The Daily Show: Ears Edition - North and South Korea's Summit Leads to Nobel Prize Chatter for Trump | Kevin Young

Episode Date: May 1, 2018

House Speaker Paul Ryan fires the House Chaplain, Trump takes credit for a historic summit between North and South Korea, and poet Kevin Young discusses his book "Brown." Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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this is the Daily Show, everybody. Thank you so much for shooting in. Take a seat. Come on, no, no, no, that's amazing, but no. I'm Trevor Noe, I thank you so much for shooting in. Our guest tonight, the poetry editor of the New Yorker out with a new book on what it means to be Brown. Kevin Young is joining us, everyone. But first, the first, today, President, th. Thank, th. th. th. Thank, th. th. th. th. Thank, th. th. Thank, thi. thi. thi. Thank, thi. thi. Thank, thi. Thank, thi. thi. Thank, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi. Thank you, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi. Thank, th. Thank, th. Thank, th. Thank, th. Thank, th. Thank, th. Thank, th. Thank, to. Thank, to. a new book on what it means to be brown. Kevin Young is joining us everyone. But first, the first, today President Trump was at the White House hosting President's

Buhari of Nigeria. Although let's be honest, Trump probably thought he was meeting with African Ray Charles. And things got a little awkward at the press conference because remember last year when Trump called African country shitholes? Well, that came up. Did you address his reported comments from earlier this year when he reportedly used vulgar language to describe African nations? I'm not sure about, you know, the validity or whether that allegation, I guess the president was true or not. So the best thing for me is to keep quiet.

We didn't discuss it. And you do have some countries that are in very bad shape and very tough places to live in. As I said, shitholes. Like, I like how Trump thinks he's making it better by saying the same thing, but just changing his language. It's like if he was in the access Hollywood van again going, and then you grab them by the lady flower.

And it is impressive that the Nigerian president tried not to say anything. It's almost like Trump forced him to sign an NDA. He was like, I wish I could answer your question, but I've already spent the $130,000. It's already gone. Sorry about that. All right, moving on to other news, many people have accused Paul Ryan of being a complete disaster as Speaker of the House, which is why so many politicians on both sides are happy to see him leave. But this weekend, Paul Ryan was like, ah, I'm not done yet. The House Chaplain, Father Conroy was fired by Speaker Ryan.

Father Conroy believes it's because of a specific prayer back in November when he prayed for lawmakers to keep in mind economic inequities and disparities when it came to tax reform. May their efforts these days guarantee that there are not winners and losers under new tax laws but benefits balanced and shared by all. Ryan told fellow Republicans Friday, Conroy's ouster had nothing to do with a specific prayer, but rather because he'd heard complaints, Conroy was not meeting lawmakers' spiritual needs. Wow. The House chaplain might have gotten fired th th th th th th th th th th th th th th thired thired thired thir thir thir thir thir thir thir thir thir thir thir thir thir thir thir the the the the their their their their their their the the 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 their their their to to to to to to the. to to the. today.a. tra. tra. trade theau. theau. thea. their the. their their their the. their t prayer, but rather because he'd heard complaints, Conroy was not meeting lawmakers spiritual needs.

Wow, the House chaplain might have gotten fired for praying that poor people wouldn't get screwed over by the tax bill. Damn, I've never seen someone's celibate get f-so hard. But, but I guess, I guess in a way, I do agree that this priest was not meeting lawmakers spiritual needs. Because have you seen the people in this Congress? You don't need a priest. You need an exorcist. He's probably walking through the capital like, be gone, demon! It's like, I'm Ted Cruz. Like I said, be gone, demon!

But let's move on. Over the past few months, we've covered multiple stories involving North Korea. And what's weird is that at one point the stories switched from, we're all going to die to, we're all going to live peacefully together. And this weekend, North and South Korea took another big step in that direction. The leaders of North and South Korea stunned the world, with their agreement to seek peace on the Korean peninsula after more than six decades of hostilities. Kim Jong-un has informed the South Korean president that he is prepared to abandon his nuclear weapons if the United States agrees to formally end the Korean war and promise not to invade his country.

That's right. It turns out, all Kim Jong-un wants in exchange for getting rid of his nuclear weapons is a promise from Donald Trump, which is risky. No, I mean, a promise from Donald Trump is one of the most worthless things you could ask for. You might as well ask for tickets to one of Bill Cosby's upcoming shows. And now, and now, although this was a summit about Kim Jong-un giving up some of his power, there were moments that reminded us that even, to, to, to, to, to, their, their, thuuuu, thui, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thr-a, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th were moments that reminded us that even without nukes, he still has plenty of dictator swag to spare. As the day rolled on, more extraordinary images have continued.

Kim's limousine, scooting back and forth, across the dividing line, his car has its own entourage. Come on, that's... Like, how are you going to make your bodyguards do synchronized jogging alongside your car? If anything, it makes you less safe, right? Because the car can only go as fast as these guys can run. And also, when you get to where you're going, now you just got a team of bodyguards that are too tired to save your life. He's like, ah, look at, he's got a gun. You jump behind me, you jump behind me, I'm tie.

Like, when I saw this, do they have to do there with the guy. I just like picturing these guys when Kim is trying to parallel park. You've just got nine guys with the car. Just like, you're good, you're good, you're good. Okay, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, you're good. Oh, oh, you hit Jerry! You hit Jerry! But once the limo 500 was over, instant rapport the minute Kim Jong-un made history by becoming the first North Korean leader to step foot in the south.

In a brief diplomatic dance, he invited President Moon to cross the military demarcation line back into the north. Now, it may look funny, but we just witnessed a giant moment in history. That's the first time those leaders have stepped foot in the other one's country. Like, you know there was a part of Kim Jong-un as well. They just wanted to be like, now please, step into my country. Got him! I got him! In fact, the summit put Kim in such a good mood that he made a huge change on the spot.

Now North Korea is also changing its time zone to match South Korea's. Back in 2015, North Korea said its clocks back a half hour, and that became known as Pyongyang time. The move was made at the proposal of Kim Jong-un, who found it painful to see two clocks indicating different times on the wall of the summit venue. Yeah, that's right. Kim Jong-un moved his entire country's time forward half an hour. Clearly somebody's watched Infinity War. It's also a dick move for anyone who had an appointment in North Korea.

Like, you didn't plan it, you just announced it out of nowhere. It's just like, hey, I'm here for the job interview. Sorry, so 3 o'clock didn't happen today. And you know what I realize I th, all right? We see Kim all the time, but we almost never hear him speak. We are today North and Nami, the entire people and the world today, this is not his today, the Northam Habi-soul some to be the-and-mahs Okay, I don't care what anyone says. That's not his real voice. Yeah, that is not how he speaks.

Dude is totally pulling a Batman right now. He knows everyone's watching and he's like, we have got to have peace in Gotham, I'm in North Korea. Alfred, I need the Batmobile, and the 12 guys running next to it. Now look, whatever the reason was, it was nice to see Kim Jong-un getting along with someone for a change. In fact, Kim and President Moon got along so well. It gave us an idea for a new dating site. Being a dictator can be lonely.

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So log on to OK Commander.com. You've got nothing to lose but your nukes. walks on bridges and hold hands for a very, very long time. So log on to OK Commander.com. You've got nothing to lose but your nukes. That's loud. Now, if the North Korea talks end up in Kim actually giving up his nukes, this would be one of the greatest peace deals we've ever seen broken. Which is why, believe it or not, South Korea's president says that President Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.

Because he says, this never would have happened if Trump hadn't played bad cop. Like really bad cop, like worst cop,, I'll let you borrow my gun for five dollars, cop. And Trump winning the Nobel Peace Prize or any prize is an idea that mega supporters really love. I remember, you know, it was very rough three, four months ago. No, Bill. No.

No. That's very nice. No Bell. That's very nice. No-Bell. You know that, that has to be the world's first Nobel Peace Prize chants. Like that's how rowdy Trump's crowds are though. They'll chant anything. They'll be at a funeral like, Condolences, condolences, always in our hearts.

Always in our hearts. And now, look, I understand. Some people argue that Trump didn't actually do much. But South Korea's president, he doesn't care. He's happy to share the glory. And Trump agrees with him, except for the share parts. I had one of the fake news groups this morning. Now, they were saying, what do you think President Trump had to do with it? I'll tell you what. Like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, like, how, how, how, how, how, how, how about, how about, how about, how about, how about, tho, thi the the their tho, tho, tho, 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 Trump had to do with it?

I'll tell you what. Like, how about everything? Yeah, I hope they have a Nobel Prize for Humility, too, because this guy, he just killed the game. We'll be right back. John Stewart here. Unbelievably exciting news. My new podcast, The Weekly Show. We're going to be talking about the 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 Danish show. My guest tonight is the poetry editor at the New Yorker and director of the Schoenberg Center for Research in Black Culture and author of a new book of poetry called Brown. Please welcome, Kevin Young. Welcome to the show.

Thanks for having me. A beautiful book of poems with a title that says so much. Thank you. Welcome to the show. Thank you. A beautiful book of poems with a title, a ti, a ti, a ti, a ti, a ti, a ti, a ti, a ti, a ti, a ti, a ti, a ti, a ti, a ti, a ti, a ti, a ti, a ta toda, a thi, a today today thi, tho, of of of of of of of a of of of a of of a of of a of of of of of of of of of of of of of of of of of of of of of of of of of of of of th, th, a th, a th, a the of the of the of the of tode of toda, a toda, a toda, a toda, a ti, a ti, a ti, a ti, a the toe the the the the toe the toe toe toe to. to. Thanks for having me. A beautiful book of poems with a title that says so much brown. Why the title brown? I was thinking of all kinds of brownness. James Brownness, John Brown, also Linda Brown of Brown

of Brown v. Board, who played piano in my church in Topeka, Kansas growing up. Oh, wow. So she was right there, and I learned at an early age that history, you know, she was part of the case that changed our whole nation. Right. You know, desegregated our schools and so much more. And there was history right in front of me singing.

So she was a beautiful singer and a beautiful person. It, it's a name that many people have in America, a name that many people adopted and named many people were given. But in many ways, Brown in America signifies so much. You know, Brown can determine what kind of job a person gets. Brown can determine what schools you go to. Brown can determine what type of loans you can get. Is that why Brown was so important for you when writing about, I guess black culture and a black culture, black culture, black, black, black, black, black, black, and black, and black, and black, and black, and black, and black, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, the black, and, the black, and, and, the black, the black, and, the to be, their, the the the 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, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, the............. And, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the theymea.s. the the the theymeau. the the the the the the the the the the the the the black culture and the black experience in this book of poems? Yeah, absolutely.

It had many residences. I just loved the word, of course, but also I thought a lot about, you know, how can I go from prints to the personal, you know, which is what I get into in the book. And I was thinking a lot about history. I'm obsessed with the music of history and the history of music and th. And both. And both. And both. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, the the the tho, the tho, 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, th. I, th. I, th. I, th. I, th. I, th. I, th. I, the, the, the. I's, throoooooooooooooooooo. I, too. I'm, too. I's, thea. I'm, thea. I'm, the the the. I'm, the music of history and the history of music, and both those things came together in that book and in that word. Right. When you write your poems, I mean, like some poems are extremely, extremely short and then other span pages, does this just come to you? Like, oh, no, this is two lines and then I'm done?

Or do you quit? Are you thinking about it from the beginning. Like how do you plan the poem? Because there's one poem over here, it was my favorite one. It was an ode to big pun, and it was basically just two lines. Yeah, ode to big pun. I mean, you know, he has that great song, I'm not a player, I just crush a lot. And so I was thinking about it, and I just decided to say, I'm not a lot. Right. So that's my ode to Big Pun. Right. And if you love Big Pun... And it's also Pun. You know, it's a pun, so. Yeah.

Sorry, I don't mean to be so obvious. By being too obvious. You have poems like that. You also wrote a poem entitled Money Road, which censors around Emmettil. And you know, the emittal story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story took an interesting twist. I mean, not a twist for some, but for others, where the woman who was the reason he got into trouble came out and said, hey, I lied. She said, on her deathbed, I lied.

He did not do anything. You wrote a poem in this book before that happened. And in the poem you said, did he whistle, he whistled or smiled or whisted or whisted or whisted or whisted or smiled, to whistleed or smiled, to whistleled or smiled or did nothing. Was that just prophetic or was it something that you always believed? Was it something that is tied into brownness as a whole, just the idea of being falsely accused? Yeah, I mean, I think it's part of brownness. I'm shocked that we believe,

that we believe, we realize that obviously, lynching was terrible. And why did we even believe this little part of the story? You know, I think it comes up in Starbucks, you know, they had to do something wrong. We are, it's hard for us to believe that, you know, racism could be full of blame, and the person receiving the brunt of it could have nothing, no blame.

Right. As someone who studies black culture, a lot of people,, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, thiiiiiiiiia, thia, thia, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, to thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, they had they they had they they had th. th. th. th. th. th. they to to to to to they they to they had too, they had had had had had had they had th. they had thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi. tooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. too. too, tha, lot of people are confused by what that means. Like what is black culture? Does it have a culture unto itself or is it culture that comes from African, Caribbean, etc. Well, race is a fiction, but racism isn't. So there's that. But then there's also blackness comes from African culture, the mix of Caribbean culture. What I love about the Shamberg Center for Research in Black Cultures, we study global black culture and experience. We've been in Harlem for 93 years and we were part of the first Harlem Renaissance,

and we're thinking about the new Renaissance is happening now, and film and poetry and art. And to be able to think about it holistically, that's how I think about culture. When you look at Kanye West now, does that, is that a part of black culture? How does that qualify? I'm saying as an expert in this. Until like last week he was, but now.

No, I'm kidding. No, I mean, I think we have a big tent. I mean, that's what's really interesting. There is this big tradition of black conservatism, of course, but there's also a tradition of humaneness, of thinking about everyone under this eegis. I mean, that's why I love that it's the Charmwork Center for Research and Black Culture.

It's thinking not just about African-American, not just of African-Afficking, the African, the African, the African, the African, the African, the African, the African, the African, the African, the African diaspora as well and you know we love having you as part of our our you know dreams. Let me ask you this before I let you go. Brown poems. It's a book that encompasses so much and it's it's beautiful storytelling, it speaks to Brown not from the inside but from from all sides I feel. Sure. Someone reads this book, they read the poems. What is the one thing you wish they would take away from this? What?. It the story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story the story story story story story the story story story story story. It the story story story story story. It the story story story. It the story story story. It's the story story. It's the story. the story. the story. the story story story story story story story story story story story. the story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story. It speaks to to to to to to to to to the story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story story. It the story. It the story. It the story. It the story. the story. the story. the story. the story. It the story. It's the story. It's the story. It's the story. the story. the story. the story. the story. the story. the the th. th. the th. thi. thi. the thi. thi. the thi. the thi the thi the, they read the poems. What is the one thing you wish they would take away from this? What is the story you want to tell? I think it's a story about America and about history and how history is both personal and public.

And for me, we're swimming in it. You know, it's like we're fish. history maybe in an active way. For me looking back at growing up in Kansas and having Linda Brown there it meant a lot to realize that I was in a place that Langston Hughes also had lived and you know coming from a place unlikely like Kansas right but it was filled with blackness and brownness. It's a fantastic book. Thank you so much for being on the show. Thanks for having to Brown is available now. Kevin Young, everybody. The Daily Show with Trevor No. Ears Edition. Watch the Daily Show weeknights at 11.10 Central on Comedy Central and the Comedy Central app. Watch full episodes and videos at the Daily Show.

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