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Comedian Samantha Bee: A Paper Plate With A Slice Of Pizza On It Would Be A Better President

Comedian Samantha Bee: A Paper Plate With A Slice Of Pizza On It Would Be A Better President

FromAll Ears with Abigail Disney


Comedian Samantha Bee: A Paper Plate With A Slice Of Pizza On It Would Be A Better President

FromAll Ears with Abigail Disney

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Length:
34 minutes
Released:
Oct 15, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

All Ears is kicking off Season 2 with comedian Samantha Bee. As the host of Full Frontal on TBS since 2016, and as a correspondent on The Daily Show for 12 years prior, Sam has been skewering politicians, culture, and society’s sacred cows for the better part of two decades. And she’s really good at it! Abby talks to Sam about growing up in Canada with a Wiccan mom, an atheist dad, and a serious schoolgirl crush on Jesus. Sam describes her journey from pre-law student to comedian, and how the platform of late night news satire became the new face of journalism in modern American politics. Along the way Sam developed a spine of steel, her own show, and a sense of responsibility to tell underreported stories and collaborate with show staffers who represent diverse racial, economic, and gender viewpoints. Did we mention she’s funny? Yeah, that too!Full Frontal with Samantha Bee airs on TBS on Wednesdays at 10:30 PM ESTFind Samantha Bee on Twitter @iamsambee and @FullFrontalSamBeeEPISODE LINKS The Cut - Smirking in the Boys’ Room With Samantha BeeNY Times Opinion - Ivanka Trump's Dangerous Fake FeminismL.A. Times - Samantha Bee has the solution for Hollywood's diversity problem: 'Just hire people'The Atlantic - How Shelby County v. Holder Broke AmericaTBS - Russian Thinkfluencers, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee TBS - Help Floridians Vote! Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Released:
Oct 15, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (53)

Abigail has a new documentary, The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales, in which she examines the inequality crisis through the lens of the company her grandfather helped found, The Walt Disney Company. In the film, she asks how it is possible that so many workers at Disneyland, aka “the happiest place on earth,” can’t afford life's basic necessities, even when they work full time. For the fourth season of All Ears, Abigail poses that question to people who are doing the most Disney thing of all–using their imaginations–in this case to rethink capitalism. She talks with business leaders, union organizers, and economists to learn how they would fix our broken economy.