Sunday, February 23 – After touching briefly on Trump
longing for the days of Gone with the
Wind, John looked at Michael Bloomberg’s candidacy and his past with Stop
and Frisk. I loved the line, “As soon as he had something to gain from it, he
apologized, and he did it like a man! Begrudgingly, and once.” The main story on Narendra Modi was good, beginning with
Trump ridiculously characterizing him as “the Father of India” (a title that
already belonged to Gandhi) and a great unifier (this for a man whose
government wants to strip Muslims of citizenship and then put the resulting
“undocumented immigrants” in detention camps – I get why Trump likes him.) John
did a nice job outlining how Modi surrounds himself with scumbags, downplays
his role in violent unrest, and belongs to a party founded by people who
admired Hitler; I loved John pointing out that the only praiseworthy thing
Hitler did was killing Hitler.
Monday, February 24 – First up was the Queen’s petty move
to turn Harry and Meghan into “store brand” royals, followed by Harvey
Weinstein’s guilty verdict in his first trial and the continuing spread of the
coronavirus (get to your bucket list now! Trevor’s wisely includes “don’t get
the coronavirus.”) Good story on Trump’s visit to India. I liked the joke that
7 million people in India is an average day, not a crowd, and I loved the stuff
on Trump being in a place where he can’t eat beef, especially the quote from a
staffer saying, “I’ve never seen him eat a vegetable.” The Nevada primary
results focused on Bernie Sanders’s growing lead. I liked the remark about all
the candidates vying for Obama-friendship points. The guest, Anthony Mackie,
discussed the acting challenges of Altered
Carbon and his pastime of building houses in New Orleans to renew
neighborhoods washed away by Hurricane Katrina.
Tuesday, February 25 – Yet another post-debate show.
Highlights included everyone body-slamming Michael Bloomberg, the candidates
talking about race to win points with South Carolina Black voters (loved
Trevor’s response to Bloomberg’s “if I were Black” hypothetical, with him
getting Stop-and-Frisked and the cops asking “whose $60 billion” are in his
pockets,) and Pete Buttigieg taking a break from policy to “ask for a raise in
his allowance.” Speaking of Buttigieg, Jaboukie gathered a group of LGBTQ
voters to get their take on the candidate. They discussed the critique that
Buttigieg “isn’t gay enough” and recognized the pattern of white cis gay men
often being presented as the face of the community. Rahm Emanuel was the guest.
After talking about how Buttigieg and Bloomberg, as fellow mayors, did at the
debate, Emanuel discussed his new book on how being a mayor is a microcosm of
the executive office.
Wednesday, February 27 – Opening blurbs on applications for a
new NASA class, the “Hot Pockets heiress” getting jail time in the college
admissions scandal (I liked Trevor’s riff on her trashy/classy title,) and
Scotland providing free feminine hygiene available in public places. Trevor
launched a new segment, “Is This How We Die?”, looking at the coronavirus.
Along with looks at outbreaks in several different countries – wow, that
Iranian health minister who was revealed to have the virus the day after he assured everyone that all was well – we examined
Trump’s take on U.S. preparedness. I agreed with Trevor on how unreassuring Trump is in any kind of
crisis. Roy had a new CP Time on Black fashion designers, from the woman who
pioneered curve-accentuating clothing to the first Black artistic director at
Louis Vuitton. The guest was author Kiley Reid, who definitely sold me on her
new book Such a Fun Age.
Thursday, February 28 – Like many, I shook my head at the
idea of a doctor trying to hide vegetables
in the president of the United States’ mashed potatoes. We also got quick bits
on Apple’s edict that movie villains can’t use iPhones (“Group text! Let’s see
whose is green. Christoph Waltz, it’s you again!”) and religious violence in
India. More on the coronavirus, with school closures in Japan – “Quick,
America! Now’s your chance to get caught up in math!” – and the stock market
going down (except for “staying-in” products like Netflix or Pelaton.) Jordan
met with Black voters in South Carolina, though he took Roy with him. Jordan
wanted to know which candidate had the best OPV, “Obama Proximity Value,” but
the voters were more interested in actual policies. Musician Jessie Reyez was
the guest. She discussed going from busking to a Grammy nomination, and her performance at the end of the show was great.
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