The Daily Show: Ears Edition - If You Don't Know, Now You Know - First Ladies of the U.S.| Michael Kiwanuka

Episode Date: March 5, 2021

Fox News slams President Biden for numerous pseudo-scandals, Trevor explores the history of America's first ladies, and singer-songwriter Michael Kiwanuka talks about his album "Kiwanuka."In honor of Women's History Month, support more women running for public office by visiting dailyshow.com/SheShouldRun. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Very few have been given access to the treasures in our archives. You're rolling. 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. Hey what's going on everybody? I'm Trevor Noah and this is the daily social distancing show. Today is March 4th which means it's the first week of women's history month. And to celebrate we've built a special program

that will highlight a random woman from history so that we can celebrate her achievement. Let's see who we got today. Oh, Danica Johnson! The first woman to order for a man at a restaurant. Oh, hi, thank you. We'll have two fetichinis, please. But Danica, I don't like fetichini. He loves fetishinis.

Anyway, on tonight's show, we look at Joe Biden's 50 latest scandals, what first ladies really do, and the pettiest thing a Republican senator has done today. So let's do this, people. Welcome to to to to the daily to the daily the daily to the daily the daily to the daily the daily to the pettiest thing a Republican senator has done today. So let's do this people. Welcome to the Daily Social Distancing Show. From Trevor's couch in New York City to your couch somewhere in the world. This is the Daily Social Distancing Show with Trevor Noa. Ears Edition. Let's kick things off with the coronavirus vaccine. It's the reason America's hot new trend is hanging outside the dumpster at CBS. With more doses hitting the street every day, the US now expects to have enough vaccine

for every adult by the end of May. But not everyone will have to wait that long. A group of great apes in San Diego have made history as the first animals to receive the COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S. According to a wildlife health officer, the decision to administer the vaccines came after eight gorillas at the San Diego Zoo became the first great apes in the world to contract COVID. Okay, okay, I know some people out there might be mad that apes are getting the

vaccine before them, but it's all part of the priority list people. It goes health care workers, the elderly, people with underlying conditions, apes, then you, right after teachers, children, people who don't want it, everyone who became elderly while you were waiting, then all your friends, then you. So just be patient. Honestly, I think this is great. I mean, not just because I can finally hang out with apes in person instead of overzoom like I'm doing right now, but because apes are noble creatures who are frankly way more

deserving than any human. You got that, Caesar? You just remember. Old Trevor had your back from day one, buddy. You remember me when it's your planet. But let's make like Q&Own and head over the U.S. Capitol. President Biden and the Democrats now have enough votes to get their coronavirus relief bill passed over Republican objections. But while Republicans can't kill the bill coronavirus relief bill passed over Republican objections.

But while Republicans can't kill the bill, at least one has found a way to be a dick about it. Senate Republicans launch an effort to delay the vote on President Biden's $1.9 trillion dollar COVID relief package. Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin says he plans to force Senate staff to read the entire relief bill out loud on the floor adding at least 10 hours to the process. I don't want to sound like Alexis, but I'm going to resist.

Okay, so the first way I'm going to resist is I'm going to go down and object to the waiving of the reading of the bill. I will make them read their 600 and 700 page bill. Oh, that's my man.. Ron Johnson, Ron, Ron, Ron, Donsonsonsonsonsonsonsonsonsonsonsonsonsonsonsonsonsonsons. the delaying delaying d. to delaying d. th. th. th. th. th. to delaying d. th. th. th. th. thioling d. to thoing thoing. thi. thi. thi. to to to to to to to to to to to to tho. tho. tho. 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. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. the. toe. toe. toea. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. to. toe. toe. thea. thea..., that's my man. Ron Johnson, delaying desperately needed aid. He knows is gonna get passed anyway. And to all the hungry kids out there, be patient. Ron Johnson is making a symbolic point. You can eat tomorrow, or maybe next week, whatever.

But on the real, though, this is not just petty, it's disgusting. And on top of that, I'd respect him maybe a little bit more if he read the bill himself. But instead, this bitch is making some poor clerk read it? Like, you don't get to act like you're some heroic resistor if someone else is doing the work. Now I want to see how Ron Johnson defends his family. Hey, you think you can hit on my wife? Well, you've got another thing coming. Kick his ass, wife. Kick his ass. And by the way, I love how he says,

I don't want to sound like a leftist. That's become the new no-homo for Republicans. Yo, bro, no leftist, but I think we should all get an equal share of guck on our chips. All right, let's move on now to our main story. President Joseph, Reprehensible Biden. And yes, that is his new middle name. Reprehensible, because Biden has been in office for just six weeks.

And already people, he has had more scandals than any president before him. As we'll find out in another episode of Joe Biden, the worst president in history that we can remember. You know, it's hard to even keep track of all the scandalous things that Joe Biden has done since the last time we did this segment. But yesterday, he said one of the most outrageous things anybody, or at least anybody on Fox News, has ever heard. Part of the President's plea with the American people when he took over was to stop talking about political opponents like they are enemies because they are not. And he's not calling these Republican leaders reopening their states enemies, but he is calling them Neanderthals.

I think it's a big mistake. The last thing we need is the Neanderthal thal thal thal thal thal thal thal thal thal, thal, thal, thal, thal, thal, thal, thal, thal, thal, thal, thal, thal, thal, thal, thal, thal, thal, thal, thal, thal, th- th- th- th- th- th- th- th- th- tham, tham, tham, thu, thu, thu, thu, thu, thu, thu, thu, thu, thu, thu, thu, thu, thu, thu, thu, thu, thu, thu, thu, thu, thu, thu. thu. He. Hea, thu. Hea, tha, tha, thii. Hea. Hea. Hea. Hea. Hea. Hea. Hea. Parti. Part of tha, tha, tha, tha, tha, tha, he is calling them Neanderthals. I think it's a big mistake. The last thing we need is the Neanderthal thinking that in the meantime, everything's fine, take off your mask, forget it. It still matters. What a uniter Joe Biden is. You know, this is Mr. Unity. And yet, if you disagree with them, you're a Neanderthal. It turns out that he's just another snob, using dismissive, deplorable-like, demeaning language to describe people who didn't vote for him. He called them Neandrothals. Now, you don't call one of the largest states in the Union, Neandrothal.

According to Joe Biden, only a Neanderthal would lift COVID restrictions on Americans. I started the Neanderthal caucus because Ne Neanderthals are hunter, gatherers, they're protectors of their family. They are resilient, they're resourceful, they tend to their own. I can't believe that Joe Biden has the nerve to call these great Americans Neanderthals. But also, calling them Neanderthals is actually a compliment. So apologize, Joe Biden, but also, thank you the anathols is actually a compliment. So apologize, Joe Biden. But also, thank you.

But how dare you! But also, you're so sweet. Resign, my best friend. This is just disgusting, people. Not only did Joe Biden call Republicans the N-word, but he forced them to acknowledge evolution. That is the worst thing you can do to a Republican. And by the way, point me to a single Neanderthal that died from COVID. Huh? Guess you're not so smart now, huh, buddy? And it's bad enough that Joe Biden is insulting people who don't want to wear to wear masks. But what's even worse is that Joe Biden is a monster who wants to wear a mask himself. Why is Joe Biden so wearing a mask? He's been vaccinated? to. to. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. to to to to to to to to to to to the the the to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to 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 the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. the. the. the. the. thr. the. thean. thean. toean. toean. toe. toe. toe. th the. th. th. been vaccinated. Like, this virtue signaling that continues on is just really getting tiresome.

You tell him, what kind of sick person goes out of his way to set an example? You never once saw Donald Trump care about public health? No. He stood shoulder to shoulder with ordinary people and contracted COVID because that's leadership, Mr. President, if that even is your real name. What Joe Biden doesn't understand is that wearing a mask is a personal decision that everyone should get to make for themselves, except for Joe Biden, who isn't allowed to wear a mask because it annoys me.

But clearly there's something else going on here. Joe Biden is hiding something under that mask. Could it be a Hitler mustache? Take off your mask, Joe, or you are the new Hitler. Meanwhile, Joe Biden is not only failing on COVID. He's a one-man super spreader for an even worse pandemic. Cancel culture.

President Biden didn't even mention Dr. Seuss and his presidential proclamation honoring Read Across America Day yesterday. The Biden White House has erased, literally erased Dr. Seuss from their Read Across America proclamation this week. So it's Dr. Seuss's birthday, the Biden administration is refusing to celebrate. It's like Dr. Seuss.

Magic wand doesn't exist. That's right. Joe Biden has a magic wand and he used it to erase Dr. Seuss. He could have been doing something that would actually benefit the country with that wand, you know, like making all the face masks disappear. And how hypocritical is it to tell America that they should be listening to doctors and then literally murder an esteemed medical expert like Dr. Seuss? Look out America!

This is just the beginning of Biden's crusade against all doctors. But only the real ones, which I guess means Dr. Jil Biden has nothing to worry about. And by the way, what a sad departure from America's last president, who respected Dr. Seuss so much that he constantly spoke in made-up words. Anonymous, unanimous, United States. There's no sugar-coding it. This administration is going to the dogs. And what's even sadder is those dogs are ugly as shit. Oh, I gotta show you some nonsense from the White House. They put this out. They've got this paufis, some sort of cutesy account for the dogs.

Did you see the dog? Let's get, I want to show you something I noticed. Doesn't he look a little, a little rough? This dog looks like, I'm sorry, from the junkyard. And I love that dog, but he he he he he he looks he he looks he looks he he looks he he th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th th tho tho tho tho tho tho- tho- tho from the junkyard. And I love that dog, but he looks like he's not been well cared for. He looks very dirty and disheveled and very unlike a presidential dog like Millie or victory or something else in the past in the White House. Yeah, dude, drag that dog. Hey, Fido, why don't you go fetch a new stylist? I mean, what the hell has that dog been doing, huh?

Running around playing? No wonder he looks like that. Everyone knows if you want your dog to remain in mint condition, you never take it out of the packaging. Joe Biden has a lot to explain about how he treats that pet. No dog should ever look major than Ted Cruz. Hell, I'll say it here. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. that's. that's. that's. that's. that's. that's. that's that's that's that's that's that's that's. that's thii. thi. thi. thi. that's thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. theeeeeea. theei. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the I do not like this dog. I do not like it here or there. I do not like it anywhere. And yeah, that's right. I'm quoting Dr. Seuss. Is that illegal now? Well, then I'll stop because I've got priors. So, those are the many Joe Biden scandals exposed

by the muck-reaking journalists of conservative media in just the last three weeks. And who knows, by thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thin thin thin thin the the than than than the. the than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than than th. than th. th. th. th. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. today, today, today, today, today, today, today, today, the. the. the. who knows, by this time tomorrow, we could find out that Biden doesn't empty the crumbtrainees toaster, or even worse, he sits when he pees. And when he does, we'll be there to tell you all about it in another episode of Joe Biden, the worst president in history that we can remember. All right, when we come back, we'll look into the history of America's first ladies. So stick around.

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starting September 17th, wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome back to the daily social distancing show. When Joe Biden was inaugurated as president in January, his wife, Jill Biden, became First Lady, joining the ranks of such iconic women as Michelle Obama, Barbara Bush, and Ivanka Trump. But how did the role of First Lady become so important to American government? Well, in honor of Women's History Month, we decided to find out.

In another episode of, If you don't know, now you know. The First Lady. It's not a job that's actually in the Constitution, but that's just because in 1787, women hadn't been invented yet. And even though First Lady is not an official role, they've been important figures in the country from the very beginning. From the earliest days, America's first ladies were referred to as Lady Presidentress or Republican Queen. The term First Lady didn't come into use, really, until Dolly Madison's time.

The fourth First Lady pioneered the practice of championing social causes. She helped orphan children and support women's rights the the the c' their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their the country The fourth first lady pioneered the practice of championing social causes. She helped orphan children and supported women's rights. And it said that at Mrs. Madison's funeral, President Zachary Taylor eulogized her as the country's first lady, the first time that title was ever used. That's right. Dolly Madison was the first first lady, but she didn't know it because President Taylor only called her that at her funeral. If I were Dolly Madison, I would be dead, but also I would have been so pissed at Zachary Taylor.

Because before him, people were calling her Lady Presidentress or Republican Queen. And those are so much cooler as names. Then at her funeral, some dude is like, no, she was the first lady. If I was her, I'd be getting out of that casket like, what you say? Bitch, you call me Queen Supreme. Oh, first lady, queen! But while the idea of a first lady has been around from the beginning, the job as we know it today didn't really kick off until the 1930s.

You know, it's like how for years, Netflix was a company that sent DVDs in the mail. But that's not what people think of as Netflix now. And the first streaming on demand, First Lady was Eleanor Roosevelt. Eleanor Roosevelt really innovated the first lady's role as a public communicator. She wrote thousands of columns, 27 books. She participated in hundreds of radio shows. She felt that her role was to really reach out to the American people and to learn from them about what they wanted in policy. First Lady Pat taken to the road and traveled hundreds of thousands of miles.

Going right to the source of the country's pain during the Depression, meeting minors in Appalachia, challenging Southern Democrats to support anti-linching legislation. And during World War II, visiting internment camps where Japanese Americans were imprisoned simply because of their race. The first lady was often alone at the wheel, driving herself cross-country. Now that is ballsy as hell. Eleanor Roosevelt was so politically active, she visited the Japanese internment camps that her husband

set up. It's so classic for a wife to go around cleaning up her husband's mess. She was probably at those internment camps like, I'm sorry, he just gets a little racist sometimes. Work has been really stressful. He's not normally this way. Really, really, he isn't. And she even took road trips by herself, which was very gutsy in the 1930s. There was no phones, no GPS, you know.

Although I guess it's hard to get lost when there were only like, what, two roads in the entire country? Okay, young buck, listen up. You want to get from California to the White House, pay attention. You want to turn onto Road 1. And you listening? You want to turn onto Road 1. And then you're going to drive straight on Road 1. And then you'll be there. And once Eleanor Roosevelt realized that she could use her position

to bring attention to the issues that were important to her, every first lady who followed did the same. Lady Bird Johnson sought to beautify the nation and took an active role in the Head Start program for early child development. Barbara Bush advocated for literacy, as did Laura Bush. In 1962, Jackie Kennedy Onassis created the White House

historical association. Betty Ford was vocal about women's issues. She supported the Supreme Court's ruling on Roe v. Wade, which made abortion legal, and she supported the Equal Rights Amendment. She openly discussed her breast cancer and mastectomy. When Michelle Obama was First Lady, one of her key initiatives was to push for healthier nutrition and food choices. That translated into a change for public school lunches around the country.

In the 80s, Nancy Reagan appeared in a popular sitcom to boost her Just Say No campaign. Who's don't know about Mrs. Reagan? I'm concerned about drug abuse. their own. Wow. That is commitment. Nancy Reagan was so determined to stop drug abuse. She even went on a sitcom to speak out on it. Which would be impossible to do to to to to to to to to to to to tod. I. I. I. I, I, I, I, I, I, I th. I thi the thi the thi thi thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I the thi, I the the the, I the, 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 the the the the the the the the th. I the, I the, I the, I the, I the, I the, I the, I the an the an today today today today today today today today. today today today the an the an the an the an, she even went on a sitcom to speak out on it.

Which would be impossible to do today. I mean, TV shows are so much more adult now. I mean, it's easy to tell Gary Coleman not to do drugs. It's a lot harder to try and do that on euphoria. Just say no, Zendaya. Bitch, you should have been here season one. But it's it's is is is is thia, it's thia, it's thia, it's th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. the. the. tho. to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be so. to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be. to be to be to be. to be. to be. to be to. to. to. to. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. toe. toe. today. today. to. to. today. to. to. to. to. But it's through that activism that first ladies get to show who they really are and how they want the world to change. You know, Michelle Obama cared about health.

Hillary Clinton cared about children and education. Melania cared about stopping cyber bullies and say what you want, but her agenda got done. And the thing about being a first lady is that they're not just expected to promote social causes. They're also expected to be style influences. Jackie Kennedy's pillbox hats, Nancy Reagan's red dresses, Hillary Clinton's pantsuits, or Pat Nixon's zina cosplay. But of course, all this attention also means that First Ladies gets subjected to intense

scrutiny by the press. And it's not something that they've been happy about. To be the First Lady, maybe the most difficult job in Washington. Martha Washington famously said the role of First Lady can sometimes feel like a state prisoner. Michelle Obama wore a pair of shor shorts, just regular pair of mom shorts, and an uproar ensued days of video commentary and pictures and debate about whether it's okay for a first lady to wear shorts.

Andrew Jackson's wife Rachel was blasted in the papers for being a pipe-smoking hillbilly from Tennessee. Jackie Kennedy called the press harpies and she hated the constant attention. Best Truman felt very uncomfortable, very ill at ease with all the fanfare and the attention of the press. There was a famous incident where she was doing a christening of a ship and she went to break the bottle and they forgot to score the bottle ahead of time so she's banging it and banging and it just won't break. She was humiliated. She told her husband, I'm not doing another public appearance.

Oh, poor best Truman. I honestly feel bad for her because we've all had that moment where we just can't open a jar of peanut butter, but imagine if the entire country was watching you struggle with that jar. Almost got it, everybody. Hold on. Try running hot water over it. I tried that already. If you ask me, the person to blame is the one who started this whole tradition. Like, who thought it was a good idea to christen a new ship by smashing it with a champagne bottle? You don't christen a new car by slashing the tires with a samurai sword? And honestly, all the first ladies are in an unfair situation. Because none of them asked to be in that position. Martha Washington was right. It is sort of like a prison. to. to. to. toe. toe. toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, the toe, the toe, the toe, the toe, the toe, thi, thi, thi, thi, to be a to be a thi, the the the thi, thi, the the th. 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 the the the the the the the the the the th. And, th. thi, the, the, the, the, thean, thean, thean, throoooomoomorrow, tr trueuoomeananan, whoean, whoseean, whosee.e.ean, thean, thean, the. Martha Washington was right, it is sort of like a prison.

Although it's weird to say you feel like a prisoner when you own slaves yourself. Sometimes I just feel like I can't leave. Do you know what I mean? Yeah, Mrs. Masser, I think I do. But maybe the most fascinating thing about First Ladies is that even though no one votes for them, and they kind of make up the job as they go go go........, to to to 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 to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the pa.. their. their. their their. their theirfea. theirean. theirean. votes for them and they kind of make up the job as they go, just by virtue of being married to the president, they can end up having

a lot more power than many elected officials. The first lady is the most powerful woman in the country. Because she has the ear first thing in the morning and last thing at night of the most powerful man in the country. Going back to the very first first one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. 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. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I th. I th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm the. I'm te. I'm te. I'm te. I'm too. I'm te. I'm te. I'm te. I'm te. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. night of the most powerful man in the country. Going back to the very first first lady, Martha Washington, and the second one, Abigail Adams, both of them were politically involved, they were involved in cabinet decisions, they were involved in campaigning. These women were political partners. Nancy Reagan was pulling a lot of the strings calling many of the shots from

President Ronald Reagan's first campaign for the White House back in 1980 to his Cold War ending triumph in 1987. Hillary Clinton became more involved, obviously, in policymaking than any first lady before her. She had an office in the West Wing. A Bill Clinton even ran on the slogan, buy one, get one free. In 1919, Edith Wilson was unofficially running the country after her husband, Woodrow suffered a stroke. That's insane, man. Not only have First Ladies influenced the president, Edith Wilson ended up running the government. And by the way, that totally

screwed the vice president over. I mean like 90% of the vice president's job is being there in case the president goes down. So that's like being Tom Brady's back up and then he gets hurt but then Giselle comes out like, no, no, no, I got this, get back on the bench, loser. I throw for my husband. So, as the Biden administration gets underway, history suggests that Jill Biden will likely be a major part of it. Because first ladies always have been. And if you don't know, now you know.

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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,

starting September 17th, wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome back to the Daily Social Distancing Show. Earlier today, I spoke with critically acclaimed singer-shran-songer, Michael Kinuka. We talked about his most recent album, which has earned him his first Grammy nomination, and what the ride has been like to the top. Michael Kiwanuka, welcome to the Daily Social Distancing Show. Oh yeah, thanks for having me, man.

I'm happy to be here. Oh man, I'm a little sad to be taking talk talking talk talking to be to be talk talking to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be here. Oh man, I'm a little sad to be talking to you right now because your concert was the last live event that I attended before all of the lockdowns happened. It was at the theater in LA, forgive me, I forget the name. Yes, yes, and was a beautiful, intimate show. And I just remember it being like this transcendent experience and everyone was just like feeling the, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, oh, th, th, th, th., th.. And I was like, th. And I was like, I was like, I was like, I was like, I was like, I'm, th me, I'm, that, I'm, tho, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, tho, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th, th. th, th.. th.... th. I, th. th. th. I, th. th. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th th th th thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii, th th thi, thi, thi, thi, th being like this transcendent experience and everyone was just like feeling the love and I was like oh man we got to do

this more often and then the lockdown hits. Man that's lame I had no idea that you you were there that's amazing and that was one of my favorite shows ever definitely favorite shows in Los Angeles but yeah man I mean I can't I can't wait to get back and play music again and we get through this. What made that show really special for me as well was you having your family there. You know, it was really cool when you were introducing your family and they became part of the show and what has that journey been like for them, you know, because your family came from Uganda and then moved to the thrown.

to see the journey and to see the rise to the place you are now, I mean it must really be insane for them and for yourself. Yeah, it's amazing. I mean, my mom still texted me and she texts me today because she heard a song on the radio here in the UK and she was like, it's on the radio, it's still like, it's they're always super supportive but it was like yeah coming from Uganda it was sort of like a risk to support their son doing playing the guitar all day and right right we doing any school work and mom had to really take a leap of faith and dad to be like okay we'll support you but make sure you know you you practice and work hard and and then it paid off. So I know so much to them for just being supportive and, and it was, you know,

it was difficult for them, but they enjoyed it now. I remember being at your show and genuinely, I don't say this to gas you up. It was like a, it's like you were telling us a story, but a story that was happening inside you as a human being. You know, it was very personal. It was very, it was very vulnerable at the same time. And then I was shocked to find out that you at a point were really struggling with self-doubt. Like you, you had imposter syndrome. You were like, I can't do this to the point where it cost you an opportunity to collaborate with Kanye West.

Tell me a little bit about that and how you've managed to work to work to work yeah. It was crazy. It was just basically I was maybe to do a bit with growing up, but I just sort of, I was always trying to fit in. I thought in order to be accepted or sort of succeeding, whatever you're doing, maybe it was music, getting a job in the bank, you sort of had to fit. And then I thought it was the same with music. So every time I tried to do music that was like what was on the radio or just, I thought people would like, it just sounds awful. And then, if I was doing my own thing, it was like, I love this, but it's like, are people going to be offended by lyrics or like a song like Black Man in the White World what's going to happen, no one's going to play, all

these things. Right. I thought you know I'm never going to make it and I just had all these doubts. So when I went to the studio with, you go to the studio with someone in the main was like Kanye Wes I just kept thinn. like instead of me. Oh yeah, right, right. So it was just kind of like learning and growing up and learning how to be an artist is about being yourself and the thing that makes you unique thing which you think is what's your strength. Your third album is entitled Kiwanuka. Most artists will call their debut album by their name, you know. It was interesting to me that you went with your third album as Kiwanuka. What was the reason that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that that be that be that be that be that be that be that be that that be that be that that that be their that be that be that be that be their that be that be that be their their that be that be that be that be that be that be that be that's that's that's that's is that's is that's is that's is that's is that's is that's is that's is 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 their their the. interesting to me that you went with your third album as Kiwanuka. What was the reason for that?

Yeah, yeah. Normally your first album is self-titled. And it was two reasons, it was like, I definitely knew it would be a statement, because it would be like, oh, interesting that the third album is self-titled, what's he trying to say, maybe it's not trying to say. And at the same time it reflected kind of what I was saying before about and the self-imposite, you know, imposter syndrome. It was sort of lack of declaration to be. Oh, right, great, great. Yeah, this is what I am. And I finally come to terms that I'm enjoying that. And it's threefold because then my my my the th th th th th th th th th th thi my thi thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, I thi, thi, kind of thi, kind thi, kind of thiolome, kind of thi, kind of their their thi, kind of kind of thi, kind, kind, kind, kind, kind, kind, kind, kind, kind, kind, kind, kind, kind, kind, I thi, I the same thi, I the same the same the same thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, I thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi. And I's thiolouiolouiolou. And I'm thiolou. And I'm thiolou. And I'm thi, kind of thi, kind of thi because then my name was always something that I love but it carries a lot. So it talks about my heritage, but it also describes that I'm, you know, a first generation written.

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You're now on a journey where you have been nominated for a Grammy award for Best Rock Album. What's amazing to me is that while this is happening, you are in the UK performing at your old high school where you performed your first concert. In fact, we're going to be playing one of those performances at the end of the show. I would love to know what that journey is like. Because I don't, like, I don't know about you, but I don't know about you. But when I think about high school and I think about going, I think about going, I'm, graming, the thrownee, the show, and I's the show, and the show, and the show, 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, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, I's, and, and, the, the, their, and, and, and, the, the, the, the, the, the, 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, 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. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the'm the host of the Daily Show and they'll be like, give us your daily show money. What was that like for you going? Do you come in with like I'm Grammy nominated a swag?

Or did you go like, oh boy, it's it's Michael with the funny last name swag? A bit of thought. I mean, it was school for me was interesting because I think I got saved by music. So I definitely was like the kid that no no change to a narrowly but I had like the picky afro hair that was sort of funny shapes like flat at the back and it was like this not weird guitar but it should be I think that for a bit but then and it was weird and then when I sort of started a band and did my music people liked it so it was all right I could kind of avoid the bullies and the so I'm back school did that performance it was like I felt really lucky because music sports today and that was the place I found it I found,

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