The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Alexander Vindman's Bombshell Testimony | Noname

Episode Date: October 30, 2019

Roy Wood Jr. reacts to Alexander Vindman's impeachment testimony, massive wildfires spread throughout California, and rapper Noname discusses Noname's Book Club. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to Comedy Central. Hey everybody, John Stewart here. I am here to tell you about my new podcast, The Weekly Show. It's going to be coming out every Thursday. So exciting. You'll be saying to yourself, TGID. Thank God it's Thursday. We're going to be talking about all the things that hopefully obsess you in the same way that they obsessed me. The election. Economics. Earnings calls. What are they talking about on these earnings calls? We're going to be talking about ingredient to bread ratio on sandwiches.

And I know that I listed that fourth, but in importance, it's probably second. I know you have a lot of options as far as podcasts go, but how many of them come out on Thursday? I mean, talk about innovative. Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcast. October 29, 2019. From Comedy Central's World News Headquarters in New York, this is the Daily Show, everybody. Thank you so much for shooting in. Thank you for coming out.

So much energy. Wow. I'm Trevor Noah. Our guest tonight is a rapper and a poet, who just started a new book club. No name is joining us on the show everybody. It's going to be a great conversation. Our guest to the to-night is a rapper and a poet who just started a new book club. No name is joining us on the show everybody. It. It. It. It's. It's. to be. to be. to be a to be a to be a to be a to be a to be a to be a to be a to be a to be a to be to be to be a to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be a to be to be to be to be to be to be to to to to to to to to to to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be th. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the to to to to to the to to to to the a poet who just started a new book club. No name is joining us on the show, everybody. It's going to be a great conversation. Also on tonight's show, how to watch twice as many Netflix shows in half the time, why your underwear could get you killed, and there's a spy in the White House. So let's catch up on today's headlines.

Let's kick it off with Netflix, streaming giant and the murderer of blockbuster. Well, after revolutionizing TV, the streaming service is now revolutionizing time. Some backlash Netflix is getting from Hollywood director. So yesterday the streaming service said, it plans to test a new feature to allow viewers to either speed up or slow down a movie on the streaming service said, it plans to test a new feature to allow viewers to either speed up or slow down a movie on their smartphones. Well, Director Judd Apatow thinks it is a terrible idea. He tweeted, no, Netflix, no,

don't make me have to call every director and show creator on earth to fight you on this. Netflix released a statement saying, we're always experimenting with new ways to help to help to help to help to help to help members use Netflix. Yes, Netflix is launching a new feature that will allow users to watch content at a faster speed, which I think is great, because now it'll only take three hours to get through an Avengers movie, which is wonderful, yeah.

And I can't wait to watch nine years a slave. It's not as bad. But this is a big move for Netflix. And in response, HBO says they're going to introduce a button that lets you completely skip the final season of Game of Thrones. It's really going to, it's going to increase the experience. Like people are just like, yeah, this is enhancing it. You know what I think Netflix needs though?

They need to introduce a with my parents button, yeah, so you can push it and then it skips all the sex scenes Yeah, you know now the movie will just be like are you ready? Yeah, I'm ready Oh, good morning Oh, yeah, good morning. All right. Let's move on Today, we learned new details about the raid that took out ISIS leader Abu al-Bahdadi and some of the details Were very intimate New details of the death of the world's most wanted terrorists killed in Syria this weekend thia thia thia thia thia thia thii a thi a thi thi thi thi the too the too too too their too too. too. too. told. told. told. told. told. told. told. told. too. too. too-a. too-a. told. told. told. told. told. told. told. told. told. told. told. to told. to told. to told. told. told. told. told. told. told. told. told. told. told. told. told. told. their told. their to to their to to too. to to to to to to to too. to to too. too. too. too. too. too. the world's most wanted terrorists killed in Syria this weekend in a raid by US commandos. This rubble is all that's left of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baddi's last hideout. The commander of Kurdish-led fighters in Syria, General Muslum Kobani told us his intelligence service had a top ISIS informant passing information onto the Kurds which they passed to the CIA. Abu Bakar al-B Baghdadi Baghdad Baghdad Bagh al Bagh al Baghdad Bagh al Bagh al Baghdad Bagh al Bagh al Bagh al Bagh al Baghdad al Bagh al Baghdad al Baghdad al Baghdad al Bagh al Baghdad al Baghdad al Baghdad al Baghdad al Baghdad al Baghdad al Baghdad al Baghdad the the their al-a al-a. their al-a. their al-a. their al-a. their al-a. their al-a al-a. their al-a. Al Q. Al Q. Al Q. Al their al al al al al al al al al al al al al al al al al al al al al al al al al al al al al al al al al al al al al. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the their al-a. their al-a. their al-a. their al-Qaqa. tahahahah Qa. tah Qaqaqaqaqaqaqaqaqaqaqa.a.a.a.a.a.a.a.a. tah, which they passed to the CIA.

Abu Bakhara al Baghdadi was not an easy target. But the spy was still able to collect vital information. That informant had a piece of Baghdadi's underwear and U.S. forces were able to use it to get a DNA sample to be ready to make a positive identification when Baghdadi died. Wait, hold up. They found El Baghdadi because an informant stole his underwear? I feel like the informant just had a weird underwear fetish. And the army walked it on him one day, and he was like, oh, no, I'm spying for you. Yeah, I, these are how you find him.

Just give him back when you're done, give him back. Also, did you see Elbeg Daddy's house? The United States does not mess around. They'll kill you and destroy your entire house. I'd love to see ISIS try and get the security deposit back from the landlord. It's like, yes, there's no walls anymore, but we vacuumed. Come on, meet us halfway. All right, and finally, here's a fun story from the world of sports. The landmark advancement in professional sports. The flyers have opened a rage room in Wells Fargo Arena. It's a place where fans can unleash their anger. It allows fans to go in and just smash stuff inside the disassembly room. It's the first ever rage room in professional sports.

OK, this is so strange, because hockey already had a place where you can get your rage out. It's called hockey. I mean, it's a kind of crazy concept, but at least now we know how they destroyed Albaqdaddy's house. This is probably what it was. But still, this is an interesting idea. Right?

Fans at sports games, right, in Philadelphia, can go to a room and then smash things to release their rage, which is actually pretty cool, except for the fan who's going to walk into the wrong room at the stadium, just like walking, ah, oh, this is accounting. Oh, second on the left. Oh, second door on the left. Oh, my bad, my bad. I'm so sorry. I will tell you this, though, this room wouldn't work if you let an African uncle into the room.

Yeah, because they're not going to smash anything. Yeah, knowing my uncle will just take all the stuff home with him,, like, sir, you have to destroy it. Okay, I will destroy this TV by watching it every day, huh? Double time Netflix. All right, that's it for the headlines. Let's move on to our top story. The-Eapp-s s' yelp review. There have been an avalanche of bombshell development since we last checked in on the impeachment inquiry.

Ampeakement. review. There have been an avalanche of bombshell developments since we last checked in on the impeachment inquiry. America's lead diplomats on Ukraine, Bill Taylor, gave devastating testimony that Trump demanded a quid pro quo from Ukraine and Rudy Giuliani, Trump's personal lawyer and man with bipolar teeth, but dialed a reporter and accidentally left a voicemailed a voicemail talking about how he needed cash. And of course, one of the big stories, 41 House Republicans protested not being allowed to participate in closed-door hearings, even though 13 of them are allowed to participate in the hearings, which is ridiculous. That's like storming the McDonald's that you work at. Just like, I demand you let me in! Your shift started an hour ago, Jerry, just walk in. Ah!

Ah! So needless to say, that's been a shit ton of impeachment developments, and today was no different. So, let's catch up on all the latest in our ongoing segment, the magical, wonderful road to impeachment. It's probably presidential harassment. From the very beginning of Trump's Ukraine scandal, his defenders have relied on one key talking point to muddy the waters. None of the witnesses had actually heard the Ukraine call. They all had secondhand information, but none of them had actually heard the call.

Well, today, all of that changed. Defying President Trump, a national security officer, Iraq War Purple Heart, will testify to Congress today. The first White House official on that phone call between President Trump and Ukraine's leader to sound the alarm. His name is Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman. According to his opening statement obtained by ABC News, Vindman will tell investigators, I did not think it was proper to demand that a foreign government investigate a U.S. citizen, and I was worried about the implications for the U.S. government's support of Ukraine,

insisting it is my sacred duty and honor to advance and defend our country, irrespective of party or politics. That's right. advance and defend our country irrespective of party or politics. That's right. The latest person to testify against Trump is Colonel Alexander Vinman, which means two things. One, there is more and more evidence piling up against the president, and two, Trump has finally met a colonel he doesn't like. And you can see why Vinman's testimony is not good for Trump. Not only did he sound the alarm about what was happening with Ukraine, but the guy is

a decorated Iraq war veteran with a purple heart. The only American with more impressive resumes is Aunt Becky's daughter, you know? Yeah. No, because she did all of that and was captain of the crew team. She was killing it, yo. So if you're a Trump defender, how are you going to argue that that guy isn't trustworthy? Well, instead of focusing on the more than two decades he served America, you could focus on where he's rarely from. He is from the Soviet Union. He emigrated here and has an affinity to the Ukrainian people.

Here we have a U.S. national security official who is advising Ukraine while working inside the White House apparently against the president's interest. Isn't that kind of an interesting angle on this story? I find that astounding, and you know, some people might call that espionage. No, your eyes aren't deceiving you. The new angle on Fox is that

America can't trust this Purple Heart recipient because he moved here from Ukraine. Now mind you, he was three years old when he came to the US. So he didn't move here. He was moved here by his parents. Right? Because now they're making it seem like he was like a double agent for Ukraine. Like what kind of a baby spy thriller were you guys watching? Huh? This little toddler was just out in these streets wrecking shit? Is that what you think?

Look at the three-year-old little Russian spy? You think his plan in Russia? You think his plan in Russia? And then when time is right, they will make up story about quid pro quo for Mother Russia. Excellent, comrade, baby. And when your mission is complete, you can watch extra episode of Pepper Pig. And it's not just Fox. It's not just Fox discrediting Colonel Vinman. No.

Sean Duffy, a former Republican congressman, was on CNN, questioning where the colonel's loyalties lie. He is a former Ukrainian. He wants to make sure the taxpayer money goes in military aid to the Ukraine. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Congress and Duffy. I'm going to explain that to you. I'm going to explain that to you. He's an active duty military member. But you know what, I'm, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, th, th, th, th, th th, th th th th th th th th th th th thi, th thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, thu-----------------------------a thu-a, th th th th th th th th thi thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi. thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii thi the the Purple Heart. I'm of Irish descent. I still love the Irish. And he has an affinity probably for his homeland. Okay, I feel like that was just an epic self-owned. Because in an effort to undermine Colonel Vinman,

Sean Duffy over here has just made it sound like he would sell out America to another country. That's what he basically is. He's like, oh, I have an affinity for Ireland, and if you get, I th, I'm th, I'm th, I'm th, I'm th, I'm th, I'm th, I'm th, I'm th, I'm th, I'm th, I'm th, I'm th, I'm th, I'm th, I'm th, I'm th, I'm th. I'm thi, I'm thi, I'm thi, I'm thi, I'm thi, I'm thi, I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I, I, I'm th. I, I, I, I, I, I, I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm a th. I'm a th. I'm a th. I'm a th. I'm a thi, I'm a thi. I'm a thi. I'm thi. I'm thi. I'm thi. I'm thi. I'm thi. I'm thi. He's like, oh, I have, I have, I have an affinity for Ireland, and if you get one potato in me, there's no telling what I'll do. To help us make sense of this new twist in the Ukraine impeachment saga, we turn now to someone who's live at the White House, our very own. Roywood Jr. What's, bro. What's up, bro. Wendman is a decorated war hero, and yet Trump's defenders are not just challenging his credibility but they're questioning his patriotism.

What does this all mean? It means these people are right. Do the straight out of the Soviet Union. Look, man, I've seen all the James Bonds, all the Jason Bourne movie several times. the Eastern Europe is full of spies. Yeah, no, no, but Roy, he was brought to America when he was three. So what, man? They can activate you at any time.

I was programmed and didn't even know it until one day I went to Popeyes and my activation phrase. Sorry, we're out of spicy. Man, I blacked out and woke up, I woke up four hours later, covered in bruises and buffalo sauce. Please. Okay, look, I don't agree, but whatever. You don't trust a guy who was born in Ukraine, but he's just one of many officials testifying that Trump's call was improper.

Like Bill Taylor. He's a Vietnam vet and a career diplomat who has served over four administrations. You're going to trust Bill Taylor? Never trust anyone with two first names. I went to school with a dude named Bobby Keith, and he was shady as hell. You know what he did? He bought drugs from me. Wait, wait, wait, wait. You sold drugs?

That's not what we're talking about right now. The point is, can a two- name snitch like Bill Taylor be trusted, especially knowing he might let me sell him drugs? Okay, okay, fine. Well, but then what about John Bolton? Trump picked him to be his national security advisor, and even he thinks this whole thing is shady. John Bolton? I got two words for that. Psh, took, ha ha ha! Are you going to trust a man who won't even let us see his upper lip? What's he hiding under there? Show us the lip, Bolton. Do we even know it's a lip there?

If you can't see the lip, you must acquit. Okay, Roy, why, why do you have a signed picture of John Bolton? I them them them them them them them them them them th th th th th th th. I, I th th. I th. I th th. I th th. I th th. Okay, Roy, why do you have a signed picture of John Bolton? Oh, I met him on the street. He signed it for me. He's a sweet dude, but I don't trust his dance. Okay, you know what, Roy, like, we actually don't even need witnesses when you think about it. We have the transcript of the Ukraine call itself. I know what it says because I've read it with my own eyes. Your eyes. I don't trust your African eyes. Your eyes only good for spotting two things, apartheid and lying. So no, I'm not going to trust your immigrant eyes over the word of President Donald Trump.

Okay, but Trump himself said he wants dirt on Joe Biden. You can't trust Donald Trump. God lies all the time. Don't you ever watch the Daily Show? Oh, okay, so at least you trust this show? No, you can't trust this show. The host has two first names and one of his correspondence sold drugs. What do you mean?

So we shouldn't trust Colonel Vindman, nor Bill Taylor, John Bolton, Trump, or ourselves. If there's no truth to anything and all of this is pointless, then why did you insist that we fly you all the way to D.C.? Oh, I come here because this are only Popeyes I'm not banned from. Well, good luck. I hope they're not on a spicy. Where would you, everybody, let me back. Activation! Hey, thank you. Hey, everybody, John Stewart here.

I am here to tell you about my new podcast, the weekly show coming out every Thursday. We're going to be talking about the election, earnings calls. What are they talking about on these earnings calls? We're going to be talking about ingredient to bread ratio on sandwiches. I know you have a lot of options as far as podcasts go, but how many of them come out on Thursday? Listen to the weekly show. Let's talk about fire. It keeps us warm, it cooks our food. It's how we show our appreciation for thirst traps.

But in California right now, fire is ruining people's lives. Good evening, everyone. A statewide emergency is in effect across several areas of California tonight, leaving hundreds of thousands of people displaced. Before sunrise, fire exploded across the hills of Southern California, a blowtorch in the mountains as a wall of flames tore into hillside neighborhoods. On this block alone, several homes incinerated in minutes. A miracle say firefighters, everyone got out alive. The Cuncade fire, the largest in the state doubling in size this weekend, the blaze now bigger

than Boston. At times, the fire moves so quickly, it burned the area of a football field every three seconds. If you're in the mandatory evacuation zone and you're still there watching this, you're an idiot. Get the hell out. Damn, the fire's probably looking at this dude like I thought I was doing the roasting, wow. But he has right. I know people want to fight and people always think about this in a disaster, but people

are fools to not evacuate in a moment like this. And you might be thinking, who doesn't want to escape a fire? Well, when disaster strikes, people do some pretty weird things. Despite the terrifying conditions in Wine Country, this newlywere couple was given a picture perfect moment during their photo shoot. I was thinking of American Gothic, the 1930s painting. That was the regular normal of American life at the time,

and all of a sudden, in a very strange strange way this has become our new normal. Okay, that is a couple who f-fix while watching the purge. And they may not have been in danger but there are people who think fire is the best time to stay at home. Fires the best time, but people have to understand. These fires are serious. And firefighters need everybody out of the way so they can fight the fires. Especially now it's Halloween. It makes it even worse that it's Halloween because the firefighters have to search through the smoke wondering if there's a victim over there or a skeleton from Walgreens. It's just like what is that? Are you okay? Oh shit. Yeah, ha ha ha ha.

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And the state is doing everything it in to help from nearby states, including Washington, Oregon, Montana, Utah, New Mexico, and Idaho. On the ground, and from the air, more than 500 personnel in a coordinated attack against the flames throughout the morning. A plane known as the Super Scooper, later dropping water with laser precision. You know what I love about firefighters? Because their job is dangerous, they don't have time to be pretentious with fancy names. Yeah, that's a pole, that's a fire truck, that's a super scooper. Okay? As simple as that.

Yeah. They're not like scientists who have chilled out jobs where they can come up with fancy words. Yeah, if scientists were busy, a hydrogen peroxide would just be called fiz. Now, what's been particularly interesting about these fires is even though hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced in California, if you watch the news, you would think that this disaster is only affecting VIPs. Tonight the all-out assault firefighters desperately trying to keep flames from burning down some of the most expensive homes in Southern California. The fast-moving fire is threatening the homes of celebrities like NBA star LeBron James. These LA fires aren't no joke he

tweeted. Look at actor Josh DeMell's five million dollar cliffside home. Fire is dangerously close. Kate Hudson was behind the wheel in this SUV evacuating. Also forced to flee Arnold Schwarzenegger. If you are in an evacuation zone zone zone zone zone zone zone zone zone zone zone zone zone zone zone zone zone to the to the to to the the to to the to the the to the to the the to.. to to to the to to to to. to to. to. to. to. to. to. the to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. F. the the the the the the the the t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. t. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the the. the. in this SUV evacuating. Also forced to flee Arnold Schwarzenegger. If you are in an evacuation zone don't screw around. Get out, he tweeted. Okay actually I think the proper way to read that tweet is don't screw around, get out. Get out now. I'm not gonna lie. I would be so confused if I was there and Arnold showed up to save me he'd be like come with me if you want to live and I'll be like oh my god he's doing the thing he's like it's not the thing get out get to the chopper I'm be like oh my god can I get a selfie be like whoa there's a fire behind us what are you doing but here's the thing like I watch this on the news all the time and I've spoken to the people people people people people the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the I've the the I've the I've the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the their the the the their their their their their their their their their their I'm I'm their I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th is I'm th is th is th is th is th is th is thi I'm th is th is th is the things I'm th is things I'm the things I'm thi things I the thi I thi the the thi who think this. Guys, it's not just celebrities who are being displaced. In fact, they make up like nothing percent of the people

who are losing their homes. Please remember, the vast majority of the victims are real people, not terminators. And so please, if you want and can help them, all you have to do is go to the link at the bottom of the screen and you can donate whatever you can. We'll be right back. Election, Economics, Ingredient to Bread Ratio on Sandwiches. Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcast. Welcome back to the Daily Show. My guest tonight is a critically acclaimed independent rapper who recently founded No Names

Book Club, an online and in-person community featuring progressive work from LGBTQ authors and writers of color. Please welcome, No Name. Okay. Welcome to the show. Thank you for having me. I have to start with the question that has been plaguing me, the people in the building and like random people I speak to the show. Thank you for having me. I have to start with the question that has been plaguing me, the people in the building, and like random people I speak to her about the show. Your name, your rap name, no name, no name. It confuses a lot of people because they see no name and then people would be like, wait, who's the guest? And they're like, the name. And they're like, the name, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, their, their, their, their, th. thin, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, the people, the people, the people, the people, the people, the people, the people, the people, the people, the people, the people, the people, the people, the people, the people, the people, they, they, they, they, they. People, they. People, their, their, their, their, the, the, the, thean, thean, thean, thean, thean, thean, thean, thean, their, their, their, their, their, don't you get the guest name? And I'm like, no, it's no name. And they're like, yeah, but who's the name? The name is me.

I am, I am the name. It's a really terrible name. I couldn't think of anything clever, like a baby or the stallion or whatever. And I'm not. But I feel like you were intentional with it. It feels like a little bit of who you are. Like you, you know, you're an independent artist. Right. You know, I've noticed like none of your clothing I've ever seen has any labels or anything on it. It is that like your vibe. But yes, yeah, very non-descript. Very non-descript, very low-key.

Try not to promote any brand outside of myself because I know I know I'm not giving money to ICE and other things that people fund. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. Right. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, the their, thi, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, thi. I, thi. I te. I's, te. I've, te. I've, te. I've, te. I've, te. I've, the. I've the. I'veto ice and other things that people fund. Right. Yeah it's easier this way it's like minimal it's clean you compliment me I like these things. Oh okay. No I like I wonder if you ever going to have to be like the artist known as no name or like if people no. No because people are gonna be like we need like a bit of a like a thing ahead of it you know yeah the rapper known as no name the book reader no name no name yes yeah that is an interesting aspect of your journey that is completely unique you're an independent artist yes before we go to the book let's talk about that has it become easier to become to be an independent artist in today's age of like SoundCloud and everything?

Absolutely. I think not so much Sound Cloud anymore. Shouts out the Sound Cloud, y'all put me on. But I think because of the internet, because of social media, it's a lot easier if you can figure out a way to galvanize people in your local area and create a local fan fan. That's what I did. Extremely helpful. But yeah, you can directly contact your fan base. And I think that's what helps the most for me.

And what are other reasons why? Yeah, I think that's about it, social media. Because without social media, I don't think it would be possible. That's part of the reason you started your book club. Right. Right. It was a really organic beginning of a book club. You were just reading a book. Yeah, I was.

And somebody tweeted you about it. Right. So I was reading, I was reading this book called Cooperation Jackson about like cooperatives, like, thi told me, pen pals, I'm reading the same book. And then I was high. And I just, I posthum, it was like, oh my god, I should create a book club. So yeah, I created a book club.

Thank you. I smoked a lot of weed. But no, yeah, so that's how it happened. And I like, I kind of pulled it on my page to see people would be into it. And I thought, I think the tweet got like 5,000 retweets and I was like, okay, well maybe at least half of these people will follow the account. But then thousands more were like, oh my god, we like reading and we like rappers. I feel like this is a beautiful journey for you to be on because your mom has a history with books as well, like a really intimate relationship with books, right? She does, yeah.

She owned a bookstore in Chicago for 20 years. It was called Afrocentral bookstore. And so that's kind of how I grew up, I grew up in a space around books. Even when it transitioned and I got older, I spent a lot of my time in a library. That's where I, there's this program in this library call you media and I was able to start recording and wrapping there. But yeah, no, she, being in that space is kind of why I'm still doing it. Like it started as an impulse, but then as I was going,

there were so many other reasons to keep it going. One thing that we're trying to do is incentivize people to shop locally. So yes, you can participate in the book club online, but we really encourage our readers to shop at these POC-C-Own bookstories that we have in our directory. So it's like, it's a little bit of a fuck you to Amazon and kind of fuck you to like the FBI a little bit on some. You know what I mean? Well no, like, uh, like, you know, Co-and-tell pro they, what they did to like destroy

black bookstores and shit. Right. So I'm like, so I'm like, thrownto reinvigorate. Yeah, let's bring it, let's bring it back. I mean, there was a, there was a, like a wave and like a, I guess a newness. When it came to bookstore ownership amongst African Americans in like the 90s, like, that's when my mom opened up her store and it was widely successful because, um, like political rap was, and people were very conscious, and everyone, right. We want to buy a Kufi and we've fun to buy this like Cornell West or whatever. Now it's, it's like, we're just gonna order

these things on Amazon, which is cool, but I think it's like it's important to be in the space, you know? Do you think that that's something that you feel like rap being cool. You know because I remember like when when I was growing up like Tupac I always knew that Tupac read right like a thing that he always like spoke about and and it felt like in a lot there were a lot of rappers who were like oh I read this and I know and then there was a period of rap where it was like no man it's sold in the head man I don't read it the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the thing. thing. things. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. things. I feel. things. I feel. I feel. I feel. I feel. I was feels. I was things. I was things. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was like, I was like, I was like, I was like, I was like, I was like, I was like, I was like, I was like, I was like, I was like, I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was. I was like. I was like. I was like, th. I was like, th. I was like, th. I was like, th. I was like, th. I was like, th. I was like, th. I was like, th no, we're coming back to reading again. I would even take a step further and be like, it's not, I wouldn't specifically put it on the culture, like I don't think it's rappers.

I think generally people are just not reading and I think specifically there's been communities that have been targeted when it comes to the lack there of either bookstores or schools that are actively like allowing their kids to compete and to completely be literate. I think most people in the communities that I am in and that I come from, they don't really have a choice because of the way that their surrounding community is set up when it comes to reading. So yes, it's kind of like, you know, rappers are not necessarily promoting books, but no one, I think, really is promoting books. And that's why you're doing it now, which is exciting.

You got the book club. And you've got the rap going. Right. I feel like, I feel like the perfect combination of all of this is you need to start wrapping the books or wrapping the book club thing. No. I should just get your book and just like, I'll take that then. I was born a crime. Yeah, I like, I like that.

I like that. I'll be like, once upon a time. And then that's all I remember from the book. But I'll work on that. I that. I that. I th. I th. I'll work. I'll work. I'll work. I'll work. I'll work. I'll work. I'll work. I'll work. I'll work. I'll work. I'll work. I'll work. I'll work. I'll work. I'll the. I'll the. I'll the. I'll to the. I'll the. I'll to to to the. I'll. I'll just. I'll just. I'll. I'll. I'll. I'll. I'll. I'll. I'll. I'll. I'll. I'll. I'll. I'll. I'll. I'll. I'll. I'll. I'll. I'll. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I'll. I'll. I'll. I'll. I'll. I'll. I'll. I'll. I'll. I'll. I'll tak. I'll tak. I'll tak. I'll tak. I'll tak. I'll tak. I'll tak. I'll try. I'll tak. I'll try. I'll. I'll to. I'll. I'll. I'll. I'll. I'll. I'll work on that. No, yeah, yeah. And you carry on with what you're doing. You should, you suggest a book, because we do like, we do like, let the homie pick, so we have different people. I will do that. Yeah. I will be the homie that picks. Thank you so much for being on the show.

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