1 00:00:01,235 --> 00:00:03,070 >> FUNDING FOR "OVERHEARD" WITH 2 00:00:03,070 --> 00:00:04,972 EVAN SMITH IS PROVIDED IN PART 3 00:00:04,972 --> 00:00:07,474 BY MFI FOUNDATION, IMPROVING THE 4 00:00:07,474 --> 00:00:09,176 QUALITY OF LIFE WITHIN OUR 5 00:00:09,176 --> 00:00:10,277 COMMUNITY. 6 00:00:10,277 --> 00:00:12,179 AND FROM THE TEXAS BOARD OF 7 00:00:12,179 --> 00:00:13,680 LEGAL SPECIALIZATION. 8 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:14,882 BOARD CERTIFIED ATTORNEYS IN 9 00:00:14,882 --> 00:00:17,184 YOUR COMMUNITY, EXPERIENCED, 10 00:00:17,184 --> 00:00:18,685 RESPECTED, AND TESTED. 11 00:00:18,685 --> 00:00:21,889 ALSO, BY HILLCO PARTNERS, A 12 00:00:21,889 --> 00:00:23,490 TEXAS GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS 13 00:00:23,490 --> 00:00:24,491 CONSULTANCY. 14 00:00:24,491 --> 00:00:26,593 AND BY THE ALICE KLEBERG 15 00:00:26,593 --> 00:00:27,794 REYNOLDS FOUNDATION. 16 00:00:27,794 --> 00:00:29,396 AND VIEWERS LIKE YOU. 17 00:00:29,396 --> 00:00:30,797 THANK YOU. 18 00:00:30,797 --> 00:00:34,434 >> I'M EVAN SMITH, SHE'S AN 19 00:00:34,434 --> 00:00:36,837 AUTHOR, COMEDIAN, POLITICAL 20 00:00:36,837 --> 00:00:38,839 COMMENTATOR AND ACTIVIST, AND 21 00:00:38,839 --> 00:00:45,145 COCREATOR OF "THE DAILY SHOW". 22 00:00:45,145 --> 00:00:47,447 SHE'S LIZZ WINSTEAD. 23 00:00:47,447 --> 00:00:49,349 >> I GUESS WE CAN'T FIRE HIM 24 00:00:49,349 --> 00:00:50,350 NOW. 25 00:00:50,350 --> 00:00:51,652 >> I GUESS WE CAN'T FIRE HIM 26 00:00:51,652 --> 00:00:51,752 NOW. 27 00:00:51,752 --> 00:00:52,953 >> THE NIGHT THAT I WIN THE 28 00:00:52,953 --> 00:00:54,855 EMMY, BEING ON THE SUPREME COURT 29 00:00:54,855 --> 00:00:56,556 WAS AN IMPROBABLE DREAM. 30 00:00:56,556 --> 00:00:58,158 >> IT'S HARD WORK AND IT'S 31 00:00:58,158 --> 00:00:58,959 CONTROVERSIAL. 32 00:00:58,959 --> 00:01:00,160 >> WITHOUT INFORMATION THERE IS 33 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:02,362 NO FREEDOM, AND IT'S JOURNALISTS 34 00:01:02,362 --> 00:01:03,063 WHO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION. 35 00:01:03,063 --> 00:01:04,564 >> WINDOW ROLLS DOWN AND THIS 36 00:01:04,564 --> 00:01:06,967 GUY SAYS, HEY, GOES TO 11. 37 00:01:06,967 --> 00:01:15,776 >> LIZZ WINSTEAD, WELCOME. 38 00:01:15,776 --> 00:01:16,276 >> THANK YOU,. 39 00:01:16,276 --> 00:01:17,878 >> SO NICE TO MEET YOU. 40 00:01:17,878 --> 00:01:18,378 >> THANK YOU. 41 00:01:18,378 --> 00:01:19,780 >> THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO BE IN 42 00:01:19,780 --> 00:01:21,181 THE POLITICAL TALK SHOW 43 00:01:21,181 --> 00:01:21,581 BUSINESS. 44 00:01:21,581 --> 00:01:26,586 YOU'RE A COCREATOR OF "THE DAILY 45 00:01:26,586 --> 00:01:27,688 SHOW". 46 00:01:27,688 --> 00:01:29,890 GETTING TO BE ALMOST 20 YEARS 47 00:01:29,890 --> 00:01:30,190 AGO. 48 00:01:30,190 --> 00:01:33,193 THIS IS SALAD DAYS OF THE WHOLE 49 00:01:33,193 --> 00:01:36,630 GENRE OF PROGRAMS. 50 00:01:36,630 --> 00:01:38,131 DO YOU THINK THE SHOW IS A 51 00:01:38,131 --> 00:01:39,633 REFLECTION OF THE TIMES, THOSE 52 00:01:39,633 --> 00:01:41,234 KINDS OF SHOWS ARE A REFLECTION 53 00:01:41,234 --> 00:01:42,936 OF THE TIMES WES LIVE IN OR ARE 54 00:01:42,936 --> 00:01:44,638 THE TIMES A REFLECTION OF THE 55 00:01:44,638 --> 00:01:46,239 SUCCESSES OF THOSE SHOWS? 56 00:01:46,239 --> 00:01:48,742 >> I THINK THAT WHEN WE LAUNCHED 57 00:01:48,742 --> 00:01:53,447 THE DAILY SHOW IN '96, WE 58 00:01:53,447 --> 00:01:55,148 LAUNCHED WITH A MEDIA LANDSCAPE 59 00:01:55,148 --> 00:01:56,950 THAT WAS, IF YOU'LL RECALL, IT 60 00:01:56,950 --> 00:01:58,552 WAS LIKE ALL OF THE NIGHTTIME 61 00:01:58,552 --> 00:02:00,153 SHOWS WERE MAGAZINE SHOWS THAT 62 00:02:00,153 --> 00:02:02,856 WERE LITERALLY POISONING US. 63 00:02:02,856 --> 00:02:04,358 TERRIFYING US, YOU KNOW, YOUR 64 00:02:04,358 --> 00:02:05,659 MATTRESS, WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW 65 00:02:05,659 --> 00:02:06,660 MIGHT KILL YOU. 66 00:02:06,660 --> 00:02:08,061 IT WAS LIKE -- RIGHT? 67 00:02:08,061 --> 00:02:08,962 CONSTANT. 68 00:02:08,962 --> 00:02:10,964 AND THEN THERE WAS ONLY CNN AT 69 00:02:10,964 --> 00:02:11,965 THE TIME. 70 00:02:11,965 --> 00:02:15,068 AND SO IT WAS -- IT WAS -- IT 71 00:02:15,068 --> 00:02:17,771 WAS O.J. AND IT WAS NOT NEWS, 72 00:02:17,771 --> 00:02:21,174 PER SE, BUT IT WAS REALLY JUST 73 00:02:21,174 --> 00:02:28,382 INFO TAINMENT THAT FELT VERY ALL 74 00:02:28,382 --> 00:02:29,483 PURULENT. 75 00:02:29,483 --> 00:02:30,884 WHEN WE WATCHED THE SHOW, WE 76 00:02:30,884 --> 00:02:32,486 WERE DEALING WITH THAT MEDIA 77 00:02:32,486 --> 00:02:33,687 LANDSCAPE, AND SO THE SHOW 78 00:02:33,687 --> 00:02:35,489 EVOLVED WITH THE MEDIA LANDSCAPE 79 00:02:35,489 --> 00:02:38,191 THAT EXISTED, SO BY THE TIME 80 00:02:38,191 --> 00:02:40,594 9-11 HAPPENED, THE SHOW WOULD 81 00:02:40,594 --> 00:02:41,995 BECOME SOMETHING ELSE, AND AS WE 82 00:02:41,995 --> 00:02:43,897 WATCHED OURSELVES GO TO WAR, ON 83 00:02:43,897 --> 00:02:44,998 FALSE INFORMATION AND THINGS 84 00:02:44,998 --> 00:02:46,400 LIKE THAT, THE MEDIA THEN, AND 85 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:48,702 THE SHOW ITSELF, THEN, BECAME A 86 00:02:48,702 --> 00:02:50,303 WHOLE DIFFERENT ANIMAL, AND THEN 87 00:02:50,303 --> 00:02:52,205 JOHN TOOK OVER FROM CRAIG 88 00:02:52,205 --> 00:02:54,408 KILGORE WHO WAS THE HOST WHEN I 89 00:02:54,408 --> 00:02:55,809 WAS THERE, AND HE DID SOMETHING 90 00:02:55,809 --> 00:02:56,710 THAT I THINK IS REALLY 91 00:02:56,710 --> 00:02:58,912 BRILLIANT, WE WERE MORE LIKE 92 00:02:58,912 --> 00:03:01,114 COLBERT AT THE BEGINNING, THE 93 00:03:01,114 --> 00:03:02,416 HOST OF THE SHOW AND ALL OF THE 94 00:03:02,416 --> 00:03:03,817 CORRESPONDENTS WERE IN 95 00:03:03,817 --> 00:03:04,918 CHARACTER. 96 00:03:04,918 --> 00:03:05,519 NOBODY BROKE. 97 00:03:05,519 --> 00:03:07,020 THE AUDIENCE HAD TO GET IT. 98 00:03:07,020 --> 00:03:09,823 WHAT JOHN DID WAS, BECAUSE JON 99 00:03:09,823 --> 00:03:12,125 IS BRILLIANT IN AND OF HIMSELF 100 00:03:12,125 --> 00:03:14,428 TO PUT HIM IN A CHARACTER MADE 101 00:03:14,428 --> 00:03:15,629 NO SENSE. 102 00:03:15,629 --> 00:03:16,930 HE'S JUST A SMART GUY. 103 00:03:16,930 --> 00:03:18,231 SO HE BECAME SORT OF THE VOICE 104 00:03:18,231 --> 00:03:21,034 OF THE VIEWER, AND ASKING A LOT 105 00:03:21,034 --> 00:03:22,836 OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE HYPOCRISY 106 00:03:22,836 --> 00:03:23,837 THAT WE WERE LIVING IN 107 00:03:23,837 --> 00:03:25,238 SURROUNDING HIMSELF BY THE 108 00:03:25,238 --> 00:03:27,240 CORRESPONDENCE WHO STILL 109 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:29,042 REMAINED, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE 110 00:03:29,042 --> 00:03:30,844 DIM WITTED CORRESPONDENTS. 111 00:03:30,844 --> 00:03:32,245 >> YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU WERE 112 00:03:32,245 --> 00:03:34,681 GONE BY THE TIME JON STEWART WAS 113 00:03:34,681 --> 00:03:35,482 FIRMLY IN PLACE. 114 00:03:35,482 --> 00:03:38,185 YOU MUST LOOK AT THE JON STEWART 115 00:03:38,185 --> 00:03:42,989 ERA OF "THE DAILY SHOW" WITH 116 00:03:42,989 --> 00:03:43,090 PRIDE. 117 00:03:43,090 --> 00:03:44,691 >> OF COURSE. 118 00:03:44,691 --> 00:03:47,494 WHAT I ALWAYS SAY IS IT'S REALLY 119 00:03:47,494 --> 00:03:49,896 GREAT TO HAVE YOUR INSTINCTS PAY 120 00:03:49,896 --> 00:03:51,998 OFF AND TO KNOW THAT THE BONES 121 00:03:51,998 --> 00:03:53,600 OF THIS HOUSE WERE REALLY 122 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:54,000 STRONG. 123 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:55,902 AND THAT WE -- THERE WAS A 124 00:03:55,902 --> 00:03:58,305 MEDIA -- THERE IS AN APPETITE TO 125 00:03:58,305 --> 00:04:00,307 HAVE PEOPLE LOOKING AT THE MEDIA 126 00:04:00,307 --> 00:04:02,609 WITH A JAUNDICED EYE, NOT JUST 127 00:04:02,609 --> 00:04:04,711 THE MEDIA MAKERS AND TO WATCH 128 00:04:04,711 --> 00:04:05,912 THAT IT WAS ABLE TO EVOLVE AND 129 00:04:05,912 --> 00:04:08,014 THAT JON'S VOICE WAS TO BE ABLE 130 00:04:08,014 --> 00:04:10,217 TO MAKE IT GROW, AND THEN BECOME 131 00:04:10,217 --> 00:04:12,819 THE JUGGERNAUT THAT IT IS. 132 00:04:12,819 --> 00:04:14,621 A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE WILL SAY 133 00:04:14,621 --> 00:04:16,223 DID YOU EVER EXPECT IT TO BECOME 134 00:04:16,223 --> 00:04:19,526 THIS THING THAT IT BECAME, AND 135 00:04:19,526 --> 00:04:21,628 THERE'S TWO ANSWERS TO THAT, ONE 136 00:04:21,628 --> 00:04:23,530 WITH JON TAKING IT OVER, I KIND 137 00:04:23,530 --> 00:04:26,133 OF DID, BUT THE ONE I NEVER 138 00:04:26,133 --> 00:04:28,034 EXPECTED IS THAT OUR MEDIA WOULD 139 00:04:28,034 --> 00:04:34,374 BECOME SO DERILECT THAT "THE 140 00:04:34,374 --> 00:04:35,475 DAILY SHOW" COULD ROCKET. 141 00:04:35,475 --> 00:04:37,077 >> IT'S ABOUT THE DECLINE OF 142 00:04:37,077 --> 00:04:37,878 EVERYTHING ELSE. 143 00:04:37,878 --> 00:04:39,880 ALSO "THE DAILY SHOW" AND THE 144 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:42,182 SHOWS LIKE IT, COAL BETTER, 145 00:04:42,182 --> 00:04:43,483 THESE DAYS THE JOHN OLIVER 146 00:04:43,483 --> 00:04:45,585 PROGRAM IS IN THE SAME CATEGORY, 147 00:04:45,585 --> 00:04:48,388 IT'S BECOME JOURNALISM, RIGHT, 148 00:04:48,388 --> 00:04:50,590 IN SOME WAYS, IT'S BECOME A NEWS 149 00:04:50,590 --> 00:04:52,492 SHOW AND DOING JOURNALISM THAT 150 00:04:52,492 --> 00:04:55,095 THE REGULAR JOURNALISTS ARE NOT 151 00:04:55,095 --> 00:04:55,695 DOING. 152 00:04:55,695 --> 00:04:57,797 >> SHAME ON JOURNALISM, I MIGHT 153 00:04:57,797 --> 00:04:58,598 SAY. 154 00:04:58,598 --> 00:05:00,600 WHEN YOU FACT CHECK THE SHOWS, 155 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:02,302 THEY CHECK OUT, AND THERE IS NO 156 00:05:02,302 --> 00:05:05,105 NEED -- THERE IS SO MUCH 24 HOUR 157 00:05:05,105 --> 00:05:07,507 NEWS, SOME TIMES WHEN YOU WATCH 158 00:05:07,507 --> 00:05:09,709 IT OR WHEN I WATCH IT, I 159 00:05:09,709 --> 00:05:11,211 SHOULDN'T SAY YOU, BUT WHEN I 160 00:05:11,211 --> 00:05:13,313 WATCH IT IS THE GOAL HERE TO BE 161 00:05:13,313 --> 00:05:14,414 FIRST RATHER THAN RIGHT? 162 00:05:14,414 --> 00:05:15,916 BECAUSE THAT'S NOT HELPFUL 163 00:05:15,916 --> 00:05:17,417 REALLY TO AN ELECTORATE THAT 164 00:05:17,417 --> 00:05:18,919 REALLY NEEDS SOME INFORMATION, 165 00:05:18,919 --> 00:05:20,620 YOU KNOW, SOMETHING GETS SPEWED 166 00:05:20,620 --> 00:05:22,222 OUT THERE SO THAT -- IN AN 167 00:05:22,222 --> 00:05:23,924 EFFORT TO BE FIRST AND THEN IT'S 168 00:05:23,924 --> 00:05:27,928 WRONG AND THEN IT PERPETUATES 169 00:05:27,928 --> 00:05:30,030 AND THEN IT GETS TWEETED AND 170 00:05:30,030 --> 00:05:31,031 RETWEETED AND ALL OF A SUDDEN 171 00:05:31,031 --> 00:05:32,933 THERE'S INACCURACIES, THE 172 00:05:32,933 --> 00:05:34,968 JEANNIE IS OUT OF THE BOTTLE, 173 00:05:34,968 --> 00:05:37,470 AND YOU CAN'T PUT IT BACK IN 174 00:05:37,470 --> 00:05:38,471 SOMETIMES. 175 00:05:38,471 --> 00:05:40,574 YOU END UP SAYING, THAT ISN'T 176 00:05:40,574 --> 00:05:40,874 TRUE. 177 00:05:40,874 --> 00:05:42,676 I'M SURE WE HAVE PARENTS WHO 178 00:05:42,676 --> 00:05:44,377 FORWARD US CRAZY E-MAILS FROM 179 00:05:44,377 --> 00:05:46,580 THEIR CRAZY FRIENDS, YOU KNOW, 180 00:05:46,580 --> 00:05:48,281 BARACK OBAMA WAS BORN -- WHERE 181 00:05:48,281 --> 00:05:50,884 WAS HE BORN NOW? 182 00:05:50,884 --> 00:05:52,185 >> WELL, THE PHENOMENON IS 183 00:05:52,185 --> 00:05:53,086 ABSOLUTELY THE CASE, AND 184 00:05:53,086 --> 00:05:54,888 THAT'S -- IT'S GREAT. 185 00:05:54,888 --> 00:05:56,690 THESE SHOWS, THE GROUP OF THEM, 186 00:05:56,690 --> 00:05:58,191 NOT TO PAINT WITH ONE BRUSH, BUT 187 00:05:58,191 --> 00:06:01,294 THEY ALL TEND TO BE MORE LIBERAL 188 00:06:01,294 --> 00:06:03,597 OR THEY COME ACROSS AS MORE 189 00:06:03,597 --> 00:06:05,999 LIBERAL POLITICALLY, FOR A LONG 190 00:06:05,999 --> 00:06:07,400 TIME, AS YOU KNOW, TALK RADIO IS 191 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:08,301 VERY CONSERVATIVE. 192 00:06:08,301 --> 00:06:10,503 AIR AMERICA WHICH YOU WERE 193 00:06:10,503 --> 00:06:12,005 INVOLVED WITH COFOUNDING IS 194 00:06:12,005 --> 00:06:13,406 ATTEMPT TO PUT SOME BALANCE ON 195 00:06:13,406 --> 00:06:13,907 THE SCALE. 196 00:06:13,907 --> 00:06:14,507 >> YEP. 197 00:06:14,507 --> 00:06:16,710 >> BUT THIS GENRE OF TALK SHOW 198 00:06:16,710 --> 00:06:18,511 HAS LARGELY BEEN MORE 199 00:06:18,511 --> 00:06:20,814 LIBERAL-LEANING, IT SEEMS, IS 200 00:06:20,814 --> 00:06:21,915 THERE A REASON FOR THAT. 201 00:06:21,915 --> 00:06:23,817 >> IF YOU FACT CHECK THE DAILY 202 00:06:23,817 --> 00:06:25,518 SHOW, IT COMES OUT ACCURATE, AND 203 00:06:25,518 --> 00:06:28,722 IF IT'S LIBERAL-LEANING, ONE 204 00:06:28,722 --> 00:06:30,624 COULD DEDUCE THAT IF YOU'RE 205 00:06:30,624 --> 00:06:32,826 LIBERAL-LEANING, YOU'RE SPEWING 206 00:06:32,826 --> 00:06:34,160 OUT THE FACTS. 207 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:34,461 >> OKAY. 208 00:06:34,461 --> 00:06:36,663 >> I'M JUST SAYING, YOU COULD 209 00:06:36,663 --> 00:06:38,565 SAY THAT! 210 00:06:38,565 --> 00:06:40,166 [ LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE ] 211 00:06:40,166 --> 00:06:42,269 >> YOU'RE WELCOME, I SET THAT UP 212 00:06:42,269 --> 00:06:43,069 PRETTY WELL. 213 00:06:43,069 --> 00:06:44,271 COULD A CONSERVATIVE VERSION OF 214 00:06:44,271 --> 00:06:45,972 ONE OF THESE SHOWS, YOU KNOW, 215 00:06:45,972 --> 00:06:47,474 THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY PEOPLE 216 00:06:47,474 --> 00:06:48,275 WHO ATTEMPTED. 217 00:06:48,275 --> 00:06:50,076 DENNIS MILLER HAS ATTEMPTED, 218 00:06:50,076 --> 00:06:50,477 RIGHT? 219 00:06:50,477 --> 00:06:52,178 >> I WOULD SUGGEST ALL OF YOU TO 220 00:06:52,178 --> 00:06:53,780 GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE FOX NEWS 221 00:06:53,780 --> 00:06:59,586 ATTEMPT AT ABOUT -- IN 2007 OR 222 00:06:59,586 --> 00:07:01,688 EIGHT THEY TRIED A 12 EPISODE 223 00:07:01,688 --> 00:07:02,188 SHOW. 224 00:07:02,188 --> 00:07:02,889 >> DIDN'T WORK. 225 00:07:02,889 --> 00:07:03,690 >> NOT AT ALL. 226 00:07:03,690 --> 00:07:04,991 I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE 227 00:07:04,991 --> 00:07:06,793 SAID FOR THE POLITICAL 228 00:07:06,793 --> 00:07:08,895 PHILOSOPHY OF LOOKING -- I MEAN 229 00:07:08,895 --> 00:07:10,597 IT'S MINE AND I THINK IF YOU 230 00:07:10,597 --> 00:07:12,098 LOOK AT SORT OF ALL OF THESE 231 00:07:12,098 --> 00:07:14,301 SHOWS, IT'S -- IF YOU LOOK AT 232 00:07:14,301 --> 00:07:16,202 SOMEBODY, WHO HAS BEEN GIVEN THE 233 00:07:16,202 --> 00:07:17,103 GIFT OF POWER. 234 00:07:17,103 --> 00:07:17,404 >> RIGHT. 235 00:07:17,404 --> 00:07:19,105 >> AND THEY USE IT STUPIDLY, OR 236 00:07:19,105 --> 00:07:22,309 THEY USE IT TO MANIPULATE THE 237 00:07:22,309 --> 00:07:24,311 GREATER GOOD, THOSE SHOULD BE 238 00:07:24,311 --> 00:07:25,812 YOUR TARGETS, RIGHT? 239 00:07:25,812 --> 00:07:29,316 SO IF YOU LOOK AT CONSERVATISM 240 00:07:29,316 --> 00:07:30,817 AS A WHOLE, WHICH IS LIKE STAY 241 00:07:30,817 --> 00:07:33,119 THE COURSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S 242 00:07:33,119 --> 00:07:34,754 NOT A WHOLE LOT OF LIKE, LET'S 243 00:07:34,754 --> 00:07:36,456 OPEN UP OUR MINDS AND LOOK AT 244 00:07:36,456 --> 00:07:38,058 THIS, LIKE THIS SEEMS TO BE 245 00:07:38,058 --> 00:07:39,459 WORKING, THIS IS OUR PHILOSOPHY, 246 00:07:39,459 --> 00:07:41,961 IT'S -- WE BELIEVE IN, YOU KNOW, 247 00:07:41,961 --> 00:07:43,663 FAITH AND FAMILY AND THIS, AND 248 00:07:43,663 --> 00:07:45,565 THE FAITH IS CHRISTIANITY, AND 249 00:07:45,565 --> 00:07:47,467 THAT DOESN'T EXPAND TOO MUCH, 250 00:07:47,467 --> 00:07:51,071 AND THE FAMILY IS, YOU KNOW, 251 00:07:51,071 --> 00:07:53,973 STRAIGHT, SECULAR, HUSBAND-WIFE, 252 00:07:53,973 --> 00:07:55,175 TRADITIONAL FAMILY INSTEAD OF 253 00:07:55,175 --> 00:07:56,776 FAMILY MEANS A LOT OF THINGS, 254 00:07:56,776 --> 00:07:58,678 AND SO WHEN YOU STICK WITH THE 255 00:07:58,678 --> 00:08:01,081 RIGIDITY, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO 256 00:08:01,081 --> 00:08:02,782 THEN BE LIKE, HEY, GOOD NEWS FOR 257 00:08:02,782 --> 00:08:04,384 THE BIG GUY, YOU KNOW, THAT 258 00:08:04,384 --> 00:08:06,186 DOESN'T REALLY RESONATE SO WELL. 259 00:08:06,186 --> 00:08:09,089 >> BUT THESE SHOWS, STEWART, FOR 260 00:08:09,089 --> 00:08:11,191 INSTANCE, HAVE COME AFTER PEOPLE 261 00:08:11,191 --> 00:08:14,994 LIKE BARACK OBAMA, HILLARY 262 00:08:14,994 --> 00:08:16,096 CLINTON, THEY'RE BIPARTISAN. 263 00:08:16,096 --> 00:08:17,697 >> IF YOU'RE A POLITICAL PERSON 264 00:08:17,697 --> 00:08:19,799 WHO CAME UP THROUGH THE SYSTEM, 265 00:08:19,799 --> 00:08:21,000 I THINK THE PARTY SHOULDN'T 266 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:21,401 MATTER. 267 00:08:21,401 --> 00:08:22,702 WHEN THERE'S SO MUCH MONEY IN 268 00:08:22,702 --> 00:08:24,304 POLITICS NOW, AND CORPORATIONS 269 00:08:24,304 --> 00:08:25,705 ARE NOW PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, 270 00:08:25,705 --> 00:08:26,706 DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS 271 00:08:26,706 --> 00:08:27,407 ALIKE -- 272 00:08:27,407 --> 00:08:29,409 >> DOESN'T MATTER, IT'S A TARGET 273 00:08:29,409 --> 00:08:29,909 RICH ENVIRONMENT. 274 00:08:29,909 --> 00:08:31,511 >> IT'S A TARGET-RICH 275 00:08:31,511 --> 00:08:32,812 ENVIRONMENT, YOU KNOW, AS WE SIT 276 00:08:32,812 --> 00:08:36,049 HERE AND SPEAK, DRUM BEATS TO 277 00:08:36,049 --> 00:08:37,751 WAR ARE BEING -- ARE BEING, YOU 278 00:08:37,751 --> 00:08:40,653 KNOW, BEATEN BY DEMOCRATIC 279 00:08:40,653 --> 00:08:42,155 PRESIDENT, AND, YOU KNOW, 280 00:08:42,155 --> 00:08:43,857 THERE'S -- IF YOU'RE NOT 281 00:08:43,857 --> 00:08:45,859 TARGETING BARACK OBAMA AND 282 00:08:45,859 --> 00:08:47,360 HILLARY CLINTON AND THE 283 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:49,062 DEMOCRATIC PARTY AS A WHOLE, 284 00:08:49,062 --> 00:08:50,764 YOU'RE NOT DOING YOUR JOB AS A 285 00:08:50,764 --> 00:08:53,266 SATIRIST, LIKE THAT IS JUST THE 286 00:08:53,266 --> 00:08:54,467 BOTTOM LINE, THESE ARE PEOPLE 287 00:08:54,467 --> 00:08:56,469 RUNNING OUR LIVES. 288 00:08:56,469 --> 00:08:58,271 WE ARE THE LENS WITH WHICH WE 289 00:08:58,271 --> 00:08:59,672 CAN TAKE IN INFORMATION, SPEW IT 290 00:08:59,672 --> 00:09:00,874 OUT WITH A LITTLE BIT OF HUMOR, 291 00:09:00,874 --> 00:09:02,375 A LITTLE BIT OF OUTRAGE, AND A 292 00:09:02,375 --> 00:09:03,476 LOT OF QUESTIONS. 293 00:09:03,476 --> 00:09:04,677 I THINK THAT IS WHAT IS FUN 294 00:09:04,677 --> 00:09:06,379 ABOUT BEING A COMEDIAN WHO TALKS 295 00:09:06,379 --> 00:09:07,881 ABOUT THE ISSUES OF THE DAY IS I 296 00:09:07,881 --> 00:09:09,282 HAVE THE SAME QUESTIONS 297 00:09:09,282 --> 00:09:10,984 EVERYBODY ELSE HAS, I JUST SPEND 298 00:09:10,984 --> 00:09:12,285 MORE TIME DOING RESEARCH 299 00:09:12,285 --> 00:09:13,586 SOMETIMES BECAUSE A LOT OF 300 00:09:13,586 --> 00:09:14,387 PEOPLE ARE WORKING. 301 00:09:14,387 --> 00:09:16,189 FOLKS GOT TO DO TO THEIR JOBS. 302 00:09:16,189 --> 00:09:18,391 >> AND YOU HAVE A VENUE, ALSO, 303 00:09:18,391 --> 00:09:19,692 THAT A LOT OF REGULAR PEOPLE 304 00:09:19,692 --> 00:09:20,994 DON'T HAVE TO ASK THESE 305 00:09:20,994 --> 00:09:22,395 QUESTIONS PUBLICLY. 306 00:09:22,395 --> 00:09:23,997 WHY DIDN'T AIR AMERICA RADIO 307 00:09:23,997 --> 00:09:26,900 WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN AHEAD OF ITS 308 00:09:26,900 --> 00:09:28,701 TIME ATTEMPTING TO DO WHAT HAS 309 00:09:28,701 --> 00:09:30,203 BEEN ACCOMPLISHED ON CABLE 310 00:09:30,203 --> 00:09:32,505 PROGRAMS, AIR AMERICA RADIO IS A 311 00:09:32,505 --> 00:09:34,340 VERSION OF WHAT YOU SEE NOW WITH 312 00:09:34,340 --> 00:09:36,543 STEWART AND COLBERT AND ALL OF 313 00:09:36,543 --> 00:09:36,743 THAT. 314 00:09:36,743 --> 00:09:38,645 >> THERE'S A DOCUMENTARY WHY IT 315 00:09:38,645 --> 00:09:40,947 DIDN'T WORK, IN THAT WE HAD 316 00:09:40,947 --> 00:09:43,149 PEOPLE FUNDING IT WHO WERE NOT 317 00:09:43,149 --> 00:09:43,850 VERY HONEST. 318 00:09:43,850 --> 00:09:45,952 >> IT WAS ALL ABOUT THE BUSINESS 319 00:09:45,952 --> 00:09:46,252 MODEL. 320 00:09:46,252 --> 00:09:48,054 >> IT WAS ABOUT THE BUSINESS 321 00:09:48,054 --> 00:09:49,656 MODEL, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CORE 322 00:09:49,656 --> 00:09:54,260 TEAM THAT WAS ON AIR, MARK MERRI 323 00:09:54,260 --> 00:09:58,465 HAS A -- RACHEL MAD DOUGH IS 324 00:09:58,465 --> 00:10:00,867 RACHEL MAD DOUGH, SO THERE WAS A 325 00:10:00,867 --> 00:10:02,569 REALLY STRONG GROUP OF PEOPLE 326 00:10:02,569 --> 00:10:07,574 WHO WERE DOING A REAL SERVICE, 327 00:10:07,574 --> 00:10:08,875 THE STATISTICS IN TALK RADIO ARE 328 00:10:08,875 --> 00:10:10,276 KIND OF STAGGERING. 329 00:10:10,276 --> 00:10:12,579 THERE'S 90 SOME%, I THINK IT'S 330 00:10:12,579 --> 00:10:14,380 93, BUT I'M NOT FOR SURE, BUT 331 00:10:14,380 --> 00:10:17,584 IT'S BETWEEN 93 AND 95% OF ALL 332 00:10:17,584 --> 00:10:18,485 TALK RADIO IS CONSERVATIVE. 333 00:10:18,485 --> 00:10:19,385 >> IS CONSERVATIVE, RIGHT. 334 00:10:19,385 --> 00:10:21,287 >> IT'S ASTOUNDING. 335 00:10:21,287 --> 00:10:23,690 AND SO TO TRY TO FILL THAT 336 00:10:23,690 --> 00:10:26,292 LITTLE NICHE WITH JUST SOME 337 00:10:26,292 --> 00:10:28,094 OTHER INFORMATION IT'S PRETTY 338 00:10:28,094 --> 00:10:28,294 TOUGH. 339 00:10:28,294 --> 00:10:29,896 >> WELL, YOU EITHER HAVE A 340 00:10:29,896 --> 00:10:31,598 SUPPLY PROBLEM IN THAT THERE'S 341 00:10:31,598 --> 00:10:32,799 JUST NOT NEARLY ENOUGH OF THE 342 00:10:32,799 --> 00:10:33,800 COUNTER BALANCE TO THAT. 343 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:34,033 >> RIGHT. 344 00:10:34,033 --> 00:10:35,835 >> OR YOU HAVE A DEMAND PROBLEM 345 00:10:35,835 --> 00:10:38,338 IN THAT MAYBE THE RADIO OFFICE 346 00:10:38,338 --> 00:10:39,939 AS IT'S CONSTITUTED DOESN'T WANT 347 00:10:39,939 --> 00:10:40,840 TO HEAR THAT STUFF. 348 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:41,841 TV HAS BEEN THE REVERSE IN THE 349 00:10:41,841 --> 00:10:43,643 SENSE THAT THE LATE NIGHT CABLE 350 00:10:43,643 --> 00:10:45,645 SHOWS HAVE BEEN THE OPPOSITES OF 351 00:10:45,645 --> 00:10:47,947 THE RUSH LIMBAUGHS AND THE GLENN 352 00:10:47,947 --> 00:10:49,048 BECKS. 353 00:10:49,048 --> 00:10:50,850 >> IT'S ADVERTISER SUPPORTED, SO 354 00:10:50,850 --> 00:10:53,453 WHEN YOU LOOK AT WE WOULD GET 355 00:10:53,453 --> 00:10:54,854 ADVERTISER BLOW BACK BECAUSE WE 356 00:10:54,854 --> 00:10:57,156 WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF ABORTION 357 00:10:57,156 --> 00:10:58,658 RIGHTS OR MARRIAGE EQUALITY. 358 00:10:58,658 --> 00:10:59,058 >> RIGHT. 359 00:10:59,058 --> 00:11:01,161 >> OPINIONS THAT ARE -- THAT WE 360 00:11:01,161 --> 00:11:03,363 BELIEVE ARE BASED IN FACT, AND 361 00:11:03,363 --> 00:11:06,366 JUST HUMANITY, BUT -- AND 362 00:11:06,366 --> 00:11:07,867 ADVERTISERS WOULD BE LIKE, NO, 363 00:11:07,867 --> 00:11:09,068 WE WON'T ADVERTISE ON SOMETHING 364 00:11:09,068 --> 00:11:10,370 THAT BELIEVES THAT, BUT THEY 365 00:11:10,370 --> 00:11:12,972 WOULD ADVERTISE ALL DAY LONG ON 366 00:11:12,972 --> 00:11:15,475 LIKE -- ON A SHOW LIKE RUSH OR 367 00:11:15,475 --> 00:11:17,377 GLENN BECK, WHERE PEOPLE JUST 368 00:11:17,377 --> 00:11:18,378 MADE UP STUFF. 369 00:11:18,378 --> 00:11:19,679 IT'S LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE, YOU'RE 370 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:21,180 WILLING TO SPONSOR A LIE THAT 371 00:11:21,180 --> 00:11:23,483 FEELS LIKE IT'S VALUES, RIGHT? 372 00:11:23,483 --> 00:11:24,684 BUT YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO 373 00:11:24,684 --> 00:11:28,388 SPONSOR SOMETHING THAT IS JUST 374 00:11:28,388 --> 00:11:29,989 THE WAY THAT SOME PEOPLE LIVE 375 00:11:29,989 --> 00:11:30,990 THEIR LIVES. 376 00:11:30,990 --> 00:11:32,492 >> CHASING AN AUDIENCE, RIGHT. 377 00:11:32,492 --> 00:11:36,429 >> IT'S AMAZING WHAT THEY'LL 378 00:11:36,429 --> 00:11:38,031 SUPPORT, LET ME COME BACK TO 379 00:11:38,031 --> 00:11:39,632 THIS QUESTION OF THE LATE NIGHT 380 00:11:39,632 --> 00:11:41,734 SHOW, SO YOU'VE GOT COLBERT, 381 00:11:41,734 --> 00:11:44,337 STEWART, OLIVER, MAHR, ALL MEN. 382 00:11:44,337 --> 00:11:44,737 >> YES. 383 00:11:44,737 --> 00:11:47,740 >> LETTERMEN LEAVES, REPLACED BY 384 00:11:47,740 --> 00:11:50,143 COLBERT. 385 00:11:50,143 --> 00:11:52,745 CRAIG FERGUSON REPLACED BY 386 00:11:52,745 --> 00:11:55,348 JAMES, WHERE ARE THE WOMEN IN 387 00:11:55,348 --> 00:11:58,151 LATE NIGHT, WHY HAVEN'T WE SEEN 388 00:11:58,151 --> 00:12:00,153 EVOLUTION ON THE GENDER END OF 389 00:12:00,153 --> 00:12:02,255 THIS WHERE WOMEN ARE HOSTING 390 00:12:02,255 --> 00:12:02,655 THESE PROGRAMS. 391 00:12:02,655 --> 00:12:04,157 >> NOBODY IS PSYCHED ABOUT THAT. 392 00:12:04,157 --> 00:12:06,359 >> I JUST WOULD LOVE TO KNOW IF 393 00:12:06,359 --> 00:12:07,760 YOU HAVE A PERSPECTIVE ON WHY 394 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:08,261 THIS IS. 395 00:12:08,261 --> 00:12:10,964 >> THE SHORT ANSWER IS MAYBE 396 00:12:10,964 --> 00:12:12,865 GUYS ARE MAKING THE DECISIONS? 397 00:12:12,865 --> 00:12:14,567 I THINK THAT -- 398 00:12:14,567 --> 00:12:14,867 [ LAUGHTER ] 399 00:12:14,867 --> 00:12:18,171 I THINK THAT FROM SOME WEIRD 400 00:12:18,171 --> 00:12:20,974 REASON, AND I HONESTLY WOULD 401 00:12:20,974 --> 00:12:22,075 LIKE TO KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS 402 00:12:22,075 --> 00:12:24,277 MYSELF, IS THAT PEOPLE STILL 403 00:12:24,277 --> 00:12:29,983 LOOK AT WOMEN AS OP -- APPEALING 404 00:12:29,983 --> 00:12:30,984 TO WOMEN. 405 00:12:30,984 --> 00:12:32,785 OUR HUMOR IS NOT GOING TO BE 406 00:12:32,785 --> 00:12:34,087 WIDE RANGING AND WOMEN TALK 407 00:12:34,087 --> 00:12:35,688 ABOUT SUBJECTS THAT ONLY WOMEN 408 00:12:35,688 --> 00:12:39,592 LIKE, AS OPPOSED TO MEN WHO WE 409 00:12:39,592 --> 00:12:41,194 HAVE ALL WATCHED MEN TALK ABOUT 410 00:12:41,194 --> 00:12:42,795 MAN THINGS AND WE ALL SEEM TO 411 00:12:42,795 --> 00:12:44,497 ENJOY IT, AND TURNS OUT THAT 412 00:12:44,497 --> 00:12:45,999 THERE ARE THINGS THAT WOMEN 413 00:12:45,999 --> 00:12:47,600 ARE -- CAN TALK ABOUT THAT 414 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:49,302 EVERYONE ENJOYS, BUT THAT IS 415 00:12:49,302 --> 00:12:51,504 SOMEHOW JUST NOT FILLING THE 416 00:12:51,504 --> 00:12:52,905 VOID, AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. 417 00:12:52,905 --> 00:12:53,306 >> RIGHT. 418 00:12:53,306 --> 00:12:55,608 >> ELLEN DEGENERES WOULD BE 419 00:12:55,608 --> 00:12:58,011 AMAZING LATE NIGHT, LIKE WHY IS 420 00:12:58,011 --> 00:12:59,012 THAT EVEN AN ISSUE? 421 00:12:59,012 --> 00:13:01,414 SO THE PIPELINE OF WHAT PEOPLE 422 00:13:01,414 --> 00:13:03,616 THINK PEOPLE WANT IN LATE NIGHT 423 00:13:03,616 --> 00:13:06,019 IS DECIDED OFTEN BY A WHOLE 424 00:13:06,019 --> 00:13:07,420 BUNCH OF EXECUTIVES WHO -- 425 00:13:07,420 --> 00:13:08,221 >> HAPPEN TO BE MEN. 426 00:13:08,221 --> 00:13:10,123 >> WHO HAPPEN TO BE MEN, WHO 427 00:13:10,123 --> 00:13:12,225 ALSO DON'T HAPPEN TO BE SEEING 428 00:13:12,225 --> 00:13:13,426 THE IMPACT THAT WOMEN HAVE 429 00:13:13,426 --> 00:13:15,628 APPARENTLY IN THE COMEDY 430 00:13:15,628 --> 00:13:21,034 LANDSCAPE, YOU LOOK AT TINA FEY, 431 00:13:21,034 --> 00:13:23,236 KRISTIN WIGG, SARAH SILVERMAN. 432 00:13:23,236 --> 00:13:25,038 >> THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO 433 00:13:25,038 --> 00:13:27,140 WOULD BE FINE AND AMAZING AT 434 00:13:27,140 --> 00:13:27,740 HOSTING LATE NIGHT. 435 00:13:27,740 --> 00:13:29,742 >> AND IT'S NOT AS IF THESE 436 00:13:29,742 --> 00:13:31,544 WOMEN AND OTHERS YOU HAVEN'T 437 00:13:31,544 --> 00:13:32,945 MENTIONED AREN'T ACTIVE OUT IN 438 00:13:32,945 --> 00:13:33,980 THE COMMUNITY TALKING ABOUT 439 00:13:33,980 --> 00:13:35,381 POLITICS, TALKING ABOUT MANY OF 440 00:13:35,381 --> 00:13:36,883 THE SAME THINGS. 441 00:13:36,883 --> 00:13:38,284 AND IN FACT YOUR CAREER HAS 442 00:13:38,284 --> 00:13:39,686 MORPHED I WOULD SAY A LITTLE BIT 443 00:13:39,686 --> 00:13:41,788 FROM BEING A STANDUP COMEDIAN, 444 00:13:41,788 --> 00:13:42,989 BEING AN AUTHOR, BEING A 445 00:13:42,989 --> 00:13:45,391 PERFORMER TO BEING SOMEBODY WHO 446 00:13:45,391 --> 00:13:49,295 SPENDS THE BULK OF HER TIME AS 447 00:13:49,295 --> 00:13:51,097 AN ACTIVIST TALKING ABOUT 448 00:13:51,097 --> 00:13:52,498 POLITICS, YOU'RE SPECIFICALLY 449 00:13:52,498 --> 00:13:54,500 FOCUSED ON AMONG OTHER THINGS 450 00:13:54,500 --> 00:13:56,002 REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS AND WOMEN'S 451 00:13:56,002 --> 00:13:56,402 HEALTH. 452 00:13:56,402 --> 00:13:57,403 CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW YOU GOT 453 00:13:57,403 --> 00:13:58,004 TO THAT POINT? 454 00:13:58,004 --> 00:14:00,707 >> SURE, I, YOU KNOW, IT'S FUNNY 455 00:14:00,707 --> 00:14:04,310 WHEN YOU SEE THAT COMEDY CAN 456 00:14:04,310 --> 00:14:05,611 REALLY RESONATE WITH PEOPLE, 457 00:14:05,611 --> 00:14:07,213 THIS IS -- PEOPLE ARE REALLY 458 00:14:07,213 --> 00:14:08,314 LISTENING AND RESEARCHING AND 459 00:14:08,314 --> 00:14:09,615 MAKING A DIFFERENCE, WHEN THEY 460 00:14:09,615 --> 00:14:10,917 HEAR THE STUFF, AND I THOUGHT, 461 00:14:10,917 --> 00:14:14,020 WELL, A COMEDY SHOW IS A COMEDY 462 00:14:14,020 --> 00:14:15,722 SHOW AND FIRST AND FOREMOST A 463 00:14:15,722 --> 00:14:17,323 COMEDY SHOW IS TO MAKE PEOPLE 464 00:14:17,323 --> 00:14:18,624 LAUGH, SO IF YOU WANT TO MAKE 465 00:14:18,624 --> 00:14:20,126 PEOPLE LAUGH AND THEN ALSO 466 00:14:20,126 --> 00:14:21,127 BALANCE THAT OUT WITH MAKING 467 00:14:21,127 --> 00:14:23,129 PEOPLE THINK, DO A LITTLE 468 00:14:23,129 --> 00:14:24,731 RESEARCH ON THEIR OWN, GETTING 469 00:14:24,731 --> 00:14:25,932 THEMSELVES A LITTLE BIT MORE 470 00:14:25,932 --> 00:14:27,633 MOTIVATED, THEN YOU HAVE TO MAKE 471 00:14:27,633 --> 00:14:28,735 A DECISION THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE 472 00:14:28,735 --> 00:14:30,837 GONNA' DO, SO I KIND OF WANT TO 473 00:14:30,837 --> 00:14:31,938 TRY TO PUSH THE NEEDLE A LITTLE 474 00:14:31,938 --> 00:14:33,339 BIT, AND FOR ME WHAT HAPPENED 475 00:14:33,339 --> 00:14:35,775 WAS I WAS WRITING MY BOOK, AND I 476 00:14:35,775 --> 00:14:37,377 LIVE IN BROOKLYN NOW, BUT I'M 477 00:14:37,377 --> 00:14:39,078 FROM MINNESOTA, AND I COULDN'T 478 00:14:39,078 --> 00:14:40,680 FINISH MY BOOK, I WENT BACK TO 479 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:42,982 MINNESOTA IN 2011 TO HUNKER DOWN 480 00:14:42,982 --> 00:14:45,384 IN A WINTER -- THIS IS LIZZ FREE 481 00:14:45,384 --> 00:14:45,885 OR DIE. 482 00:14:45,885 --> 00:14:47,186 >> LIZZ FREE OR DIE. 483 00:14:47,186 --> 00:14:47,387 YEP. 484 00:14:47,387 --> 00:14:48,488 >> CAME OUT IN 2012. 485 00:14:48,488 --> 00:14:50,389 >> YEAH. 486 00:14:50,389 --> 00:14:52,692 SO I'M -- IT'S THE NEW CONGRESS 487 00:14:52,692 --> 00:14:54,794 IN 2011 IS BEING SWORN IN, 488 00:14:54,794 --> 00:14:55,995 YOU'LL REMEMBER THAT'S THE VERY 489 00:14:55,995 --> 00:14:57,397 CONSERVATIVE TEA PARTY CONGRESS 490 00:14:57,397 --> 00:15:00,299 THAT KIND OF TOOK OVER, AND THE 491 00:15:00,299 --> 00:15:01,701 VERY FIRST THING THEY PROPOSED, 492 00:15:01,701 --> 00:15:02,802 AND WE WERE COMING OUT OF THE 493 00:15:02,802 --> 00:15:04,403 FINANCIAL CRISIS AND THE JOB, 494 00:15:04,403 --> 00:15:06,205 THERE WAS NO JOB, AND THE FIRST 495 00:15:06,205 --> 00:15:07,907 THING THEY PROPOSED TO DO IS TO 496 00:15:07,907 --> 00:15:10,009 DEFUND PLANNED PARENTHOOD, THE 497 00:15:10,009 --> 00:15:11,711 NATIONAL PARKS AND I THINK 498 00:15:11,711 --> 00:15:14,113 PUBLIC MEDIA, AND I WAS LIKE ARE 499 00:15:14,113 --> 00:15:16,115 THEY PERFORMING ABORTIONS ON CAR 500 00:15:16,115 --> 00:15:19,919 TALK IN YOSEMITE? 501 00:15:19,919 --> 00:15:21,621 DID SOMETHING HAPPEN THAT I'M 502 00:15:21,621 --> 00:15:22,522 NOT AWARE OF? 503 00:15:22,522 --> 00:15:23,122 [ LAUGHTER ] 504 00:15:23,122 --> 00:15:25,124 BECAUSE MAYBE WE SHOULD TALK 505 00:15:25,124 --> 00:15:25,825 ABOUT THAT. 506 00:15:25,825 --> 00:15:27,627 AND TURNS OUT THEY WEREN'T. 507 00:15:27,627 --> 00:15:28,528 [ LAUGHTER ] 508 00:15:28,528 --> 00:15:33,866 BUT A PRECEDENT HAD BEEN SET 509 00:15:33,866 --> 00:15:35,168 THAT THEY WERE REALLY GOING 510 00:15:35,168 --> 00:15:36,969 AFTER REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND 511 00:15:36,969 --> 00:15:37,670 ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, PLANNED 512 00:15:37,670 --> 00:15:40,973 PARENTHOODS AND SMALLER CLINICS, 513 00:15:40,973 --> 00:15:42,875 ON A STATE LEVEL THE DEFUNDING 514 00:15:42,875 --> 00:15:43,776 STARTED HAPPENING WHEN THAT 515 00:15:43,776 --> 00:15:44,076 FAILED. 516 00:15:44,076 --> 00:15:44,377 >> RIGHT. 517 00:15:44,377 --> 00:15:46,579 >> AND I SAID, WOW, I GOT TO GO 518 00:15:46,579 --> 00:15:48,381 BACK TO BROOKLYN, MAYBE I'LL 519 00:15:48,381 --> 00:15:50,983 TAKE MY TWO DOGS AND ON MY WAY 520 00:15:50,983 --> 00:15:52,585 BACK I'LL DRIVE AND DO SOME FUND 521 00:15:52,585 --> 00:15:53,986 RAISERS AND SO I DID. 522 00:15:53,986 --> 00:15:55,388 AND I WAS LEARNING ABOUT THE 523 00:15:55,388 --> 00:15:56,589 LAWS IN DIFFERENT STATES AND I 524 00:15:56,589 --> 00:15:58,090 WAS TALKING TO CLINICIANS AND I 525 00:15:58,090 --> 00:15:59,692 WAS TALKING TO PATIENTS, AND IT 526 00:15:59,692 --> 00:16:02,795 WAS REALLY A DESPERATE TIME, AND 527 00:16:02,795 --> 00:16:04,697 I THOUGHT, WELL, STATE POLITICS 528 00:16:04,697 --> 00:16:06,899 COULD NOT BE MORE BORING. 529 00:16:06,899 --> 00:16:09,602 WHAT IF I INFUSED SOME HUMOR THE 530 00:16:09,602 --> 00:16:11,404 WAY FUNNY OR DIE DOES, AND WITH 531 00:16:11,404 --> 00:16:13,306 SOME FACTS AND GOT SOME OF MY 532 00:16:13,306 --> 00:16:15,508 COMEDIAN FRIENDS TOGETHER, AND 533 00:16:15,508 --> 00:16:17,510 WE STARTED HAMMERING AT ALL OF 534 00:16:17,510 --> 00:16:18,311 THESE DIFFERENT LAWS. 535 00:16:18,311 --> 00:16:20,112 >> THIS WAS GROUND UP AS OPPOSED 536 00:16:20,112 --> 00:16:21,614 TO AT THAT TOP DOWN. 537 00:16:21,614 --> 00:16:24,517 YOU GOT PERSONALLY ACTIVATED. 538 00:16:24,517 --> 00:16:25,418 >> YEAH. 539 00:16:25,418 --> 00:16:27,119 AND I REALIZED THAT THE 540 00:16:27,119 --> 00:16:29,121 MESSAGING TO YOUNG PEOPLE JUST 541 00:16:29,121 --> 00:16:30,223 WASN'T HITTING. 542 00:16:30,223 --> 00:16:32,124 AND SO WHY NOT BRING SOME OF 543 00:16:32,124 --> 00:16:34,360 THEIR FAVORITE COMEDIANS, LIKE 544 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:36,062 AMY SCHUMER, AND SARAH SILVERMAN 545 00:16:36,062 --> 00:16:38,264 IN, AND DO SOME STUFF THAT WILL 546 00:16:38,264 --> 00:16:40,466 RESONATE, HAVE THEM GO, I LIKE 547 00:16:40,466 --> 00:16:42,768 COMEDY, OH, THAT'S GOING ON IN 548 00:16:42,768 --> 00:16:44,070 MY STATE, WOW. 549 00:16:44,070 --> 00:16:45,771 I COME TO TEXAS AND IT'S LIKE I 550 00:16:45,771 --> 00:16:49,976 THINK THERE'S MORE TORCHYS THAN 551 00:16:49,976 --> 00:16:51,477 THERE ARE PLACES YOU CAN GET AN 552 00:16:51,477 --> 00:16:52,578 ABORTION IN TEXAS. 553 00:16:52,578 --> 00:16:54,680 I'M NOT SURE I'M OKAY WITH THAT. 554 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:56,983 >> TORCHY'S IS DELICIOUS. 555 00:16:56,983 --> 00:16:58,384 >> IT IS DELICIOUS, I WOULD LIKE 556 00:16:58,384 --> 00:17:00,186 THERE TO BE A BALANCE BETWEEN 557 00:17:00,186 --> 00:17:02,288 HEALTH CARE AND TORCHYS. 558 00:17:02,288 --> 00:17:04,090 >> LET'S GET TO THAT, LET'S GET 559 00:17:04,090 --> 00:17:04,690 TO THAT. 560 00:17:04,690 --> 00:17:07,693 WHAT SPECIFICALLY HAPPENED. 561 00:17:07,693 --> 00:17:10,997 ROE V. WADE IS MORE THAN 40 562 00:17:10,997 --> 00:17:12,498 YEARS AGO, THE THOUGHT ON THIS 563 00:17:12,498 --> 00:17:14,100 ISSUE, SETTLE POLICY, SETTLE 564 00:17:14,100 --> 00:17:15,401 LAW, WHAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE 565 00:17:15,401 --> 00:17:16,502 LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IS THAT 566 00:17:16,502 --> 00:17:17,303 IT'S NEITHER. 567 00:17:17,303 --> 00:17:18,804 >> WELL, I THINK THAT THE BIG 568 00:17:18,804 --> 00:17:19,705 STEP THAT PEOPLE DIDN'T 569 00:17:19,705 --> 00:17:22,108 UNDERSTAND, THERE WAS ROE VERSUS 570 00:17:22,108 --> 00:17:24,710 WADE, THEN SOMETHING CALLED 571 00:17:24,710 --> 00:17:27,613 PLANNED PARENTHOOD VERSUS 572 00:17:27,613 --> 00:17:28,214 PENNSYLVANIA. 573 00:17:28,214 --> 00:17:29,415 THAT CASE WENT BEFORE THE 574 00:17:29,415 --> 00:17:29,815 SUPREME COURT. 575 00:17:29,815 --> 00:17:31,117 WHAT THE SUPREME COURT SAID WAS 576 00:17:31,117 --> 00:17:33,719 YOU CAN RESTRICT ACCESS TO 577 00:17:33,719 --> 00:17:36,055 ABORTION CARE AS LONG AS IT 578 00:17:36,055 --> 00:17:37,757 DOESN'T CREATE A QUOTE, UNQUOTE 579 00:17:37,757 --> 00:17:39,558 UNDUE BURDEN. 580 00:17:39,558 --> 00:17:42,361 SO I THINK ALL OF US ARE AMAZED 581 00:17:42,361 --> 00:17:46,065 AT THE -- THE WAYS UNDUE BURDEN 582 00:17:46,065 --> 00:17:48,267 HAS BEEN STRETCHED TO ITS 583 00:17:48,267 --> 00:17:50,970 HEIGHTS IN A STATE LIKE TEXAS 584 00:17:50,970 --> 00:17:52,872 WITH MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF -- 585 00:17:52,872 --> 00:17:54,574 >> OR ARKANSAS OR NORTH DAKOTA 586 00:17:54,574 --> 00:17:55,875 WHERE THE RESTRICTIONS ARE BEING 587 00:17:55,875 --> 00:17:56,776 PUT ON THIS PROCEDURE AND THE 588 00:17:56,776 --> 00:17:58,277 REALITY IS THAT ALTHOUGH 589 00:17:58,277 --> 00:17:59,779 ABORTION REMAINS LEGAL 590 00:17:59,779 --> 00:18:01,180 NATIONALLY IN SOME OF THESE 591 00:18:01,180 --> 00:18:02,081 STATES THEY'RE BASICALLY 592 00:18:02,081 --> 00:18:03,382 LIMITING ACCESS TO IT TO THE 593 00:18:03,382 --> 00:18:04,684 POINT THAT THE LEGAL STATUS IS 594 00:18:04,684 --> 00:18:04,884 IRRELEVANT. 595 00:18:04,884 --> 00:18:07,587 >> AND THE WAY THAT THEY CAN GO 596 00:18:07,587 --> 00:18:09,288 AROUND, KEEPING, SAYING IT'S 597 00:18:09,288 --> 00:18:10,589 LEGAL, OKAY, YOU CAN HAVE A 598 00:18:10,589 --> 00:18:12,091 CLINIC, BUT IN ORDER TO OPERATE 599 00:18:12,091 --> 00:18:14,594 THAT CLINIC, THE PHYSICIAN HAS 600 00:18:14,594 --> 00:18:16,195 TO HAVE ADMITTING PRIVILEGES TO 601 00:18:16,195 --> 00:18:17,697 A HOSPITAL, BUT THE ONLY -- 602 00:18:17,697 --> 00:18:19,799 WITHIN A 30-MILE RADIUS, WELL, 603 00:18:19,799 --> 00:18:22,501 EVERY HOSPITAL IN YOUR 30-MILE 604 00:18:22,501 --> 00:18:23,903 RADIUS, MIGHT BE A HOSPITAL THAT 605 00:18:23,903 --> 00:18:25,905 HAS A RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION, OR, 606 00:18:25,905 --> 00:18:27,306 AND THIS IS THE ONE THAT REALLY 607 00:18:27,306 --> 00:18:29,809 GETS ME, OUR TAX DOLLAR, WE 608 00:18:29,809 --> 00:18:31,911 VOTED TO NOT HAVE OUR TAX 609 00:18:31,911 --> 00:18:34,146 DOLLARS FUND ABORTION CARE, 610 00:18:34,146 --> 00:18:35,648 LET'S SAY, AND YOU HAVE A PUBLIC 611 00:18:35,648 --> 00:18:37,049 HOSPITAL, IF SOMEBODY WERE TO GO 612 00:18:37,049 --> 00:18:38,451 TO THE CLINIC AND NEED TO GET 613 00:18:38,451 --> 00:18:39,552 ADMITTING PRIVILEGES FROM THE 614 00:18:39,552 --> 00:18:41,253 PUBLIC HOSPITAL, WE WON'T -- 615 00:18:41,253 --> 00:18:44,056 IT'S NOT LEGAL TO PAY FOR THAT 616 00:18:44,056 --> 00:18:46,659 PROCEDURE, BECAUSE THE PUBLIC 617 00:18:46,659 --> 00:18:47,960 HOSPITAL, IT'S AGAINST THE LAW 618 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:50,062 TO HAVE PUBLIC FUNDS GO -- IT'S 619 00:18:50,062 --> 00:18:52,164 A WHOLE MESS THAT THEY GOT TO 620 00:18:52,164 --> 00:18:53,866 SORT OF IMPLEMENT, AND WITH ALL 621 00:18:53,866 --> 00:18:55,267 OF THESE LOOPHOLES THAT MAKE IT 622 00:18:55,267 --> 00:18:57,470 REALLY INACCESSIBLE, AND FOR ME, 623 00:18:57,470 --> 00:18:59,271 I -- I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE DEALT 624 00:18:59,271 --> 00:19:00,973 WITH A LOT OF SHAME AND STIGMA 625 00:19:00,973 --> 00:19:03,075 AROUND WOMEN NEEDING HEALTH 626 00:19:03,075 --> 00:19:04,677 CARE, AND INSTEAD OF USING 627 00:19:04,677 --> 00:19:06,579 MEDICAL BOOKS, WE'RE USING 628 00:19:06,579 --> 00:19:08,080 RELIGIOUS BOOKS AND WE'RE NOT 629 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:10,483 LOOKING AT INDIVIDUAL CASES OF 630 00:19:10,483 --> 00:19:13,786 WHY PEOPLE NEED TO HAVE EVEN 631 00:19:13,786 --> 00:19:15,087 BIRTH CONTROL, YOU KNOW, NOW WE 632 00:19:15,087 --> 00:19:16,789 HAVE HOBBY LOBBY AND IT'S LIKE 633 00:19:16,789 --> 00:19:19,091 THAT'S NOT EVEN ABOUT ABORTION 634 00:19:19,091 --> 00:19:20,593 CARE, THAT'S ABOUT BIRTH 635 00:19:20,593 --> 00:19:22,094 CONTROL, AND THEY SAY IT'S 636 00:19:22,094 --> 00:19:23,596 BECAUSE HOBBY LOBBY IS A CRAFT 637 00:19:23,596 --> 00:19:25,998 STORE THAT HAS A RELIGIOUS 638 00:19:25,998 --> 00:19:28,200 VIEWPOINT, WHICH I DIDN'T KNOW 639 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:31,103 THAT CRAFT STORES WERE ALSO 640 00:19:31,103 --> 00:19:31,704 CHURCHES. 641 00:19:31,704 --> 00:19:33,406 I THOUGHT THEY SOLD EXTENT 642 00:19:33,406 --> 00:19:34,040 SILLS -- 643 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:38,144 >> BUT OF COURSE THE OWNER SHIP 644 00:19:38,144 --> 00:19:39,745 OF THE STORE IS SAYING WE HAVE A 645 00:19:39,745 --> 00:19:40,846 RELIGIOUS POINT OF VIEW. 646 00:19:40,846 --> 00:19:42,148 YES, I HEAR EVERYTHING YOU'RE 647 00:19:42,148 --> 00:19:43,649 SAYING, THIS IS AN ISSUE FOR A 648 00:19:43,649 --> 00:19:45,651 LONG TIME HAS BEEN DIFFICULT TO 649 00:19:45,651 --> 00:19:46,952 SOLVE POLITICALLY. 650 00:19:46,952 --> 00:19:49,555 THERE'S A LOT OF DIVISION 651 00:19:49,555 --> 00:19:51,757 POLITICALLY ON THIS, ULTIMATELY 652 00:19:51,757 --> 00:19:53,059 POLITICS IS PRECEDED BY 653 00:19:53,059 --> 00:19:54,660 ELECTIONS, IN A LOT OF PLACES 654 00:19:54,660 --> 00:19:55,661 WHERE THESE ISSUES ARE COMING 655 00:19:55,661 --> 00:19:57,863 UP, YOU MIGHT SAY THAT ONE WAY 656 00:19:57,863 --> 00:19:59,165 TO CHANGE THIS IS TO CHANGE THE 657 00:19:59,165 --> 00:20:00,566 PEOPLE IN OFFICE, SO HOW DO YOU 658 00:20:00,566 --> 00:20:02,268 GET PEOPLE -- HOW DO YOU GET -- 659 00:20:02,268 --> 00:20:03,569 IF THAT'S YOUR PERSPECTIVE, HOW 660 00:20:03,569 --> 00:20:05,371 DO YOU GET PEOPLE TO TURN OUT 661 00:20:05,371 --> 00:20:06,272 AND ADVOCATE FOR THE POSITION 662 00:20:06,272 --> 00:20:07,873 THAT YOU'RE TAKING AND 663 00:20:07,873 --> 00:20:09,175 ULTIMATELY CHANGE LEADERSHIP. 664 00:20:09,175 --> 00:20:11,377 >> WELL, MY GOAL WITH THIS SORT 665 00:20:11,377 --> 00:20:14,380 OF -- I'VE STARTED AN 666 00:20:14,380 --> 00:20:15,881 ORGANIZATION CALLED LADY PARTS 667 00:20:15,881 --> 00:20:16,582 JUSTICE -- 668 00:20:16,582 --> 00:20:19,085 >> YOU CAN SAY THAT ON PUBLIC 669 00:20:19,085 --> 00:20:20,286 TELEVISION, THAT'S FINE. 670 00:20:20,286 --> 00:20:23,889 >> WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS 671 00:20:23,889 --> 00:20:26,392 GETTING -- PART OF IT IS THAT 672 00:20:26,392 --> 00:20:27,793 PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THE ASSAULT IS 673 00:20:27,793 --> 00:20:29,495 SO GREAT AND THAT IT'S COMING ON 674 00:20:29,495 --> 00:20:30,996 A STATE LEVEL, OREGON IS THE 675 00:20:30,996 --> 00:20:32,398 ONLY STATE THAT HAS NOT DONE 676 00:20:32,398 --> 00:20:33,833 SOME SORT OF CURBING OF 677 00:20:33,833 --> 00:20:35,334 REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE LAW 678 00:20:35,334 --> 00:20:38,137 SINCE ROW V. WADE. 679 00:20:38,137 --> 00:20:40,139 IT'S KIND OF AMAZING, SO IF WE 680 00:20:40,139 --> 00:20:41,941 CAN GET PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND 681 00:20:41,941 --> 00:20:44,543 THAT IT'S HAPPENING, BECAUSE TEN 682 00:20:44,543 --> 00:20:47,046 MILLION MORE WOMEN THAN MEN 683 00:20:47,046 --> 00:20:48,748 VOTED IN THE LAST GENERAL, THE 684 00:20:48,748 --> 00:20:50,149 BIG LAST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. 685 00:20:50,149 --> 00:20:51,650 IF WE CAN GET THEM TO UNDERSTAND 686 00:20:51,650 --> 00:20:53,052 THIS IS HAPPENING, ESPECIALLY ON 687 00:20:53,052 --> 00:20:55,154 A STATE LEVEL WHERE YOU CAN MAKE 688 00:20:55,154 --> 00:20:56,255 A DIFFERENCE, SOMEBODY IS NOT 689 00:20:56,255 --> 00:20:57,456 POLITICAL AT ALL, THEY'RE GOING 690 00:20:57,456 --> 00:20:59,258 TO BE INTRODUCED TO IT FOR THE 691 00:20:59,258 --> 00:21:00,960 FIRST TIME, HEY, THIS IS 692 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:02,361 HAPPENING, IT'S HAPPENING IN 693 00:21:02,361 --> 00:21:03,963 YOUR STATE, THAT GUY THAT 694 00:21:03,963 --> 00:21:05,364 REPRESENTS YOU IS KIND OF A 695 00:21:05,364 --> 00:21:06,866 CREEP, TURNS OUT. 696 00:21:06,866 --> 00:21:07,066 [ LAUGHTER ] 697 00:21:07,066 --> 00:21:09,268 THEN PEOPLE LIKE, WHOA, REALLY? 698 00:21:09,268 --> 00:21:10,970 SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE HAVE 699 00:21:10,970 --> 00:21:12,571 STARTED THIS YEAR, 700 00:21:12,571 --> 00:21:14,373 SEPTEMBER 27th, WHICH WILL BE 701 00:21:14,373 --> 00:21:18,778 BEFORE THIS AIRS, NATIONAL DAY 702 00:21:18,778 --> 00:21:19,879 OF ACTION, WHERE THERE'S 703 00:21:19,879 --> 00:21:21,881 CONCERTS AND HOUSE PARTIES GOING 704 00:21:21,881 --> 00:21:24,183 ON ALL OVER THE PLACE. 705 00:21:24,183 --> 00:21:26,986 IN THE COUNTRY, THE CONCERTS 706 00:21:26,986 --> 00:21:31,290 WITH MEDIANS, MUSICIANS, POETS, 707 00:21:31,290 --> 00:21:32,691 COCKTAILS, HAVING A LOT OF FUN 708 00:21:32,691 --> 00:21:34,627 AND THEN TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S ON 709 00:21:34,627 --> 00:21:37,229 THE BALLOT IN THEIR STATE, AND 710 00:21:37,229 --> 00:21:39,131 NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN IT'S WOMEN 711 00:21:39,131 --> 00:21:40,332 AND NOT IN A GOOD WAY. 712 00:21:40,332 --> 00:21:41,534 SO IF WE CAN GET PEOPLE TO 713 00:21:41,534 --> 00:21:43,035 ATTEND THESE HOUSE PARTIES, 714 00:21:43,035 --> 00:21:44,036 INTERACT WITH OUR WEBSITE TO 715 00:21:44,036 --> 00:21:45,237 LEARN ABOUT THE LAWS IN THEIR 716 00:21:45,237 --> 00:21:47,039 STATE, GATHER WITH THEIR FRIENDS 717 00:21:47,039 --> 00:21:49,842 TO SAY I KIND OF WANT TO GET RID 718 00:21:49,842 --> 00:21:51,644 OF THAT GUY, I WANT TO MAKE THE 719 00:21:51,644 --> 00:21:52,945 COMMITMENT TO GET TEN FRIENDS TO 720 00:21:52,945 --> 00:21:54,547 GO VOTE OR WHATEVER IT IS. 721 00:21:54,547 --> 00:21:56,248 WE CAN KIND OF HAVE THIS ANNUAL, 722 00:21:56,248 --> 00:22:01,353 BASICALLY THE WAY THE LGB. 723 00:22:01,353 --> 00:22:02,755 THE COMMUNITY, WE WANT WOMEN TO 724 00:22:02,755 --> 00:22:04,256 START GATHERING IN THE LATE FALL 725 00:22:04,256 --> 00:22:05,357 RIGHT BEFORE THE ELECTION TO 726 00:22:05,357 --> 00:22:07,860 SAY, HEY, LET'S REMIND PEOPLE 727 00:22:07,860 --> 00:22:09,962 WHAT'S AT STAKE, THERE'S AN 728 00:22:09,962 --> 00:22:11,063 ELECTION EVERY YEAR, LET'S HAVE 729 00:22:11,063 --> 00:22:13,465 SOME WINE, LET'S HAVE SOME FUN. 730 00:22:13,465 --> 00:22:14,867 OLD FASHIONED POLITICAL 731 00:22:14,867 --> 00:22:15,968 ACTIVISM. 732 00:22:15,968 --> 00:22:17,169 WE'RE SITTING AROUND GOING WHAT 733 00:22:17,169 --> 00:22:18,571 ARE WE GOING TO DO TONIGHT? 734 00:22:18,571 --> 00:22:20,072 HOW ABOUT MAKE SOME TROUBLE? 735 00:22:20,072 --> 00:22:21,674 >> WELL, THAT WOULD BE ONE 736 00:22:21,674 --> 00:22:21,874 OPTION. 737 00:22:21,874 --> 00:22:22,274 >> YEAH. 738 00:22:22,274 --> 00:22:22,875 >> RIGHT. 739 00:22:22,875 --> 00:22:24,276 WE HAVE A COUPLE OF MINUTES 740 00:22:24,276 --> 00:22:25,578 LEFT, LIZZ, YOU MENTIONED YOU 741 00:22:25,578 --> 00:22:28,581 WERE FROM MINNESOTA. 742 00:22:28,581 --> 00:22:30,182 OH, I SURE AM. 743 00:22:30,182 --> 00:22:34,286 >> THIS IS A STATE THAT PRODUCED 744 00:22:34,286 --> 00:22:37,289 BOTH AL FRANKEN AND MICHELLE 745 00:22:37,289 --> 00:22:38,791 BACHMANN, EXPLAIN THAT AND HELP 746 00:22:38,791 --> 00:22:41,594 US UNDERSTAND THE ROOTS OF YOUR 747 00:22:41,594 --> 00:22:43,295 OWN ISSUES GOING BACK TO WHEN 748 00:22:43,295 --> 00:22:43,996 YOU WERE GROWING UP. 749 00:22:43,996 --> 00:22:47,199 >> IT'S FUNNY, MY DAD IS FROM 750 00:22:47,199 --> 00:22:50,402 PHILADELPHIA, MISSISSIPPI, HOT 751 00:22:50,402 --> 00:22:51,904 BED OF LIBERALISM. 752 00:22:51,904 --> 00:22:53,505 MY MOM IS FROM WIN SEW AT THAT, 753 00:22:53,505 --> 00:22:55,307 THEY MET IN WORLD WAR II IN 754 00:22:55,307 --> 00:22:56,108 WASHINGTON, D.C., MY DAD 755 00:22:56,108 --> 00:22:57,509 LITERALLY UP UNTIL THE DAY HE 756 00:22:57,509 --> 00:22:59,812 DIED WOULD GO TO THE LOCAL CBS 757 00:22:59,812 --> 00:23:02,114 AFFILIATE AND BITCH ABOUT HUE 758 00:23:02,114 --> 00:23:05,517 BERT HUMPHREY AND HE DIED IN 759 00:23:05,517 --> 00:23:05,818 2005. 760 00:23:05,818 --> 00:23:07,519 >> A LITTLE LONGER THAN 761 00:23:07,519 --> 00:23:08,220 HUMPHREY. 762 00:23:08,220 --> 00:23:09,021 >> YEAH. 763 00:23:09,021 --> 00:23:11,624 SO IT'S JUST AS MY FATHER SAID 764 00:23:11,624 --> 00:23:13,325 TO ME, WHICH IS GREAT, WE HAVE A 765 00:23:13,325 --> 00:23:15,327 VERY -- I'M YOUNGEST OF FIVE 766 00:23:15,327 --> 00:23:17,529 KIDS, CATHOLIC, AGAIN, THAT WAS 767 00:23:17,529 --> 00:23:20,432 IN MINNESOTA THE LUTHERAN POLICE 768 00:23:20,432 --> 00:23:22,835 STATE, OKAY, WE ARE THE 769 00:23:22,835 --> 00:23:24,436 OPPRESSED ONES. 770 00:23:24,436 --> 00:23:27,139 SO MY DAD WAS FUNNY, MY MOM WAS 771 00:23:27,139 --> 00:23:30,943 FUNNY, AND MY DAD SAID, DANG IT, 772 00:23:30,943 --> 00:23:32,344 LIZZ, I RAISED YOU TO HAVE AN 773 00:23:32,344 --> 00:23:33,979 OPINION AND I FORGOT TO TELL YOU 774 00:23:33,979 --> 00:23:35,981 IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MINE. 775 00:23:35,981 --> 00:23:36,382 [ LAUGHTER ] 776 00:23:36,382 --> 00:23:37,583 >> THAT HAPPENS. 777 00:23:37,583 --> 00:23:39,285 >> THAT HAPPENS, SO THE MICHELLE 778 00:23:39,285 --> 00:23:41,787 BACHMANN THING HAPPENS AND WE'RE 779 00:23:41,787 --> 00:23:44,089 ALL WONDERING, WE STILL ALL 780 00:23:44,089 --> 00:23:45,391 WONDER, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE 781 00:23:45,391 --> 00:23:47,293 BIT -- IT'S A LITTLE BIT ODD, 782 00:23:47,293 --> 00:23:50,796 BUT MINNESOTA IS A FUNNY THING, 783 00:23:50,796 --> 00:23:53,899 BECAUSE WE PASSED MARRIAGE 784 00:23:53,899 --> 00:23:55,401 EQUALITY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, 785 00:23:55,401 --> 00:23:56,902 AND I WENT BACK TO DOOR KNOCK, 786 00:23:56,902 --> 00:23:58,904 THIS SUMS UP MINNESOTA TO ME IN 787 00:23:58,904 --> 00:24:00,005 A NUTSHELL. 788 00:24:00,005 --> 00:24:01,307 I WENT TO A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT 789 00:24:01,307 --> 00:24:04,209 WAS WORKING CLASS NEIGHBORHOOD, 790 00:24:04,209 --> 00:24:05,711 A LITTLE BIT OF LIKE SOME PEOPLE 791 00:24:05,711 --> 00:24:07,212 FOR IT, SOME PEOPLE AGAINST IT, 792 00:24:07,212 --> 00:24:08,614 SO HOUSE TO HOUSE YOU DIDN'T 793 00:24:08,614 --> 00:24:09,915 KNOW IF YOU WERE GOING TO GET 794 00:24:09,915 --> 00:24:11,116 SOMEBODY WHO WAS FOR IT OR 795 00:24:11,116 --> 00:24:11,617 AGAINST IT. 796 00:24:11,617 --> 00:24:13,619 SO I KNOCK ON A DOOR AND A WOMAN 797 00:24:13,619 --> 00:24:15,821 OPENS UP, SHE GOES, OH, HI, COME 798 00:24:15,821 --> 00:24:16,522 ON IN. 799 00:24:16,522 --> 00:24:18,924 I WALK IN, SO WHY ARE YOU HERE? 800 00:24:18,924 --> 00:24:20,526 MAYBE YOU SHOULD HAVE ASKED ME 801 00:24:20,526 --> 00:24:23,529 BEFORE YOU LET ME IN, BUT OKAY. 802 00:24:23,529 --> 00:24:25,631 IT'S MINNESOTA, IT'S HOW WE 803 00:24:25,631 --> 00:24:25,931 ROLL. 804 00:24:25,931 --> 00:24:27,833 I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT 805 00:24:27,833 --> 00:24:29,335 AMENDMENT 2, HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT 806 00:24:29,335 --> 00:24:30,936 IT, THIS WAS THE MARRIAGE 807 00:24:30,936 --> 00:24:31,437 AMENDMENT. 808 00:24:31,437 --> 00:24:33,238 SHE GOES, OH, YOU KNOW, I 809 00:24:33,238 --> 00:24:34,573 JUST -- I DON'T KNOW, I FEEL 810 00:24:34,573 --> 00:24:36,475 REAL -- I FEEL REAL CONFUSED. 811 00:24:36,475 --> 00:24:38,277 I SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, CAN I 812 00:24:38,277 --> 00:24:38,978 HELP YOU. 813 00:24:38,978 --> 00:24:41,080 SHE SAID, WELL, HERE IS MY DEAL. 814 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:43,582 I DON'T KNOW THAT I'M OKAY WITH 815 00:24:43,582 --> 00:24:45,684 TWO GUYS GETTING MARRIED, BUT I 816 00:24:45,684 --> 00:24:46,685 DON'T WANT TO BE A JERK ABOUT 817 00:24:46,685 --> 00:24:47,386 IT. 818 00:24:47,386 --> 00:24:49,588 [ LAUGHTER ] 819 00:24:49,588 --> 00:24:51,991 >> THAT SUMS UP A LOT OF PEOPLE. 820 00:24:51,991 --> 00:24:53,092 >> IT DOES. 821 00:24:53,092 --> 00:24:54,493 AND, YOU KNOW, IF EVERYBODY 822 00:24:54,493 --> 00:24:55,994 COULD JUST KIND OF GO WITH THAT 823 00:24:55,994 --> 00:24:56,795 FLOW, RIGHT. 824 00:24:56,795 --> 00:24:58,097 >> YOU WERE GOOD WITH THAT. 825 00:24:58,097 --> 00:24:59,498 >> I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, 826 00:24:59,498 --> 00:25:01,300 EXACTLY, SO MAYBE JUST SIT THIS 827 00:25:01,300 --> 00:25:02,301 ONE OUT. 828 00:25:02,301 --> 00:25:05,404 YOU'RE NOT SURE, YOU KNOW, IF 829 00:25:05,404 --> 00:25:07,306 AMERICA WOULD JUST SAY MAYBE I 830 00:25:07,306 --> 00:25:08,707 DON'T LIKE THIS BUT I DON'T WANT 831 00:25:08,707 --> 00:25:10,809 TO BE A JERK ABOUT IT. 832 00:25:10,809 --> 00:25:12,211 >> THERE'S A POLITICAL 833 00:25:12,211 --> 00:25:14,313 PHILOSOPHY THAT CAN APPLY 834 00:25:14,313 --> 00:25:15,514 ACTUALLY ACROSS THE BOARD. 835 00:25:15,514 --> 00:25:18,017 >> YEAH. 836 00:25:18,017 --> 00:25:18,417 [ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] 837 00:25:18,417 --> 00:25:20,119 >> I THINK THAT'S A VERY SMART 838 00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:20,319 IDEA. 839 00:25:20,319 --> 00:25:20,819 >> I AGREE. 840 00:25:20,819 --> 00:25:23,522 >> WOULDN'T LIFE BE BETTER -- I 841 00:25:23,522 --> 00:25:24,723 APPRECIATE YOU MAKING TIME TO BE 842 00:25:24,723 --> 00:25:25,224 HERE WITH US. 843 00:25:25,224 --> 00:25:26,425 >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME. 844 00:25:26,425 --> 00:25:28,327 >> FUN TO VISIT WITH YOU, LIZZ 845 00:25:28,327 --> 00:25:29,328 WINSTEAD. 846 00:25:29,328 --> 00:25:31,130 GOOD LUCK WITH EVERYTHING YOU'RE 847 00:25:31,130 --> 00:25:32,931 DOING. 848 00:25:32,931 --> 00:25:34,867 >> WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU JOIN US 849 00:25:34,867 --> 00:25:36,568 IN THE STUDIO, VISIT OUR WEBSITE 850 00:25:36,568 --> 00:25:40,372 AT KLRU.ORG/OVERHEARD TO FIND 851 00:25:40,372 --> 00:25:42,775 INVITATIONS TO INTERVIEWS, Q AND 852 00:25:42,775 --> 00:25:44,977 A'S WITH OUR AUDIENCE AND GUESTS 853 00:25:44,977 --> 00:25:47,179 AND ARCHIVE OF PAST EPISODES. 854 00:25:47,179 --> 00:25:49,281 >> IF YOU SPECIAL DO THINGS THAT 855 00:25:49,281 --> 00:25:53,485 ARE CONTROVERSIAL, OR EDGY, YOU 856 00:25:53,485 --> 00:25:54,686 NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO 857 00:25:54,686 --> 00:25:56,789 CROSS THE LINE, AND THE LINE IS 858 00:25:56,789 --> 00:25:58,190 ALWAYS MOVING, AND SO BECAUSE 859 00:25:58,190 --> 00:25:59,892 THE LINE IS ALWAYS MOVING, YOU 860 00:25:59,892 --> 00:26:01,994 HAVE TO BE CONFIDENT IN WHAT 861 00:26:01,994 --> 00:26:03,595 YOU'RE SAYING SO THAT YOU CAN 862 00:26:03,595 --> 00:26:05,998 DEFEND IT. 863 00:26:05,998 --> 00:26:13,705 >> FUNDING FOR OVERHEARD WITH 864 00:26:13,705 --> 00:26:15,707 EVAN SMITH IS PROVIDED IN PART 865 00:26:15,707 --> 00:26:18,010 BY MFI FOUNDATION. 866 00:26:18,010 --> 00:26:19,711 IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE 867 00:26:19,711 --> 00:26:20,712 WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. 868 00:26:20,712 --> 00:26:22,414 AND FROM THE TEXAS BOARD OF 869 00:26:22,414 --> 00:26:24,316 LEGAL SPECIALIZATION, BOARD 870 00:26:24,316 --> 00:26:26,118 CERTIFIED ATTORNEYS IN YOUR 871 00:26:26,118 --> 00:26:26,819 COMMUNITY. 872 00:26:26,819 --> 00:26:28,520 EXPERIENCED, RESPECTED, AND 873 00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:29,121 TESTED. 874 00:26:29,121 --> 00:26:32,524 ALSO, BY HILLCO PARTNERS. 875 00:26:32,524 --> 00:26:33,959 TEXAS GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS 876 00:26:33,959 --> 00:26:36,061 CONSULTANCY AND ITS GLOBAL 877 00:26:36,061 --> 00:26:37,463 HEALTH CARE CONSULTING BUSINESS 878 00:26:37,463 --> 00:26:40,365 UNIT, HILLCO HEALTH, AND BY THE 879 00:26:40,365 --> 00:26:42,267 ALICE KLEBERG REYNOLDS 880 00:26:42,267 --> 00:26:43,669 FOUNDATION AND VIEWERS LIKE YOU. 881 00:26:43,669 --> 00:26:44,369 THANK YOU. 882 00:26:44,369 --> 00:27:09,895 >> THIS WEEK ON OVER HERD, THE 883 00:27:09,895 --> 00:27:11,897 COCREATOR OF THE DAILY SHOW, 884 00:27:11,897 --> 00:27:12,498 LIZZ WINSTEAD. 885 00:27:12,498 --> 00:27:14,900 >> IF YOU FACT CHECK "THE DAILY 886 00:27:14,900 --> 00:27:16,902 SHOW" IT COMES OUT ACCURATE, AND 887 00:27:16,902 --> 00:27:18,704 IF IT'S LIBERAL LEANING, ONE 888 00:27:18,704 --> 00:27:21,306 COULD DEDUCE THAT IF YOU'RE 889 00:27:21,306 --> 00:27:23,308 LIBERAL LEANING YOU'RE SPEWING 890 00:27:23,308 --> 00:27:24,009 OUT THE FACTS. 891 00:27:24,009 --> 00:27:24,510 >> RIGHT, OKAY. 892 00:27:24,510 --> 00:27:28,614 >> MY DAD SAID DANG IT, LIZZ, I 893 00:27:28,614 --> 00:27:29,815 RAISED YOU TO HAVE AN OPINION 894 00:27:29,815 --> 00:27:31,416 AND I FORGOT TO TELL YOU IT WAS 895 00:27:31,416 --> 00:27:32,417 SUPPOSED TO BE MINE. 896 00:27:32,417 --> 00:27:33,018 [ LAUGHTER ]