The Senate just voted unanimously
to permanently stay on daylight savings time.
Unanimously, people.
Across the board. This-- Obviously, it still has
to pass the House and e-- Yeah, but they were like, "No,
"this is terrible. This clock's moving backwards,
"forwards, backwards, forwards.
We just want to stay on daylight savings."
Or, as the rest of the world calls it, time.
Think about how nobody agrees on anything in this country.
And the Senate, guys. Everyone.
Elizabeth Warren, Mitch McConnell,
all of them were like, "Yeah,
we all agree on this thing."
That is why--
'Cause I love looking for moments in life
where you can find the common humanity.
To know that I hate the clock switching,
to know that Mitch McConnell also shares that hate with me,
as a human being--
do you know how beautiful that is?
Knowing that there's some mornings I wake up
and I'm like-- I look at the clock and I'm like... (screams)
And wherever he is, he's like... "Mah..."
That, guys, that gives me hope.
-♪ ♪ -ANNOUNCER: Coming to you from the heart of Times Square,
in New York City, the only city in America,
it's The Daily Show.
Tonight, Dolly can't win.
We need to talk about Kimye.
And Deepak Chopra.
This is The Daily Show with Trevor Noah.
Hey! What's going on, everybody?
Welcome to The Daily Show. I'm Trevor Noah.
Let's jump straight into today's headlines.
♪ ♪
We begin with the latest developments
in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
This morning, the prime ministers
of three European countries--
Poland, Slovenia, and the Czech Republic--
took the extraordinary step of meeting
with Ukrainian leaders in Kyiv
as a sign of Europe's "unequivocal support."
Which, guys, you got to admit, that's really admirable.
I mean, these people are having an in-person meeting
in an active war zone.
Meanwhile, some of us are too scared to go back to the office.
Yeah. I mean, we say it's about COVID,
but it's really about Dave at the water cooler.
And with the outside world stepping up its pressure
on Russia, Russia is now fighting back.
Yeah. In a classic move of "I know you are but what am I?,"
Russia has just announced that it is slapping sanctions
on high-profile American targets,
including President Biden,
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki,
Hillary Clinton, and Hunter Biden.
Yes.
Russia says that they will no longer
be able to travel to Russia
and any assets that they have in Russia have been frozen.
Which, I mean, sounds ridiculous, right?
I-I doubt any of those people have any assets in Russia.
Especially Joe Biden.
Right? He just keeps all of his money
hidden behind his nephew's ear.
What?
Now, of course, Russia is carrying out
a way more serious crackdown on its own citizens,
with laws in place against protesting the war in any way.
And some Russians have been trying to find a loophole,
rah, turning out in public to not protest anything.
That's what they've been doing.
Which is actually a pretty clever idea.
But it turns out the Russian government is not laughing.
Meanwhile, in Russia, protestors continue to be arrested.
According to this video by activists,
this woman holds up a sign that simply reads two words
before police take her away.
NEWSWOMAN: Over 14,000 people have been arrested
for protesting the war in Ukraine.
Russian police have even detained people
for carrying blank signs.
Damn, that is next-level censorship right there.
Imagine that.
Even people holding up blank signs,
nothing on it, are getting arrested in Russia.
I mean, think about it. If you see a blank sign,
and you automatically assume people are criticizing you,
that's your insecurity showing.
Yeah, they clearly think they have something to be ashamed of.
'Cause let me tell you something.
If I saw a blank sign,
someone just standing outside The Daily Show
holding a blank sign, yeah, I'd just be like,
"Why, yes, I have lost weight, thank you!"
(laughs) "You don't see it? I see it."
So, according to reports, the Russian government
has now arrested over 14,000 protestors,
which may not seem like a huge number, but remember this.
For Russia, where getting arrested at a protest
might mean your life is over, 14,000 is a lot.
I mean, to put that in terms Putin would appreciate,
14,000 is like two tables worth of people.
Moving on to economic news.
As you know, the entire world
is facing massive supply chain issues.
And with companies unable to solve this problem,
some are finding a way to work around it.
Ford Motor Company is taking some drastic steps
as they deal with a computer chip shortage.
They'll now ship some Explorers without computer chips
for the rear air conditioning and heat controls.
The missing semiconductors will be sent
to dealers to install within a year.
It's a way for Ford to get Explorers to customers faster
during the shortage.
The AC and heat can still be controlled from the front seats.
Ford says customers buying an Explorer
without the chips will get a price reduction.
Bravo, Ford. This is smart.
Huh? Instead of delaying sales because of chip shortages,
Ford is just going to give you the car unfinished,
and then you can install the chip later on.
I mean, essentially, Ford is using the same tricks
that we use in relationships.
Yeah, you tell someone when you meet them,
"Look, I'm not a perfect person right now,
"but if you give me a year or two,
I'm gonna get my shit together."
Now, you won't get your shit together, but you made the sale.
And not for nothing, not for nothing,
but anyone who's ever bought a new car knows
the experience of trying to get the price knocked down
by removing some of the bells and whistles, right?
Everyone knows it. You try to buy a car,
and then, you're like, "Ah, can I get that out? Can I get that?"
And the dealer-- what do they always say?
They're always, like, "Oh, sorry, it doesn't work that way.
It all comes with the package."
But now we know the truth! Yeah.
'Cause suddenly, they can't get a part,
and now they're like, "Oh, no, we can remove some features
and charge you less."
Meanwhile, all of us are still out here
with a retractable moonroof
when we could have had a few hundred dollars in our pocket.
Who needs a special opening
to let the moon in their car anyway?
In fact, you know what? Now that we know
car manufacturers can do this,
they should make everything optional on a car.
Yeah. If I want to save a couple of thousand
by not having brakes, that should be up to me.
I'll put the brakes in later. We'll see how this shit goes.
You know, when you think about it, actually,
this makes you realize that a lot of the problems
we have in society aren't problems.
We've just gotten used to fancy shit.
Cars not having heat controls in the back-- that's not a problem.
Back in the day, you didn't have to worry
about the chip that controls the temperature in the back seat
because if you were in the back seat, you had no say.
Yeah, which is the way it's supposed to be, by the way.
You know who chooses the temperature in the car?
The person who pays for the car!
How are you going to come in my car
and choose your own temperature?
"Oh, Trevor, I prefer 70 degrees."
Yeah, and I prefer people who can drive themselves.
Shut up, Grandpa. Let's just get you to the hospital.
I'm joking. He died a long time ago.
The car was too cold for him.
No, man, think about it.
Controlling the temperature was a front-seat privilege.
You know? Like choosing the music or deciding what to scream
at the dude who just stole your parking space.
Wh-- Are you-are you being ser--
Yo, that guy-- that guy just took my spot!
-You ass bucket! -Hey, hey. I got this.
You ass bucket! See? That's how it's done.
And finally, let's move on to some entertainment news
about country superstar Dolly Parton.
Not only is she one of the world's greatest
singer-songwriters, she is also one of the world's most beloved
people. Everyone loves Dolly Parton.
Yeah. I'm sure even QAnon is like, "Sure, she eats babies
like all other celebrities, but only the babies who deserve it."
But here's the thing:
Dolly Parton doesn't need all our love.
NEWSWOMAN: Country music star Dolly Parton is saying
"thanks but no thanks" to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Yesterday, she announced that, while she's extremely flattered
and grateful, she's pulling out of this year's nominations.
She posted a statement on social media saying,
"I don't feel that I've earned that right. I really do not
"want votes to be split because of me, so I must
-respectfully bow out." -This is not the first time
Parton has turned down a major honor. Last year,
the self-described "Backwoods Barbie" asked Tennessee
lawmakers to drop a bill that would have cemented her
legacy in statue form at the state's Capitol.
Parton also revealed to Hoda and Jenna she declined the
Presidential Medal of Freedom twice.
I don't work for those awards. It would be nice,
but I'm not sure that I, you know, that I even deserve it.
Wow. I love how Dolly Parton is treating these major awards,
you know, like they're some random dude on the street
trying to hand her a flyer.
"Hey, can I interest you in the Presidential Medal of Freedom?"
"No, thank you. Not today. God bless you, though, honey.
God bless you." For all those people who said,
"Dolly doesn't deserve to be in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame,"
this has just proven you wrong.
Because turning down the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
is the most rock and roll thing you could do.
Dolly's like, " I don't consider myself rock and roll."
And the hall of fame is like,
"Aah! That is so punk rock! Aah!"
I also get why Dolly Parton doesn't want
a statue of herself. We've seen how
celebrity statues can turn out. You think it's gonna
honor your legacy, but instead just shows what you'd look like
if you were left in the microwave for 45 minutes.
But, yeah, Dolly Parton doesn't do any of this for the awards,
which is truly wonderful.
It says so much about her and I think it sets a great example
for the rest of us-- what we should aspire for. You know?
This is why we here at The Daily Show are honored
to present Dolly Parton with this special award
-♪ ♪ -of the Most Humble Person in the World.
Congratulations, Dolly. You did it!
(whoops, laughs)
Yeah! Oh, man. Oh.
And-and by the way, this award doesn't just come with a trophy,
it also comes with $27,000 from my bank account. Yes.
Now, unfortunately, Dolly Parton has refused
to accept this award, so I'm just gonna keep that money.
All right.
Now, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
aren't the only awards coming up.
A couple of weeks from now are the Oscars,
which a lot of people are excited about. Yes.
But Lewis Black is not one of those people, as we're
about to find out in a segment we call Back in Black.
♪ ♪
The Oscars are just around the corner.
That magical night when America's finest actors
seethe with rage while British people
pretending to be Americans steal their awards.
And if you're not excited about the Academy Awards,
welcome to the club. They suck.
For years, the Oscars broadcast
has drawn fewer people than
the strip aerobics class I teach.
It's exercise, and it helps me unlock my sensuality.
So this year the producers are trying to get us watching again
in ways that range from the idiotic to the insane.
The producers of the Oscars are slimming down the broadcast
in an effort to boost slumping ratings.
Eight awards will now be presented off-air,
including the Oscars for film editing, makeup and hairstyling
and music, original score.
The ceremony for those categories
will begin an hour before the telecast.
The winners will then be sprinkled
into the three-hour broadcast.
The president of the Academy says the changes
are necessary for the future success of the Oscars.
You can't cut out the men and women
who work behind the scenes.
Without them on stage, the Oscars are just
awards for Hollywood's greatest sex criminals.
How sad is it that the Academy has decided that
the reason people don't want to watch its awards show
is that there are too many awards?
Recognizing excellence through awards is the whole point.
Without that, the Oscars are totally meaningless.
Also, with that, the Oscars are totally meaningless!
It's especially unfair not to broadcast
the makeup and hairstyle Oscars.
Those people are the backbone of our industry.
I have a whole team of people working hours
to make me this beautiful.
Now, if people simply don't care about the little awards,
then, sure, cutting them will make the show more appealing.
The problem is nobody cares about the big awards either,
because they keep nominating movies nobody has seen.
Okay, I did see The Power of the Dog,
but only because they tricked me
into thinking it was a superhero movie.
If the dog doesn't fly, that's not a power.
So, now the Academy has a real problem.
Sure, they could just nominate movies ordinary people like,
but that wouldn't be a good idea, either,
because ordinary people are morons
who only like dumb movies that don't deserve nominations.
So instead, they've come up with the perfect way
to pander to fans
while also insulting our intelligence.
And the Motion Picture Academy
is looking to get film fans involved.
The Hollywood Reporter says this year,
folks on Twitter get to vote
on their favorite movies of last year
using the hashtag #OscarsFanFavorite.
Can be any title, so you're not limited
just to this year's nominated pictures.
The movie that gets the most fan votes
will be recognized during the Oscar show.
Ah! What a great idea.
Let's let Russian bots choose the Oscars.
They did such a terrific job with our elections.
There's already a vote for fan favorite.
It's called buying a ticket, asshole!
If the Oscars are so desperate for viewers,
there are better ways to get eyeballs
than cutting categories or polling Twitter.
How about a halftime show?
It works for the Super Bowl.
Also, how about making the stars smash their heads together
until they get brain damage?
It works for the Super Bowl.
But, really, we all know
what makes the Oscars such a drag:
those interminable speeches.
And clearly, playing people off with music
doesn't do jack shit.
And that's why I've come up with a way
to guarantee the winners don't wear out their welcome.
(applause)
All right, everyone, let's keep it short.
My bus transfer expires in 15 minutes,
and I intend to use it.
Thank you to the Academy.
Our heroes unite us, you know?
Uh, the best among us
who inspire us to find the best in ourselves.
Um, you know, when they unite us,
when-when we look to our heroes, we agree.
Yeah, yeah, we all agree your speech has gone on long enough.
Save the rest for your diary, Bridget Jones.
Venus and Serena and Selena.
Uh, Bob Dylan. Scorsese.
Uh, Fred Rogers.
Harriet Tubman.
Uh, Neil Armstrong. Sally Ride.
Uh, Dolores Huerta.
Neil Armstrong's speech was one sentence!
You're a disgrace to his legacy!
(cheering and applause)
Thank you. Thank you all so very much.
As the hottest year in recorded history,
our production needed to move to the southern tip of this planet
just to be able to find snow.
You got to be kidding me. The glaciers may be melting,
but at least they move faster than this.
For the last time, keep the speeches short and to the point!
We feel entitled
to artificially inseminate a cow,
and when she gives birth, we steal her baby
even though her cries of anguish are unmistakable.
And then we take her milk that's intended for her calf,
and we put it in our coffee and our cereal.
Oh, come on. Not for nothing,
but if you'd wrapped that up earlier,
I wouldn't have needed a midnight snack.
That's not only a great idea.
It's a great performance!
Where's my Oscar?!
Back to you, Trevor.
Thank you so much for that, Lewis.
When we come back, Kim, Kanye, Pete
and why it's not fun anymore. Don't go away.
♪ ♪
One of the strangest things
to try and wrap your head around,
I find, especially in America, is...
when a story stops
only applying to the, um...
not the industry that it's in but sort of, like,
the sector that it's in and when it--
when it starts affecting everybody
or speaking to everybody.
You know? What I mean by that is
there are some stories that are purely, like, entertainment.
It's tabloid. It is...
it is what it is.
There are some stories that are only sports.
There are some stories that are only in the world of fi--
But then there are some stories that I feel transcend everything
and then speak to larger conversations.
And I honestly think the-the Kim Kardashian,
Kanye West, Pete Davidson situation is turning into that.
You know? It started very much in the land of tabloid,
but I feel it's creeping and has crept into a world
that more people should pay attention to
but not for the reason that you may think.
You know?
For those who don't-- for those who don't know,
Kim Kardashian was married to Kanye West.
If you don't know that, I really envy your life.
I want to know how you roll and how you avoid all these things.
But they were married, they got divorced,
and, over time, Kanye has become more and more belligerent
in how he tries to get Kim back.
Like, when it started, it was-- it was, you know,
some would say, romantic.
"Oh, I want you back" and, you know, "Here are roses"
and "This is my dream" and the--
And some people are like, "Oh, okay, it makes sense.
You're trying to win somebody back. We understand that."
But, over time, it's become more and more belligerent.
And one of the most extreme examples
was Kanye West putting out a music video.
In the music video, he...
Like, it's a Claymation music video, I should say.
He chops off Pete Davidson's head.
And, I mean, we-we all understand the sub--
Like, "I-I wish this guy was dead"
is-is what Kanye's saying.
Now, Kanye f-- You know what I mean?
To be fair, Kanye says, "No, this is just art.
"I don't actually want to hurt him.
This is just art. Don't judge my art."
But here's the thing.
First of all, just like from a rap perspective,
I was sad that now, like, rappers...
Like, Claymation and rap beefs are a weird combination.
I'm not gonna... It's pretty hard,
in my opinion, to be gangster with Claymation
'cause you have to do, like, one frame at a time, you know?
I do understand that art can be therapy.
I honestly do understand that, right?
But I also understand that therapy can be therapy.
Do you know what I mean?
And what's weird about the situation is,
Kanye West has told us
that he struggles with his mental health.
So I get it. You want to have art as therapy.
But here's what's weird that Kanye doesn't understand
is, like, what we're seeing is...
It's-it's...
It makes you uncomfortable, man, because here's the thing.
Eminem was Eminem from the beginning.
"I'm gonna kill my ex-wife, I'm gonna..."
But it was his schtick, and we knew it was his schtick.
He wasn't that person.
With Kanye, we don't know how to feel,
we don't know how to worry.
And I think Kanye doesn't seem to understand that.
He goes, "Oh, leave me to create my art."
Yeah, but, Kanye, you told us you have problems.
Now when we worry about that, you say we shouldn't worry
because it's not problems, or it is problems? Which is it?
It puts society in a precarious position.
And the reason I say that is
because of his harassment of Kim,
which I know is crazy to say.
'Cause there's a lot of people who go like,
"Kim Kardashian-- she loves publicity,
"she loves celebrity, she loves all of this.
She does The Kardashians. This is her life, this is her thing."
Yeah, and I get it, but...
there's also an element of a woman saying to her ex,
"Hey, please leave me alone."
You know what I mean?
"Please leave me alone."
And so, like, this story keeps on escalating.
You've got Kanye West who's harassing Kim Kardashian.
And then, you've got Pete Davidson
who's now embroiled in the whole thing.
And the story escalated to a new level
when now Pete Davidson leaked texts
that he sent back and forth with Kanye.
He sent a selfie to-to, um, Kanye West.
And Kanye said, "Where are you?"
And he said, "I'm in your wife's bed."
Funny. Right? And we also don't... 'cause, I mean,
we don't know what the person's doing. We-we know what we--
he's implying, but because of the pandemic,
"in your bed" could mean anything. Like,
my bed used to be a place for sleep and sex,
now it's also, like, a living room/meeting area.
So, "in your bed" could mean anything, but we get what
Pete was going with, right? We get what Pete was going with.
Going, "I'm in bed with your wife." Then, after that,
there's a whole bunch of texts where he says,
"Hey, listen, Kanye. Let's talk as men. Let me help you with
your mental health. I've also got mental health issues."
It was actually-- That part of the message
was really beautiful. But I'm sorry, guys,
to start a message with, "I'm in bed with your wife,"
and then go, like, "Let me help with your mental health."
Yeah, now you've added to the mental health
of the person that you're trying to help them with.
Do you get what I'm saying?
It's a little bit cra-- It's a little bit like
roasting somebody while you're giving them CPR.
And now this thing--
it's-it's spun into a story that seems
fully tabloid, but I think,
I think... deserves a little more
awareness from the general public. It's-it's--
Because it touches on something that is more sensitive
and more serious than people would like to admit.
I know everyone thinks it's a big marketing stunt.
"Oh, look at the coincidence, Kim is launching a new show..."
Two things can be true. Kim likes publicity.
Kim is also being harassed. Those things can be happening
at the same time. 'Cause I'll be honest with you, what I see
from this situation-- I see a woman who wants to live her life
without being harassed by an ex-boyfriend or an ex-husband
or an ex-anything.
You may not feel sorry for Kim, you know, because
she's rich and famous, because of the way she dresses,
because she appropriates Black culture,
because she tells women they're lazy,
because she broke the Internet and then
didn't put it back together--
whatever, you hate her, whatever.
But-- but. What she's going through is terrifying to watch,
and it shines a spotlight on what so many women go through
when they choose to leave. You know, people always
say that phrase to women. They go, like, "Why didn't you leave?
Oh, why didn't you leave? Why didn't you leave?" Yeah.
Because a lot of women-women realize, when they do leave,
the guy will get even crazier.
And when I say "crazy," I don't mean "mental health crazy,"
I-- like, it's-- You-you understand what I mean.
You know what I mean.
The point is that Kim Kardashian and countless other women--
they find themselves in a terrible position, you know?
Because asking Kanye to stop clearly isn't helping.
But at the same time, he hasn't broken any laws, you know?
So, can she get him arrested? No. I don't think so.
Would she even want to? I mean...
You know, she spends half her time...
helping Black people come out of jail, so now she can't be
throwing Kanye West in. It's a bit of a paradox.
But, still, she's being harassed.
And I get it. Society's like, "Ha-ha, you deserve it,
this is funny, this is that." And I get it, also,
from Kanye's side. Like, the parts of Kanye--
there's-there's parts I understand.
I understand Kanye saying, "I don't want my daughter
on TikTok." I get-- I-I agree with
that part of what he's saying.
I'm not involved in other people's relationships, though.
You know? I think that's a separate issue.
What we're seeing, though, is one of the most powerful,
one of the richest women in the world
unable to get her ex to stop texting her,
to stop chasing after her, to stop harassing her.
Just think about that for a moment.
Think about how powerful Kim Kardashian is,
and she can't get that to happen.
I grew up my whole life in an abusive household, right?
Most of my li-- Let's say from the age
of nine to, whatever, 16.
One of the things I found most interesting was how often
people told my mom that she was overreacting.
What I found interesting was how many times
people told my mom to calm down, people told my family
to calm down-- everyone. You know?
And everyone had different reasons.
Oh, I remember once we went to the police station,
and they said to my mom, "Oh, but did you talk back?
Is that... Is that why you're here?" You know?
Uh, you know, "Oh, but-but what did you say to him?"
It's all these questions. All these questions.
I remember seeing this as a child, by the way.
You see this as a child, you know?
And you see a world where...
women are questioned for what is happening to them
as opposed to people questioning what is happening to them.
And for years, people said this shit.
"Ah, no, this... Ah, you know, these...
This happens. This hap... That happens." Everyone.
Police, some family, strangers.
Whatever it was. Whatever it was.
And I'll never forget one day, I got a call from my brother
saying, "Hey, Mom has just been shot in the head.
She's in the hospital now. She's just been shot."
And-and I-I'm not saying it to make it about me.
I'm just saying maybe that's why
I look at the story differently, to be honest with you.
Is I go, "It seems like nothing."
And again, I'm not saying Kanye will.
Please. I'm not saying he will.
I'm not saying that.
But you see it in all these stories
where people say, "We saw it, but we didn't..." Or "We..."
Whether it's the people around him,
whether it's the people in their lives,
whether it's us as society condoning or not condoning.
And I know it's nuanced.
I know... I'm not saying Kanye's just a bad guy.
Please. But just as society,
you know, we have to ask ourselves questions.
Do we wish to stand by
and watch a car crash
when we thought we saw it coming?
Or do we at least want to say, "Hey, slow down.
"Let's put... Let's all put our hazards on
'cause there's a storm right now and some shit might go down."
Let's just... Let's just put our hazards...
If it doesn't happen, hey, the worst thing we did
was we all had our hazards on like idiots.
I'm... I'll be fine to say,
"I was an idiot. Nothing happened."
I would rather be in that situation
than to be in one where I say,
"Man, I wish we didn't think the whole thing
wasn't worth looking at."
And all I'm saying about this story
is if Kim cannot escape this... Kim Kardashian.
If she cannot escape this,
then what chance do normal women have?
Welcome back to The Daily Show.
My guest tonight is Dr. Deepak Chopra.
He's a pioneer in integrative medicine
and popular spirituality,
and he's here to talk about his latest book
about finding prosperity within,
Dr. Chopra, welcome to The Daily Show.
(chuckles): Thank you. Thank you.
Um, Abundance: The Inner Path to Wealth.
Inspired by a lyric from Bob Marley.
-I love it. -Who said some people are so poor
all they have is money.
Whew.
I saw someone ask him a question about that once in an interview.
They said to him, "Are you rich?"
-And he says, "What does that mean? -(chuckles) Yes.
"Am I rich in friends? Am I rich in family?
-"Am I rich in life? Am I rich in money? -So beautiful.
-What is rich?" -Yeah, what is rich?
And that lyric inspired me, actually,
to do some scientific research
on does money buy you joy;
does it buy you true love;
does it buy you intuition,
creativity, insight, imagination;
does it buy you even safety and security.
And the answer's no.
So, money has a role,
but it's not everything.
For-for the everyday person who's reading this book,
what I loved about it is you-you go through parts of the body.
You see the different chakras.
You see how you-you tie, um, yoga poses into...
(stammers) the connection between the spirit,
the body, and the mind.
I-I would love to talk about how we, as people,
can better connect with an abundance inside of ourselves
whilst also acknowledging the external factors that affect us.
Because many people may not be extremely poor--
obviously, there are many who are--
but, you know, there are a lot of people who go,
"Well, I'm not-- I'm not extremely poor,
but I'm not so wealthy that I can't care in life."
How do you begin to even start this journey
of finding an inner wealth
when you are thinking about your next check, et cetera?
You know, the word "chakra" has become very popular,
-as you know, because of yoga. -Yes.
But chakras are just centers of awareness
that represent the hierarchy of needs.
The chakras speak about seven levels.
-So level one's survival and safety. -Okay.
Level two-- sensuality through the five senses,
-which is mindfulness. -Okay.
Every experience of the senses should be sensuous
and vibrant and alive.
The third is money and abundance.
The fourth is love and belongingness.
The fifth is creative insight.
The sixth is higher consciousness
in terms of insight, imagination,
archetypal thinking,
and the seventh is transcendence.
So each of these chakras has special modalities
to activate them through attention,
intention and transcendence.
And there are rituals for doing this.
You will say, "Why rituals?"
They are symbolic representations
of our needs and our aspirations.
Mm. What do you think we should be aspiring to?
Ultimately? To joy.
If joy is not the measure of success,
-you wasted your life. -Wow.
You don't want to end your life saying,
"I made all the money in the world, but I was never joyful."
You talk about everything.
You-you study everything, you know.
I think that's what a lot of people enjoy about your work is
that it is not, um, apart from the world,
but it is a part of what is happening in the world.
Let's talk a little bit about what's happening in Ukraine.
You know, we're seeing a situation now
where the whole world feels like
it is at the mercy of a mad man.
And when I was reading a... you know, this book, I was thinking,
"These are such fantastic tips
on how to do whatever you want to do."
And then I sometimes go, "Man,
what if books like these get into wrong hands?"
What if the wrong people use your books to go, "Oh,
this is how I will actualize an evil thing in the world"?
So, when you look at somebody like Vladimir Putin,
-for instance, you know... -Well, yes.
...is he not actualizing everything?
A Freudian analysis of Vladimir Putin is
that he's a sexually impotent psychopath
who is taking his rage out through mass murder.
He belongs in a cage at The Hague, ultimately.
And the only way, by the way, he can-- there's no military
solution to it. One solution could be, again, a Gandhian,
Mandelian solution--
if the Russians participated in
civil disobedience and massive peaceful strikes and
paralyzed the country. Now, they would do it if they knew what
-the facts are. But now he's cut off all the media... -Right.
And Twitter and all that. That's... in the--
Practically speaking, the only way is for the Russians to
-get rid of him. -Wow.
I'm still getting over the fact that you said he is impotent
-and he's... -It's a Freudian interpretation.
-A Freudian interpretation. -As you know, Freud was
-obsessed with the first chakra. -Yes. Yes (laughs)
It's an interesting world, in how they all tie together.
You-you actually tweeted, you know, I think it was to Putin,
essentially, you said, "Karma never loses an address."
-That's it. -Help me understand that, though.
Does that mean that, you know, bad things will happen
to bad people, or does it mean that maybe in the next life,
something could happen-- Like, when does,
when does Putin's karma come?
It's an echo from the past.
I have seen, very rarely, tyrants-- whether it's
Saddam Hussein, or it's any of the recent people from Libya,
Qaddafi, um, or... what's his name, from, uh, that country
-next to yours... -Oh, Zimbabwe?
-Um... now I can't believe -Not Zimbabwe.
-I've forgotten his name now. He was so omnipresent. -Yeah.
-Robert Mugabe. -Mugabe.
-Yes. -And-and the other guy, Idi Amin.
And they all had very terrible ends. You know?
So, you never know.
So, I believe in the law of karma.
-It's an echo from the past. -Mm.
Um... one of the issues that you are
really passionate about is suicide prevention.
We've seen a lot of that spike, especially in the pandemic.
-Your foundation works to-to find this-- -Yeah, so, suicide
is the second-most common cause of death in-- among teens.
Um, it is, uh-- Every 40 seconds,
somebody is killing themselves in the world.
Last year, more people died from suicide in Japan
-than from COVID-19. -Wow.
It's, uh, it's the biggest pandemic,
and our humanity is incomplete unless we address it.
So we created, uh, this, uh, website
called NeverAlone.Love.
And we have a chatbot over there named Pee-Wee--
named after a recording artist who died from suicide--
and she is a machine. And teens love to talk to her
because they don't feel judged.
And, uh, and they're more, uh, more comfortable
talking to a machine
-than a human being. -Wow, are you serious?
I'm serious. This is the world we live in.
So she has now de-escalated
about 6,000 suicide attempts.
11 million conversations happening through text.
How do you program that machine?
-Because... -It's an AI.
-Yeah, but-but AI has to be taught by somebody. -Yeah.
And as we've learned in other tech,
AI will have its shortcomings because of who...
So, what-what do you try and teach the AI
-that we should maybe be learning? -It's a...
It's an ethical AI, and now there are safeguards
on how to create ethical AIs
which are not like fake videos
-or fake, uh, anything. -Yeah.
And it's built into the system, the ethics.
And there's a whole association now
amongst AI experts
that is accelerating the movement
of ethical AIs.
This is going to get even better in the future.
And, of course, we always have humans at the back end.
-You have to. -Right.
Uh, Dr. Deepak Chopra,
you are a fascinating man, you know?
The chakras, AI, Vladimir Putin.
-(chuckles) -I mean,
it all comes together with you. Thank you
-for taking the time to join me on the show. -Thank you.
You're very good to me, and thank you for doing this.
-Thank you so much for being here. -Thank you.
All right, everybody.
Abundance: The Inner Path to Wealth
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Now here it is, Your Moment of Zen.
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My father had a great relationship with Putin.
Putin was in with the KGB. He could read people,
and he could tell that Donald Trump
was a very strong person, right?
This would have never happened under Donald Trump.
My father would, you know, call up,
and he would've said, "Vladimir, don't even think about it.
"Don't even try us.
I'm telling you, it's not gonna work out very well for you."
My father... My father... My father... My father...
My father's always had great intuition.
My father was so far ahead of this whole situation.