The Weekly Stewart This Week
On this “The Weekly Show” podcast with Jon Stewart, his guest is Illinois Governor JB Pritzker. This is a really wonderful episode. Even if you don’t want to listen to the full hour-long conversation, try listening to at least 10-15 minutes. Jon Stewart’s questions are sharp, as always, and Gov. Pritzker is extremely thoughtful, very interesting, and forthright. You may even find yourself sticking around longer.
As the show writes, “As ICE arrives in Chicago under the banner of crime reduction, Jon is joined by JB Pritzker to examine the Trump administration's stated rationale for federal intervention in American cities. They explore what the administration is actually trying to accomplish in Illinois, consider what effective approaches to reducing crime and immigration violations would actually look like, and discuss how Democratic leaders could band together to resist federal overreach. Plus, Jon answers some listener questions!”
By the way, at the very beginning, Jon Stewart gets speeded up, and you might think it’s a technical glitch, but it’s not – it’s a joke referencing how long his question is, and only lasts about 30 seconds.
As I’ve noted, the show now provides a nice feature, a sort of "breakdown" of when specific topics are covered during the conversation, so you can jump to the sections that most interest you. If you watch the video on YouTube, those time codes are hyperlinked to the video and will jump you automatically to the right spot. But for those who choose to watch it here, this is the schedule, and you can just manually go to where you want, if you decide not to watch the whole thing.
0:00 - Intro
1:47 - Gov. JB Pritzker Joins
10:00 - ICE's Administrative Warrants
18:25 - Gun Laws
24:29 - Trump Has Cut All Violence Reduction Programs
34:30 - Why are Issues of Poverty Intractable?
39:06 - Why aren't Democratic Governors Leveraging their Collective Power?
48:00 - Republicans Follow Trump Blindly Out of Fear
55:15 - Democrats Have Not Stood Up for the Fight
1:00:08 - Breaking Down the Discussion
1:03:41 - Jon Answers Some Listener Questions
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