wand.
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You know? Like making
all the face masks disappear.
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And how hypocritical is it
to tell America
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that they should be listening
to doctors,
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and then literally murder
an esteemed medical expert
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like Dr. Seuss?
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Look out, America.
This is just the beginning
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of Biden's crusade
against all doctors.
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But only the real ones,
which I guess means
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"Dr. Jill Biden"
has nothing to worry about.
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And by the way,
what a sad departure
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from America's last president,
who respected Dr. Seuss so much
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that he constantly spoke
in made-up words.
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Anonymish. Anomymish.
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United Smates.
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There's no sugar-coating it,
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this administration
is going to the dogs.
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And what's even sadder is
those dogs are ugly as shit.
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NEWSMAN:
Oh, I got to show you
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some nonsense
from the White House.
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They put this out.
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They've got this... Pawffice.
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Some sort of cutesy account
for the dogs.
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Did you see the dog.
Let's get...
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I want to show you
something I noticed.
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Doesn't he look a little,
uh, little rough?
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This dog looks like from,
I'm sorry, from the junkyard.
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And I love that dog,
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but he looks like
he's not being well cared for.
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NEWSMAN: No, he looks
very dirty and disheveled,
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and, uh, very unlike
a presidential dog,
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like, uh, Millie or Victory
or something else in the past
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in the pres...
in the White House.
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Yeah, dude!
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Drag that dog!
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Hey, Fido,
why don't you go fetch...
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a new stylist!
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I mean, what the hell
has that dog been doing, huh?
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Running around playing?
No wonder he looks like that.
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Everyone knows if you want your
dog to remain in mint condition,
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you never take it
out of the packaging.
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Joe Biden has a lot to explain
about how he treats that pet.
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No dog should ever look mangier
than Ted Cruz.
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Hell, I'll say it.
I do not like this dog.
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I do not like it here or there.
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I do not like it anywhere.
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And yeah, that's right,
I'm quoting Dr. Seuss.
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Is that illegal now?
Well, then I'll stop,
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because I've got priors.
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So, those are the many
Joe Biden scandals exposed
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by the muckraking journalists
of conservative media
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in just the last three weeks.
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And who knows,
by this time tomorrow,
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we could find out
that Biden doesn't empty
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the crumb tray in his toaster,
or even worse,
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he sits when he pees.
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And when he does, we'll be there
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in another episode of Joe Biden:
The Worst President in History
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That We Can Remember.
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All right, when we come back,
we'll look into the history
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of America's First Ladies.
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So stick around.
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Welcome back to The Daily
Social Distancing Show.
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When Joe Biden was inaugurated
as president in January,
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his wife, Jill Biden,
became First Lady,
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joining the ranks
of such iconic women
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as Michelle Obama, Barbara Bush
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and Ivanka Trump.
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But how did the role of
First Lady become so important
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to American government?
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Well, in honor
of Women's History Month,
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we decided to find out,
in another episode
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of If You Don't Know,
Now You Know.
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The First Lady.
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It's not a job that's
actually in the Constitution,
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but that's just because in 1787
women hadn't been invented yet.
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And even though "First Lady"
is not an official role,
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they've been important figures
in the country
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from the very beginning.
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NEWSMAN: From the earliest days,
America's First Ladies
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were referred to
as "Lady Presidentress,"
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or "Republican Queen."
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The term "First Lady"
didn't come into use, really,
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until Dolly Madison's time.
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The fourth First Lady pioneered
the practice
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of championing social causes.
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She helped orphan children
and supported women's rights.
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NEWSWOMAN: And it's said
that at Mrs. Madison's funeral,
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President Zachary Taylor
eulogized her
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as the country's "First Lady,"
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the first time
that title was ever used.
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That's right. Dolly Madison
was the first First Lady.
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But she didn't know it,
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because President Taylor only
called her that at her funeral.
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If I were Dolly Madison,
I would be dead,
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but also, I would have been
so pissed at Zachary Taylor.
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Because before him, people were
calling her "Lady Presidentress"
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or "Republican Queen."
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And those are
so much cooler as names.
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Then at her funeral,
some dude is like,
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"No, she was the First Lady."
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If I was her, I'd be getting out
of that casket, like,
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"What'd you say? Bitch,
you call me Queen Supreme!
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Oh, First Lady! Queen!"
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But while the idea
of a First Lady
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has been around
from the beginning,
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the job as we know it today
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didn't really kick off
until the 1930s.
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You know,
it's like how for years,
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Netflix was a company
that sent DVDs in the mail,
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but that's not what people
think of as Netflix now.
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And the first
streaming on demand First Lady
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was Eleanor Roosevelt.
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WOMAN: Eleanor Roosevelt
really innovated
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the First Lady's role
as a public communicator.
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WOMAN 2: She wrote thousands
of columns, 27 books.
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She participated
in hundreds of radio shows.
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WOMAN 3:
She felt that her role
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was too really reach out
to the American people
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and to learn from them
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about what they wanted
in policy.
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WOMAN 4:
First Lady had taken to the road
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and traveled
hundreds of thousands of miles.
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NEWSMAN:
Going right to the source
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of the country's pain
during the Depression,
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meeting miners in Appalachia,
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challenging southern Democrats
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to support
anti-lynching legislation,
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and during World War II,
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visiting internment camps
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where Japanese Americans
were imprisoned
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simply because of their race.
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The First Lady
was often alone at the wheel
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driving herself cross-country.
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Now, that is ballsy as hell.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
was so politically active,
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she visited
the Japanese internment camps
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that her husband set up.
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It's so classic for a wife
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to go around cleaning up
her husband's mess.
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She was probably
at those internment camps like,
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"I'm sorry, he just gets
a little racist sometimes.
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"Work has been really stressful.
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He's not normally this way.
Really, really, he isn't."
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And she even took
road trips by herself,
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which was very gutsy
in the 1930s.
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There was no phones,
no GPS, you know?
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Although,
I guess it's hard to get lost
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when there were only,
like, what, two roads
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in the entire country?
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"Okay, young buck, listen up.
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"You want to get from California
to the White House,
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"pay attention.
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"You want to turn onto road...
Are you listening?
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"You want to turn onto road one.
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"And then
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"you're gonna drive straight
on road one,
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and then you'll be there."
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And once Eleanor Roosevelt
realized
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that she could use her position
to bring attention
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to the issues
that were important to her,
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every First Lady who followed
did the same.
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WOMAN: Lady Bird Johnson
sought to beautify the nation
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and took an active role
in the Head Start program
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for early child development.
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Barbara Bush
advocated for literacy,
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as did Laura Bush.
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NEWSWOMAN:
In 1962, Jackie Kennedy Onassis
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created the White House
Historical Association.
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NEWSMAN: Betty Ford
was vocal about women's issues.
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She supported
the Supreme Court's ruling
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on Roe v. Wade,
which made abortion legal,
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and she supported
the Equal Rights Amendment.
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She openly discussed her
breast cancer and mastectomy.
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NEWSWOMAN 2: When Michelle Obama
was First Lady,
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one of her key initiatives
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was to push
for healthier nutrition
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and food choices.
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That translated into a change
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for public school lunches
around the country.
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NEWSMAN 2:
In the '80s, Nancy Reagan
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appeared in a popular sitcom
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to boost
her "Just Say No" campaign.
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What you talking about,
Mrs. Reagan?
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I'm concerned about drug abuse,
especially among the young.
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Wow. That is commitment.
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Nancy Reagan was so determined
to stop drug abuse,
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she even went on a sitcom
to speak out on it.
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Which would be impossible
to do today.
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I mean, TV shows
are so much more adult now.
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I mean, it's easy to tell
Gary Coleman not to do drugs.
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It's a lot harder
to try and do that on Euphoria.
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"Just say no, Zendaya."
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"Bitch, you should have
been here season one."
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But it's through that activism
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that First Ladies
get to show who they really are
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and how they want
the world to change.
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You know, Michelle Obama
cared about health.
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Hillary Clinton cared
about children and education.
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Melania cared
about stopping cyberbullies.
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And say what you want,
but her agenda got done.
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And the thing
about being a First Lady
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is that they're not
just expected
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to promote social causes.
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They're also expected
to be style influencers.
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Jackie Kennedy's pillbox hats,
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Nancy Reagan's red dresses,
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Hillary Clinton's pantsuits
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or Pat Nixon's Xena cosplay.
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But, of course,
all this attention
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also means
that First Ladies get subjected
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to intense scrutiny
by the press.
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And it's not something
that they've been happy about.
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NEWSWOMAN:
To be the First Lady
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may be the most difficult job
in Washington.
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MAN:
Martha Washington famously said
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the role of First Lady
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can sometimes feel like
a state prisoner.
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WOMAN: Michelle Obama
wore a pair of shorts,
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just a regular pair
of mom shorts,
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and an uproar ensued.
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Days of video, uh, commentary
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and pictures and debate
about whether it's okay
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for a First Lady to wear shorts.
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MAN 2:
Andrew Jackson's wife, Rachel,
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was blasted in the papers,
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uh, for being a pipe-smoking
hillbilly from Tennessee.
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WOMAN 2: Jackie Kennedy
called the press harpies,
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and she hated
the constant attention.
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MAN 3: Bess Truman
felt very uncomfortable,
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very ill at ease
with all the fanfare
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and the attention of the press.
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WOMAN 3:
There was a famous, uh, incident
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where she was doing
a christening of a ship,
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and she went to break
the bottle,
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and they forgot to score
the bottle ahead of time,
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so she's banging it
and banging and ba...
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And it just won't break.
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(indistinct chatter)
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She was humiliated.
She told her husband,
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"I'm not doing
another public appearance."
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Aw. Poor Bess Truman.
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I honestly feel bad for her,
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because we've all had
that moment
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where we just can't open
a jar of peanut butter.
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But imagine
if the entire country
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was watching you struggle
with that jar.
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(grunts)
"Almost got it, everybody.
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Hold on."
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"Try running hot water over it!"
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"I tried that already."
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If you ask me,
the person to blame
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is the one who started
this whole tradition.
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Like, who thought
it was a good idea
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to christen a new ship
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by smashing it
with a champagne bottle?
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You don't christen a new car
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by slashing the tires
with a samurai sword.
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And honestly,
all the First Ladies
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are in an unfair situation,
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because none of them asked
to be in that position.
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Martha Washington was right.
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It is sort of like a prison.
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Although, it's weird to say
you feel like a prisoner
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when you own slaves yourself.
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"Sometimes,
I just feel like I can't leave.
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You know what I mean?"
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"Yeah, Mrs. Massa.
I think I do."
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But maybe the most fascinating
thing about First Ladies
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is that even though
no one votes for them
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and they kind of make up
the job as they go,
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just by virtue of being married
to the president,
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they can end up having
a lot more power
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than many elected officials.
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The First Lady
is the most powerful woman
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in the country
because she has the ear,
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first thing in the morning
and last thing at night,
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of the most powerful man
in the country.
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NEWSMAN: Going back
to the very first first lady,
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Martha Washington, and
the second one, Abigail Adams,
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both of them were
politically involved.
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They were involved
in cabinet decisions.
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They were involved
in campaigning.
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These women
were political partners.
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NEWSMAN 2: Nancy Reagan was
pulling a lot of the strings,
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calling many of the shots
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from President Ronald Reagan's
first campaign
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for the White House back in 1980
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to his Cold War-ending triumph
in 1987.
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NEWSWOMAN: Hillary Clinton
became more involved,
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obviously, in policymaking
than any first lady before her.
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She had an office
in the West Wing.
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Bill Clinton even ran on the
slogan "Buy one, get one free."
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NEWSWOMAN 2:
In 1919, Edith Wilson
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was unofficially running
the country
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after her husband Woodrow
suffered a stroke.
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00:21:42,201 --> 00:21:44,036
That's insane, man.
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Not only have first ladies
influenced the president,
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Edith Wilson ended up running
the government.
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And, by the way, that totally
screwed the vice president over.
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I mean, like,
90% of the vice president's job
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is being there
in case the president goes down.
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So that's like being
Tom Brady's backup
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and then he gets hurt
but then Gisele comes out like,
494
00:22:03,322 --> 00:22:05,458
"No, no, no, I got this.
Get back on the bench, loser.
495
00:22:05,491 --> 00:22:06,993
I throw for my husband."
496
00:22:07,026 --> 00:22:10,262
So, as the Biden administration
gets underway,
497
00:22:10,296 --> 00:22:12,665
history suggests
that Jill Biden
498
00:22:12,698 --> 00:22:15,167
will likely be
a major part of it.
499
00:22:15,201 --> 00:22:17,737
Because first ladies
always have been.
500
00:22:17,770 --> 00:22:19,672
And if you don't know,
now you know.
501
00:22:19,705 --> 00:22:20,940
All right, when we come back,
502
00:22:20,973 --> 00:22:23,776
the talented Michael Kiwanuka
will be joining us for a chat
503
00:22:23,809 --> 00:22:26,012
and an exclusive performance.
504
00:22:26,045 --> 00:22:26,112
So don't go away.
505
00:22:29,348 --> 00:22:31,183
Welcome back to The Daily
Social Distancing Show.
506
00:22:31,216 --> 00:22:33,852
Earlier today, I spoke
with critically acclaimed
507
00:22:33,886 --> 00:22:36,922
singer/songwriter
Michael Kiwanuka.
508
00:22:36,955 --> 00:22:39,191
We talked
about his most recent album,
509
00:22:39,224 --> 00:22:41,960
which has earned him
his first Grammy nomination,
510
00:22:41,994 --> 00:22:45,431
and what the ride has been like
to the top.
511
00:22:45,464 --> 00:22:48,701
Michael Kiwanuka, welcome to The
Daily Social Distancing Show.
512
00:22:48,734 --> 00:22:51,203
Oh. (laughs): Yeah.
Thanks for having me, man.
513
00:22:51,236 --> 00:22:52,938
I'm-I'm happy to be here.
514
00:22:52,971 --> 00:22:56,241
Oh, man, I...
I'm a-a little, um, sad
515
00:22:56,275 --> 00:22:57,576
to be talking to you right now
516
00:22:57,609 --> 00:23:01,714
because your concert was the
last live event that I attended
517
00:23:01,747 --> 00:23:03,649
before all of the lockdowns
happened.
518
00:23:03,682 --> 00:23:05,918
It was, um...
It was at the theater in L.A.
519
00:23:05,951 --> 00:23:08,754
-Forgive me. I forget the name.
But... -Ace Hotel?
520
00:23:08,787 --> 00:23:11,924
Yes. Yes. And was
a beautiful, intimate show.
521
00:23:11,957 --> 00:23:13,559
And I just remember
it being, like,
522
00:23:13,592 --> 00:23:15,427
this transcendent experience
523
00:23:15,461 --> 00:23:16,962
and everyone was just,
like, feeling the--
524
00:23:16,995 --> 00:23:18,831
And I was like, "Oh, man,
we got to do this more often."
525
00:23:18,864 --> 00:23:20,232
And then the lockdown hit.
526
00:23:20,265 --> 00:23:23,001
Man, that's lame. I had no idea
that you-you were there.
527
00:23:23,035 --> 00:23:24,236
That-That's amazing.
528
00:23:24,269 --> 00:23:27,406
And that was one of my,
um, favorite shows ever.
529
00:23:27,439 --> 00:23:29,541
Definitely favorite shows
in-in Los Angeles.
530
00:23:29,575 --> 00:23:31,677
But, yeah, man, I mean,
531
00:23:31,710 --> 00:23:34,179
I can't-- I can't wait to get
back and playing music again
532
00:23:34,213 --> 00:23:35,848
and-- when we get through this.
533
00:23:35,881 --> 00:23:38,117
What made that show
really special for me as well
534
00:23:38,150 --> 00:23:40,152
was-was you having your family
there.
535
00:23:40,185 --> 00:23:41,987
You know? It was really cool
when you were introducing
536
00:23:42,021 --> 00:23:44,723
your family and, like, they
became part of the show and--
537
00:23:44,757 --> 00:23:46,558
What has that journey been like
for them?
538
00:23:46,592 --> 00:23:48,660
You know? Because your family
came from Uganda,
539
00:23:48,694 --> 00:23:50,129
then moved to the UK. You know?
540
00:23:50,162 --> 00:23:51,964
Your dad was out there hustling
for your family.
541
00:23:51,997 --> 00:23:54,500
And, I mean, to see the journey
and to see the rise
542
00:23:54,533 --> 00:23:55,834
to the place you are now,
I mean,
543
00:23:55,868 --> 00:23:58,771
it must really be insane
for them and for yourself.
544
00:23:58,804 --> 00:24:00,272
Yeah, it's-it's amazing.
545
00:24:00,305 --> 00:24:02,808
I mean, Mom still texts me.
I mean, she texted me today
546
00:24:02,841 --> 00:24:05,744
'cause she heard a song
on the radio here in the UK
547
00:24:05,778 --> 00:24:07,413
and she was like,
"It's on the radio."
548
00:24:07,446 --> 00:24:10,315
-It's still--
it's still, like... -(laughs)
549
00:24:10,349 --> 00:24:13,185
They just love it, you know,
and feel so excited,
550
00:24:13,218 --> 00:24:15,888
'cause, obviously, growing up,
playing music, it was--
551
00:24:15,921 --> 00:24:17,356
they were
always super supportive.
552
00:24:17,389 --> 00:24:19,558
But it was like, yeah,
coming from Uganda,
553
00:24:19,591 --> 00:24:21,293
it was sort of, like, a risk
554
00:24:21,326 --> 00:24:23,696
to support their son doing--
playing the guitar all day
555
00:24:23,729 --> 00:24:26,365
-and... do any schoolwork.
-Right, right.
556
00:24:26,398 --> 00:24:29,802
And Mom had to really take
a leap of faith-- and Dad--
557
00:24:29,835 --> 00:24:31,937
to be like, "Okay, well,
we'll support you,
558
00:24:31,970 --> 00:24:34,139
but make sure you-- you know,
you practice and work hard."
559
00:24:34,173 --> 00:24:36,108
And-and then it paid off.
560
00:24:36,141 --> 00:24:39,178
So I owe-- I owe so much to them
for just being supportive
561
00:24:39,211 --> 00:24:41,547
and-and-- And it-- You know,
it was difficult for them.
562
00:24:41,580 --> 00:24:43,849
But they're-they're
enjoying it now.
563
00:24:43,882 --> 00:24:45,851
I remember being at your show,
and, genuinely--
564
00:24:45,884 --> 00:24:47,953
I don't say this to gas you up--
it was like a--
565
00:24:47,986 --> 00:24:49,555
it's like you were telling us
a story
566
00:24:49,588 --> 00:24:52,624
but a story that was happening
inside you as a human being.
567
00:24:52,658 --> 00:24:54,293
You know? It was very personal.
568
00:24:54,326 --> 00:24:56,295
It-it was very, um, um...
569
00:24:56,328 --> 00:24:58,364
It was very vulnerable
at the same time.
570
00:24:58,397 --> 00:25:00,499
And then I was shocked
to find out
571
00:25:00,532 --> 00:25:03,302
that you, at-at a point,
were really struggling
572
00:25:03,335 --> 00:25:04,770
with-with self-doubt.
573
00:25:04,803 --> 00:25:06,438
Like, you-you had
impostor syndrome.
574
00:25:06,472 --> 00:25:07,740
You were like,
"I can't do this."
575
00:25:07,773 --> 00:25:10,542
To the point where
it cost you an opportunity
576
00:25:10,576 --> 00:25:12,344
to-to collaborate
with Kanye West.
577
00:25:12,378 --> 00:25:13,545
Tell-tell me a little bit
about that
578
00:25:13,579 --> 00:25:15,848
and-and how you managed
to work through that.
579
00:25:15,881 --> 00:25:17,616
Yeah, yeah. It was crazy.
580
00:25:17,649 --> 00:25:19,952
It was just basically, I was--
581
00:25:19,985 --> 00:25:22,421
I was m-- Maybe this has to do
a bit with growing up,
582
00:25:22,454 --> 00:25:26,158
but I just sort of--
I was always trying to fit in.
583
00:25:26,191 --> 00:25:29,395
I thought in order
to, you know, be accepted
584
00:25:29,428 --> 00:25:31,530
or sort of succeed
in whatever you're doing,
585
00:25:31,563 --> 00:25:33,632
whether it's music...
586
00:25:33,665 --> 00:25:36,301
-you-you sort of had
to fit a bill. -Yeah.
587
00:25:36,335 --> 00:25:38,837
And, um, I thought
it was the same with music.
588
00:25:38,871 --> 00:25:41,173
So every time
I tried to do music
589
00:25:41,206 --> 00:25:43,208
that was like what was
on the radio or just--
590
00:25:43,242 --> 00:25:45,477
I thought people would like,
it just sounded awful.
591
00:25:45,511 --> 00:25:47,079
-And then...
-(laughs)
592
00:25:47,112 --> 00:25:49,281
whenever I was doing
my own thing, it was like,
593
00:25:49,314 --> 00:25:51,483
"I love this." But it's like,
are people gonna understand
594
00:25:51,517 --> 00:25:55,354
ten-minute songs? Are people
gonna be offended by lyrics?
595
00:25:55,387 --> 00:25:57,623
Or, like, if I do a song like
"Black Man in a White World,"
596
00:25:57,656 --> 00:25:59,725
what's gonna happen? No one's
gonna play it. All these things.
597
00:25:59,758 --> 00:26:01,393
-Right, right. -So I thought--
I thought, you know,
598
00:26:01,427 --> 00:26:03,929
I'm never gonna make it.
And I just had all these doubts.
599
00:26:03,962 --> 00:26:05,931
So when I went to the studio
with--
600
00:26:05,964 --> 00:26:07,833
you go to the studio
with someone's who's amazing
601
00:26:07,866 --> 00:26:10,235
as, like, Kanye West,
I just kept thinking,
602
00:26:10,269 --> 00:26:11,837
"What does he want me
to sound like?"
603
00:26:11,870 --> 00:26:14,840
-Instead of me...
-Oh. Yeah. Right, right.
604
00:26:14,873 --> 00:26:16,642
So it was just kind of,
like, learning and growing up
605
00:26:16,675 --> 00:26:19,845
and learning that being an
artist is about being yourself
606
00:26:19,878 --> 00:26:21,714
and the unique--
thing that makes you unique,
607
00:26:21,747 --> 00:26:24,616
thing that makes you different
is your-your strength.
608
00:26:24,650 --> 00:26:28,220
Your third album
is entitled Kiwanuka.
609
00:26:28,253 --> 00:26:31,357
Most artists will...
610
00:26:31,390 --> 00:26:34,827
will-will call their debut album
by their name, you know?
611
00:26:34,860 --> 00:26:37,096
It was interesting to me that
you went with your third album
612
00:26:37,129 --> 00:26:39,231
as Kiwanuka. What-what
was the reason for that?
613
00:26:39,264 --> 00:26:42,801
Yeah, yeah. Yeah, normally,
your first album is self-titled.
614
00:26:42,835 --> 00:26:44,903
And it was two reasons.
It was like...
615
00:26:44,937 --> 00:26:48,140
I definitely knew it would be
a statement artistically,
616
00:26:48,173 --> 00:26:51,377
because it would be like, "Oh,
interesting that the third album
617
00:26:51,410 --> 00:26:54,413
is self-titled.
What's he trying to say?"
618
00:26:54,446 --> 00:26:56,215
-Maybe it might draw you in.
-Mm-hmm.
619
00:26:56,248 --> 00:26:58,283
And, at the same time,
it reflected...
620
00:26:58,317 --> 00:27:01,253
kind of what I was saying
before about, um,
621
00:27:01,286 --> 00:27:03,522
the self-impostor,
you know, impostor syndrome.
622
00:27:03,555 --> 00:27:05,958
It was sort of like
a declaration to be...
623
00:27:05,991 --> 00:27:07,826
Oh, right, right, right.
624
00:27:07,860 --> 00:27:10,195
Yeah, it's who I am,
and I finally come to terms
625
00:27:10,229 --> 00:27:11,630
that I'm enjoying that.
626
00:27:11,663 --> 00:27:13,966
And it's threefold,
because then my name
627
00:27:13,999 --> 00:27:15,768
was always something
that I loved,
628
00:27:15,801 --> 00:27:17,102
but it carries a lot.
629
00:27:17,136 --> 00:27:18,771
So it talks about my heritage,
630
00:27:18,804 --> 00:27:22,241
but it also describes
that I'm, you know,
631
00:27:22,274 --> 00:27:24,176
a first-generation Britain.
632
00:27:24,209 --> 00:27:27,179
It says so much about me
without you even meeting me,
633
00:27:27,212 --> 00:27:29,715
-so... Same thing.
-Right, right, right.
634
00:27:29,748 --> 00:27:31,183
Even just the pronunciation
of the name.
635
00:27:31,216 --> 00:27:34,219
Everything. It says so much.
So I thought--
636
00:27:34,253 --> 00:27:35,688
And I used to sort of hide
behind that name,
637
00:27:35,721 --> 00:27:36,989
too, when I was growing up.
638
00:27:37,022 --> 00:27:39,291
The same way I wanted to fit in
with-with music,
639
00:27:39,324 --> 00:27:42,494
I'd be like, "Ah, no one can say
my name. I wish it was simple."
640
00:27:42,528 --> 00:27:44,029
And then I got older,
641
00:27:44,063 --> 00:27:46,932
and I sort of, like, felt so sad
that I thought that.
642
00:27:46,965 --> 00:27:48,000
So now I'm so proud of it.
643
00:27:48,033 --> 00:27:49,635
Yeah, let's call the album...
644
00:27:49,668 --> 00:27:53,072
Have it being in the front,
so, that's why I went for it.
645
00:27:53,105 --> 00:27:56,075
It feels like your entire
journey has been one of,
646
00:27:56,108 --> 00:27:59,244
you know, um, I think
working through the past
647
00:27:59,278 --> 00:28:00,713
as you build your future.
648
00:28:00,746 --> 00:28:03,682
You're now on a journey
where you have been nominated
649
00:28:03,716 --> 00:28:07,086
for a Grammy Award
for best rock album.
650
00:28:07,119 --> 00:28:10,189
What's amazing to me is
that while this is happening,
651
00:28:10,222 --> 00:28:14,226
you are in the U.K. performing
at your old high school
652
00:28:14,259 --> 00:28:15,694
where you performed
your first concert.
653
00:28:15,728 --> 00:28:18,130
In fact, we're gonna be playing
one of those performances
654
00:28:18,163 --> 00:28:19,698
at the end of the show.
655
00:28:19,732 --> 00:28:21,567
I would love to know
what that journey is like,
656
00:28:21,600 --> 00:28:23,168
because I don't...
like, I don't know about you,
657
00:28:23,202 --> 00:28:24,970
but when I think
about high school,
658
00:28:25,003 --> 00:28:26,538
and I think about going back,
659
00:28:26,572 --> 00:28:28,640
I still think the bullies are
gonna be waiting there for me
660
00:28:28,674 --> 00:28:30,275
and they're gonna be, like,
ready to, like,
661
00:28:30,309 --> 00:28:31,777
find me around a corner,
and I'll be like,
662
00:28:31,810 --> 00:28:33,312
"But I'm the host of
The Daily Show."
663
00:28:33,345 --> 00:28:34,947
And they'll be like,
"Give us your Daily Show money."
664
00:28:34,980 --> 00:28:36,448
What was that like
for you going...?
665
00:28:36,482 --> 00:28:38,584
Did you come in with, like,
"I'm Grammy Nominated" swag,
666
00:28:38,617 --> 00:28:40,052
or did you go like, "Oh, boy,
667
00:28:40,085 --> 00:28:43,455
it's 'Michael with
the funny last name' swag"?
668
00:28:43,489 --> 00:28:46,091
A bit of both.
I mean, it was...
669
00:28:46,125 --> 00:28:47,393
School, for me, was interesting
670
00:28:47,426 --> 00:28:49,895
because I think I got saved
by music.
671
00:28:49,928 --> 00:28:53,032
So, I definitely was, like,
the kid that had, like...
672
00:28:53,065 --> 00:28:56,335
No change to it narrowly, but I
had, like, the picky, Afro hair
673
00:28:56,368 --> 00:28:59,438
that was sort of funny-shaped,
quite flat in the back.
674
00:28:59,471 --> 00:29:01,340
And it was like, "This fellow's
weird, plays guitar,
675
00:29:01,373 --> 00:29:02,875
but it should be..."
676
00:29:02,908 --> 00:29:05,110
I mean, I've been dealing with
that for a bit, but then...
677
00:29:05,144 --> 00:29:07,046
And it was weird
in that, but then,
678
00:29:07,079 --> 00:29:09,415
when I sort of started the band
and did my music,
679
00:29:09,448 --> 00:29:11,917
people liked it,
so it was all right.
680
00:29:11,950 --> 00:29:14,019
I could kind of avoid
the police and the...
681
00:29:14,053 --> 00:29:16,055
So them at school for me,
and the reason
682
00:29:16,088 --> 00:29:17,990
why I went back and did
that performance is, like,
683
00:29:18,023 --> 00:29:21,126
I felt really lucky
because music sort of saved me.
684
00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:22,761
And that was the place
I found it.
685
00:29:22,795 --> 00:29:25,631
-Remember my first concert ever
I did was in that hall. -Right.
686
00:29:25,664 --> 00:29:28,300
And in that moment, I was like,
"Oh, found what I need to do.
687
00:29:28,333 --> 00:29:30,769
"I need to go to the house
parties, I need to fit in,
688
00:29:30,803 --> 00:29:32,971
I need to even really..."
689
00:29:33,005 --> 00:29:35,074
Um, much to my mom's
sort of dismay,
690
00:29:35,107 --> 00:29:36,775
I didn't even need
to, like, study.
691
00:29:36,809 --> 00:29:39,845
I just thought, if I focus
on the music, I'll be fine.
692
00:29:39,878 --> 00:29:41,380
And, uh... and it worked out.
693
00:29:41,413 --> 00:29:43,615
So I thought going back
would be a nice full circle.
694
00:29:43,649 --> 00:29:46,885
Well, my friend, uh, it was the
best kind of triumphant return
695
00:29:46,919 --> 00:29:48,354
anybody could hope for.
696
00:29:48,387 --> 00:29:50,923
Um, I hope the Grammys is
as triumphant for you.
697
00:29:50,956 --> 00:29:52,491
Thank you so much
for joining me on the show.
698
00:29:52,524 --> 00:29:54,493
I can't wait for you to get
back out there playing music
699
00:29:54,526 --> 00:29:55,928
and doing what you're doing
in all the venues
700
00:29:55,961 --> 00:29:57,930
that you had to cancel
for coronavirus.
701
00:29:57,963 --> 00:29:59,431
Thank you again so much.
702
00:29:59,465 --> 00:30:00,933
I appreciate you, my dude.
Have a good one.
703
00:30:00,966 --> 00:30:02,534
Don't forget, Michael's album,
704
00:30:02,568 --> 00:30:05,371
Kiwanuka,
is available right now.
705
00:30:05,404 --> 00:30:07,439
And stick around because
he's gonna be performing
706
00:30:07,473 --> 00:30:09,775
an exclusive song right here
707
00:30:09,808 --> 00:30:09,875
on The Daily Social Distancing
Show, so don't go away.
708
00:30:13,811 --> 00:30:15,679
Welcome back to The Daily
Social Distancing Show.
709
00:30:15,713 --> 00:30:18,649
Michael Kiwanuka's performance
is coming up next,
710
00:30:18,682 --> 00:30:22,720
but first, today is the official
launch of Paramount+.
711
00:30:22,753 --> 00:30:24,188
It's the streaming service
712
00:30:24,221 --> 00:30:26,757
that has everything
you ever wanted, including me.
713
00:30:26,790 --> 00:30:29,293
Yeah, episodes of The Daily Show
will be streaming
714
00:30:29,326 --> 00:30:30,895
on Paramount+.
715
00:30:30,928 --> 00:30:34,798
So now, you can watch this show
whenever and wherever you are,
716
00:30:34,832 --> 00:30:36,901
even in the bathroom.
717
00:30:36,934 --> 00:30:39,537
But don't worry. I won't tell.
718
00:30:39,570 --> 00:30:42,206
And now here
to perform his song "Rolling"
719
00:30:42,239 --> 00:30:43,474
from his high school
720
00:30:43,507 --> 00:30:46,177
where he had his first
musical performance,
721
00:30:46,210 --> 00:30:49,480
please welcome
Michael Kiwanuka.
722
00:30:51,515 --> 00:30:55,686
(drums play upbeat
rock intro)
723
00:30:55,719 --> 00:30:57,721
(acoustic guitar joins in)
724
00:31:08,032 --> 00:31:10,601
(electric guitar joins in)
725
00:31:22,746 --> 00:31:26,851
? No tears for the young ?
726
00:31:26,884 --> 00:31:30,554
? A bullet if you run away ?
727
00:31:30,588 --> 00:31:34,525
? Another lost one ?
728
00:31:34,558 --> 00:31:38,829
? Like father,
like son, we pray ?
729
00:31:38,863 --> 00:31:42,600
? Rolling with the times ?
730
00:31:42,633 --> 00:31:44,635
? Don't be late ?
731
00:31:46,537 --> 00:31:49,039
? Rolling with the times ?
732
00:31:49,073 --> 00:31:50,407
? Rolling ?
733
00:31:50,441 --> 00:31:52,810
? Don't be late ?
734
00:31:52,843 --> 00:31:54,845
(instrumental interlude)
735
00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:20,738
? Phantom pain in the your arm ?
736
00:32:20,771 --> 00:32:24,909
? Trying to make a mark
and change ?
737
00:32:24,942 --> 00:32:28,712
? It's tearing you apart ?
738
00:32:28,746 --> 00:32:32,716
? Afraid of the darker days ?
739
00:32:32,750 --> 00:32:36,187
? Rolling with the times ?
740
00:32:36,220 --> 00:32:38,289
? Don't be late ?
741
00:32:40,124 --> 00:32:42,626
? Rolling with the times ?
742
00:32:42,660 --> 00:32:44,128
? Rolling ?
743
00:32:44,161 --> 00:32:46,997
? Don't be late ?
744
00:32:47,031 --> 00:32:51,435
? Don't... be late ?
745
00:32:51,468 --> 00:32:54,839
? Oh-oh, oh-oh ?
746
00:32:54,872 --> 00:32:59,143
? Don't... be late ?
747
00:32:59,176 --> 00:33:02,213
? Stay on down ?
748
00:33:02,246 --> 00:33:04,281
(instrumental interlude)
749
00:33:13,357 --> 00:33:15,626
? Don't be late now ?
750
00:33:15,659 --> 00:33:18,963
? Stay on down ?
751
00:33:18,996 --> 00:33:23,267
? Don't you, oh, don't you stay,
right on time ?
752
00:33:23,300 --> 00:33:26,003
? Oh, no ?
753
00:33:26,036 --> 00:33:30,174
? Do-do, do-do,
do-do-do-do ?
754
00:33:30,207 --> 00:33:33,878
? Do-do,
do-do, do-do-do-do ?
755
00:33:33,911 --> 00:33:37,081
? Do-do, do-do,
do-do-do-do ?
756
00:33:37,114 --> 00:33:38,249
? Rolling ?
757
00:33:38,282 --> 00:33:41,085
? Do-do, do-do,
do-do-do-do. ?
758
00:33:45,856 --> 00:33:47,858
(instrumental interlude)
759
00:33:48,859 --> 00:33:51,962
(echoing,
musical whooshing plays)
760
00:34:04,175 --> 00:34:04,241
(song ends)