The Daily Show: Ears Edition - ICYMI - Stephen Curry on Feeding Kids Affected by COVID-19 with Eat. Learn. Play.

Episode Date: April 25, 2020

NBA All-Star Stephen Curry discusses his mission to provide food security to as many children as possible through his charitable foundation Eat. Learn. Play. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to Comedy Central. When 60 Minutes premiered in September 1968, there was nothing like it. This is 60 Minutes. It's a kind of a magazine for television. Very few have been given access to the treasures in our archives. But that's all about to change. Like none of this stuff gets looked at. That's what's incredible. I'm Seth Done of CBS News. Listen to 60 Minutes, a second look on Apple podcasts starting September 17th. Steph Curry, welcome to the daily social distancing show.

I appreciate it, man. Before we get into the work that you're doing, I'm sure everybody wants to know if they're a fan of the NBA, what are you doing right now? Are you training? Are you preparing? Are you just playing 2K? What are you doing? Well, it's crazy. I ain't seen a video game controller since I had kids, so that's a little different. I can't resort the bike, I can do some weights, but no actual

like basketball court, I got a little hoop that at least I can get the ball in my hand, get some shots up, but it doesn't simulate anything that I'm used to. So just riding it out like everybody else, man. You've always been on the front lines of getting food to people who need it, getting equipment to kids who need it in schools, helping kids out out, with, with, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, to, their, to, their, their, their, and their, and their, need it, getting equipment to kids who needed in schools, helping kids out with sports programs, etc. As soon as coronavirus hits, we saw Steph Curry in a way we've never seen him before, you came out in full force with your foundation and yourself and your wife Aisha said, you know what we're going to help the kids.

Tell us a little bit about what your foundation is doing right now. There's a lot of food insecurity right in our backyard. And so, like you said, myself and especially my wife, you know, we wanted to really formalize a strategy around how we can really, you know, amplify that impact. And so a year ago, we started our Eat Learn Play Foundation. And I've been working really hard to get it off the ground and running and get to work, not knowing that obviously, you know,

coronavirus would hit and that would only just exaggerate the need at the base level from, you know, just having proper supplies for food, especially when the school systems shut down. I hear the Oakland Unified School District, you don't realize how many kids rely on the school system for you know, their meals throughout the week. And so thankfully we had a foundation set up that once, you know, coronavirus hit and we

saw the need that we were already working on, you know, amplify, it was awesome to be able to kind of engage right away. And so many people helped us. We have an amazing team, We have an amazing support out here. But there's so many kids in need. And we've now provided over a million meals so far. And as we know, as this virus continues, that needs only going to continue to grow.

So there's still more work to be done and more awareness and support that's necessary. and support that's necessary, but just grateful to be able to in a position to be able to help right away in a meaningful way. Your organization was all about helping the kids before the virus hits. You've always wanted to do something in a meaningful way, as you said, but you've had to pivot really quickly to the new situation with coronavirus, you know, because you can't be in the schools the same way they were before. T....... th. So, th. So, th. So, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, and thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, to, to, thi, to, and to, and thi, and, and thi, and to, and the to, and the the to, and the to, and to, and to, and to, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, the the the the the the the the the the the the the thi, thi, the thi, the thi, thi, the thi, to, the the too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, aren't coming to the schools in the same way they were before. So what is

your organization done to shift? It's you know, it's a tech program. Getting the food to the kids as opposed to the kids coming to get the food, getting the right people to get the food to them while still maintaining their health? What have you've been forced to to do to do to do to do to do to do to do the the the to do their their their their their their their. their. What their. What their. What their. What their. What their. What their. What their. What their. What their? their. What their. What is to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their is is, their is their is their is their is their is their is, had to reimagine the process. With restaurants closing down, with schools closing down, all the infrastructure is kind of interrupted. And so from our standpoint, we really, we partnered with the Alameda County Community Food Bank, and they stepped up in a meaningful way to open up distribution centers so that those meals could be accessible to all the kids and families in the greater Oakland Bay Area. So from week one or two around you know the third week of March to

now it was around two or three drop-off centers now we're up to 20 and with Jose Andres in the World Central Kitchen, they're stepping in to try to to reopen restaurants to serve as distribution centers. And that obviously provides a lot of different benefits. We're getting food and meals where they need to be. People know where to go to get the meals. But on top of that, you need a workforce and a manpower to do that.

And so for the restaurants that we can engage with, that creates jobs. And so, like you said, nothing that you do is by yourself. We just happen to be in an amazing position to be able to connect the dots. Food insecurities have been happening for forever. So system-making things that we're trying to deal with and just a history of that but with the virus it only you know exacerbates that for sure. Now on the one hand you're trying to keep in shape for the NBA. On the other hand you're

working to feed as many kids as possible who have now been thrust into the worst situation possible because of coronavirus and then there's the side of you that a lot of people forget but then are reminded of, you know, if we're on your social media, if you know, Steph Curry, and that is you're a dad. So you have kids at home. Kids are out of school right now, but they need to learn from home.

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Well, you know what, unfortunately, we're still going to have a little more time. So when you get back to the NBA, it'll be teacher, philanthropist, and NBA AllStar. Thank you so much for joining us on the show. Thank you for taking the time. If people want to help you up, though, where can you can donate and understand exactly the work that we're doing. And then I know you have Dr. Fauci on on your program and I'm not a doctor but I got to be a reporter for about 30 minutes and ask them some questions but on SC30.com, there's a kind of a breakdown of all of our conversations and things where you can get some facts. We all need facts and we all need the understanding of what's really happening and how we are.

Right. Can do our part, so I'm pretty excited about that, man. I appreciate you, man. Thank you so much for taking the time. Look off to yourself. Appreciate you, Trevor. The Daily Show with Treven O'No. the Daily Show. to watch. the the the the the the the th. th. to. to. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. to. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. to. I. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. thi. tha. tha. th. th. th. the Comedy Central app. Watch full episodes and videos at the Daily Show.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and subscribe to the Daily Show on YouTube for exclusive content and more. This has been a Comedy Central podcast. When 60 Minutes premiered in September 1968, there was nothing like it. This is 60 Minutes. It's a kind of a magazine for television.

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