Katie Porter on ‘I Swear: Politics is Messier Than My Minivan’

Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air

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Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2023

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Larry is joined by U.S. Representative from California Katie Porter at Live Talks LA to discuss her new book ‘I Swear: Politics is Messier Than My Minivan’. They begin the conversation by discussing Katie’s early days in politics, her commitment to legislative transparency, and how a deep passion for bureaucracy pushed her to run for office. Next, Katie shares the inspiration for the iconic white board, her opinions on big bank machinations, and her aspirations to become a U.S. Senator (19:52). They then talk about Joe Biden’s accomplishments in office, detail the many changes facing Democrats going forward, and touch on some hot button political topics (38:41). Finally, Larry and Katie take questions from the Live Talks LA audience (56:30). Host: Larry Wilmore Guest: Katie Porter Associate Producer: Chris Sutton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, it's John Fennesy, one of the hosts of the Prestige TV podcast.
0:04.7	HBO's Barry is back for a fourth and final season, and that means I'll be back recapping
0:09.9	the show with co-creator and star Bill Hader to dive deep on the themes, scenes, and
0:14.4	major moments in the series.
0:16.2	Bill will provide insight into how every episode is made and why it's ending.
0:19.8	New Prestige TV Barry recaps will go live every Sunday night when the episode ends, so make
0:24.0	sure you're subscribed to the Prestige TV podcast wherever you get your podcasts.
0:30.0	Please welcome to the stage representative Katie Porter and Larry Wilmore.
0:37.0	Thank you.
0:45.0	Thank you very much.
0:55.0	Can everyone hear me okay?
0:57.0	Great.
0:58.0	Well, welcome.
0:59.0	I'm Larry Laiptox and to an episode of Back in the Air from my podcast fans out here.
1:04.0	It's an honor to be here representative Porter representing Catapoeia.
1:09.3	Yeah.
1:10.3	And to talk about her book, I swear politics is messier than my many band.
1:17.4	Congratulations.
1:18.4	I always think whenever you finish a book, I say congratulations to you, but it really is
1:22.6	a fun read.
1:23.6	For those of you that already have this stuff, start peeping it out.
1:27.9	There's so much fun stuff in it.
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