1 00:00:00,534 --> 00:00:01,902 [theme music] 2 00:00:02,002 --> 00:00:03,270 ANNOUNCER: Coming to you from New 3 00:00:03,370 --> 00:00:07,508 York City, the only city in America, it's The Daily Show. 4 00:00:07,608 --> 00:00:14,348 Tonight, chat bots are talking, the history of drag, 5 00:00:14,448 --> 00:00:16,884 and Tressie McMillan Cottom. 6 00:00:16,984 --> 00:00:20,153 This is The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. 7 00:00:20,254 --> 00:00:27,227 [cheering] 8 00:00:32,232 --> 00:00:34,101 What's going on, everybody? Welcome to The Daily Show. 9 00:00:34,201 --> 00:00:35,102 I'm Trevor Noah. 10 00:00:35,202 --> 00:00:36,603 Thank you so much for tuning in. 11 00:00:36,703 --> 00:00:38,605 Thank you for coming out in person. 12 00:00:38,705 --> 00:00:39,606 Thank you for being here. 13 00:00:39,706 --> 00:00:40,607 Thank you for being here. 14 00:00:40,707 --> 00:00:41,742 Thank you so much for being here. 15 00:00:41,842 --> 00:00:43,043 Take a seat, everybody. 16 00:00:43,143 --> 00:00:45,913 We have got a great show for you tonight. 17 00:00:46,013 --> 00:00:48,916 Donald Trump is now beefing with the Constitution. 18 00:00:49,016 --> 00:00:50,884 Dulcé Sloan gets into drag. 19 00:00:50,984 --> 00:00:53,954 And artificial intelligence could replace us all. 20 00:00:54,054 --> 00:00:55,255 Or has it already? 21 00:00:55,355 --> 00:00:56,690 So let's do this, people. 22 00:00:56,790 --> 00:00:59,159 Let's jump straight into today's headlines. 23 00:00:59,259 --> 00:01:06,066 [cheering] 24 00:01:06,166 --> 00:01:07,334 All right. 25 00:01:07,434 --> 00:01:08,735 Before we get into the big stories, 26 00:01:08,836 --> 00:01:11,505 let's catch up on a few other things going on in the world, 27 00:01:11,605 --> 00:01:14,274 starting with the World Cup. 28 00:01:14,374 --> 00:01:16,710 On Saturday, the world's biggest sporting event 29 00:01:16,810 --> 00:01:20,314 kicked off the round of 16 with the Netherlands scoring yet 30 00:01:20,414 --> 00:01:22,416 another victory and the United States 31 00:01:22,516 --> 00:01:26,119 learning firsthand why they call it the knockout stages. 32 00:01:26,220 --> 00:01:28,322 And this was especially humiliating for the US 33 00:01:28,422 --> 00:01:31,091 because the Dutch team plays in those little, wooden 34 00:01:31,158 --> 00:01:33,527 shoes, so-- 35 00:01:33,627 --> 00:01:34,528 but don't be sad. 36 00:01:34,628 --> 00:01:35,662 Don't be sad. 37 00:01:35,762 --> 00:01:37,097 The good news for America is the next World 38 00:01:37,164 --> 00:01:38,899 Cup will be in the US. 39 00:01:38,999 --> 00:01:39,900 Yeah. 40 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:42,336 [cheering] 41 00:01:42,436 --> 00:01:45,839 Which means-- which means all the players 42 00:01:45,939 --> 00:01:47,307 will be allowed to use guns. 43 00:01:47,407 --> 00:01:48,308 Yeah. 44 00:01:48,408 --> 00:01:49,309 Don't worry. 45 00:01:49,409 --> 00:01:50,377 Don't worry. 46 00:01:50,477 --> 00:01:51,712 They can't use their hands to shoot them. 47 00:01:51,812 --> 00:01:53,647 Should be interesting. 48 00:01:53,747 --> 00:01:56,216 In international news, after months of protests 49 00:01:56,316 --> 00:01:58,685 over its strict hijab laws, Iran 50 00:01:58,785 --> 00:02:01,355 is reportedly considering abolishing 51 00:02:01,455 --> 00:02:03,490 its infamous morality police. 52 00:02:03,590 --> 00:02:05,759 [cheering] 53 00:02:05,859 --> 00:02:07,561 Yeah. 54 00:02:07,661 --> 00:02:09,863 That's right. 55 00:02:09,963 --> 00:02:11,231 And if that happened, it would be wild. 56 00:02:11,331 --> 00:02:13,500 Iran might defund the police before Milwaukee. 57 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:16,436 Speaking of morality police, some news 58 00:02:16,537 --> 00:02:17,571 out of the US Supreme Court. 59 00:02:17,671 --> 00:02:19,506 This morning the justices heard arguments 60 00:02:19,606 --> 00:02:22,843 on whether a Colorado-based web designer can refuse to build 61 00:02:22,943 --> 00:02:26,680 websites for gay weddings, which she says 62 00:02:26,780 --> 00:02:30,717 violates her religious beliefs. 63 00:02:30,817 --> 00:02:34,788 And I'm sorry, but what is this web designer's process 64 00:02:34,888 --> 00:02:37,624 that making a wedding website violates 65 00:02:37,724 --> 00:02:40,127 her religious beliefs? 66 00:02:40,227 --> 00:02:44,865 It's just like, OK, I'm adding your hotel block info, time 67 00:02:44,965 --> 00:02:47,100 and date of ceremony, a hardcore 68 00:02:47,167 --> 00:02:50,337 video of the two of you [bleep] each other, and done. 69 00:02:50,437 --> 00:02:52,806 [laughter] 70 00:02:52,906 --> 00:02:53,807 Out of here, man. 71 00:02:53,907 --> 00:02:55,175 All right, let's move on to some 72 00:02:55,275 --> 00:02:56,844 of the biggest stories of the day, starting with Twitter. 73 00:02:56,944 --> 00:02:58,645 It's what Elon Musk bought for his midlife crisis 74 00:02:58,745 --> 00:03:00,047 instead of a Lamborghini. 75 00:03:00,147 --> 00:03:04,885 Over the weekend, Elon released the so-called Twitter files, 76 00:03:05,052 --> 00:03:06,887 which many conservatives had hoped 77 00:03:07,054 --> 00:03:10,090 would prove that Twitter colluded with Democrats 78 00:03:10,190 --> 00:03:13,227 to censor news about Hunter Biden's laptop 79 00:03:13,327 --> 00:03:15,429 during the 2020 election. 80 00:03:15,529 --> 00:03:18,565 Instead, they mostly just showed the Biden 81 00:03:18,665 --> 00:03:20,667 campaign asking Twitter to take down 82 00:03:20,767 --> 00:03:24,638 nude photos of Hunter Biden. 83 00:03:24,738 --> 00:03:26,507 So, yeah, sorry, everyone. 84 00:03:26,607 --> 00:03:27,841 If you want to see naked people, 85 00:03:27,941 --> 00:03:29,843 you've got to go to every other website on the internet, 86 00:03:29,943 --> 00:03:31,378 I guess. 87 00:03:31,478 --> 00:03:33,313 So the Twitter files turned out to be a major letdown 88 00:03:33,413 --> 00:03:34,314 for conservatives. 89 00:03:34,414 --> 00:03:35,315 Right? 90 00:03:35,415 --> 00:03:36,750 There was no proof of a conspiracy 91 00:03:36,850 --> 00:03:37,985 to help defeat Donald Trump. 92 00:03:38,085 --> 00:03:40,387 But you know who doesn't care about any of that? 93 00:03:40,487 --> 00:03:41,655 Donald Trump. 94 00:03:41,755 --> 00:03:44,091 Former President Donald Trump's false claims 95 00:03:44,191 --> 00:03:46,527 about the 2020 election now have 96 00:03:46,627 --> 00:03:50,130 him calling for the Constitution to be terminated. 97 00:03:50,230 --> 00:03:53,200 "With the revelation of massive and widespread fraud 98 00:03:53,300 --> 00:03:56,136 and deception in working closely with big tech 99 00:03:56,236 --> 00:03:58,805 companies, the DNC, and the Democratic Party, 100 00:03:58,906 --> 00:04:02,242 do you throw the presidential election results of 2020 101 00:04:02,342 --> 00:04:05,045 out and declare the rightful winner, 102 00:04:05,078 --> 00:04:07,714 or do you have a new election? 103 00:04:07,814 --> 00:04:10,651 A massive fraud of this type and magnitude 104 00:04:10,751 --> 00:04:13,554 allows for the termination of all rules, 105 00:04:13,654 --> 00:04:16,623 regulations, and articles, even those 106 00:04:16,723 --> 00:04:19,159 found in the Constitution." 107 00:04:19,259 --> 00:04:20,561 Yeah, that's right. 108 00:04:20,661 --> 00:04:23,330 The Republican frontrunner for president of the United States 109 00:04:23,430 --> 00:04:27,067 wants to terminate the Constitution 110 00:04:27,167 --> 00:04:28,602 because Twitter wouldn't allow him 111 00:04:28,702 --> 00:04:30,170 to see Hunter Biden's dick. Yeah. 112 00:04:30,270 --> 00:04:31,471 [laughter] 113 00:04:31,572 --> 00:04:33,106 He's like, (IMITATING TRUMP) I want to see the peepee. 114 00:04:33,207 --> 00:04:34,875 I want to see it. 115 00:04:34,975 --> 00:04:37,711 I want to see what I'm dealing with. 116 00:04:37,811 --> 00:04:39,112 If you want to see Hunter Biden's dick, 117 00:04:39,213 --> 00:04:41,248 just get a bag of cocaine like everyone else, Mr. President. 118 00:04:41,348 --> 00:04:43,951 Also, why is this still news? 119 00:04:44,084 --> 00:04:45,452 Can anyone tell me? 120 00:04:45,552 --> 00:04:46,787 Like, why is this still even a headline? 121 00:04:46,887 --> 00:04:48,655 Donald Trump thinks this undermines the election. 122 00:04:48,755 --> 00:04:50,224 He thinks that about everything-- 123 00:04:50,324 --> 00:04:51,225 everything. 124 00:04:51,325 --> 00:04:53,193 However the math equation starts, 125 00:04:53,293 --> 00:04:55,762 his answer is always the same. 126 00:04:55,863 --> 00:04:57,331 Doesn't matter where-- it's like a waiter could 127 00:04:57,431 --> 00:04:58,665 come up like, I'm sorry, sir. 128 00:04:58,765 --> 00:05:00,300 The kitchen says we've run out of the Mickey 129 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:02,636 Mouse pancakes. (IMITATING TRUMP) This is the last straw. 130 00:05:02,736 --> 00:05:05,939 We need to redo the election. 131 00:05:06,039 --> 00:05:07,708 We do have the Donald Duck waffles. (IMITATING TRUMP) 132 00:05:07,808 --> 00:05:08,709 It's too late. 133 00:05:08,809 --> 00:05:10,043 I'm storming the Capitol. 134 00:05:10,110 --> 00:05:13,580 I'll have those to go, please. 135 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:15,516 And, look, I get that Trump doesn't like to lose. 136 00:05:15,616 --> 00:05:18,218 But, my man, 2020 is over. 137 00:05:18,318 --> 00:05:20,087 You've got to move on. 138 00:05:20,187 --> 00:05:22,689 Trump is like one of those guys who never stops trying 139 00:05:22,789 --> 00:05:24,658 to get back with his ex. 140 00:05:24,758 --> 00:05:27,494 Like, he's texting her years later like, hey, you up? 141 00:05:27,594 --> 00:05:32,466 And she's like, yeah, I'm up with my kids from my marriage. 142 00:05:32,566 --> 00:05:34,301 Like, oh, still playing hard to get. 143 00:05:34,401 --> 00:05:35,402 I like that. 144 00:05:35,502 --> 00:05:38,272 I like that. 145 00:05:38,372 --> 00:05:40,140 But, honestly, though, what a start 146 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:42,309 to the Trump 2024 campaign. 147 00:05:42,409 --> 00:05:44,378 First, he had dinner with Nazi lovers. 148 00:05:44,478 --> 00:05:46,980 Now he's calling to scrap the Constitution. 149 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:48,248 What's next? 150 00:05:48,348 --> 00:05:50,684 Is he going to give the Lincoln Memorial enormous boobs, 151 00:05:50,784 --> 00:05:53,153 and still the GOP is going to come out like, (IMITATING 152 00:05:53,253 --> 00:05:54,321 MCCONNELL) well, I personally would 153 00:05:54,421 --> 00:05:55,689 have gone with a tasteful B cup, 154 00:05:55,789 --> 00:05:58,659 but I think President Trump's heart is in the right place. 155 00:05:58,759 --> 00:06:00,827 Mah. 156 00:06:00,928 --> 00:06:02,596 But enough of Trump and his craziness. 157 00:06:02,696 --> 00:06:05,465 Let's calm things down with a news story out of Tampa, 158 00:06:05,566 --> 00:06:08,602 Florida, where we finally found the answer to the quantum 159 00:06:08,702 --> 00:06:13,440 physics paradox, what happens when a police officer pulls 160 00:06:13,540 --> 00:06:15,943 over the chief of police? 161 00:06:16,043 --> 00:06:18,478 Tampa's top cop has been placed on administrative leave 162 00:06:18,579 --> 00:06:20,380 after she flashed her badge, apparently 163 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:22,416 using her status as police chief 164 00:06:22,516 --> 00:06:24,051 to get out of a traffic stop. 165 00:06:24,117 --> 00:06:27,855 After the deputy proceeds to explain to them why they were 166 00:06:27,955 --> 00:06:29,690 being pulled over, which, by the way, 167 00:06:29,790 --> 00:06:32,392 was because they were driving a golf cart on a public road 168 00:06:32,492 --> 00:06:35,095 without the appropriate tags, this happened. 169 00:06:35,195 --> 00:06:36,430 Is your camera on? 170 00:06:36,530 --> 00:06:37,865 OFFICER: It is. 171 00:06:37,965 --> 00:06:39,833 I'm the police chief in Tampa. 172 00:06:39,933 --> 00:06:41,101 OFFICER: Oh, how you doing? 173 00:06:41,201 --> 00:06:42,102 I'm doing good. 174 00:06:42,202 --> 00:06:43,237 OFFICER: OK. 175 00:06:43,337 --> 00:06:44,972 I'm hoping that you'll just let us go tonight. 176 00:06:45,072 --> 00:06:46,440 OFFICER: Oh, OK, yeah. 177 00:06:46,540 --> 00:06:47,441 All right, folks. 178 00:06:47,541 --> 00:06:49,276 Well, have a good night. 179 00:06:49,376 --> 00:06:50,344 Oh, all right. 180 00:06:50,444 --> 00:06:51,812 You ever need anything-- call me. 181 00:06:51,912 --> 00:06:52,980 OFFICER: OK. - Serious. 182 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:54,181 OFFICER: All right, appreciate that. 183 00:06:54,281 --> 00:06:55,182 Thank you. OFFICER: Yes, ma'am. 184 00:06:55,282 --> 00:06:56,183 You're welcome. So-- 185 00:06:56,283 --> 00:06:57,751 Thank you for your service. 186 00:06:57,851 --> 00:06:59,152 Oh. 187 00:06:59,253 --> 00:07:03,357 [laughs] You know, I don't know what's funnier in that video. 188 00:07:03,457 --> 00:07:04,558 First of all-- first of all, I think 189 00:07:04,658 --> 00:07:06,793 it's crazy that she asks if the officer's 190 00:07:06,894 --> 00:07:10,364 body cam is on before incriminating herself. 191 00:07:10,464 --> 00:07:12,299 [laughter] 192 00:07:12,399 --> 00:07:14,334 Because what was she going to do if the body camera was off? 193 00:07:14,434 --> 00:07:15,335 Oh, it's not recording. 194 00:07:15,435 --> 00:07:17,037 Quick, Doug, whap him over the head! 195 00:07:17,104 --> 00:07:18,038 Let's get out of here! 196 00:07:18,105 --> 00:07:19,506 Just hit him! 197 00:07:19,606 --> 00:07:21,675 And, secondly, I love how she does that thing. 198 00:07:21,775 --> 00:07:23,243 Like, if you notice it, she does that thing 199 00:07:23,343 --> 00:07:26,380 that white people do, where they act like it hurts 200 00:07:26,480 --> 00:07:30,884 them to pull rank over you. 201 00:07:31,051 --> 00:07:33,820 She's like, do you know, turns out I'm the-- 202 00:07:33,921 --> 00:07:35,923 I'm the chief of police. 203 00:07:36,056 --> 00:07:37,324 [laughter] 204 00:07:37,424 --> 00:07:39,092 Yeah, that's-- 205 00:07:39,193 --> 00:07:41,962 [applause] 206 00:07:42,062 --> 00:07:45,899 I-- I didn't want to bring it up, but I am. 207 00:07:46,066 --> 00:07:48,235 White people love doing that shit! 208 00:07:48,335 --> 00:07:49,736 Yeah, they'll be at a hotel like, 209 00:07:49,837 --> 00:07:51,071 can I get a late checkout from my room? 210 00:07:51,171 --> 00:07:52,072 Be like, I'm sorry, sir. 211 00:07:52,172 --> 00:07:53,073 We can't accommodate you. 212 00:07:53,173 --> 00:07:56,276 Oh, but I do own the hotel. 213 00:07:56,376 --> 00:07:58,111 Yeah, I'm Brad Radisson. 214 00:07:58,212 --> 00:07:59,279 Yeah. 215 00:07:59,379 --> 00:08:00,814 Ah. 216 00:08:00,914 --> 00:08:02,082 That's what I love about Black people. 217 00:08:02,182 --> 00:08:04,017 There's no pretending. 218 00:08:04,084 --> 00:08:05,752 Black people aren't pretending that it pains them 219 00:08:05,853 --> 00:08:07,020 to wield their power over you. 220 00:08:07,054 --> 00:08:08,322 They'll just tell you. 221 00:08:08,422 --> 00:08:10,490 Be like, sorry, sir, we can't do a late checkout for you. 222 00:08:10,591 --> 00:08:11,725 Like, late check out for me, bitch. 223 00:08:11,825 --> 00:08:13,760 I own this hotel! 224 00:08:13,861 --> 00:08:16,763 Shit, I check out when I want. 225 00:08:16,864 --> 00:08:18,832 You don't tell DaQuan Radisson when he can 226 00:08:18,932 --> 00:08:20,734 check out of his own hotel! 227 00:08:20,834 --> 00:08:23,303 I'll tell you, you can check out. 228 00:08:23,403 --> 00:08:26,206 Now, after this video came out, the mayor of Tampa 229 00:08:26,306 --> 00:08:27,641 suspended this police chief. 230 00:08:27,741 --> 00:08:30,511 And because of the pressure, she was forced to resign, 231 00:08:30,611 --> 00:08:32,279 which, can I just say, is the biggest waste 232 00:08:32,379 --> 00:08:34,381 of a scandal of all time. 233 00:08:34,481 --> 00:08:36,183 This is what you used your pow-- you realize there are 234 00:08:36,283 --> 00:08:38,218 police chiefs who have stolen millions 235 00:08:38,318 --> 00:08:40,354 of dollars in drug money. 236 00:08:40,454 --> 00:08:43,457 Meanwhile, she's out here like, yeah I pulled some strings 237 00:08:43,557 --> 00:08:46,293 and drove super slow on the highway. 238 00:08:46,393 --> 00:08:49,663 [laughter] 239 00:08:49,763 --> 00:08:50,964 But enough about that. 240 00:08:51,064 --> 00:08:52,499 Let's move on to a story that had the internet 241 00:08:52,599 --> 00:08:53,667 buzzing all weekend. 242 00:08:53,767 --> 00:08:55,536 And it's about artificial intelligence, which, 243 00:08:55,636 --> 00:08:57,104 by the way, is not when you regurgitate 244 00:08:57,204 --> 00:08:58,405 an Atlantic article and act like you 245 00:08:58,505 --> 00:08:59,873 thought of it for yourself. No. 246 00:09:00,007 --> 00:09:03,076 For years, people have been wondering when we would see 247 00:09:03,177 --> 00:09:06,079 the next step in natural language processing 248 00:09:06,180 --> 00:09:07,581 from the world of AI. 249 00:09:07,681 --> 00:09:10,884 And it looks like the future is already here. 250 00:09:11,018 --> 00:09:12,686 REPORTER: A new artificial intelligence 251 00:09:12,786 --> 00:09:14,688 is astounding the internet with its ease 252 00:09:14,788 --> 00:09:17,090 of use and human-like writing ability. 253 00:09:17,191 --> 00:09:20,694 ChatGPT was opened to the public last weekend. 254 00:09:20,794 --> 00:09:23,030 And many have already posted their interactions 255 00:09:23,130 --> 00:09:24,431 with the bot. 256 00:09:24,531 --> 00:09:28,035 So far, it's written television scripts, fixed coding errors, 257 00:09:28,068 --> 00:09:30,804 and even explained scientific concepts 258 00:09:30,904 --> 00:09:32,840 in the voice of a pirate. 259 00:09:32,940 --> 00:09:35,709 Yeah, that's right. 260 00:09:35,809 --> 00:09:37,177 For years, people have been saying, 261 00:09:37,277 --> 00:09:39,079 robots might be able to pack boxes, 262 00:09:39,179 --> 00:09:40,814 but they will never be able to write 263 00:09:40,914 --> 00:09:42,783 a poem like human beings. 264 00:09:42,883 --> 00:09:45,552 Well, it turns out your shitty poetry has some competition. 265 00:09:45,652 --> 00:09:46,720 Because I don't know if you've used 266 00:09:46,820 --> 00:09:50,057 this chat bot, but it is insane. 267 00:09:50,123 --> 00:09:52,659 Not only can it understand a question you're asking, 268 00:09:52,759 --> 00:09:55,662 and then teach you about the most complicated topics-- 269 00:09:55,762 --> 00:09:57,464 it can design a lesson plan. 270 00:09:57,564 --> 00:09:58,599 It can give you the information. 271 00:09:58,699 --> 00:09:59,833 And it's not regurgitating it. 272 00:10:00,067 --> 00:10:01,535 It's explaining it to you. 273 00:10:01,635 --> 00:10:03,871 It can also write out the answers as 274 00:10:03,971 --> 00:10:07,708 if a pirate was teaching you. 275 00:10:07,808 --> 00:10:10,177 You understand how amazing that is? 276 00:10:10,277 --> 00:10:13,480 Like, quantum physics is one, but a pirate on top of that. 277 00:10:13,580 --> 00:10:16,283 Like, I wish I had this technology as a kid. 278 00:10:16,383 --> 00:10:17,751 The only reason I failed any subject 279 00:10:17,851 --> 00:10:20,354 is because the teacher was boring. 280 00:10:20,454 --> 00:10:23,223 But if Blackbeard was teaching me about physics, 281 00:10:23,323 --> 00:10:25,025 I would have remembered everything. (IMITATING PIRATE) 282 00:10:25,125 --> 00:10:28,195 Yar, light operates as both a wave and a particle 283 00:10:28,295 --> 00:10:31,498 the same way you can operate as both a human and fish food. 284 00:10:31,598 --> 00:10:32,499 Walk the plank! 285 00:10:32,599 --> 00:10:34,468 Mah! 286 00:10:34,568 --> 00:10:37,137 [shouts] Don't forget to do your homework. 287 00:10:37,237 --> 00:10:41,175 [applause] 288 00:10:41,275 --> 00:10:42,543 Obviously-- obviously-- obviously, 289 00:10:42,643 --> 00:10:44,344 this technology has a lot of people asking, 290 00:10:44,444 --> 00:10:47,981 is this going to replace my job as a teacher 291 00:10:48,081 --> 00:10:50,684 or as a receptionist, journalist, or even an author? 292 00:10:50,784 --> 00:10:53,287 And the truth is we don't really know. 293 00:10:53,387 --> 00:10:58,025 But it is interesting to see how our fears about AI 294 00:10:58,125 --> 00:10:59,593 have shifted radically over the years. 295 00:10:59,693 --> 00:11:00,928 Right? 296 00:11:01,061 --> 00:11:03,931 In the '80s and the '90s, we thought that in the future, 297 00:11:04,064 --> 00:11:06,066 people would be like, these damn machines 298 00:11:06,166 --> 00:11:08,969 are wiping out the human race! 299 00:11:09,069 --> 00:11:10,504 And now our fear is that, in the future, 300 00:11:10,604 --> 00:11:12,706 we're going to be like, these damn machines keep writing 301 00:11:12,806 --> 00:11:15,108 love letters to my wife! 302 00:11:15,209 --> 00:11:20,147 She's going to leave me! 303 00:11:20,247 --> 00:11:22,349 And you've got to admit-- you've got to admit it's weird 304 00:11:22,449 --> 00:11:26,486 that we are this obsessed with robots talking like humans, 305 00:11:26,587 --> 00:11:29,323 but we all hate talking to actual humans. 306 00:11:29,423 --> 00:11:30,324 Right? 307 00:11:30,424 --> 00:11:31,959 Like, everyone's using this like, wow, 308 00:11:32,092 --> 00:11:33,694 it's like I'm talking to my mom. 309 00:11:33,794 --> 00:11:34,962 It's like, hey, your mom's actually 310 00:11:35,095 --> 00:11:36,597 calling you right now. Ah, let it go to voicemail. 311 00:11:36,697 --> 00:11:38,098 Let it go to voicemail. 312 00:11:38,165 --> 00:11:39,900 Ask it if it's proud of me. 313 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:41,201 All right, that's it for the headlines. 314 00:11:41,301 --> 00:11:42,402 But before we go to break, it's time 315 00:11:42,503 --> 00:11:44,104 to check in on all the latest social media trends 316 00:11:44,171 --> 00:11:45,939 with our very own Ronny Chieng, everybody. 317 00:11:46,106 --> 00:11:49,810 [cheering] 318 00:11:49,910 --> 00:11:53,146 Thanks, Trevor. 319 00:11:53,247 --> 00:11:54,147 Thank you. 320 00:11:54,248 --> 00:11:55,148 Thank you. 321 00:11:55,249 --> 00:11:56,183 All right. 322 00:11:56,283 --> 00:11:57,551 TREVOR NOAH: What is happening online? 323 00:11:57,651 --> 00:11:59,853 Well, I've been poring through tweets, 324 00:11:59,953 --> 00:12:05,392 Instagrams, OnlyFans, TikToks, Snapchats, OnlyFans, 4Chans, 325 00:12:05,492 --> 00:12:08,095 mastodons, OnlyFans again. 326 00:12:08,195 --> 00:12:10,264 And now I'm mentally ill. 327 00:12:10,364 --> 00:12:12,833 Here's what's trending, the World Cup, 328 00:12:12,933 --> 00:12:14,868 where for 90 minutes, two countries 329 00:12:14,968 --> 00:12:17,104 can put politics aside and hate each other 330 00:12:17,204 --> 00:12:18,639 based on pure ethnicity. 331 00:12:18,739 --> 00:12:21,642 Today Croatia beat Japan, and Brazil 332 00:12:21,742 --> 00:12:23,110 knocked South Korea out. 333 00:12:23,210 --> 00:12:24,444 And the thing about the World Cup 334 00:12:24,545 --> 00:12:26,547 is that when you come from a country like me, 335 00:12:26,647 --> 00:12:29,950 Malaysia, that's never in the World Cup, all you can do 336 00:12:30,083 --> 00:12:33,620 is cheer for people who look a little bit like you-- 337 00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:36,089 Japan, Korea. 338 00:12:36,123 --> 00:12:37,591 And then when they got eliminated, 339 00:12:37,691 --> 00:12:41,295 you just cheer for whoever is not white, so France. 340 00:12:41,395 --> 00:12:45,098 [cheering] 341 00:12:45,165 --> 00:12:49,203 But the big story of the day, as you said, 342 00:12:49,303 --> 00:12:53,340 was the AI chatbot, the [bleep] Charles Dickens robot trying 343 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:55,342 to make Siri look illiterate. 344 00:12:55,442 --> 00:12:57,711 Personally, I don't like this bot, OK? 345 00:12:57,811 --> 00:12:59,880 Because every time you ask it a question, it cranks 346 00:13:00,047 --> 00:13:01,882 out a 10,000-word think piece. 347 00:13:02,049 --> 00:13:02,883 Relax. 348 00:13:03,050 --> 00:13:04,651 We got enough humans with opinions. 349 00:13:04,751 --> 00:13:06,086 I don't need my Roomba to develop 350 00:13:06,186 --> 00:13:07,721 a hot take on anti-Semitism. 351 00:13:07,821 --> 00:13:09,189 [laughter] 352 00:13:09,289 --> 00:13:11,391 And, by the way, did I miss an update or something? 353 00:13:11,491 --> 00:13:14,494 Because we got robots writing sonnets here. 354 00:13:14,595 --> 00:13:16,763 But every time I call Verizon, that robot can't 355 00:13:16,864 --> 00:13:18,232 even recognize me saying yes. 356 00:13:18,332 --> 00:13:19,366 [laughter] 357 00:13:19,466 --> 00:13:20,367 OK? 358 00:13:20,467 --> 00:13:25,072 So let's bring back the picture AI. 359 00:13:25,138 --> 00:13:26,073 Bring back that one. 360 00:13:26,139 --> 00:13:27,074 That one was cool. 361 00:13:27,174 --> 00:13:29,343 They were putting Drake in The Matrix. 362 00:13:29,443 --> 00:13:31,712 Now that was useful, all right? 363 00:13:31,812 --> 00:13:33,146 And if you don't recognize this, 364 00:13:33,247 --> 00:13:34,715 that means that you're not on Black Twitter 365 00:13:34,815 --> 00:13:36,416 enough because that shit was popping. 366 00:13:36,517 --> 00:13:37,417 All right? 367 00:13:37,518 --> 00:13:39,453 Follow me @StirFryHoTap. 368 00:13:39,553 --> 00:13:41,154 [laughter] 369 00:13:41,255 --> 00:13:43,090 And, by the way-- 370 00:13:43,190 --> 00:13:44,124 this joke for the Black people. 371 00:13:44,224 --> 00:13:47,194 And, by the way, I know you're saying 372 00:13:47,294 --> 00:13:49,963 this AI is going to take over a lot of jobs, OK? 373 00:13:50,097 --> 00:13:51,265 And maybe it will. 374 00:13:51,365 --> 00:13:54,434 But I'm not worried about it taking over comedy jobs. 375 00:13:54,535 --> 00:13:57,304 Because AI can't do what we do, all right? 376 00:13:57,404 --> 00:14:00,274 AI doesn't have the emotion, the artistry, 377 00:14:00,374 --> 00:14:04,611 or the fundamental ability to get hit in the balls. 378 00:14:04,711 --> 00:14:07,681 And, as we know, nothing is as funny as getting hit 379 00:14:07,781 --> 00:14:09,082 in the balls. 380 00:14:09,183 --> 00:14:13,053 I mean, the magic of what we do is not a mathematical equation 381 00:14:13,153 --> 00:14:14,054 that can-- 382 00:14:14,154 --> 00:14:15,055 ow! 383 00:14:15,155 --> 00:14:16,256 Ow! 384 00:14:16,356 --> 00:14:17,724 Ow! 385 00:14:17,824 --> 00:14:19,760 You see that? 386 00:14:19,860 --> 00:14:22,796 You see that, Trevor? 387 00:14:22,896 --> 00:14:25,632 You see how funny that was? 388 00:14:25,732 --> 00:14:28,602 An AI bot can never do that. 389 00:14:28,702 --> 00:14:31,305 So you can kiss my ass, R2-D2. 390 00:14:31,405 --> 00:14:33,974 [laughter] 391 00:14:34,074 --> 00:14:35,876 Everyone's so excited about this thing. 392 00:14:35,976 --> 00:14:38,445 I mean, look-- look at what people are tweeting about it. 393 00:14:38,545 --> 00:14:40,714 I mean, just look at this guy. 394 00:14:40,814 --> 00:14:42,082 Look at this idiot. 395 00:14:42,149 --> 00:14:46,186 Oh, AI is the future. 396 00:14:46,286 --> 00:14:48,155 Oh, wow, what a genius. 397 00:14:48,255 --> 00:14:49,656 Did this guy go to MIT? 398 00:14:49,756 --> 00:14:51,558 I mean, what's he going to predict 399 00:14:51,658 --> 00:14:54,728 next-- that Apple will come up with a new iPhone next year? 400 00:14:54,828 --> 00:14:57,764 I mean, I hope this guy is a bot because no human would 401 00:14:57,865 --> 00:14:59,266 write anything that stupid. 402 00:14:59,366 --> 00:15:00,868 [laughter] 403 00:15:01,034 --> 00:15:04,671 Anyway, Trevor, I got to go meet 404 00:15:04,771 --> 00:15:07,708 this really hot woman online. 405 00:15:07,808 --> 00:15:09,676 She really likes me, and she's smart as hell. 406 00:15:09,776 --> 00:15:11,044 And she talks like a pirate. 407 00:15:11,144 --> 00:15:13,046 So I'll see you later, loser. 408 00:15:13,146 --> 00:15:15,048 Well, good luck with that, Ronny. 409 00:15:15,082 --> 00:15:16,450 She sounds like real fun. 410 00:15:16,550 --> 00:15:18,652 All right, when we come back, Dulcé Sloan is going 411 00:15:18,752 --> 00:15:20,320 to school all of us on drag. 412 00:15:20,420 --> 00:15:21,622 So don't go away. 413 00:15:21,722 --> 00:15:28,729 [cheering] 414 00:15:30,063 --> 00:15:32,833 [music playing] 415 00:15:32,933 --> 00:15:35,736 Please, do not try this if you have African parents. 416 00:15:35,836 --> 00:15:37,070 [laughter] 417 00:15:37,104 --> 00:15:40,073 Yeah, because you'll be like, I faked my kidnapping. 418 00:15:40,140 --> 00:15:43,076 And they'll be like, but your funeral will be real, eh? 419 00:15:43,110 --> 00:15:46,113 If you told an African parent that you won't swim 420 00:15:46,213 --> 00:15:48,582 without a lifeguard, they'll be like, eh, do you 421 00:15:48,682 --> 00:15:49,683 know who is your lifeguard? 422 00:15:49,783 --> 00:15:50,684 Jesus. 423 00:15:50,784 --> 00:15:51,885 [blows kiss] 424 00:15:51,985 --> 00:15:55,622 But an African mother, if she's mad, you know it. 425 00:15:55,722 --> 00:15:57,958 She'll be like, I will show you how much I love 426 00:15:58,091 --> 00:15:59,760 you with how hard I spank you. 427 00:15:59,860 --> 00:16:02,062 140 pounds, have you eaten? 428 00:16:02,162 --> 00:16:03,830 Have you eaten in your life, huh? 429 00:16:03,931 --> 00:16:04,831 Are you not married? 430 00:16:04,932 --> 00:16:05,933 Go back to the food court. 431 00:16:06,033 --> 00:16:07,334 Go back to the-- look at this one. 432 00:16:07,434 --> 00:16:10,237 Yes, yes, we are just one big country full of giraffes, huh? 433 00:16:10,337 --> 00:16:12,406 Can you come and pick this up for me? 434 00:16:12,506 --> 00:16:14,441 And she'd be like, are you-- are you being serious 435 00:16:14,541 --> 00:16:16,243 right now? 436 00:16:16,343 --> 00:16:17,744 Are you telling me to pick up-- well, 437 00:16:17,845 --> 00:16:22,182 I am the-- there is only one king, and that is Jesus, huh? 438 00:16:22,282 --> 00:16:25,385 There is only one king in this world, and that is Jesus! 439 00:16:25,485 --> 00:16:26,854 You pick up that paper. 440 00:16:26,954 --> 00:16:28,856 You pick up that paper now, Charles. 441 00:16:28,956 --> 00:16:31,892 [music playing] 442 00:16:33,392 --> 00:16:39,832 [cheering] 443 00:16:40,833 --> 00:16:42,968 Welcome back to The Daily Show. 444 00:16:43,068 --> 00:16:46,672 Drag shows are going through a tumultuous time in America. 445 00:16:46,772 --> 00:16:49,074 On the one hand, it's never been more popular. 446 00:16:49,175 --> 00:16:51,410 But, on the other hand, it's become the targets 447 00:16:51,510 --> 00:16:53,846 of huge right-wing backlash as we 448 00:16:53,946 --> 00:16:56,348 saw just this weekend in Ohio. 449 00:16:56,449 --> 00:16:57,716 REPORTER: Demonstrators protested 450 00:16:57,817 --> 00:17:01,053 a drag storytelling event in Ohio over the weekend. 451 00:17:01,153 --> 00:17:03,022 It was supposed to take place at a church, 452 00:17:03,122 --> 00:17:05,424 but was canceled because of safety concerns, 453 00:17:05,524 --> 00:17:08,227 while several dozen members of the far-right Proud Boys 454 00:17:08,327 --> 00:17:10,563 and Patriot Front stood along the roads, 455 00:17:10,663 --> 00:17:12,765 touting guns and face masks. 456 00:17:12,865 --> 00:17:14,633 Some chanted, reclaim America. 457 00:17:14,733 --> 00:17:16,802 Others gave a Nazi salute. 458 00:17:16,902 --> 00:17:20,639 You know, I don't know if it's a chemical reaction 459 00:17:20,739 --> 00:17:22,108 or a genetic predisposition. 460 00:17:22,208 --> 00:17:26,112 But any time a white man covers his face in white fabric, 461 00:17:26,212 --> 00:17:29,048 ain't no good coming after that. 462 00:17:29,148 --> 00:17:30,950 Because all over America, more and more stories like this 463 00:17:31,050 --> 00:17:32,051 are popping up, right? 464 00:17:32,151 --> 00:17:34,553 Where grown men are showing up to drag shows 465 00:17:34,653 --> 00:17:37,189 to fight the tyranny of people wearing 466 00:17:37,289 --> 00:17:38,891 dresses and having fun? 467 00:17:38,991 --> 00:17:40,993 Which you've got to admit is a little ironic, isn't it? 468 00:17:41,060 --> 00:17:42,461 Yeah, just these guys running around angry 469 00:17:42,561 --> 00:17:44,263 like, these grown men dressing up 470 00:17:44,363 --> 00:17:48,033 in these ridiculous costumes, it's not right! 471 00:17:48,134 --> 00:17:49,568 Are you in the military, sir? 472 00:17:49,668 --> 00:17:52,271 Uh, no, but the character I roleplay as is a Navy SEAL. 473 00:17:52,371 --> 00:17:53,506 Yeah, do you like it? 474 00:17:53,606 --> 00:17:55,007 Do you like it? 475 00:17:55,040 --> 00:17:58,778 [cheering] 476 00:17:58,878 --> 00:18:01,814 And conservatives will give different reasons 477 00:18:01,914 --> 00:18:03,849 for why drag must be stopped. 478 00:18:04,016 --> 00:18:05,317 You know, some say it's immoral. 479 00:18:05,417 --> 00:18:07,319 Some say that it sexualizes kids. 480 00:18:07,419 --> 00:18:10,089 Some say that Monét X Change should have won 481 00:18:10,189 --> 00:18:12,224 season 7 of All-Stars , and they'll never 482 00:18:12,324 --> 00:18:13,559 forgive RuPaul for that. 483 00:18:13,659 --> 00:18:15,494 [cheering] 484 00:18:15,594 --> 00:18:20,099 But, if you ask us, this just shows how little conservatives 485 00:18:20,199 --> 00:18:21,434 know about drag. 486 00:18:21,534 --> 00:18:25,337 So here to educate all of us is our very own Dulcé Sloan. 487 00:18:25,438 --> 00:18:31,577 [music playing] 488 00:18:31,677 --> 00:18:33,579 Drag dates all the way back to the world's 489 00:18:33,679 --> 00:18:35,214 most ancient civilizations. 490 00:18:35,314 --> 00:18:38,818 I'm talking the Incas, the Aztecs, the Egyptians. , 491 00:18:38,984 --> 00:18:40,886 Basically anyone that could build a pyramid 492 00:18:40,986 --> 00:18:42,354 also had a fierce walk. 493 00:18:42,455 --> 00:18:44,857 I mean, why do you think every man, 494 00:18:44,990 --> 00:18:48,894 woman, and eagle in ancient Egyptian art had a smoky eye? 495 00:18:48,994 --> 00:18:51,831 Now, drag was originally done in these ancient civilizations 496 00:18:51,997 --> 00:18:53,766 for tribal and religious ceremonies. 497 00:18:53,866 --> 00:18:56,569 It's pretty much how priests got started wearing mumus. 498 00:18:56,669 --> 00:18:58,571 It wasn't until modern times that drag 499 00:18:58,671 --> 00:19:00,406 played a role in entertainment, and not 500 00:19:00,506 --> 00:19:01,740 just any entertainment. 501 00:19:01,841 --> 00:19:05,845 I'm talking about the bad bitch Bard himself, Shakespeare. 502 00:19:06,011 --> 00:19:09,014 Back in his time, men dressed in drag to play women's roles. 503 00:19:09,115 --> 00:19:11,584 Although that was really less about drag and more 504 00:19:11,684 --> 00:19:13,085 about keeping women out of acting. 505 00:19:13,185 --> 00:19:15,754 Methinks that doth be some bullshit, Horatio. 506 00:19:15,855 --> 00:19:17,156 Mm-hmm. 507 00:19:17,256 --> 00:19:19,925 So for a long time, the stage was pretty much the only place 508 00:19:20,025 --> 00:19:21,026 drag was acceptable. 509 00:19:21,127 --> 00:19:23,329 It wasn't until the 18th century in England 510 00:19:23,429 --> 00:19:25,765 that drag performers started to express themselves 511 00:19:25,865 --> 00:19:27,166 outside the theater. 512 00:19:27,266 --> 00:19:29,769 They met at private residences, where they could safely dress 513 00:19:29,869 --> 00:19:31,303 as their female alter egos. 514 00:19:31,403 --> 00:19:33,973 And those places became known as Molly houses. 515 00:19:34,073 --> 00:19:35,274 And it was at these Molly houses 516 00:19:35,374 --> 00:19:36,976 where the first prominent drag queen 517 00:19:37,042 --> 00:19:39,211 was born, Princess Seraphina. 518 00:19:39,311 --> 00:19:41,347 She was the first drag queen to take her drag out 519 00:19:41,447 --> 00:19:42,848 of the privacy of the Molly houses 520 00:19:42,982 --> 00:19:45,484 and into public events like masquerade balls. 521 00:19:45,584 --> 00:19:47,253 And it was a big deal and incredibly 522 00:19:47,353 --> 00:19:49,054 brave because it meant volunteering 523 00:19:49,155 --> 00:19:50,389 to deal with catcalling. 524 00:19:50,489 --> 00:19:53,726 Now, while 18th century England gave us drag queens, 525 00:19:53,826 --> 00:19:56,796 19th century America gave us drag balls. 526 00:19:56,896 --> 00:19:59,198 It's the only time queens colonized a country 527 00:19:59,298 --> 00:20:00,433 and made it better. 528 00:20:00,533 --> 00:20:02,635 One of the most famous drag performers at that time 529 00:20:02,735 --> 00:20:04,837 was a former enslaved African named William 530 00:20:05,004 --> 00:20:07,206 Dorsey "The Queen" Swann. 531 00:20:07,306 --> 00:20:10,142 Dorsey slayed so hard, he went on to become a pioneer 532 00:20:10,242 --> 00:20:12,077 of modern ballroom culture. 533 00:20:12,178 --> 00:20:14,780 Now, there are no existing photos of the queen herself, 534 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:16,816 because how dare you? 535 00:20:16,916 --> 00:20:18,617 She was too glamorous to have her image 536 00:20:18,717 --> 00:20:19,819 captured by you peasants. 537 00:20:19,919 --> 00:20:21,053 No. 538 00:20:21,153 --> 00:20:23,189 But for reference, historians believe her look was 539 00:20:23,289 --> 00:20:24,757 probably something like this. 540 00:20:24,857 --> 00:20:27,293 Now that is fashion. 541 00:20:27,393 --> 00:20:29,428 Come through, Bridgerton. 542 00:20:29,528 --> 00:20:32,832 America's drag balls brought the culture to the next level. 543 00:20:32,965 --> 00:20:34,533 In Harlem, they became so popular 544 00:20:34,633 --> 00:20:37,503 that men and women would come from all over to present 545 00:20:37,603 --> 00:20:40,272 their looks to a panel of judges, pageant style. 546 00:20:40,372 --> 00:20:41,574 And, you know, there's something 547 00:20:41,674 --> 00:20:44,376 comforting in knowing that even hundreds of years ago, 548 00:20:44,477 --> 00:20:46,445 people were telling someone to their face 549 00:20:46,545 --> 00:20:48,981 that they were a messy bitch whose outfit is trash. 550 00:20:49,081 --> 00:20:50,983 Oh, the circle of life. 551 00:20:51,083 --> 00:20:53,586 In the early 1900s, one of the top drag performers 552 00:20:53,686 --> 00:20:56,088 was William Dalton, or better known by his drag 553 00:20:56,188 --> 00:20:57,890 name, Julian Eltinge. 554 00:20:57,990 --> 00:20:59,425 Damn, look at those outfits. 555 00:20:59,525 --> 00:21:01,060 They can play both leads in Casablanca. 556 00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:02,995 Just look how good her makeup is. 557 00:21:03,028 --> 00:21:04,530 And that was before Wet n Wild. 558 00:21:04,630 --> 00:21:07,199 She pulled that off with house paint and beet juice. 559 00:21:07,299 --> 00:21:10,069 Julian was able to take her drag mainstream 560 00:21:10,169 --> 00:21:12,271 by performing on Broadway and even 561 00:21:12,371 --> 00:21:14,707 in front of King Edward VII. 562 00:21:14,807 --> 00:21:16,475 I mean, of course, he liked it. 563 00:21:16,575 --> 00:21:18,010 That duke could rock a cape. 564 00:21:18,077 --> 00:21:20,045 In fact, the king was so impressed, 565 00:21:20,146 --> 00:21:23,349 he gifted Julian with a bulldog, which, personally, I 566 00:21:23,449 --> 00:21:24,583 don't think is a great prize. 567 00:21:24,683 --> 00:21:26,385 I prefer trophies that don't need to shit three times 568 00:21:26,485 --> 00:21:27,653 a day. 569 00:21:27,753 --> 00:21:30,890 Drag balls then exploded throughout the 1920s and '30s. 570 00:21:31,023 --> 00:21:33,225 But like with most things, popularity 571 00:21:33,325 --> 00:21:34,560 brings out the haters. 572 00:21:34,660 --> 00:21:37,696 Mainstream actors started linking them to homosexuality. 573 00:21:37,797 --> 00:21:41,167 And soon masquerade laws were passed, prohibiting 574 00:21:41,267 --> 00:21:42,701 cross-dressing in public. 575 00:21:42,802 --> 00:21:43,702 And you know what that meant. 576 00:21:43,803 --> 00:21:44,770 That's right. 577 00:21:44,870 --> 00:21:47,973 The Harry Styles world tour was canceled! 578 00:21:48,007 --> 00:21:49,041 [gasps] 579 00:21:49,141 --> 00:21:51,410 Due to these laws, drag went underground again. 580 00:21:51,510 --> 00:21:53,112 And it wasn't until the late '80s 581 00:21:53,212 --> 00:21:55,080 that it returned to the mainstream. 582 00:21:55,181 --> 00:21:58,384 But when it came back, oh, it came back in a big way. 583 00:21:58,484 --> 00:22:01,387 Drag performers were featured in major motion pictures, 584 00:22:01,487 --> 00:22:04,190 including one of the best known sisters of the silver screen, 585 00:22:04,290 --> 00:22:07,226 Divine, who starred in the movie Hairspray 586 00:22:07,326 --> 00:22:10,996 and was the inspiration for the Disney character Ursula. 587 00:22:11,063 --> 00:22:12,264 Damn. 588 00:22:12,364 --> 00:22:15,835 Curvy, incredible singing voice, and impeccable taste, 589 00:22:16,001 --> 00:22:17,570 are you sure we're not talking about me? 590 00:22:17,670 --> 00:22:19,472 [music playing] 591 00:22:19,572 --> 00:22:22,141 Thanks to all these brave drag performers, today we have hit 592 00:22:22,241 --> 00:22:23,609 shows featuring drag queens. 593 00:22:23,709 --> 00:22:25,244 And we have a good reason to eat 594 00:22:25,344 --> 00:22:27,046 a meal as beautiful as brunch. 595 00:22:27,146 --> 00:22:29,014 So to all the outrage conservatives 596 00:22:29,115 --> 00:22:32,485 trying to drag drag through the mud, open a history book. 597 00:22:32,585 --> 00:22:35,821 Now I know you hate those, but now they have pictures. 598 00:22:35,955 --> 00:22:39,458 [music playing] 599 00:22:39,558 --> 00:22:40,659 Thank you so much for that Dulcé. 600 00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:42,261 All right, stay tuned, because when we come back, 601 00:22:42,361 --> 00:22:44,430 New York Times bestselling author 602 00:22:44,530 --> 00:22:45,731 Tressie McMillan Cottom will be joining 603 00:22:45,831 --> 00:22:47,733 me right here on the show. You don't want to miss it. 604 00:22:47,833 --> 00:22:51,470 [cheering] 605 00:22:58,476 --> 00:23:03,381 [cheering] 606 00:23:03,481 --> 00:23:04,749 Welcome back to The Daily Show. 607 00:23:04,849 --> 00:23:09,587 My guest tonight is a professor at UNC Chapel Hill and a New 608 00:23:09,687 --> 00:23:10,622 York Times columnist. 609 00:23:10,722 --> 00:23:11,756 She's one of my favorite guests, 610 00:23:11,856 --> 00:23:13,591 so I'm delighted to have her back on the show. 611 00:23:13,691 --> 00:23:16,127 Please, welcome Tressie McMillan Cottom. 612 00:23:16,227 --> 00:23:18,563 [music playing] 613 00:23:18,663 --> 00:23:25,670 [cheering] 614 00:23:34,612 --> 00:23:36,347 Tressie McMillan Cottom, welcome 615 00:23:36,447 --> 00:23:37,348 back to The Daily Show. 616 00:23:37,448 --> 00:23:39,083 Welcome back to me, indeed. 617 00:23:39,184 --> 00:23:40,185 It's a pleasure to be back. 618 00:23:40,285 --> 00:23:41,586 TREVOR NOAH: Right, or do I say professor? 619 00:23:41,686 --> 00:23:44,322 I would love to know what you prefer because you have 620 00:23:44,422 --> 00:23:46,824 so many prestigious titles with New 621 00:23:46,925 --> 00:23:49,761 York Times bestselling author, or it could be professor. 622 00:23:49,861 --> 00:23:52,430 It could be MacArthur-- is it a Genius 623 00:23:52,530 --> 00:23:53,665 Grant that they give you? 624 00:23:53,765 --> 00:23:55,099 You can say that. 625 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:57,101 I think I'm not supposed to say that. 626 00:23:57,202 --> 00:23:58,203 Oh. 627 00:23:58,303 --> 00:24:00,071 The foundation would prefer not, but it's-- 628 00:24:00,138 --> 00:24:01,372 - Oh, that's interesting. - Yeah. 629 00:24:01,472 --> 00:24:03,408 So they say you're a genius, but they're like, you're not 630 00:24:03,508 --> 00:24:04,709 allowed to say it of yourself. 631 00:24:04,809 --> 00:24:07,478 Exactly, kind of like your mother tells you some things 632 00:24:07,579 --> 00:24:09,247 are best said about you by others. 633 00:24:09,347 --> 00:24:10,248 I see. 634 00:24:10,348 --> 00:24:11,683 Oh, you're amazing, but don't ever 635 00:24:11,783 --> 00:24:12,684 think that about yourself. 636 00:24:12,784 --> 00:24:13,918 Yeah. 637 00:24:14,085 --> 00:24:15,720 That's-- well-- well, then I will say it to you-- 638 00:24:15,820 --> 00:24:17,255 the genius professor that is Tressie. 639 00:24:17,355 --> 00:24:18,223 Welcome to the show. 640 00:24:18,323 --> 00:24:19,224 Thank you very much. 641 00:24:19,324 --> 00:24:22,527 [cheering] 642 00:24:22,627 --> 00:24:25,296 What a time to have you on because there are 643 00:24:25,396 --> 00:24:27,899 few people who I've enjoyed learning 644 00:24:27,999 --> 00:24:30,935 from, engaging with, studying. 645 00:24:31,102 --> 00:24:32,237 Because you're not just a professor. 646 00:24:32,337 --> 00:24:33,304 You're a sociologist. 647 00:24:33,404 --> 00:24:34,539 You're somebody who looks at the world. 648 00:24:34,639 --> 00:24:36,908 You study what has happened, what is happening, 649 00:24:37,008 --> 00:24:39,143 and how you think it will happen going forward. 650 00:24:39,244 --> 00:24:41,779 And right now feels like an interesting time 651 00:24:41,880 --> 00:24:44,382 of everything that's going on. 652 00:24:44,482 --> 00:24:46,518 Let's start with one of our favorite platforms 653 00:24:46,618 --> 00:24:49,320 that we chat on all the time, Twitter. 654 00:24:49,420 --> 00:24:52,524 It's been a really interesting time on Twitter right now. 655 00:24:52,624 --> 00:24:53,791 Yes, that's an understatement. 656 00:24:53,892 --> 00:24:55,260 I try. I try. 657 00:24:55,360 --> 00:24:56,361 - Yes. - I specialize in those. 658 00:24:56,461 --> 00:24:58,596 [laughs] 659 00:24:58,696 --> 00:25:01,833 I would love to know your opinion on Twitter itself 660 00:25:01,933 --> 00:25:04,235 and how we see its role in our society. 661 00:25:04,335 --> 00:25:06,504 There are some who say, because it is a business, 662 00:25:06,604 --> 00:25:08,139 Elon can do whatever he wants. 663 00:25:08,239 --> 00:25:09,807 He paid for it. He can take it. 664 00:25:09,908 --> 00:25:11,075 He can he can do as he pleases. 665 00:25:11,109 --> 00:25:12,610 On the other hand, there are people who are saying, 666 00:25:12,710 --> 00:25:15,914 Elon taking over Twitter, which has become this public square, 667 00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:20,718 only goes to show how dangerous it can be to have billionaires 668 00:25:20,818 --> 00:25:23,454 defining what everybody else can speak 669 00:25:23,555 --> 00:25:25,823 or what their speech might or may not be. 670 00:25:25,924 --> 00:25:27,926 And all of those things are true. 671 00:25:28,092 --> 00:25:30,562 They are not true, to my mind, in equal parts. 672 00:25:30,662 --> 00:25:33,097 So I think the bigger story here 673 00:25:33,164 --> 00:25:36,100 is that we outsourced the public square 674 00:25:36,201 --> 00:25:38,102 to the private sector, right? 675 00:25:38,169 --> 00:25:41,573 Twitter becomes or feels like the public square. 676 00:25:41,673 --> 00:25:44,676 But it has never operated in practice as a public square. 677 00:25:44,776 --> 00:25:45,810 It cannot. 678 00:25:45,910 --> 00:25:48,880 It is not owned by the state or by the people. 679 00:25:48,980 --> 00:25:52,884 And, in fact, one of the things that minority people, 680 00:25:52,984 --> 00:25:55,587 queer people have said for years about Twitter 681 00:25:55,687 --> 00:25:58,690 is that they could not participate the same way 682 00:25:58,790 --> 00:26:01,059 that really powerful brands could participate 683 00:26:01,125 --> 00:26:02,060 or politicians or-- 684 00:26:02,126 --> 00:26:03,061 TREVOR NOAH: Interesting. 685 00:26:03,127 --> 00:26:04,529 --particularly especially trolls. 686 00:26:04,629 --> 00:26:06,331 And so in a true public square, there 687 00:26:06,431 --> 00:26:08,633 would be some way for people to talk back, 688 00:26:08,733 --> 00:26:10,201 right, to the powers that be. 689 00:26:10,301 --> 00:26:11,336 That's never been Twitter. 690 00:26:11,436 --> 00:26:13,504 That's never been any social media platform. 691 00:26:13,605 --> 00:26:15,773 That is the difference between a business and something 692 00:26:15,874 --> 00:26:17,075 that is truly public. 693 00:26:17,141 --> 00:26:19,377 So it is a business. 694 00:26:19,477 --> 00:26:21,980 Elon Musk can buy it as he was eventually, 695 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:23,281 you know, forced to do. 696 00:26:23,381 --> 00:26:26,885 [laughter] 697 00:26:26,985 --> 00:26:29,621 He wrote a check, and then his behind had to cash it. 698 00:26:29,721 --> 00:26:32,590 And that's how we find ourselves here. 699 00:26:32,690 --> 00:26:37,095 That we have used it to try to express sort of people power. 700 00:26:37,195 --> 00:26:38,196 TREVOR NOAH: Right, right, right. 701 00:26:38,296 --> 00:26:40,665 --does not mean that the people own it 702 00:26:40,765 --> 00:26:42,800 or have any authority over it. 703 00:26:42,901 --> 00:26:44,602 What that says to me and what I think 704 00:26:44,702 --> 00:26:46,638 it says to many other people is that there 705 00:26:46,738 --> 00:26:48,506 should be a public space. 706 00:26:48,606 --> 00:26:50,675 We are in an information society. 707 00:26:50,775 --> 00:26:52,944 Information is power, and it is money. 708 00:26:53,111 --> 00:26:55,914 Why don't we have a civic public square-- 709 00:26:56,014 --> 00:26:56,915 TREVOR NOAH: Interesting. 710 00:26:57,015 --> 00:26:58,783 --that exists on the internet? 711 00:26:58,883 --> 00:27:02,720 Elon Musk buying Twitter would not have mattered if the state 712 00:27:02,820 --> 00:27:04,622 was competing with Twitter. 713 00:27:04,722 --> 00:27:05,690 TREVOR NOAH: That's interesting. 714 00:27:05,790 --> 00:27:07,959 [applause] 715 00:27:08,059 --> 00:27:09,460 But do you think-- 716 00:27:09,561 --> 00:27:12,063 many of these ideas are sound except when 717 00:27:12,130 --> 00:27:14,666 you add in that the state in question would be America. 718 00:27:14,766 --> 00:27:16,067 - Yes. - You know? 719 00:27:16,100 --> 00:27:17,268 That's right. [laughs] 720 00:27:17,368 --> 00:27:20,371 No, and I mean this not because of America's ineptness 721 00:27:20,471 --> 00:27:21,739 or anything, but rather because America 722 00:27:21,839 --> 00:27:24,876 sees everything through the lens of left or right, 723 00:27:24,976 --> 00:27:26,244 Democrat, Republican always. 724 00:27:26,344 --> 00:27:27,579 It doesn't matter what the issue is. 725 00:27:27,679 --> 00:27:29,647 And it feels like America itself would never 726 00:27:29,747 --> 00:27:31,216 be able to create something like this 727 00:27:31,316 --> 00:27:33,685 because both sides wouldn't agree on what the thing should 728 00:27:33,785 --> 00:27:34,686 or shouldn't be. 729 00:27:34,786 --> 00:27:35,887 Oh, no, absolutely. 730 00:27:35,987 --> 00:27:38,122 I mean, we see this debate about everything that is 731 00:27:38,223 --> 00:27:41,559 publicly governed, particularly our schools, right, 732 00:27:41,659 --> 00:27:44,095 where we cannot agree on whether or not our schools are 733 00:27:44,162 --> 00:27:46,564 indoctrinating our children or should be preparing them 734 00:27:46,664 --> 00:27:47,799 for the economy of the future. 735 00:27:47,899 --> 00:27:50,635 Somehow Americans want it to do both, right? 736 00:27:50,735 --> 00:27:53,004 Don't teach my children anything, but make 737 00:27:53,104 --> 00:27:55,139 sure that they can be competitive in the economy 738 00:27:55,240 --> 00:27:56,574 of the future. TREVOR NOAH: [laughs] 739 00:27:56,674 --> 00:27:57,742 But you know what? 740 00:27:57,842 --> 00:28:00,545 That is the mess of Democratic participation. 741 00:28:00,645 --> 00:28:03,147 It does not mean that we get it right. 742 00:28:03,248 --> 00:28:06,951 It means that there is a way to get it right sometimes. 743 00:28:07,051 --> 00:28:10,321 So we don't have to have the whole thing figured out for us 744 00:28:10,421 --> 00:28:12,190 to invest in publicness. 745 00:28:12,290 --> 00:28:13,424 So one of-- 746 00:28:13,525 --> 00:28:16,594 I teach at a public university in North Carolina. 747 00:28:16,694 --> 00:28:18,062 And I teach a lot of students who 748 00:28:18,162 --> 00:28:21,199 will go on to work in libraries and in the information sector. 749 00:28:21,299 --> 00:28:24,903 You know, libraries are, to me, the shining 750 00:28:25,069 --> 00:28:28,306 example on the hill of what a public space can be. 751 00:28:28,406 --> 00:28:29,307 Are they perfect? 752 00:28:29,407 --> 00:28:31,075 Absolutely not. 753 00:28:31,109 --> 00:28:33,411 But do they welcome people into them 754 00:28:33,511 --> 00:28:35,113 and meet people where they are? 755 00:28:35,213 --> 00:28:36,214 Absolutely. 756 00:28:36,314 --> 00:28:37,515 Can America do that? 757 00:28:37,615 --> 00:28:38,816 Yes. 758 00:28:38,917 --> 00:28:40,985 Now do we have to fight to do it every step of the way? 759 00:28:41,085 --> 00:28:42,453 Absolutely. 760 00:28:42,554 --> 00:28:44,622 But we can have that fight. 761 00:28:44,722 --> 00:28:48,927 You can't have that fight when an entity is owned 762 00:28:49,093 --> 00:28:51,095 by a single megalomaniac. 763 00:28:51,162 --> 00:28:52,096 Huh. 764 00:28:52,163 --> 00:28:54,933 [applause] 765 00:28:55,099 --> 00:28:58,570 You know, when we talk about these spaces 766 00:28:58,670 --> 00:29:00,071 and we talk about these ideas and we talk 767 00:29:00,171 --> 00:29:01,206 about these conversations, there's 768 00:29:01,306 --> 00:29:03,841 no denying that Twitter and many places 769 00:29:03,942 --> 00:29:06,744 like it have benefited from the diverse array 770 00:29:06,845 --> 00:29:09,047 of voices that have now been part of the platform, 771 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:10,048 you know? 772 00:29:10,081 --> 00:29:12,217 You wouldn't know what was happening 773 00:29:12,317 --> 00:29:14,118 on the ground in the same way in Iran 774 00:29:14,219 --> 00:29:15,119 were it not for Twitter. 775 00:29:15,220 --> 00:29:16,254 TRESSIE MCMILLAN COTTOM: Exactly. 776 00:29:16,354 --> 00:29:17,455 You know, you wouldn't know what was happening 777 00:29:17,555 --> 00:29:19,157 on the ground in the same way in Charlottesville 778 00:29:19,257 --> 00:29:20,291 were it not for Twitter. 779 00:29:20,391 --> 00:29:22,627 It has become-- as you say, it has the illusion 780 00:29:22,727 --> 00:29:23,795 at times of a public square. 781 00:29:23,895 --> 00:29:25,897 But many people have used it to that effect. 782 00:29:26,064 --> 00:29:28,333 I would love to know, from your perspective, 783 00:29:28,433 --> 00:29:30,702 as somebody who has seen your own journey, 784 00:29:30,802 --> 00:29:34,105 from general obscurity to now becoming somebody whose 785 00:29:34,205 --> 00:29:36,341 voice is so respected and recognized-- 786 00:29:36,441 --> 00:29:39,611 you write for The New York Times as part of their op-ed. 787 00:29:39,711 --> 00:29:41,846 You're shaping people's opinions. 788 00:29:41,946 --> 00:29:44,082 How do you find the balance, or how do you 789 00:29:44,182 --> 00:29:46,584 inspire people you teach to think 790 00:29:46,684 --> 00:29:49,120 critically about the world that they're living in? 791 00:29:49,220 --> 00:29:52,156 Because half of the things we know are taught to us. 792 00:29:52,257 --> 00:29:54,526 And then at some point, we have to decipher between what we've 793 00:29:54,626 --> 00:29:56,794 been taught is the truth and then what is the truth 794 00:29:56,895 --> 00:29:58,429 or where the gray even exists. 795 00:29:58,530 --> 00:30:00,098 How do you even begin that journey as a teacher 796 00:30:00,198 --> 00:30:02,567 and as a learner because you're constantly learning? 797 00:30:02,667 --> 00:30:04,402 Well, I think that is part of it. 798 00:30:04,502 --> 00:30:06,137 I try to always be a learner. 799 00:30:06,237 --> 00:30:10,408 It's really easy, I think, to develop and grow 800 00:30:10,508 --> 00:30:12,844 in your career and forget how overwhelming 801 00:30:12,944 --> 00:30:15,346 it is to learn something new for the first time. 802 00:30:15,446 --> 00:30:17,749 So I try to be an idiot as much as humanly possible. 803 00:30:17,849 --> 00:30:19,317 TREVOR NOAH: I love that. I love that. 804 00:30:19,417 --> 00:30:20,685 I do that all the time. - Yes. 805 00:30:20,785 --> 00:30:22,053 [laughter] 806 00:30:22,086 --> 00:30:23,421 You know, I enroll in something. 807 00:30:23,521 --> 00:30:25,690 I take up something that I'm just absolutely 808 00:30:25,790 --> 00:30:28,860 horrible at doing because I want to feel how 809 00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:30,395 vulnerable it feels to learn. 810 00:30:30,495 --> 00:30:31,496 And it is a very vulnerable space. 811 00:30:31,596 --> 00:30:32,497 TREVOR NOAH: Right. 812 00:30:32,597 --> 00:30:34,098 So when I am feeling generous, 813 00:30:34,199 --> 00:30:37,635 I think that there is a not insignificant part 814 00:30:37,735 --> 00:30:39,604 of the American public that isn't 815 00:30:39,704 --> 00:30:44,776 so much afraid of the other as they are of being ignorant. 816 00:30:44,876 --> 00:30:49,113 And some people would rather be angry than stupid. 817 00:30:49,214 --> 00:30:50,248 TREVOR NOAH: Interesting. 818 00:30:50,348 --> 00:30:53,818 And so figuring it out is actually really hard. 819 00:30:53,918 --> 00:30:56,688 This is something I've learned as I've taught people. 820 00:30:56,788 --> 00:30:59,824 And so there's a certain amount of vulnerability, I think, 821 00:30:59,924 --> 00:31:02,160 we have to share with each other 822 00:31:02,260 --> 00:31:04,495 to say that just because I have achieved something 823 00:31:04,596 --> 00:31:07,365 in one part of the world or in one profession 824 00:31:07,465 --> 00:31:08,867 doesn't mean I know everything. 825 00:31:09,033 --> 00:31:12,537 Now the challenge for us is that we have a culture that 826 00:31:12,637 --> 00:31:15,740 absolutely likes to turn every success 827 00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:18,142 story into a universal story of genius. 828 00:31:18,243 --> 00:31:19,143 TREVOR NOAH: Yes. 829 00:31:19,244 --> 00:31:20,144 Right? 830 00:31:20,245 --> 00:31:22,113 So you founded Facebook, and now you 831 00:31:22,213 --> 00:31:25,383 can solve world hunger, as if those have anything 832 00:31:25,483 --> 00:31:27,852 to do with each other. 833 00:31:27,952 --> 00:31:29,254 So that is a problem of the culture. 834 00:31:29,354 --> 00:31:31,823 But I don't think it has to be that way. 835 00:31:31,923 --> 00:31:34,592 And I actually think one of the good things about Twitter 836 00:31:34,692 --> 00:31:39,497 has been how many people have been willing to model learning 837 00:31:39,597 --> 00:31:42,934 in public so that other people could see that it doesn't have 838 00:31:43,067 --> 00:31:46,704 to strip you of your status or your position, 839 00:31:46,804 --> 00:31:51,242 that learning can happen without you flailing about. 840 00:31:51,342 --> 00:31:54,279 I think I'll miss that about Twitter. 841 00:31:54,379 --> 00:31:55,713 As in it's gone? You think it's-- 842 00:31:55,813 --> 00:31:56,848 No, it ends eventually. Listen. 843 00:31:56,948 --> 00:31:57,849 Oh, OK. 844 00:31:58,016 --> 00:31:59,083 All social media apps end. 845 00:31:59,184 --> 00:32:00,084 Right. 846 00:32:00,185 --> 00:32:01,653 There'll be something new, obviously. 847 00:32:01,753 --> 00:32:04,022 But I don't know that anything else would 848 00:32:04,055 --> 00:32:06,457 be able to capture-- that was one of the best 849 00:32:06,558 --> 00:32:08,660 things about Twitter. 850 00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:11,362 It was a space for people to see 851 00:32:11,462 --> 00:32:13,264 different kinds of genius-- 852 00:32:13,364 --> 00:32:14,332 TREVOR NOAH: I like that. 853 00:32:14,432 --> 00:32:15,934 --that you could be good in one domain, 854 00:32:16,034 --> 00:32:17,702 still learning in another domain, 855 00:32:17,802 --> 00:32:18,903 that you could risk it. 856 00:32:19,037 --> 00:32:22,607 It is something that I enjoyed doing, personally. 857 00:32:22,707 --> 00:32:25,877 And I think that it was never the app's intention-- listen, 858 00:32:26,044 --> 00:32:27,178 people turned it into that. 859 00:32:27,278 --> 00:32:29,347 That is not what it was designed to do. 860 00:32:29,447 --> 00:32:31,182 TREVOR NOAH: You think that's because we innately want 861 00:32:31,282 --> 00:32:32,250 to do that as human beings? 862 00:32:32,350 --> 00:32:33,251 I do. 863 00:32:33,351 --> 00:32:35,053 I have to believe that human beings 864 00:32:35,153 --> 00:32:36,754 are fundamentally curious. 865 00:32:36,855 --> 00:32:41,492 And social media is only popular because we're curious. 866 00:32:41,593 --> 00:32:43,595 We go there because we want to see. 867 00:32:43,695 --> 00:32:45,163 We're nosy. 868 00:32:45,263 --> 00:32:46,564 [laughter] 869 00:32:46,664 --> 00:32:49,767 We want to rubberneck the world, you know? 870 00:32:49,868 --> 00:32:52,971 And so what it has done, it's made it profitable-- 871 00:32:53,071 --> 00:32:54,405 made our curiosity profitable. 872 00:32:54,505 --> 00:32:55,673 TREVOR NOAH: Right. 873 00:32:55,773 --> 00:32:59,244 And it has made our curiosity politically polarized. 874 00:32:59,344 --> 00:33:02,413 But that doesn't mean that curiosity is bad. 875 00:33:02,514 --> 00:33:04,716 I actually think it is a thing that separates 876 00:33:04,816 --> 00:33:07,619 us from the rest of-- 877 00:33:07,719 --> 00:33:08,686 well, no, the animal kingdom. 878 00:33:08,786 --> 00:33:10,688 I don't want to throw shade on animals. 879 00:33:10,788 --> 00:33:11,789 Animals are good. [laughter] 880 00:33:11,890 --> 00:33:12,790 TREVOR NOAH: They are pretty curious. 881 00:33:12,891 --> 00:33:13,791 Yeah. 882 00:33:13,892 --> 00:33:14,792 They actually are pretty curious. 883 00:33:14,893 --> 00:33:15,793 Yeah. 884 00:33:15,894 --> 00:33:16,828 I think we're apes if we're lucky. 885 00:33:16,928 --> 00:33:17,829 Right. 886 00:33:17,929 --> 00:33:18,930 You know? 887 00:33:19,030 --> 00:33:20,899 But it does separate us, I think, from, like, 888 00:33:20,999 --> 00:33:22,500 a brick wall. - It does, indeed. 889 00:33:22,600 --> 00:33:23,501 It does, indeed. 890 00:33:23,601 --> 00:33:24,903 Shade to all the bricks has been thrown. 891 00:33:25,003 --> 00:33:26,170 That is correct. [laughs] 892 00:33:26,271 --> 00:33:27,605 - The animals have been spared. - The animals are good. 893 00:33:27,705 --> 00:33:28,640 I could talk to you for hours, 894 00:33:28,740 --> 00:33:29,674 but that's why we have your books. 895 00:33:29,774 --> 00:33:30,942 That's why we have some of your tweets. 896 00:33:31,042 --> 00:33:32,343 Thank you again for joining me on the show. 897 00:33:32,443 --> 00:33:33,711 Thank you for everything. - Always happy to see you. 898 00:33:33,811 --> 00:33:35,146 Everything, I really appreciate you. 899 00:33:35,246 --> 00:33:36,714 - Thank you. - Thank you so much. 900 00:33:36,814 --> 00:33:39,150 One more time, Tressie McMillan Cottom, everybody. 901 00:33:39,250 --> 00:33:40,285 We're going to take a quick break, 902 00:33:40,385 --> 00:33:43,154 but we'll be right back after this. 903 00:33:43,254 --> 00:33:44,155 Thank you again. 904 00:33:44,255 --> 00:33:47,926 [cheering] 905 00:33:52,463 --> 00:33:55,967 [cheering] 906 00:33:56,067 --> 00:33:57,335 Well, that's our show for tonight. 907 00:33:57,435 --> 00:33:59,871 But before we go-- before we go, 908 00:33:59,971 --> 00:34:03,574 this holiday season consider supporting Feeding America, 909 00:34:03,674 --> 00:34:05,676 the largest hunger relief organization 910 00:34:05,776 --> 00:34:06,844 in the United States. 911 00:34:06,944 --> 00:34:08,880 They work to get nourishing food from farmers, 912 00:34:08,980 --> 00:34:11,883 manufacturers, and retailers to our neighbors, 913 00:34:11,983 --> 00:34:13,484 while addressing the root causes of hunger. 914 00:34:13,584 --> 00:34:14,852 So if you can support them in their work, 915 00:34:14,952 --> 00:34:16,821 then please donate at the link below. 916 00:34:16,921 --> 00:34:18,489 Until next time, stay safe out there. 917 00:34:18,589 --> 00:34:21,392 And, remember, the robots can't take your job 918 00:34:21,492 --> 00:34:23,427 if you're already unemployed. 919 00:34:23,528 --> 00:34:26,030 Now here it is, your Moment of Zen. 920 00:34:26,130 --> 00:34:33,137 [bells] 921 00:34:34,772 --> 00:34:36,307 I'm going to stay here with the carolers. 922 00:34:36,407 --> 00:34:38,109 I'll send it back to you, Frank and Jess in Hollywood. 923 00:34:38,209 --> 00:34:39,677 - You fit right in. - You do. 924 00:34:39,777 --> 00:34:40,778 I don't know this song. 925 00:34:40,878 --> 00:34:42,346 - (SINGING) Holly. - Honey. 926 00:34:42,446 --> 00:34:43,347 Holly. 927 00:34:43,447 --> 00:34:44,348 Holly. 928 00:34:44,448 --> 00:34:45,349 Honey? 929 00:34:45,449 --> 00:34:46,350 Nailed it. 930 00:34:46,450 --> 00:34:50,521 [gibberish] 931 00:34:50,621 --> 00:34:52,056 - Think she has it. - Right. 932 00:34:52,089 --> 00:34:53,057 [laughs] 933 00:34:53,090 --> 00:34:55,860 [bells]