Comedians Josh Comers, Lance Weiss and Brendan Fitzgibbons discuss 9/11 and Trump jokes, what to expect leading up to the final week of the election, jury duty, boy scouts, the Cubs, the dumbing down of America, who’s to blame if Trump wins, what it takes to run a stand-up comedy show, and Gaëtan Dugas.
Ten states will be voting on marijuana reform this Tuesday despite the Obama administration’s decision to keep marijuana as a schedule one drug alongside LSD and heroin. California voters will decide on Proposition 64, the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, legalizing possession of one ounce of marijuana for adults over the age of 21. Californians will be allowed to grow up to six plants a year. And the sale of marijuana for recreational use would be taxed and regulated.
For more on this we are joined by Dr. Stanton Glantz who is often called the Ralph Nader of the anti-tobacco movement. Dr. Glantz opposes Prop 64. He’s written four books including The Cigarette Papers and is also a professor at the school of medicine at the University of California San Francisco. Dr. Glantz believes tobacco and marijuana have similar chemical profiles, and that as we move towards legalization of marijuana we need to regulate it more like tobacco and less like alcohol.
Moshe Kasher is a comedian and author of the 2012 memoir Kasher in the Rye: The True Tale of a White Boy from Oakland Who Became a Drug Addict, Criminal, Mental Patient, and Then Turned 16. That same year, Moshe released his Netflix stand-up special Moshe Kasher: Live in Oakland. He also co-hosted, alongside Neal Brennan, the late podcast The Champs and is currently the co-host of the live podcast Hound Tall, which takes a single topic and figures out the mysteries of the universe. He and his wife, comedienne Natasha Leggero, recently embarked on a co-headlining Honeymoon Tour across the country.
Guest host Colleen Werthmann, prepared with questions, asks David about his favorite words, surprise favorite novel, favorite visual artist, instrument he wishes he could play, biggest regret from childhood, biggest regret from adulthood, what his profession would be in an alternative reality, OCD habits, what makes him fear the future, if comedy yields any progress, conspiracy theories, most interesting political year, the worst politician, and the worst person who is a politician.
Comedy writers Dave Sirus and Steve Young kibitz about Letterman, bullying, what makes men attractive, Michelle Obama, political satire, industrial music, and Allan Sherman! Dave Sirus produces and writes sketch comedy and is known for interviewing the Westboro Baptist members under the guise of ‘Brick Stone’. Sirus wrote on the forty-first season of SNL and was nominated for an Emmy Award for Writing in a Variety Series. Along with David, he is currently a writer on the Triumph Election Watch Series for Hulu. Steve Young wrote on the Late Show with David Letterman and Late Night with David Letterman. Steve is also the co-author of the book “Everything’s Coming Up for Profits – The Golden Age of Industrial Musicals”.
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Comedian & Political Satirist Barry Crimmins on Trump’s sexual allegations, Bill Clinton’s scandals, Bernie Sanders, Obama’s character, the passing of Sidney Sheinberg, and the moral dilemma of whether or not David would ever have on someone who has been accused of sexual assault. Barry is the author of “Never Shake Hands With A War Criminal” and the subject of the documentary “Call Me Lucky.” Today’s podcast is brought to you by zipcar.com – earn $25 of free driving credit at www.joinzipcar.com/