Jordan Klepper covers the latest on Trump’s whole milk antics, the president’s push to take over Greenland that has Europe mobilizing, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s burgeoning communist reign in New York City, which has unleashed terrors such as expanded access to childcare and free public restrooms.
Grace Kuhlenschmidt breaks down the latest tech from the CES conference: candy that puts voices in your head, razors that botch your haircut for you, robots that can see you but can’t hear you, and a chance to fulfill your dreams of beating up a machine!
Actor Wagner Moura joins Jordan Klepper, fresh off of his Golden Globe win for his performance in “The Secret Agent.” Moura, a Brazilian native, describes how the film, which takes place in 1977 Brazil during a heavy dictatorship, was a way for him and director Kleber Mendonça Filho to process their perplexity after their country’s return to dictatorship values with the election of far-right president Jair Bolsonaro in 2018. They also discuss how this period piece resonates with Brazilians today, as well as audiences all over the world who are likewise facing authoritarian threats, the importance of retaining historical memory in order to avoid repeating past mistakes, and why he gravitates towards projects that merge art with politics.
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