1 00:00:00,968 --> 00:00:02,269 Spirit Airlines has announced 2 00:00:02,369 --> 00:00:05,706 that they are merging with Frontier Airlines. Yes. 3 00:00:05,806 --> 00:00:07,808 Quite literally they're going to put the planes together, 4 00:00:07,908 --> 00:00:09,343 and as their passengers, we will, like, 5 00:00:09,443 --> 00:00:11,311 look into each other's faces as we fly. 6 00:00:11,411 --> 00:00:15,816 You thought things couldn't get worse, but they did. (laughs) 7 00:00:15,916 --> 00:00:17,918 Uh, yeah, a lot of people were like, 8 00:00:18,018 --> 00:00:19,353 "Aah, Spirit and Frontier." 9 00:00:19,453 --> 00:00:21,021 I think people are thinking of it the wrong way. 10 00:00:21,121 --> 00:00:22,422 Because in math, I learned, 11 00:00:22,523 --> 00:00:25,225 that if you multiply a negative and a negative, 12 00:00:25,325 --> 00:00:27,327 you get a positive. So, technically, 13 00:00:27,427 --> 00:00:29,997 this is gonna be the greatest airline of all time. 14 00:00:30,097 --> 00:00:32,666 ANNOUNCER: Coming to you from the heart of Times Square 15 00:00:32,766 --> 00:00:36,170 in New York City, the only city in America, it's 16 00:00:36,270 --> 00:00:37,838 The Daily Show. 17 00:00:37,938 --> 00:00:41,008 Tonight-- Pence takes on Trump, 18 00:00:41,108 --> 00:00:43,810 Joe Rogan apologizes... again, 19 00:00:43,911 --> 00:00:46,346 and Michael S. Regan! 20 00:00:46,446 --> 00:00:51,385 This is The Daily Show with Trevor Noah! 21 00:00:51,485 --> 00:00:52,819 Hey! What's going on, everybody? 22 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:54,755 Welcome to The Daily Show. I'm Trevor Noah. 23 00:00:54,855 --> 00:00:56,423 And joining me for today's headlines 24 00:00:56,523 --> 00:00:58,125 is my good friend Michael Kosta. 25 00:00:58,225 --> 00:01:00,060 What's going on, Michael? How you doing? 26 00:01:00,093 --> 00:01:02,329 -I'm good. I'm getting ready for Valentine's Day. -Ooh. 27 00:01:02,429 --> 00:01:05,299 -You know? Yeah. I do my normal Valentine Day's routine. -Yeah? 28 00:01:05,399 --> 00:01:09,503 I googled how to make good sex, I booked a head-to-toe waxing. 29 00:01:09,603 --> 00:01:12,673 -Ooh. -I booked a reservation at a great restaurant-- French-- 30 00:01:12,773 --> 00:01:15,676 -Jacques in the Box. So that's nice. -Oh, very nice. 31 00:01:15,776 --> 00:01:17,077 -I like that. -You know, it's odd 32 00:01:17,177 --> 00:01:18,679 that the love holiday's in February. 33 00:01:18,779 --> 00:01:21,315 What? Am I supposed to think about how much I love my wife 34 00:01:21,415 --> 00:01:25,385 while I'm shoveling frozen dog shit off the sidewalk, you know? 35 00:01:25,485 --> 00:01:26,987 -Maybe it's the... maybe it's the cuddling. -Yeah. 36 00:01:27,087 --> 00:01:29,156 Maybe it's, like, you know, it's a good time to be, you know? 37 00:01:29,256 --> 00:01:31,658 -It's... It means I'll be cuddled together? But... -Yeah. 38 00:01:31,758 --> 00:01:33,594 It's-it's weird that you have that thought because, 39 00:01:33,694 --> 00:01:35,596 like, from where we're from, the love thing is in the summer. 40 00:01:35,696 --> 00:01:37,464 -So I've never thought of it that way. -I feel like, 41 00:01:37,564 --> 00:01:39,700 where you're from is more loving, possibly. 42 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:41,635 In fact, where I'm from, it made more sense 43 00:01:41,735 --> 00:01:43,537 -that Cupid had no clothes. -Right. 44 00:01:43,637 --> 00:01:45,239 -Because now it's just weird. -Yeah, Cupid would be, like... 45 00:01:45,339 --> 00:01:47,307 -Yeah. -You know, just his eyes. 46 00:01:47,407 --> 00:01:49,743 -He couldn't even get the bow ready. Yeah. Yeah. -No, nothing. 47 00:01:49,843 --> 00:01:53,146 All right, uh, let's jump straight into today's headlines. 48 00:01:53,247 --> 00:01:55,682 ♪ ♪ 49 00:01:55,782 --> 00:01:58,785 We kick things off in the metaverse. 50 00:01:58,886 --> 00:02:00,888 It's the virtual world that's just like the real world. 51 00:02:01,054 --> 00:02:02,356 By which I mean 52 00:02:02,456 --> 00:02:04,858 Mark Zuckerberg is harvesting your data there, too. 53 00:02:04,958 --> 00:02:06,960 Companies like Meta, AKA Facebook, 54 00:02:07,060 --> 00:02:09,463 are betting billions of dollars on the hope 55 00:02:09,563 --> 00:02:12,900 that virtual reality is the future of human interaction. 56 00:02:13,066 --> 00:02:15,335 But as they get started, they're finding out 57 00:02:15,435 --> 00:02:19,273 that in many ways, the people of the future are all too much 58 00:02:19,373 --> 00:02:22,442 like the people of the past. 59 00:02:22,543 --> 00:02:24,244 NEWSWOMAN: Meta is launching a new tool 60 00:02:24,344 --> 00:02:25,879 for its virtual reality worlds 61 00:02:25,979 --> 00:02:28,315 after users reported virtual groping 62 00:02:28,415 --> 00:02:29,883 and other abusive behavior. 63 00:02:29,983 --> 00:02:32,119 The personal boundary default setting 64 00:02:32,219 --> 00:02:34,288 will allow users to feel like there's four feet of space 65 00:02:34,388 --> 00:02:35,722 between them and others. 66 00:02:35,822 --> 00:02:37,691 Meta says this will make it easier 67 00:02:37,791 --> 00:02:38,892 to avoid unwanted interactions. 68 00:02:38,992 --> 00:02:40,427 I mean, come on, in the virtual world, now? 69 00:02:40,527 --> 00:02:42,129 NEWSMAN: It comes after a woman claims 70 00:02:42,229 --> 00:02:44,264 she was verbally and sexually harassed 71 00:02:44,364 --> 00:02:46,967 within a minute of joining a virtual game last year. 72 00:02:47,100 --> 00:02:49,536 Yeah, look, people, none of this is surprising. 73 00:02:49,636 --> 00:02:51,839 I mean, anytime a new technology has been invented, 74 00:02:51,939 --> 00:02:54,608 it has quickly been used to harass people. 75 00:02:54,708 --> 00:02:57,211 You know, right after man discovered fire, 76 00:02:57,311 --> 00:02:59,012 creeps were probably like: Awesome! 77 00:02:59,112 --> 00:03:01,882 Now I can show my dick to strangers at night. 78 00:03:02,049 --> 00:03:03,383 Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha. 79 00:03:03,483 --> 00:03:04,551 (crew laughter) 80 00:03:04,651 --> 00:03:07,221 But still, the metaverse was not designed 81 00:03:07,321 --> 00:03:10,057 for you to sexually harass others, okay? 82 00:03:10,157 --> 00:03:12,226 It was designed to distract everyone 83 00:03:12,326 --> 00:03:14,328 from Facebook's other scandals. 84 00:03:14,428 --> 00:03:16,396 And what I don't understand is how Facebook couldn't weed out 85 00:03:16,496 --> 00:03:18,498 these people before they get into the metaverse. 86 00:03:18,599 --> 00:03:21,401 How are these people even getting into the metaverse? 87 00:03:21,502 --> 00:03:23,470 Like, think about it, Facebook has information on everybody. 88 00:03:23,570 --> 00:03:27,441 How come they can't tell who's an Internet pervert, 89 00:03:27,541 --> 00:03:28,942 but then they can show me ads for crutches 90 00:03:29,076 --> 00:03:32,112 three days before I get hit by a car, huh? 91 00:03:32,212 --> 00:03:34,481 But obviously, this is really about the principle 92 00:03:34,581 --> 00:03:36,083 of feeling safe and respected. 93 00:03:36,183 --> 00:03:37,851 It's not actual sexual assault. 94 00:03:37,951 --> 00:03:39,553 You know? No one in the metaverse 95 00:03:39,653 --> 00:03:41,088 even has a butt to grab. 96 00:03:41,154 --> 00:03:42,589 There's nothing below the waist. 97 00:03:42,689 --> 00:03:44,124 That's why everyone in the metaverse 98 00:03:44,224 --> 00:03:46,293 goes to the bathroom out of their mouth. 99 00:03:46,393 --> 00:03:48,128 It's a really weird experience. 100 00:03:48,228 --> 00:03:49,997 I actually feel like I know where this is going, though. 101 00:03:50,097 --> 00:03:52,766 You know, they're gonna say: Well, we tried making avatars 102 00:03:52,866 --> 00:03:54,935 without bottoms and that didn't work, 103 00:03:55,102 --> 00:03:58,105 so maybe we should try one where nobody has tops, either. 104 00:03:58,138 --> 00:03:59,873 It's gonna be just faces. 105 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:01,775 Like a book of faces. 106 00:04:01,875 --> 00:04:03,210 Nothing can go wrong with that. 107 00:04:03,310 --> 00:04:06,046 Be like: Wow, this is the future! 108 00:04:06,146 --> 00:04:07,748 I actually have a controversial solution to this. 109 00:04:07,848 --> 00:04:09,249 This is what I think Meta should do. 110 00:04:09,349 --> 00:04:11,051 Meta should do nothing. 111 00:04:11,118 --> 00:04:13,420 Yeah, I said it. Meta should do nothing. 112 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:18,058 Let sexual harassment run wild in the metaverse. Just do it. 113 00:04:18,158 --> 00:04:20,561 'Cause think about it. If we can trap 114 00:04:20,661 --> 00:04:23,263 all the sexual harassers in the metaverse, 115 00:04:23,363 --> 00:04:25,199 we won't have to worry about sexual harassment 116 00:04:25,299 --> 00:04:26,567 n the real world. Yeah. 117 00:04:26,667 --> 00:04:29,403 All the creeps will be at home with their VR helmets 118 00:04:29,503 --> 00:04:31,738 touching each other's cartoon nipples. 119 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:33,607 The rest of us will just interact with actual humans, 120 00:04:33,707 --> 00:04:35,509 safe from sexual harassment. 121 00:04:35,609 --> 00:04:37,244 It's a win-win. Huh? Huh? 122 00:04:37,344 --> 00:04:38,812 It's a great idea. I mean, keep in mind 123 00:04:38,912 --> 00:04:41,548 this isn't actually dangerous, you know? 124 00:04:41,648 --> 00:04:44,384 You're not in a dark alley. You're in your living room. 125 00:04:44,484 --> 00:04:45,886 And your dad's upstairs. 126 00:04:45,986 --> 00:04:47,287 -Right? -Yeah. 127 00:04:47,387 --> 00:04:49,089 You know? I mean, and how does this even happen? 128 00:04:49,156 --> 00:04:50,557 Aren't the only people in the metaverse 129 00:04:50,657 --> 00:04:52,292 -Facebook executives? Right? -(laughing) 130 00:04:52,392 --> 00:04:53,594 It feels like it's the only ones 131 00:04:53,694 --> 00:04:55,562 that has access to do this thing. 132 00:04:55,662 --> 00:04:58,298 Now, keep in mind, Trevor, we have personal space rules 133 00:04:58,398 --> 00:05:00,901 -in real life, too, and they get violated. -Yeah. 134 00:05:01,034 --> 00:05:02,336 -That's true. -You know? You ever take the L Train 135 00:05:02,436 --> 00:05:03,770 late at night? 10:00 p.m.? 136 00:05:03,871 --> 00:05:05,939 You got to 69 somebody just to get in the car. 137 00:05:06,039 --> 00:05:08,942 -So... We should approve that. -I... 138 00:05:09,042 --> 00:05:11,211 I mean, I don't think it's a bad thing 139 00:05:11,311 --> 00:05:12,679 -on the L Train. -No. 140 00:05:12,779 --> 00:05:14,548 Granted, I'm always in, like, the preferable position 141 00:05:14,648 --> 00:05:15,782 -in the 69. -Yeah. 142 00:05:15,883 --> 00:05:17,184 Always say you want to be, like, head up. 143 00:05:17,284 --> 00:05:18,752 Yeah, you... Yeah, you're the nine. 144 00:05:18,852 --> 00:05:21,054 -I am. That's... -Yeah. Guess who's... guess who's the six. 145 00:05:21,154 --> 00:05:22,589 Know what I'm saying? 146 00:05:22,689 --> 00:05:24,725 Sometimes when we do this, 147 00:05:24,825 --> 00:05:26,527 I feel like I'm the six right here. 148 00:05:26,627 --> 00:05:28,662 (all laughing) 149 00:05:38,338 --> 00:05:39,873 All right, all right, let's move on 150 00:05:39,973 --> 00:05:43,243 to the big political news from over the weekend. 151 00:05:43,343 --> 00:05:46,480 The Republican Party right now is, uh, more divided 152 00:05:46,580 --> 00:05:47,948 than Kim Kardashian and Kanye West. 153 00:05:48,081 --> 00:05:51,318 The big debate is between a small handful of conservatives 154 00:05:51,418 --> 00:05:54,788 who think it is wrong to try and steal an election 155 00:05:54,888 --> 00:05:57,124 versus the majority of Republicans 156 00:05:57,224 --> 00:05:58,525 who say overthrowing democracy 157 00:05:58,625 --> 00:06:01,261 is just "legitimate political discourse." 158 00:06:01,361 --> 00:06:04,031 Well, now Mike Pence 159 00:06:04,131 --> 00:06:05,832 has chosen a side. 160 00:06:05,933 --> 00:06:07,768 NEWSWOMAN: The former Vice President Mike Pence 161 00:06:07,868 --> 00:06:09,670 rebuked President Trump's insistence 162 00:06:09,770 --> 00:06:11,038 that Pence could have rejected 163 00:06:11,104 --> 00:06:13,841 the Electoral College results on January 6th. 164 00:06:13,941 --> 00:06:15,509 President Trump said I had the right 165 00:06:15,609 --> 00:06:18,312 to overturn the election. 166 00:06:19,613 --> 00:06:21,548 President Trump is wrong. 167 00:06:21,648 --> 00:06:24,051 And frankly, there is no idea more un-American 168 00:06:24,117 --> 00:06:26,587 than the notion that any one person 169 00:06:26,687 --> 00:06:28,722 could choose the American president. 170 00:06:28,822 --> 00:06:31,191 Ooh, Mike Pence. 171 00:06:31,291 --> 00:06:34,728 Standing up to Donald Trump. Hey, hey! 172 00:06:34,828 --> 00:06:38,065 Look at my guy trying new things for the first time. 173 00:06:38,131 --> 00:06:42,069 Next week, player's gonna be having sex with his eyes open. 174 00:06:42,135 --> 00:06:45,439 But still, good for Pence. And it's gonna be fun 175 00:06:45,539 --> 00:06:48,075 watching him endorse Trump for reelection in two years. 176 00:06:48,141 --> 00:06:49,543 "He was right, I should have done it. 177 00:06:49,643 --> 00:06:51,545 And next time, maybe I will." 178 00:06:51,645 --> 00:06:54,281 Now, as-as part of the January 6th Committee's investigation, 179 00:06:54,381 --> 00:06:57,184 it has been collecting documents from the Trump White House 180 00:06:57,284 --> 00:07:00,087 to find out what people might have been saying 181 00:07:00,187 --> 00:07:02,089 at the time of the insurrection. 182 00:07:02,189 --> 00:07:04,925 And this has turned out to be harder than it should 183 00:07:05,025 --> 00:07:06,260 for a couple of reasons. 184 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:08,762 For one, Donald Trump had a habit 185 00:07:08,862 --> 00:07:11,031 of tearing up everything that he read. 186 00:07:11,064 --> 00:07:13,433 Yeah. And not even to hide stuff. 187 00:07:13,534 --> 00:07:15,135 Just anything he was done with, he'd just tear it up 188 00:07:15,235 --> 00:07:16,603 and throw on the floor. 189 00:07:16,703 --> 00:07:18,639 Probably his revenge on paper for making him read it. 190 00:07:18,739 --> 00:07:20,040 And now we're finding out 191 00:07:20,140 --> 00:07:21,909 that the stuff Trump didn't tear up, 192 00:07:22,042 --> 00:07:25,045 he sometimes kept as souvenirs. 193 00:07:25,145 --> 00:07:27,447 The National Archives had to head down to Mar-a-Lago 194 00:07:27,548 --> 00:07:29,516 to take back some White House documents 195 00:07:29,616 --> 00:07:32,519 former President Trump had apparently taken to Florida. 196 00:07:32,619 --> 00:07:34,288 According to The Washington Post, 197 00:07:34,388 --> 00:07:36,657 Trump improperly removed multiple boxes 198 00:07:36,757 --> 00:07:38,926 -from the White House. -To be clear, 199 00:07:39,059 --> 00:07:41,061 by law, all those records 200 00:07:41,094 --> 00:07:43,197 should have been turned over to the National Archives 201 00:07:43,297 --> 00:07:44,731 and Records Administration. 202 00:07:44,831 --> 00:07:47,634 They say that this box mostly contained things like mementos, 203 00:07:47,734 --> 00:07:49,636 you know, letters between world leaders 204 00:07:49,736 --> 00:07:53,607 like, uh, leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-un, for example. 205 00:07:53,707 --> 00:07:56,376 Aw, guys. 206 00:07:56,476 --> 00:08:01,348 I can't believe that Trump saved Kim Jong-un's old love letters. 207 00:08:01,448 --> 00:08:03,016 That's so romantic. And I-I get it. 208 00:08:03,116 --> 00:08:04,384 I really do. I get it. 209 00:08:04,484 --> 00:08:07,354 Like, a lot of people keep stuff that's sentimental. 210 00:08:07,454 --> 00:08:10,357 Like I-I still keep my old letters from high school. 211 00:08:10,457 --> 00:08:12,025 You know? I've got one here. 212 00:08:12,059 --> 00:08:14,895 Really beautiful. Uh... 213 00:08:15,028 --> 00:08:16,730 "Dear Trevor, 214 00:08:16,830 --> 00:08:18,131 "I love you. 215 00:08:18,232 --> 00:08:20,033 "You're like a brother to me. 216 00:08:20,100 --> 00:08:22,202 "A sweet, sweet younger brother. 217 00:08:22,302 --> 00:08:24,204 A real member of my family." 218 00:08:24,304 --> 00:08:27,307 Ha-ha. Damn, she wanted me bad. 219 00:08:27,407 --> 00:08:29,776 Honestly, I'm kind of surprised that his own letters 220 00:08:29,877 --> 00:08:31,445 are the only thing that Trump took from the White House. 221 00:08:31,545 --> 00:08:32,913 I'll-I'll be honest. 222 00:08:33,046 --> 00:08:34,481 Like, when he got kicked out, 223 00:08:34,581 --> 00:08:36,350 I thought he'd just stuff as much stuff 224 00:08:36,450 --> 00:08:37,751 into his pockets as he could. 225 00:08:37,851 --> 00:08:39,052 You know? Like, he'd get out there 226 00:08:39,152 --> 00:08:40,320 and then White House security would shake him 227 00:08:40,420 --> 00:08:41,421 and the bust of Frederick Douglass 228 00:08:41,522 --> 00:08:42,623 would just fall out of his pants. 229 00:08:42,723 --> 00:08:44,558 He'd be like, "I don't know who that is, 230 00:08:44,658 --> 00:08:47,394 "but I'm learning more and more about him every day. 231 00:08:47,494 --> 00:08:48,762 "Fantastic guy. 232 00:08:48,862 --> 00:08:52,065 "I think we would have gotten along great. 233 00:08:52,132 --> 00:08:53,367 So great." 234 00:08:53,467 --> 00:08:55,269 If these pictures were in Korean, it's possible 235 00:08:55,369 --> 00:08:57,404 Trump thought that Eric had just drawn him a picture. 236 00:08:57,504 --> 00:08:58,405 -You know? -(laughs) 237 00:08:58,505 --> 00:09:00,207 I think it's great that Pence, 238 00:09:00,307 --> 00:09:02,042 -uh, stepped up to Trump. -Yeah. 239 00:09:02,142 --> 00:09:04,044 Not that Trump probably even heard him, 240 00:09:04,144 --> 00:09:05,879 'cause he's just in the metaverse harassing everybody. 241 00:09:06,013 --> 00:09:08,482 -(laughs) -But Pence letting loose, I like this. 242 00:09:08,582 --> 00:09:10,884 I heard he tried 2% milk for the first time as well. 243 00:09:11,018 --> 00:09:12,085 -He's getting edgy. -He's getting edgy. 244 00:09:12,186 --> 00:09:13,520 -He's getting real edgy. -He's getting edgy, yeah. 245 00:09:13,620 --> 00:09:15,556 -You saw him there. He even paused for effect. -Yeah. 246 00:09:15,656 --> 00:09:17,524 "Trump said I could do this. 247 00:09:17,624 --> 00:09:19,359 -He was wrong." -Yeah. That was good. 248 00:09:19,459 --> 00:09:21,094 -That was powerful. It was sexy. -That was good. That was good. 249 00:09:21,195 --> 00:09:24,097 -Him and Mother tonight, they might even hug. -(laughing) 250 00:09:24,198 --> 00:09:25,299 Yeah. 251 00:09:25,399 --> 00:09:26,733 All right, that's it for the headlines. 252 00:09:26,834 --> 00:09:28,468 When we come back, we're gonna be talking 253 00:09:28,569 --> 00:09:31,238 about the new Joe Rogan scandal 254 00:09:31,338 --> 00:09:33,740 that is rocking Spotify, so don't go away. 255 00:09:36,044 --> 00:09:37,479 Welcome back to The Daily Show. 256 00:09:37,579 --> 00:09:40,181 Let's talk about Joe Rogan, 257 00:09:40,281 --> 00:09:43,084 the scariest thing to come out of the show Fear Factor. 258 00:09:43,184 --> 00:09:44,786 After a week of scandal 259 00:09:44,886 --> 00:09:47,088 surrounding his anti-vaccine podcast, 260 00:09:47,188 --> 00:09:51,860 Joe Rogan is still in the news, which is rare in America. 261 00:09:51,960 --> 00:09:53,394 I mean, in this country, 262 00:09:53,495 --> 00:09:56,064 news cycles are here today, gone tomorrow. 263 00:09:56,164 --> 00:09:59,067 Breaking news-- dinosaurs have come back from the dead 264 00:09:59,167 --> 00:10:01,736 and are destroying cities around the globe. 265 00:10:01,836 --> 00:10:03,304 All right, moving on. 266 00:10:03,404 --> 00:10:05,673 Kim and Kanye are fighting again. 267 00:10:05,773 --> 00:10:07,942 Now, if you remember, the whole reason 268 00:10:08,042 --> 00:10:09,944 that Joe Rogan got into trouble in the first place 269 00:10:10,044 --> 00:10:12,747 was because rock legend Neil Young said 270 00:10:12,847 --> 00:10:15,817 that he refused to be on the same platform as Joe Rogan 271 00:10:15,917 --> 00:10:18,853 if Joe Rogan was going to be spreading lies about vaccines. 272 00:10:18,953 --> 00:10:21,923 So then, because of the backlash, Joe Rogan apologized. 273 00:10:22,023 --> 00:10:24,225 And a lot of people were like, "Okay, okay. 274 00:10:24,325 --> 00:10:25,560 We're moving in the right direction." 275 00:10:25,660 --> 00:10:27,095 Even The Rock was like, 276 00:10:27,195 --> 00:10:29,364 "Great job, Joe Rogan. Let's grab a drink." 277 00:10:29,464 --> 00:10:32,000 But just before Joe Rogan could get that drink, 278 00:10:32,100 --> 00:10:35,103 another musician, India.Arie... 279 00:10:35,203 --> 00:10:37,038 ♪ I am not my hair. ♪ 280 00:10:37,071 --> 00:10:40,375 Well, she put out her own video online saying 281 00:10:40,475 --> 00:10:43,044 that there's a different reason that she doesn't want 282 00:10:43,077 --> 00:10:46,147 to be on the same platform as Joe Rogan, and this was it. 283 00:10:46,247 --> 00:10:47,749 I'm going to leave a short message here 284 00:10:47,849 --> 00:10:49,951 about why I decided to... 285 00:10:50,051 --> 00:10:53,655 why I decided to ask my music be pulled off of Spotify. 286 00:10:53,755 --> 00:10:56,324 Spotify is built on the back of the music streaming. 287 00:10:56,424 --> 00:10:58,760 So they take this money that's built from streaming, 288 00:10:58,860 --> 00:11:00,261 and they pay this guy $100 million, 289 00:11:00,361 --> 00:11:05,066 but they pay us .003% sent of a penny? 290 00:11:05,099 --> 00:11:06,334 Just take me off. 291 00:11:06,434 --> 00:11:08,469 I don't want to generate money that pays this. 292 00:11:08,570 --> 00:11:11,072 This is why. Watch this. 293 00:11:11,105 --> 00:11:12,340 You know, the "nigger" thing. 294 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:13,775 Yeah, saying the word "nigger." 295 00:11:13,875 --> 00:11:15,076 I've... You've already said "nigger." 296 00:11:15,176 --> 00:11:17,178 ...D is just like "nigger." Saying "nigger." 297 00:11:17,278 --> 00:11:18,613 She's calling you a nigger. It's like this... 298 00:11:18,713 --> 00:11:19,914 Boy, that's a nigger. 299 00:11:20,081 --> 00:11:21,182 Starts calling them "niggers." 300 00:11:21,282 --> 00:11:22,350 Or nigger. 301 00:11:22,450 --> 00:11:24,352 There should be a word like "nigger." 302 00:11:24,452 --> 00:11:25,954 Especially the word "nigger." 303 00:11:26,087 --> 00:11:26,988 That's our nigger. 304 00:11:27,088 --> 00:11:28,323 About niggers. He says "nigger." 305 00:11:28,423 --> 00:11:30,391 ...guy a nigger. And there are niggers. 306 00:11:30,492 --> 00:11:32,093 Starts saying "nigger." Allowed to use the word "nigger." 307 00:11:32,193 --> 00:11:33,628 About the word "nigger." You'll see "nigger." 308 00:11:33,728 --> 00:11:35,830 Or nigger. Say "nigger," and you couldn't say "nigger," and... 309 00:11:35,930 --> 00:11:36,831 House nigger. 310 00:11:36,931 --> 00:11:39,033 Whew! 311 00:11:39,100 --> 00:11:42,770 That's a lot... of the "N" word. 312 00:11:42,871 --> 00:11:47,308 And with the hard "e-r" as well, which is never a good thing. 313 00:11:47,408 --> 00:11:49,844 If there's ever a video of you saying the "N" word 314 00:11:49,944 --> 00:11:52,380 that many times, you better pray one of two things. 315 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:54,382 Either you're a Black person, 316 00:11:54,482 --> 00:11:57,519 or you're a dead man from history. 317 00:11:57,619 --> 00:11:59,654 Yeah, 'cause then, the worst they can do 318 00:11:59,754 --> 00:12:02,423 is take your statue down and move it into a museum. 319 00:12:02,524 --> 00:12:05,226 (gasps) 320 00:12:05,326 --> 00:12:07,295 And as bad as it was seeing a supercut of Joe Rogan 321 00:12:07,395 --> 00:12:09,631 dropping the "N" word like he bought it in bulk at Costco, 322 00:12:09,731 --> 00:12:11,799 an even worse part of the video... I know. 323 00:12:11,900 --> 00:12:14,869 Yeah, an even worse part of the video is when Joe Rogan, 324 00:12:14,969 --> 00:12:18,973 again on his podcast, told a story about going to a movie 325 00:12:19,073 --> 00:12:22,811 in a Black neighborhood, and this is what he said. 326 00:12:22,911 --> 00:12:25,613 So I go, "You got to go to one where 327 00:12:25,713 --> 00:12:26,881 there's Planet of the Apes, man." 328 00:12:26,981 --> 00:12:28,116 We're gonna go see Planet of the Apes. 329 00:12:28,216 --> 00:12:30,084 So I look on the iPhone app, and it says, 330 00:12:30,151 --> 00:12:32,420 "Okay, take me to this one." And the guy goes, "Okay." 331 00:12:32,520 --> 00:12:33,888 I go, "Is that in a good neighborhood?" 332 00:12:33,988 --> 00:12:35,223 He's like, "Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah." 333 00:12:35,323 --> 00:12:37,091 Guy barely speaks English. He takes us there. 334 00:12:37,192 --> 00:12:38,860 We get out, and we're giggling. 335 00:12:39,027 --> 00:12:40,695 "Ooh, we're gonna go see Planet of the Apes." 336 00:12:40,795 --> 00:12:42,864 -We walked into Planet of the Apes. -(laughs) 337 00:12:43,031 --> 00:12:44,732 We walked into Africa, dude. 338 00:12:44,833 --> 00:12:47,302 We-we walked in the door, 339 00:12:47,402 --> 00:12:49,037 -and there was no white people. -(mumbling) 340 00:12:49,070 --> 00:12:50,305 There was no white people. 341 00:12:50,405 --> 00:12:52,807 Wow. 342 00:12:55,076 --> 00:12:59,147 That video's so bad, it actually made me miss the "N" word video. 343 00:12:59,247 --> 00:13:01,816 Ah, the good old days. 344 00:13:01,916 --> 00:13:04,219 I mean, you walk into a cinema in a Black neighborhood, 345 00:13:04,319 --> 00:13:06,654 and you call it Planet of the Apes? 346 00:13:06,754 --> 00:13:08,056 Whew. 347 00:13:08,122 --> 00:13:09,457 I mean, unless he means 348 00:13:09,557 --> 00:13:10,925 he was blown away by the Black neighborhood's 349 00:13:11,059 --> 00:13:12,560 cinematography and storytelling. 350 00:13:12,660 --> 00:13:14,262 Although, I doubt it. 351 00:13:14,362 --> 00:13:18,700 Anyway, because of this video, right, and India.Arie, 352 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:22,070 Joe Rogan was forced to make yet another stop 353 00:13:22,103 --> 00:13:23,605 on his apology world tour. 354 00:13:23,705 --> 00:13:27,942 And this one was a lot more, and I mean, a lot more apologetic 355 00:13:28,076 --> 00:13:29,410 than his vaccine video. 356 00:13:29,511 --> 00:13:31,079 I'm making this video to talk 357 00:13:31,179 --> 00:13:34,782 about the most regretful and shameful thing 358 00:13:34,883 --> 00:13:36,818 that I've ever had to talk about publicly. 359 00:13:36,918 --> 00:13:39,354 There's a video that's out that's a compilation 360 00:13:39,454 --> 00:13:41,422 of me saying the N-word. 361 00:13:41,523 --> 00:13:45,193 It's a video that's made of clips taken out of context 362 00:13:45,293 --> 00:13:49,097 of me of 12 years of conversations on my podcast, 363 00:13:49,197 --> 00:13:52,500 and it's all smushed together, and it looks (bleep) horrible, 364 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:53,868 even to me. 365 00:13:54,035 --> 00:13:57,939 Now, I know that to most people there is no context 366 00:13:58,039 --> 00:14:02,076 where a white person is ever allowed to say that word, 367 00:14:02,177 --> 00:14:04,846 never mind publicly on a podcast. 368 00:14:04,946 --> 00:14:08,283 And I agree with that now. I haven't said it in years. 369 00:14:08,383 --> 00:14:12,320 But for a long time, when I would bring that word up, 370 00:14:12,420 --> 00:14:14,355 like, if it would come up in conversation, 371 00:14:14,455 --> 00:14:17,959 instead of saying "the N-word," I would just say the word. 372 00:14:18,059 --> 00:14:21,229 Like, that context was-- part of the clip 373 00:14:21,329 --> 00:14:24,065 we were talking about Redd Foxx, how Redd Foxx said that word 374 00:14:24,165 --> 00:14:27,735 on television in the 1970s and how times have changed 375 00:14:27,836 --> 00:14:29,137 so much since then. 376 00:14:29,237 --> 00:14:32,941 Or about how Richard Pryor used it as one of the titles 377 00:14:33,074 --> 00:14:34,542 of one of his albums. 378 00:14:34,642 --> 00:14:38,012 But for years I used it in that manner. 379 00:14:38,079 --> 00:14:42,016 I never used it to be racist, because I'm not racist. 380 00:14:42,083 --> 00:14:45,220 But whenever you're in a situation 381 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:48,323 where you have to say "I'm not racist," 382 00:14:48,423 --> 00:14:50,058 you (bleep) up. 383 00:14:50,158 --> 00:14:52,694 And I clearly have (bleep) up. 384 00:14:52,794 --> 00:14:56,097 Yeah, you can tell Joe Rogan knows he is in trouble. 385 00:14:56,197 --> 00:14:58,600 Because in the vaccine video, if you remember it, 386 00:14:58,700 --> 00:15:00,835 like, he's outside, he's enjoying a nice day. 387 00:15:00,935 --> 00:15:02,370 Here, he was in the library. 388 00:15:02,470 --> 00:15:05,139 He's like: Look, I'm learning. See the books? 389 00:15:05,240 --> 00:15:06,674 I'm learning. 390 00:15:06,774 --> 00:15:08,142 This shit is serious. 391 00:15:08,243 --> 00:15:10,145 And you can tell it's serious, you can tell 392 00:15:10,245 --> 00:15:11,446 because he's like: Guys, 393 00:15:11,546 --> 00:15:13,648 my brain used to think a certain way. 394 00:15:13,748 --> 00:15:17,485 It does not think that way anymore at all. 395 00:15:17,585 --> 00:15:20,054 I disavow that man. I disavow him. 396 00:15:20,121 --> 00:15:22,056 You know what this kind of reminds me of? 397 00:15:22,123 --> 00:15:25,393 It kind of reminds me of when my mom used to get the belt, 398 00:15:25,493 --> 00:15:27,328 and I was a little kid, and I'd be like: 399 00:15:27,428 --> 00:15:29,898 Mommy, Mommy, old Trevor liked cookies. 400 00:15:30,064 --> 00:15:33,334 But new Trevor does not think that way anymore. 401 00:15:33,434 --> 00:15:35,537 New Trevor doesn't even know where the cookies are, 402 00:15:35,637 --> 00:15:37,672 on the top shelf, and going forward, 403 00:15:37,772 --> 00:15:41,109 I only want to eat vegetables, Mommy, please... 404 00:15:41,209 --> 00:15:43,344 (crying, trembling) 405 00:15:45,780 --> 00:15:47,215 Now, even though Rogan apologized, 406 00:15:47,315 --> 00:15:50,084 this was strange, a lot of people were arguing 407 00:15:50,185 --> 00:15:52,253 sort of against his apology, saying that the N-word 408 00:15:52,353 --> 00:15:55,557 with context is totally fine for a white person to say. Yeah. 409 00:15:55,657 --> 00:15:57,692 You know? And I understand what they're saying. 410 00:15:57,792 --> 00:16:00,261 Like, you know, maybe you're a professor teaching history, 411 00:16:00,361 --> 00:16:02,730 maybe you're a news anchor reporting on a story 412 00:16:02,831 --> 00:16:04,599 about Joe Rogan, 413 00:16:04,699 --> 00:16:06,434 maybe you're in a Quentin Tarantino movie, 414 00:16:06,534 --> 00:16:08,436 and you have to use the N-word, because if you don't, 415 00:16:08,536 --> 00:16:10,772 then the movie has no dialogue. 416 00:16:10,872 --> 00:16:12,340 But... 417 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:15,043 but for the most part, 418 00:16:15,143 --> 00:16:18,279 as a white person, you never need to use the N-word. 419 00:16:18,379 --> 00:16:19,714 Right? Don't, like, need. 420 00:16:19,814 --> 00:16:21,416 For example, I've gone this entire story 421 00:16:21,516 --> 00:16:24,219 saying "the N-word," and everyone has understood 422 00:16:24,319 --> 00:16:25,653 exactly what I've meant. 423 00:16:25,753 --> 00:16:28,056 Right? Nobody's sitting at home going: 424 00:16:28,089 --> 00:16:30,258 Nutella? Neanderthal? 425 00:16:30,358 --> 00:16:31,559 Nelly Furtado? 426 00:16:31,659 --> 00:16:34,629 Why is Trevor being so vague? What is the word? 427 00:16:34,729 --> 00:16:36,631 In fact, here's a life hack for white people. 428 00:16:36,731 --> 00:16:40,635 Saying the actual N-word puts you in unnecessary trouble. 429 00:16:40,735 --> 00:16:44,372 Especially if you're not racist. It doesn't matter the context. 430 00:16:44,472 --> 00:16:46,140 Because Black people don't have the time 431 00:16:46,241 --> 00:16:47,509 to sit down and sort out 432 00:16:47,609 --> 00:16:49,410 the racist who says the N-word 70 times 433 00:16:49,511 --> 00:16:52,013 with the non-racist who says the N-word 70 times. 434 00:16:52,046 --> 00:16:53,882 Black people are dealing with too much shit. 435 00:16:54,015 --> 00:16:56,184 No, no, look, look at how I was using it. 436 00:16:56,284 --> 00:16:58,086 No, dude, no one's got the time for that. 437 00:16:58,186 --> 00:17:00,555 Just stop saying it or just be racist. 438 00:17:00,655 --> 00:17:02,924 It's easier for everyone that way. 439 00:17:03,024 --> 00:17:06,628 So look, I'm glad that Joe Rogan has gone: You know what? 440 00:17:06,728 --> 00:17:09,931 I didn't need to use that word all those times. 441 00:17:10,031 --> 00:17:13,768 Because people need to learn, and I'm glad that he has. 442 00:17:13,868 --> 00:17:15,770 Right? So Joe Rogan is saying 443 00:17:15,870 --> 00:17:18,406 that him using the word in context wasn't racist, 444 00:17:18,506 --> 00:17:21,643 but it was ignorant and not cool. Okay, fine. 445 00:17:21,743 --> 00:17:24,712 But don't forget, there's also the story 446 00:17:24,813 --> 00:17:30,084 where Joe Rogan calls Black people "apes." 447 00:17:30,185 --> 00:17:32,253 And so for that part of the apology, 448 00:17:32,353 --> 00:17:34,989 Joe Rogan says this. 449 00:17:35,023 --> 00:17:38,026 I did not nor would I ever say 450 00:17:38,126 --> 00:17:39,427 that Black people are apes, 451 00:17:39,527 --> 00:17:42,030 but it sure (bleep) sounded like that. 452 00:17:42,130 --> 00:17:44,699 I was just saying there's a lot of Black people there. 453 00:17:44,799 --> 00:17:46,134 But then I went on to talk 454 00:17:46,234 --> 00:17:48,703 about what a positive experience it was 455 00:17:48,803 --> 00:17:50,004 and how much fun it was 456 00:17:50,104 --> 00:17:52,640 to go to see this movie in a Black neighborhood. 457 00:17:52,740 --> 00:17:55,777 It wasn't a racist story, but it sounded terrible. 458 00:17:55,877 --> 00:17:57,846 It's a (bleep) idiotic thing to say, 459 00:17:58,012 --> 00:18:00,482 and I was just trying to be entertaining. 460 00:18:00,582 --> 00:18:02,350 I certainly wasn't trying to be racist, 461 00:18:02,450 --> 00:18:05,820 and I certainly would never want 462 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:09,557 to offend someone for entertainment 463 00:18:09,657 --> 00:18:11,759 with something as stupid as racism. 464 00:18:11,860 --> 00:18:13,127 All right, I'm-I'm not gonna lie. 465 00:18:13,228 --> 00:18:14,829 I have a few issues with this part of the video. 466 00:18:14,929 --> 00:18:18,333 First of all, he says he would never say Black people are apes, 467 00:18:18,433 --> 00:18:19,834 but he said that. 468 00:18:19,934 --> 00:18:21,569 He... That's literally what he said. 469 00:18:21,669 --> 00:18:23,505 If you said you walked into a Black place 470 00:18:23,605 --> 00:18:25,840 and it was Planet of the Apes, then you said that. 471 00:18:25,940 --> 00:18:27,575 You said... You can't be like, "Oh, no, I didn't say..." 472 00:18:27,675 --> 00:18:29,944 You did say it, which is racist, right? 473 00:18:30,044 --> 00:18:32,413 And it's not just racist. Like, let's-let's be honest. 474 00:18:32,514 --> 00:18:34,983 It's not just racist. That's, like, OG racism. 475 00:18:35,083 --> 00:18:37,519 That's, like, like, the original old-school ra... 476 00:18:37,619 --> 00:18:39,654 Like, that's on the Mount Rushmore of racism. 477 00:18:39,754 --> 00:18:41,189 You know? "Black people are apes." 478 00:18:41,289 --> 00:18:42,991 It's right next to burning crosses 479 00:18:43,024 --> 00:18:46,494 and then, like, every Bugs Bunny cartoon from the 1940s. 480 00:18:46,594 --> 00:18:48,029 What I found particularly illuminating 481 00:18:48,129 --> 00:18:51,733 is-is when he says, "I wasn't being racist. 482 00:18:51,833 --> 00:18:54,169 I was just being entertaining." 483 00:18:54,269 --> 00:18:57,672 No, Joe, I think you were using racism 484 00:18:57,772 --> 00:18:59,607 to be entertaining. 485 00:18:59,707 --> 00:19:01,609 You understand what I'm saying? I'm not saying 486 00:19:01,709 --> 00:19:03,778 you were trying to offend Black people, by the way. 487 00:19:03,878 --> 00:19:07,182 But you knew that offending Black people would get a laugh 488 00:19:07,282 --> 00:19:09,284 out of those white friends that you're with. 489 00:19:09,384 --> 00:19:11,252 And please understand this. Understand this, guys. 490 00:19:11,352 --> 00:19:12,821 I'm a comedian. Right? 491 00:19:12,921 --> 00:19:14,756 Which you would know if I had a live audience right now. 492 00:19:14,856 --> 00:19:16,524 Yeah. They would be like... 493 00:19:16,624 --> 00:19:19,294 (laughing): "Trevor, you're the greatest of all time." 494 00:19:19,394 --> 00:19:20,895 Yeah. But I am a comedian, 495 00:19:21,029 --> 00:19:23,765 and I love making jokes, and I love hearing jokes, 496 00:19:23,865 --> 00:19:25,900 and I love... I love all kinds of jokes, all right? 497 00:19:26,034 --> 00:19:28,570 I love safe jokes. I like dark jokes. 498 00:19:28,670 --> 00:19:30,071 I like jokes. 499 00:19:30,171 --> 00:19:32,707 But just because something is a joke 500 00:19:32,807 --> 00:19:35,410 doesn't mean it can't be something else, as well. 501 00:19:35,510 --> 00:19:37,812 Because a joke can be racist. 502 00:19:37,912 --> 00:19:41,649 All right? In fact, a joke can be racist and funny 503 00:19:41,749 --> 00:19:43,685 if you're telling it to the right crowd. 504 00:19:43,785 --> 00:19:45,520 There's no joke where somebody... "It's never funny." 505 00:19:45,620 --> 00:19:47,088 Yeah, someone can find it funny. 506 00:19:47,188 --> 00:19:48,890 But the laughs don't mean that there's no racism. 507 00:19:48,990 --> 00:19:50,425 Think of it this way. Think of it this way. 508 00:19:50,525 --> 00:19:52,760 If I rob a bank and I get busted, 509 00:19:52,861 --> 00:19:54,829 I can't defend myself by saying, 510 00:19:54,929 --> 00:19:56,865 "No, guys, I did it as a joke." 511 00:19:56,965 --> 00:19:58,967 "Yeah, but you pistol-whipped the bank teller." 512 00:19:59,067 --> 00:20:01,369 "Yeah, but I made a funny sound when I did it. 513 00:20:01,469 --> 00:20:02,837 "I was like..." (imitates boinging) 514 00:20:02,937 --> 00:20:04,539 "'Give me the money, bitch.' 515 00:20:04,639 --> 00:20:06,641 So, do I get to go now?" 516 00:20:06,741 --> 00:20:07,842 So, yeah, Joe Rogan is saying 517 00:20:07,942 --> 00:20:09,410 that he would never say something racist. 518 00:20:09,511 --> 00:20:11,813 And now, because of that, after seeing the video, 519 00:20:11,913 --> 00:20:12,981 a lot of his fans are like, 520 00:20:13,081 --> 00:20:15,049 "Yeah, he would never say something racist. 521 00:20:15,150 --> 00:20:16,551 "It's just a joke. You guys are uptight. 522 00:20:16,651 --> 00:20:18,987 He would never say something racist. The joke is not racist." 523 00:20:19,087 --> 00:20:20,955 And you know what? I-I can have my opinion, 524 00:20:21,055 --> 00:20:23,091 and you can have your opinion. Fine. 525 00:20:23,191 --> 00:20:24,192 But you know whose opinion 526 00:20:24,292 --> 00:20:26,094 I think matters more than most people 527 00:20:26,194 --> 00:20:27,662 is Joe Rogan. 528 00:20:27,762 --> 00:20:31,099 And here's what Joe Rogan said about his joke 529 00:20:31,199 --> 00:20:32,901 when he said it. 530 00:20:33,001 --> 00:20:35,069 We walk into Planet of the Apes. 531 00:20:35,170 --> 00:20:37,539 -(laughing) -We walked into Africa, dude. 532 00:20:37,639 --> 00:20:39,941 We-we walked in the door, 533 00:20:40,041 --> 00:20:41,743 -and there was no white people. -Ayo! 534 00:20:41,843 --> 00:20:43,178 There was no white people. 535 00:20:43,278 --> 00:20:45,046 We... Planet of the Apes didn't take place in Africa. 536 00:20:45,146 --> 00:20:47,148 That was a racist thing for me to say. 537 00:20:47,248 --> 00:20:48,483 Yeah, exactly! 538 00:20:48,583 --> 00:20:49,951 It is a racist thing for you to say. 539 00:20:50,051 --> 00:20:51,519 You say it's racist. But then in the video, 540 00:20:51,619 --> 00:20:53,588 you're gonna be like, "Oh, it wasn't-wasn't racist." 541 00:20:53,688 --> 00:20:55,056 Joe Rogan said a racist thing 542 00:20:55,089 --> 00:20:56,724 and them immediately acknowledged that it was racist. 543 00:20:56,825 --> 00:20:57,959 Literally when he said it. He said it, 544 00:20:58,059 --> 00:20:59,394 and then he's like, "Well, that was racist." 545 00:20:59,494 --> 00:21:01,062 And then now he's like, "I'd never say a racist..." 546 00:21:01,095 --> 00:21:03,364 Like, this whole thing makes me go like, 547 00:21:03,464 --> 00:21:06,734 why are people so adamant that it wasn't racist? 548 00:21:06,835 --> 00:21:08,136 Why... Like, why do people... 549 00:21:08,236 --> 00:21:09,437 People do a thing that's racist, 550 00:21:09,537 --> 00:21:10,839 and then they go like, "No, it's not racist." 551 00:21:10,939 --> 00:21:13,241 Can I be honest with you? Honestly, I'm not a scholar. 552 00:21:13,341 --> 00:21:15,710 I'm not, like... Whatever. This is my opinion. 553 00:21:15,810 --> 00:21:18,446 I think it's because people are just truly petrified 554 00:21:18,546 --> 00:21:21,449 of having the label "racist" branded on them for life. 555 00:21:21,549 --> 00:21:22,917 That's what people are really afraid of. 556 00:21:23,084 --> 00:21:24,853 No one wants to be called a racist 557 00:21:24,953 --> 00:21:27,589 'cause then they're like, "How long am I a racist for? 558 00:21:27,689 --> 00:21:29,090 "Does it... Like, am I racist for life? 559 00:21:29,157 --> 00:21:30,692 "Am I racist... I can't get jobs? 560 00:21:30,792 --> 00:21:32,393 "Am I ra... No, no, I just want to be racist, 561 00:21:32,494 --> 00:21:34,095 but I don't want to be called a racist." 562 00:21:34,162 --> 00:21:35,430 Which is understandable. 563 00:21:35,530 --> 00:21:37,532 But it also makes people unable to admit 564 00:21:37,632 --> 00:21:40,101 when they say or do something racist. Right? 565 00:21:40,201 --> 00:21:42,203 They would rather die on the hill of them not being racist 566 00:21:42,303 --> 00:21:44,038 even if it means giving convoluted excuses 567 00:21:44,072 --> 00:21:45,440 that don't make any sense. 568 00:21:45,540 --> 00:21:47,375 So, anyway, after all those videos come out, 569 00:21:47,475 --> 00:21:50,278 Joe Rogan got into even more hot water. 570 00:21:50,378 --> 00:21:52,313 Yeah. More artists spoke out. 571 00:21:52,413 --> 00:21:54,482 The Rock pulled his support. 572 00:21:54,582 --> 00:21:56,451 And now, because of that, 573 00:21:56,551 --> 00:21:59,854 more of his podcast videos are coming under scrutiny. 574 00:21:59,954 --> 00:22:01,923 Right? There's a video where Rogan is promoting 575 00:22:02,056 --> 00:22:03,158 the Proud Boys. 576 00:22:03,258 --> 00:22:04,526 Uh, there's-there's videos 577 00:22:04,626 --> 00:22:06,461 where he's laughing about, like, 578 00:22:06,561 --> 00:22:09,330 female comedians being forced to perform sexual favors 579 00:22:09,430 --> 00:22:11,099 in exchange for stage time. 580 00:22:11,199 --> 00:22:12,500 Like, the videos, they're horrible 581 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:13,968 and they just keep coming. 582 00:22:14,068 --> 00:22:16,237 And if there's something you-you shouldn't have said in public, 583 00:22:16,337 --> 00:22:19,307 basically, Rogan has said it on his podcast, 584 00:22:19,407 --> 00:22:22,644 which, as you can imagine, is a pretty big problem for Spotify. 585 00:22:22,744 --> 00:22:26,981 Because now they own $100 million worth of problems. 586 00:22:27,081 --> 00:22:28,283 So, this weekend, 587 00:22:28,383 --> 00:22:29,951 after dealing with all the episodes 588 00:22:30,084 --> 00:22:31,319 with vaccine information, 589 00:22:31,419 --> 00:22:32,987 Spotify was now scrambling 590 00:22:33,087 --> 00:22:36,658 to take down all the offensive episodes that they could find. 591 00:22:36,758 --> 00:22:38,726 In fact, I-I think we have some footage 592 00:22:38,827 --> 00:22:42,030 of Spotify headquarters over the weekend. 593 00:22:42,096 --> 00:22:43,565 -(alarm wailing) -We are taking heavy fire! 594 00:22:43,665 --> 00:22:45,033 I need you to delete those podcasts. 595 00:22:45,099 --> 00:22:46,801 We're deleting them as fast as we can. 596 00:22:46,901 --> 00:22:48,803 We're still getting backlash from the vaccines. 597 00:22:48,903 --> 00:22:51,039 -I can't make it stop. -New reports of misogyny 598 00:22:51,072 --> 00:22:52,473 are popping up everywhere. 599 00:22:52,574 --> 00:22:54,909 Sir, incoming Planet of the Apes story! 600 00:22:55,043 --> 00:22:57,045 ♪ ♪ 601 00:23:04,352 --> 00:23:06,654 Those bastards never stood a chance. 602 00:23:06,754 --> 00:23:08,056 No, but, for real though, Spotify is having 603 00:23:08,089 --> 00:23:10,558 a-a hell of a time navigating the situation. 604 00:23:10,658 --> 00:23:12,393 Um, and you can tell, 605 00:23:12,494 --> 00:23:16,164 like, how tough this is from the response of their CEO. 606 00:23:16,264 --> 00:23:18,500 NEWSWOMAN: Spotify and its CEO Daniel Ek 607 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:20,702 responding to the latest controversy 608 00:23:20,802 --> 00:23:22,737 around The Joe Rogan Experience. 609 00:23:22,837 --> 00:23:25,473 In a memo to staff, Ek said... 610 00:23:33,081 --> 00:23:37,919 Ek adding he does not believe silencing Rogan is the answer. 611 00:23:38,019 --> 00:23:40,188 NEWSMAN: Ek said he is committing $100 million, 612 00:23:40,288 --> 00:23:42,457 the same amount as Rogan's reported contract, 613 00:23:42,557 --> 00:23:45,126 to license, develop and market audio content 614 00:23:45,226 --> 00:23:48,263 from creators from historically marginalized groups. 615 00:23:48,363 --> 00:23:49,764 Aw, man. 616 00:23:49,864 --> 00:23:52,767 You got to feel bad for Spotify. 617 00:23:52,867 --> 00:23:54,903 You know? They just want to be a company 618 00:23:55,036 --> 00:23:56,437 that screws over musicians. 619 00:23:56,538 --> 00:23:58,540 And now they got to deal with racism? Ah! 620 00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:00,808 They just can't catch a break. 621 00:24:00,909 --> 00:24:04,179 But, yeah, Spotify will spend 622 00:24:04,279 --> 00:24:06,381 Joe Rogan's exact salary 623 00:24:06,481 --> 00:24:08,650 on amplifying the voices of marginalized groups. 624 00:24:08,750 --> 00:24:10,051 That's what they say they're gonna do. 625 00:24:10,151 --> 00:24:11,653 Which I guess is supposed to make them look good, 626 00:24:11,753 --> 00:24:13,221 but it's also kind of an admission 627 00:24:13,321 --> 00:24:16,825 that Rogan's podcast is bad for those groups, right? 628 00:24:16,925 --> 00:24:19,060 Like, otherwise, you wouldn't need to balance him out. 629 00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:20,528 Does that make sense? 630 00:24:20,628 --> 00:24:22,931 Like, there's a reason that Spotify has never been forced 631 00:24:23,064 --> 00:24:25,533 to give $100 million to marginalized groups 632 00:24:25,633 --> 00:24:28,069 because of This American Life. 633 00:24:28,136 --> 00:24:30,471 I mean, whipping out your checkbook is the classic sign 634 00:24:30,572 --> 00:24:32,073 that you know you (bleep)ed up. 635 00:24:32,106 --> 00:24:33,341 It's not real accountability. 636 00:24:33,441 --> 00:24:35,143 It's how rich dudes get out of car accidents 637 00:24:35,243 --> 00:24:36,678 when they know that it was their fault. 638 00:24:36,778 --> 00:24:38,046 You know? It's just like, "Wow, looks like 639 00:24:38,146 --> 00:24:40,014 "I really wrecked you there. Ha. 640 00:24:40,081 --> 00:24:42,083 "So, how much does a new kid cost these days? 641 00:24:42,183 --> 00:24:43,518 "Ha-ha. Two million? 642 00:24:43,618 --> 00:24:45,920 Three?" (laughing) 643 00:24:46,020 --> 00:24:48,089 You see, that was a-- that was a dark joke. 644 00:24:48,189 --> 00:24:50,158 And if I had an audience right now, they'd be like, 645 00:24:50,258 --> 00:24:53,628 "Ha, why are you saying that about children, Trev? Boo!" 646 00:24:53,728 --> 00:24:55,363 And Spotify can say that Rogan's comments 647 00:24:55,463 --> 00:24:57,165 don't represent the company's values. You know? 648 00:24:57,265 --> 00:24:59,501 That's what they said. They said, "These podcasts 649 00:24:59,601 --> 00:25:03,037 do not represent Spotify's values." 650 00:25:03,104 --> 00:25:04,806 But... (sighs) like, when companies say that, 651 00:25:04,906 --> 00:25:07,342 I'm like, "Guys, clearly, the company's values 652 00:25:07,442 --> 00:25:09,878 are making money." 653 00:25:10,044 --> 00:25:12,046 Like-- And no shade, by the way. 654 00:25:12,113 --> 00:25:14,482 Those are the values of every company. 655 00:25:14,582 --> 00:25:15,850 You know? Part of me actually wishes 656 00:25:15,950 --> 00:25:17,385 that Spotify would just drop the façade. 657 00:25:17,485 --> 00:25:19,254 Just come out and be like, "We do not believe 658 00:25:19,354 --> 00:25:20,788 "in silencing Joe Rogan, 659 00:25:20,889 --> 00:25:22,657 "because he makes us money. 660 00:25:22,757 --> 00:25:25,260 "But if, at some point, he ends up costing us money, 661 00:25:25,360 --> 00:25:27,128 "then we will drop him. 662 00:25:27,228 --> 00:25:29,130 Because money." 663 00:25:29,230 --> 00:25:31,065 So... 664 00:25:31,166 --> 00:25:33,801 is Joe Rogan a racist because he said these things? 665 00:25:33,902 --> 00:25:36,337 I mean, people are gonna go back and forth forever on this. 666 00:25:36,437 --> 00:25:37,739 You know, it-it almost made me think 667 00:25:37,839 --> 00:25:39,874 maybe the question we should be asking is, 668 00:25:40,008 --> 00:25:43,545 at what point is a person a racist? 669 00:25:44,712 --> 00:25:46,714 Is it when they do a racist thing? 670 00:25:46,815 --> 00:25:49,851 Or is it when they do many racist things? 671 00:25:50,018 --> 00:25:53,488 Or is it-- is it about the severity of the racism? 672 00:25:53,588 --> 00:25:56,691 And then how do you measure the severity of racism? 673 00:25:57,659 --> 00:26:00,728 Truth is, everyone is gonna have their own answer. 674 00:26:00,829 --> 00:26:03,331 You know? Spotify has chosen theirs. 675 00:26:03,431 --> 00:26:04,566 And, as for Joe Rogan, 676 00:26:04,666 --> 00:26:07,635 he says he's learned his lesson. 677 00:26:07,735 --> 00:26:09,571 And I hope he has. 678 00:26:09,671 --> 00:26:11,940 But I will say, if I were him, 679 00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:14,676 I wouldn't walk into a cinema in a Black neighborhood 680 00:26:14,776 --> 00:26:16,277 for a little while. 681 00:26:16,377 --> 00:26:17,612 All right, when we come back, 682 00:26:17,712 --> 00:26:19,347 the head of the EPA will be joining me on the show 683 00:26:19,447 --> 00:26:21,883 to tell me where you're most likely to get cancer. 684 00:26:22,050 --> 00:26:23,485 So stay tuned. 685 00:26:25,026 --> 00:26:26,327 Welcome back to The Daily Show. 686 00:26:26,427 --> 00:26:28,296 My guest tonight is Michael Regan, 687 00:26:28,396 --> 00:26:29,797 the first Black male administrator 688 00:26:29,897 --> 00:26:32,133 to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. 689 00:26:32,233 --> 00:26:34,936 He's here to talk about his tour of Cancer Alley 690 00:26:35,036 --> 00:26:37,972 and advancing environmental justice. 691 00:26:38,072 --> 00:26:40,475 -Administrator Regan, welcome to The Daily Show. -Thank you. 692 00:26:40,575 --> 00:26:42,610 -Glad to be here. -I'm glad to have you here, 693 00:26:42,710 --> 00:26:44,779 you know, because, I mean, this is the environment. 694 00:26:44,879 --> 00:26:46,447 We are all in the environment. 695 00:26:46,547 --> 00:26:49,150 And you are now tasked with, um, I mean, essentially 696 00:26:49,250 --> 00:26:51,552 making sure that we can breathe, 697 00:26:51,652 --> 00:26:53,087 we can drink water and we can live. 698 00:26:53,187 --> 00:26:56,023 -I feel like your life sort of set you up for this. -Yeah. 699 00:26:56,123 --> 00:26:59,127 Because if my research is correct, you grew up, um, 700 00:26:59,227 --> 00:27:00,528 was it with a type of asthma? 701 00:27:00,628 --> 00:27:04,832 Yeah, a type of respiratory illness where any time 702 00:27:04,932 --> 00:27:07,802 there was an ozone action day or a lot of pollution, 703 00:27:07,902 --> 00:27:09,837 -I-I'd struggle. -Uh-huh. Wow. 704 00:27:09,937 --> 00:27:14,475 And that was really a setback for me because I grew up hunting 705 00:27:14,575 --> 00:27:16,477 -and fishing with my father and grandfather. -Uh-huh. 706 00:27:16,577 --> 00:27:19,180 So being outdoors meant everything to me 707 00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:20,848 because it was a cultural experience, 708 00:27:20,948 --> 00:27:22,583 learning from them and being with them, 709 00:27:22,683 --> 00:27:26,220 and any moment that I missed being with them, 710 00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:29,824 I was in the house because I was on that inhaler, 711 00:27:29,924 --> 00:27:31,826 or worried about some pollution. 712 00:27:31,926 --> 00:27:33,561 -Right, right, right. I feel like that's a... -Yeah. 713 00:27:33,661 --> 00:27:35,863 -It's an origin story. That's what it is. -Yeah. Yeah, well... 714 00:27:36,030 --> 00:27:37,665 You know, it's like the pollution affected your ability 715 00:27:37,765 --> 00:27:39,700 to have fun with your family, and you're, like, 716 00:27:39,801 --> 00:27:41,702 -"I'm gonna get you, pollution!" -(laughing) 717 00:27:41,803 --> 00:27:44,338 And look at you now-- administrator of the EPA. 718 00:27:44,438 --> 00:27:46,340 Unfortunately, we learn every day 719 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:49,744 about communities around America where they don't have water 720 00:27:49,844 --> 00:27:51,212 that is not polluted by industries 721 00:27:51,312 --> 00:27:53,381 that are up the road or up the stream. 722 00:27:53,481 --> 00:27:55,750 Because of the color of their skin, nobody cares. 723 00:27:55,850 --> 00:27:57,318 I mean, you read the history of America. 724 00:27:57,418 --> 00:27:59,387 Every single time people plan where to put a factory 725 00:27:59,487 --> 00:28:02,223 or how the factory will affect the neighborhood, 726 00:28:02,323 --> 00:28:03,691 -it's never in a rich neighborhood. -Yeah. 727 00:28:03,791 --> 00:28:05,159 It's never in a nice neighborhood. 728 00:28:05,259 --> 00:28:06,594 It's always in a place where the people there 729 00:28:06,694 --> 00:28:08,963 have the least access to power to oppose that. 730 00:28:09,063 --> 00:28:11,265 How does the EPA step in, and how do you... 731 00:28:11,365 --> 00:28:13,601 how do you change things like Cancer Alley, 732 00:28:13,701 --> 00:28:16,838 which is insane to even have as a name in a country? 733 00:28:16,938 --> 00:28:20,074 It is, and everything I do at EPA 734 00:28:20,107 --> 00:28:22,076 is through the lens of environmental justice. 735 00:28:22,143 --> 00:28:24,011 Contracting, procurement, 736 00:28:24,111 --> 00:28:27,248 air quality, water quality, land management 737 00:28:27,348 --> 00:28:31,118 starts with: are we protecting the least amongst us, 738 00:28:31,219 --> 00:28:33,087 those who have lacked political representation 739 00:28:33,187 --> 00:28:36,591 -Mm-hmm. -and those who have not been at the table for decades? 740 00:28:36,691 --> 00:28:40,161 And to your point, systemic racism is by design, 741 00:28:40,261 --> 00:28:42,497 and the environment is no different 742 00:28:42,597 --> 00:28:45,867 than policing or, you know, incarceration 743 00:28:46,033 --> 00:28:47,268 -Mm-hmm. -or housing. 744 00:28:47,368 --> 00:28:50,471 And so this administration has an "all of the above," 745 00:28:50,571 --> 00:28:52,173 "all of government" approach. 746 00:28:52,273 --> 00:28:55,409 So as I think about lead and the eradication of lead 747 00:28:55,510 --> 00:28:59,580 in this country, I'm partnering with the secretary of housing, 748 00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:01,816 -I see. -who is thinking about lead paint 749 00:29:01,916 --> 00:29:03,484 while I'm thinking about water. 750 00:29:03,584 --> 00:29:05,820 This is about making sure that we protect all people. 751 00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:07,522 And I'm excited to be on this team. 752 00:29:07,622 --> 00:29:10,224 -I'll be honest with you. -Here's the dilemma, though. 753 00:29:10,324 --> 00:29:13,861 You have a wonderful outlook. 754 00:29:13,961 --> 00:29:15,296 You want to do things. 755 00:29:15,396 --> 00:29:17,965 -The counter is always money. -Hmm. 756 00:29:18,065 --> 00:29:19,567 Money and the interests of monies. 757 00:29:19,667 --> 00:29:21,602 So you say: I want to protect this land. 758 00:29:21,702 --> 00:29:23,070 I want to protect this stream. 759 00:29:23,171 --> 00:29:26,040 Money says: Oh, we want to turn that into, 760 00:29:26,140 --> 00:29:29,243 like, an oil pipeline, or we want to do something 761 00:29:29,343 --> 00:29:32,046 with this land where we're going to destroy the vegetation 762 00:29:32,146 --> 00:29:34,549 but also, but create jobs and money. 763 00:29:34,649 --> 00:29:36,818 How do you manage that as the head of the EPA, 764 00:29:36,918 --> 00:29:38,820 knowing full well that the people with money 765 00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:40,588 are gonna put pressure on your bosses to say, like, 766 00:29:40,688 --> 00:29:43,157 "No, no, no, no, too much environment, we need money." 767 00:29:43,257 --> 00:29:46,894 Oh, yeah, money is absolutely both a blessing and a curse. 768 00:29:47,028 --> 00:29:49,764 And here's the reality. We are convinced 769 00:29:49,864 --> 00:29:51,866 that you have to choose between jobs, 770 00:29:52,033 --> 00:29:53,935 economic prosperity and development 771 00:29:54,035 --> 00:29:56,304 and protecting people and the planet, and you don't. 772 00:29:56,404 --> 00:29:58,473 It requires all levels of government 773 00:29:58,573 --> 00:30:01,275 working with communities to determine what's best 774 00:30:01,375 --> 00:30:02,844 and how to do it. 775 00:30:02,944 --> 00:30:05,446 And the thing circling back to environmental justice, 776 00:30:05,546 --> 00:30:07,515 you don't have to put every refinery 777 00:30:07,615 --> 00:30:10,885 and every pipeline in every Black and brown neighborhood 778 00:30:11,052 --> 00:30:14,255 or cutting across every tribal community or reservation. 779 00:30:14,355 --> 00:30:17,825 There are ways to think about how we do economic development 780 00:30:17,925 --> 00:30:21,162 and create jobs in a way that don't overly burden 781 00:30:21,262 --> 00:30:22,864 -certain communities. -Mm. 782 00:30:22,964 --> 00:30:25,399 And by the way, when we think about climate change 783 00:30:25,500 --> 00:30:26,767 and clean energy, 784 00:30:26,868 --> 00:30:30,104 this is about taking advantage of the future. 785 00:30:30,204 --> 00:30:32,773 Our economy and society is evolving. 786 00:30:32,874 --> 00:30:35,643 Clean energy, clean opportunities 787 00:30:35,743 --> 00:30:38,880 create opportunities for jobs and economic development. 788 00:30:39,013 --> 00:30:41,115 -Right. -So it makes this country 789 00:30:41,215 --> 00:30:43,050 more globally competitive 790 00:30:43,151 --> 00:30:45,319 if we get the jump on countries like China, 791 00:30:45,419 --> 00:30:46,687 India and others 792 00:30:46,787 --> 00:30:48,723 to deploy these practices at home. 793 00:30:48,823 --> 00:30:51,159 And by the way, deploy them at home, 794 00:30:51,259 --> 00:30:53,528 and if we start with the most polluted areas, 795 00:30:53,628 --> 00:30:56,831 we will be starting with the people who can... who can... 796 00:30:56,931 --> 00:30:59,534 who are the least amongst us and can handle 797 00:30:59,634 --> 00:31:01,669 these disproportionate pollution impacts. 798 00:31:01,769 --> 00:31:03,638 So start there, protect those people, 799 00:31:03,738 --> 00:31:05,239 create jobs in those communities, 800 00:31:05,339 --> 00:31:07,275 move forward to a clean energy economy 801 00:31:07,375 --> 00:31:09,277 and continue to be globally dominant. 802 00:31:09,377 --> 00:31:11,579 That's the way we should be thinking about this. 803 00:31:11,679 --> 00:31:13,815 Many people like the idea of clean energy. 804 00:31:13,915 --> 00:31:16,417 -Mm-hmm. -Changing to the clean energy 805 00:31:16,517 --> 00:31:18,286 seems like that's gonna be the biggest hurdle of all. 806 00:31:18,386 --> 00:31:20,054 You know, I love clean energy, 807 00:31:20,121 --> 00:31:22,456 but I also know that we won't be able 808 00:31:22,557 --> 00:31:25,293 to wean ourselves off of coal tomorrow. 809 00:31:25,393 --> 00:31:27,795 We won't be able to not... to stop using oil tomorrow 810 00:31:27,895 --> 00:31:29,497 not just because of our need 811 00:31:29,597 --> 00:31:30,998 but also because of the energy... 812 00:31:31,065 --> 00:31:32,900 uh, the people who work in those industries. 813 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:35,770 -Mm-hmm. -What do you think a realistic outlook is? 814 00:31:35,870 --> 00:31:37,305 -You want to keep moving forward. -Right. 815 00:31:37,405 --> 00:31:39,207 But you don't want to be in a place where all of a sudden, 816 00:31:39,307 --> 00:31:40,575 you cut off your nose to spite your face. 817 00:31:40,675 --> 00:31:42,343 So how do you find that balance of progress 818 00:31:42,443 --> 00:31:45,179 whilst also not alienating what we do today? 819 00:31:45,279 --> 00:31:47,181 I mean, this is why I have conversations 820 00:31:47,281 --> 00:31:49,150 with the secretary of the Department of Defense, 821 00:31:49,250 --> 00:31:52,153 Labor, Commerce, uh, Energy. 822 00:31:52,253 --> 00:31:55,089 It takes, uh, planning across government. 823 00:31:55,189 --> 00:31:57,191 The reality is is at one point in time, 824 00:31:57,291 --> 00:31:58,793 people liked their rotary phones. 825 00:31:58,893 --> 00:32:01,329 And then all of a sudden, we had iPhones. 826 00:32:01,429 --> 00:32:03,131 If we create platforms, 827 00:32:03,231 --> 00:32:05,266 technology will move to those platforms 828 00:32:05,366 --> 00:32:07,535 -and drive society forward. -Mmm. 829 00:32:07,635 --> 00:32:11,205 If we can have an electric grid that's just as smart as the web 830 00:32:11,305 --> 00:32:14,342 and we can put clean energy apps 831 00:32:14,442 --> 00:32:16,410 -on this platform... -Oh, that's interesting. 832 00:32:16,511 --> 00:32:19,180 ...then you get society moving forward. 833 00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:21,415 -And, by the way... -So you're-- If-- 834 00:32:21,516 --> 00:32:22,850 Sorry to interrupt you. You're almost saying 835 00:32:22,950 --> 00:32:25,186 w-we're still in, like, the dumb energy phase 836 00:32:25,286 --> 00:32:27,121 -of how we use electricity and how we-- how we... -Absolutely. 837 00:32:27,221 --> 00:32:29,590 ...how we route it around a town or around a city, a country. 838 00:32:29,690 --> 00:32:32,727 Absolutely. And if we want to take advantage 839 00:32:32,827 --> 00:32:34,495 of society moving forward, 840 00:32:34,595 --> 00:32:37,064 we all know we have to master technologies 841 00:32:37,165 --> 00:32:39,200 -and we have to do it before other countries do it. -Mm-hmm. 842 00:32:39,300 --> 00:32:42,069 So, again, this is just as much about national security 843 00:32:42,170 --> 00:32:45,039 as it is about saving the planet and creating jobs. 844 00:32:45,139 --> 00:32:48,442 The question is, do we not take these opportunities 845 00:32:48,543 --> 00:32:50,311 because of political rhetoric? 846 00:32:50,411 --> 00:32:54,248 Why should we not move forward and create new jobs 847 00:32:54,348 --> 00:32:56,450 and participate in global competitiveness 848 00:32:56,551 --> 00:33:00,788 and let technologies make life for us smarter and easier 849 00:33:00,888 --> 00:33:03,291 because we want to hold on to the past? 850 00:33:03,391 --> 00:33:06,661 That's where moneyed interests really do hamstring 851 00:33:06,761 --> 00:33:10,731 Americans moving forward and hamstrings national security. 852 00:33:10,832 --> 00:33:13,568 -Right, right, right. -We should not be tied to the old way 853 00:33:13,668 --> 00:33:15,069 just because a lot of people were influenced 854 00:33:15,169 --> 00:33:17,205 or making money through the old mechanisms. 855 00:33:17,305 --> 00:33:20,041 You know what, your enthusiasm is infectious. 856 00:33:20,141 --> 00:33:22,043 Uh, I don't know if you can ever remove politics 857 00:33:22,076 --> 00:33:24,378 from anything in America, but, uh, good luck in trying. 858 00:33:24,479 --> 00:33:25,980 -Thank you so much for joining me on the show. -Thank you. 859 00:33:26,047 --> 00:33:27,415 Wonderful having you here. 860 00:33:27,515 --> 00:33:29,484 All right, thank you so much again to Administrator Regan. 861 00:33:29,584 --> 00:33:30,585 We're gonna take a quick break, 862 00:33:30,685 --> 00:33:32,753 but we'll be right back after this. 863 00:33:33,888 --> 00:33:36,023 Take the politics out. That's... all of it. 864 00:33:36,123 --> 00:33:37,191 -Right. -Everything in America. 865 00:33:39,499 --> 00:33:41,001 Well, that's our show for tonight. But before we go, 866 00:33:41,101 --> 00:33:44,438 please consider supporting Young, Black & Lit. 867 00:33:44,538 --> 00:33:47,441 They're an organization that sources and distributes 868 00:33:47,541 --> 00:33:50,243 new books featuring Black main characters 869 00:33:50,343 --> 00:33:53,880 to elementary and middle schools at no cost. 870 00:33:53,980 --> 00:33:56,616 So if you want to support them in their work promoting access 871 00:33:56,717 --> 00:33:58,819 to children's books that reflect the experiences 872 00:33:58,919 --> 00:34:01,888 of Black children, then please donate at the link below. 873 00:34:01,988 --> 00:34:05,459 Until tomorrow, stay safe out there, get your vaccine 874 00:34:05,559 --> 00:34:10,263 and, remember, if Spotify offers you $100 million, 875 00:34:10,363 --> 00:34:11,665 don't take it. 876 00:34:11,765 --> 00:34:12,999 It's just not worth it. 877 00:34:13,100 --> 00:34:15,535 Now here it is, Your Moment of Zen. 878 00:34:15,635 --> 00:34:19,139 Joe Rogan just said Black people are apes. 879 00:34:20,640 --> 00:34:22,809 You can't sit there and say, 880 00:34:22,909 --> 00:34:25,846 "I went to a Black neighborhood on my iPhone app 881 00:34:25,946 --> 00:34:27,614 and they-- and I was in Planet of the Apes," 882 00:34:27,714 --> 00:34:29,816 saying Black people are apes. 883 00:34:31,084 --> 00:34:33,186 Quite frankly, I am like an ape. 884 00:34:33,286 --> 00:34:35,088 I can pull somebody's head off. 885 00:34:35,188 --> 00:34:36,490 I've got ape-like strength. 886 00:34:36,590 --> 00:34:37,791 I'm King Kong, baby. 887 00:34:37,891 --> 00:34:40,260 I'm not ashamed of my simian nature. 888 00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:43,663 But you can't sit there 889 00:34:43,764 --> 00:34:45,399 and pull crap like that 890 00:34:45,499 --> 00:34:48,668 and say crap like that in a glass house 891 00:34:48,769 --> 00:34:50,704 and s-- and-and basically s-- I mean, you heard him. 892 00:34:50,804 --> 00:34:52,506 Geez. Geez.