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“Undeniably Essential” (w/ Ari Shapiro)
Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang
Best Strangers in the World
I remember watching it. And there was an element of knowing exactly what was happening, but being so confused. Because we've never seen anything like this before in the United States. So it does fall to people like you to be able to get that information across. I would love to hear that commentary. What if literally like all the journalists had been locked out of their accounts and only lost coach could report on January 6th? People would pay money for that commentary.
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Speaker 3
What if literally like all the journalists had been locked out of their accounts and only lost coach could report on January 6th and was just like, we are here on the ground. And what we're seeing is just disgusting. I would love to hear that commentary.
Speaker 1
People would pay money for that
Speaker 2
commentary. Honestly, though, like in a
Speaker 3
real way, like to be, have to be a spectator there is really tough when you have the talent and you have the experience that you have to be able to like, you know, especially, I remember watching it. And
Speaker 2
there was an element of knowing exactly what was happening, but being so confused. And I think that that is.
Speaker 1
Yeah. Because we've never seen anything like this before in the
Speaker 2
United States. Right. And so it does need to be explained like what we are seeing is an insurrection. This is the definition of what that means. This is how this could end. This is how much danger these people are in. So it does fall to people like you to be able to get that information across. And I will also say
Speaker 3
one of the most moving and stirring parts of your book, Best Strangers in the World, is you talking about your experience with 9-Eleven.
Speaker 2
And literally speaking on the phone to people in a journalistic capacity who then would perish,
Speaker 3
you know, I
Speaker 2
guess minutes or hours later, just that had to be
Speaker 3
that has
Speaker 2
to stay with you forever is not even the words. It
Speaker 3
has to be formative as a
Speaker 6
person. Well,
Speaker 1
it was formative. I mean, at that point, I was sort of the most junior person on the staff of morning edition. I was working a temp contract.
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