Pod Save America - Offline: Stephen Colbert on Finding Laughter in the Darkness

Episode Date: November 21, 2021

Offline is here to stay and the show has moved to its own feed. To listen to Jon's interview with Stephen Colbert, and the many great episodes to come, search Offline with Jon Favreau and click subscribe. See you there!Stephen Colbert joins Jon to defend his 8 hour-a-day screen habit and preach the benefits of a Twitter-free lifestyle. The two talk about what it took to produce The Late Show during the pandemic, why Stephen is glad his live audience is back, and what some of the darkest days of American democracy looked like behind the scenes at the Ed Sullivan Theater. Jon also asks Stephen about his perspective on cancel culture and why comedy must be rooted in empathy.

If you own a smartphone, you can't say that you're not on the internet too much. I went and got my booster on Friday. And I sat down. And as I sat down, I reached into this coat pocket here and pulled out my phone and flipped it open to look at it. And I went, oh, why did I really need to do that? I have 15 minutes here because you have to wait 15 minutes before you leave. Right.

I could just spend 15 minutes people watching. And so I did. and I people watched, and every single person was on their phone. And so I went, ah, fuck it, I'll do the same thing. I'm Jon Favreau. Welcome to Offline. Hey, everyone. Exciting news.

Offline is here to stay, and the show has now moved to its own feed. If you'd like to listen to my full interview with Stephen Colbert, you can find it on that new feed. Just search Offline with Jon Favreau. Once you're over there, remember to subscribe to keep up to date with all of our upcoming episodes. We've got some exciting conversations ready to go over the next few months. I'll see you there.