[ light laughter ] canadian Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau is facing criticism after a photo from 2001 surfaced in which hes wearing brownface. Im not going to show you the picture, because its really bad. Its so bad that canadians traveling in europe are going to start telling people theyre american [ laughter and applause what . [ cheers and applause sorry, wheres my accent from . Oh, im from houston [ laughter ] this is a houston accent. [ laughter ] according to reports, a whistleblower complaint has been filed against President Trump for his communications with a foreign leader, which alleges that trump made an undisclosed promise during a phone call. Said trump, well, i dont know if he even can dance but sure, why not . [ laughter and applause producers have announced that disney will soon add a character that will serve as its first jewish princess. The movie shes starring in is called chosen. [ laughter and applause a delivery van overturned in georgia on friday and spilled over 216,000 gaming dice onto the roadway. Said the driver, yahtzee . [ laughter ] today was International Talk like a pirate day. Arrr, said President Trump trying to pronounce iran [ laughter ] and finally, a new coffee shop has opened in seattle called dream boys, which claims to be the only coffee stand in Washington State operated by shirtless men. But its got nothing on starbutts. [ laughter and applause ladies and gentlemen, we have a great show for you tonight [ cheers and applause you can see him in the very funny show, its always sunny in philadelphia, returning for its 14th season on fxx Glenn Howerton is back tonight, everybody. [ cheers and applause he is a 2020 democratic president ial candidate andrew yang is joining us tonight. [ cheers and applause and this is so exciting. She is a renowned author and activist whose sequel to the handmaids tale, the testaments, is available now. Margaret atwood is joining us tonight. [ cheers and applause how exciting is that before we get to our wonderful guests, a whistleblower has reportedly claimed that President Trump made a troubling promise to a foreign leader. For more on this, its time for a closer look. [ cheers and applause seth yesterday the president flew to san diego to visit a section of his dumb border wall, which was reportedly just a replacement reinforcement barrier erected in an area where smaller barriers had already existed. And as usual, trump was impressed with the stupidest details, like the fact that the wall was supposedly super hot. Its designed to absorb heat, so its extremely hot. The wall is you wont be able to touch it. You can you can fry an egg on that wall. [ light laughter ] seth you can fry an egg on a wall [ laughter ] i know there are a lot of things he doesnt understand, but i didnt think gravity was on that list [ laughter and applause did he see do you think he saw a Salvador Dali painting and think it was a cookbook . [ light laughter ] you can fry an egg on that wall and you can melt a clock on that tree. [ laughter and applause i know the expression, so hot you can fry an egg on it, but ive never heard it said about a wall everything with this guy is an infomercial. You heard of a frying pan well, now were introducing the frying wall. [ laughter and applause trump also tried to tout what he claimed was new technology that would allow the government to track people trying to cross the border, but an official who was with him on the trip tried to warn him against saying anything about it one thing we havent mentioned is technology. Theyre wired so that we will know if somebodys trying to break through. And you may want to discuss that a little bit, general. Sir, there should be some merit in dising okay. Ught liket. At w grenswer. Jusll yhey wire [ laught coder hiefcould u ime his firesi s du world war i offensive agt thrmanet an undisclosed location. General eisenhower, do you want to tell everyone more about normandy [ laughter and applause youre shaking your head no. [ applause ] you were saying it was a beach in france. Is that right . [ laughter ] now trump has gone to extreme one thing we havent mentioned is technology. Theyre wired so that we will know if somebodys trying to break through. And you may want to discuss that a little bit, general. Sir, there should be some merit in not discussing that okay. [ laughter ] i like that. That was a great answer. Ill just tell you theyre wired. Seth my god. [ laughter ] this guy is supposed to be the commander in chief could you imagine his fireside chats during world war ii . Well be launching a topsecret offensive against the germans in an undisclosed location. General eisenhower, do you want to tell everyone more about normandy [ laughter and applause youre shaking your head no. [ applause ] you were saying it was a beach in france. Is that right . [ laughter ] now trump has gone to extreme and possibly even illegal lengths to get this wall for one thing, hes moved hundreds of millions of dollars from programs like fema, military schools and daycare to pay for border enforcement and construction of the wall and on top of that, hes so desperate to get the wall done before the 2020 election, hes actually promised pardons to officials who have to break the law to get it done President Trump promised his supporters a border wall, and he plans to give it to them by 2020. According to the Washington Post, the president has directed aides to fast track billions of dollars worth of construction contracts, aggressively seize private land and disregard environmental rules. And according to the reporting, this is coming right out of the Washington Post, he also told worried subordinates that he will pardon them of any potential wrongdoing should they have to break laws to get the barriers built quickly seth he promised to pardon them but, of course, the unspoken promise is he will forget he ever said that [ light laughter ] hey, i did what you said, can i get that pardon . Id love to help you, but im very busy. Im trying to get this god damn egg to stick to the wall. [ laughter and applause trump is openly flouting the law by dangling pardons for illegal behavior and, of course, this isnt the first time hes just openly defied legal requirements, like subpoenas from congress. In fact, at this very moment, his administration is refusing to give congress a secret whistleblower complaint from within the intelligence community. Now, we dont know exactly whats in the complaint, but last night, the Washington Post reported something stunning it has to do with the president , himself, making a reportedly troubling promise to a foreign leader the story that is rocking washington this morning. A communication between President Trump and a foreign leader prompting a whistleblower complaint. Former u. S. Intelligence official familiar with the matter told nbc news President Trump spoke by phone to a world leader over the summer and made a promise. We do not know what the promise was. We do not know who the foreign leader is. President trumps interaction with the foreign leader included a promise that was regarded as so troubling that it prompted an official in the u. S. Intelligence community to file a formal whistleblower complaint with the Inspector General for the intelligence community. Seth thats right. Trump reportedly promised something so troubling, an intelligence official filed a whistleblower complaint. Now, we dont know which foreign leader this is, and this is a complicated story. So, just to help you follow along, we put together a helpful little mnemonic device remember, its a promise from the United States, made by trump to an international leader, but we do not know their name. [ laughter ] could be anyone. [ laughter and applause could be anyone. And i i for one am just shocked this is the first whistleblower complaint trump has had. The way this guy behaves, there should be literal whistleblowers following him everywhere he goes were dealing with a democrat [ whistles ] seth now today, trump responded to this report, not by insisting that he would never do such a thing, but claiming that he was too smart to do such a thing. Heres the first part of his tweet. Understand that there may be many people listening from various u. S. Agencies. Not to mention those from the other country, itself. No problem. Why does he end his tweet like we asked him for a favor [ laughter ] hey, donald, can you hop on this call with a foreign leader and also drop us off at the airport . No problem, what terminal . [ laughter ] trump then continued in his second tweet writing, is anybody dumb enough to believe that i would Say Something inappropriate with a foreign leader while on such a potentially heavilypopulated call . Its not that were dumb enough to believe it, its that were smart enough to believe youre dumb enough to do it [ laughter and applause so, trump is dangling pardons for illegal behavior hes making shocking promises to foreign leaders. He probably feels like he has impunity to do whatever he wants, because so far hes faced almost no consequences i mean, remember the Mueller Report it was full of incredibly damning evidence about the president welcoming and encouraging the help of a foreign government, his financial ties to that government and his attempts to obstruct the investigation that report came out in april, more than five months ago. And in the meantime, Democratic Leaders have been arguing over whether to move forward with impeachment. In fact, they cant even seem to agree on the words they should use. The House Judiciary Committee just this morning approved new ground rules for its impeachment inquiry or investigation or both some call this process an impeachment inquiry. Some call it an impeachment investigation. Theres no legal difference between these terms. And i no longer care to argue about nomenclature but it seems other house leaders do still care about the nomenclature, with the House Speaker still refusing to say that the house has launched such an investigation is the specific language not important . I mean, how should the American People understand the American People understand speaking very differently about it impeachment is a very divisive measure, but if we have to go there, well have to go there. But we cant go there unless we have the facts seth what do you mean unless you have the facts you have the facts Robert Mueller wrote a 448 page report and i assure you, there are lots of facts in it Robert Mueller cant write a text message to his wife without facts in it. Should be home in half an hour. 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Thats what pelosi told lawmakers in a meeting last week, according to multiple people who spoke to politico this refers to the speakers displeasure at jerry nadler and his Judiciary Committee staff. In that meeting, pelosi complained nadler and his staff keep talking about impeachment as the likely result of their investigations, which she sees as putting the party at risk for a 2020 defeat. Seth damn, she actually told them, you can feel free to leak this. Its like if your teacher caught you passing notes in class and said, do you mind if i read this out loud . And you said, sure, and the note said, you suck, thanks for reading this out loud. [ laughter ] and yet, in spite of pelosis reluctance, on tuesday we got even more damning evidence of trumps lawlessness when House Democrats grilled his former campaign manager, corey lewandowski. Now, tuesdays hearing was weird to say the least, because lewandowski is a prolific liar when it comes to lying, lewandowski even gives trump a run for his money. When these two talk, it must be lieapalooza. Looking trim, mr. President. Thank you, corey, and may i say, you dont look anything like a psychopath. [ laughter ] definitely dont look like youre going to go deck somebody. And on top of that, Trumps White House invoked executive privilege over his communications with lewandowski, which is insane, because lewandowski never worked in the white house, let alone the executive branch and yet lewandowski insisted on stonewalling, which resulted in exchanges like these did you ever suggest to the president or anyone else that you thought your communications with him were official White House Communications congressman, the white house has directed i not disclose the substance of any discussions with the president or his advisers to protect executive branch confidentiality how many times has the president asked you to meet him in the white house the white house has directed i not disclose the substance of any how many times did he direct you to deliver a message to a member of his cabinet . The white house has directed i not disclose the substance of any discussions with the president. Did he ever discuss with you any concerns that he may have committed a criminal offense the white house has directed not disclose the substance of any discussions with the president or his advisers. Has the president ever offered you a pardon again, the white house has directed i not disclose the substance of any discussions with the president or his advisers to protect executive branch confidentiality okay. Seth wow, he wont even say whether trump offered him a pardon not man, his seat is so hot, you could fry an egg on it [ laughter ] i mean, once you turned it sideways [ light laughter ] now, whether its withholding whistleblower complaints from congress or dangling pardons to cover up crimes, trump is a lawless president acting like a guy who thinks he can get away with whatever he wants theres at least one way to show him hes wrong, and thats impeachment. But some Democratic Leaders are afraid to touch the subject, because they think its extremely hot seth this has been a closer look. [ cheers and applause well be right back with our friend, Glenn Howerton, everybody. [ cheers and applause announcer for more of seths closer looks, be sure to subscribe to late night on youtube. whistle hi head to oldnavy. Com for up to sixty percent off everything thats up to sixty percent off everything at oldnavy. Com guys guys safe drivers save 40 safe drivers save 40 safe drivers save 40 thats safe drivers save 40 . It is, thats safe drivers save 40 . Hes right there. Its him safe drivers do save 40 . Click or call for a quote today. Your mighty, mighty tiger. Bring out the tiger. Your mighty, mighty tiger. Tigers start their day with the great taste of frosted flakes, so they can be grrreat part of a complete breakfast. So they can be grrreat vicks vapopatch. Easy to wear with soothing vicks vapors for her, for you, for the whole family. 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Give it up for the 8g band right over there [ cheers and applause all this week, we have been lucky to have the drummer behind the reggae rock band, pepper, sitting in with us be sure to check out their latest album, local motion, which is available now on law records. Yesod williams, everybody. Thank you. [ cheers and applause thanks for having me. Seth its been a great week. Its been a delight. Thank you so much, man. Seth our first guest tonight is a very talented actor you know from his work on nbcs ap bio and its always sunny in philadelphia, which returns for its 14th season wednesday, september 25th on fxx. Lets take a look. Oh, my god, it was this week. Did something happen . This is humiliating i must have overbooked oh. This airbnb oh, my gosh and thats the problem, because we only have the one room, so we can work this out, because i think we can probably stay in the same room together it wouldnt bother me if it wouldnt bother you. I mean, i dont like to come off as a difficult person. Now do you like to come off as a difficult person . No. No. Of course not who would . Who would . No one likes to be a difficult person so we can make it work. Im denn i dont think my husband and i would be comfortable sharing a room husband seth please welcome back to the show our friend, Glenn Howerton, everybody. [ cheers and applause seth welcome back. Its so great to be back. I feel like im at home. Seth and you were so sharply dressed, as always thank you seth yet, a little toned down from your last time yeah. Seth we had fun the last time you were here, because, lets admit, you were dressed a little bit like maybe a bond villain. Yeah. Yeah [ laughter ] it was a little much this was a turtleneck, too, and i got nervous and i cut it in the dressing room. [ laughter ] seth yeah. I took some scissors to it. Because i was like, hes just going to have a go at me seth yeah. And i cant do it like that seth and you cant go back to back turtlenecks. You get away with it once. Exactly seth but when it becomes a trend, then youre the turtleneck guy [ light laughter ] yeah, i dont want to be the turtleneck guy seth congrats, you and your lovely wife, jill, you had your tenyear anniversary we did, yes seth went to hawaii. We did, yeah. The island of lanai. Seth and you went on a catamaran. Yeah. Seth like, was this like a sunset cruise . Yeah, yeah, yeah, thats exactly what it was. It was a sunset cruise and i dont know if you guys could see that photo it was so beautiful. And the island of lanai was great. And this is actually the before picture. Do you have that other picture over there seth yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah yes, so you see that . Yeah, isnt that nice . Yeah, tenyear wedding anniversary. [ laughter ] so whats actually happening here is we were puking off the back of the boat [ laughter ] and seth the water does look a little rough when you focus on the water. Yeah, it was extraordinarily rough. Seth how quickly into the ride did you know it was problematic . About 30 minutes in, i was like, this is this is going to be a problem for me seth uhhuh. And i looked o, jill, and she was already, like, clinging to the side of the boat and the other funny thing about that is those photos were taken by somebody that was, like, a fan of the show. [ laughter ] i was not with that person who took those photos. And then, afterwards, they were like, hey, i got some photos of you guys. And i was like, i was puking off the back of the boat [ laughter ] it was no, it was like, it was crazy and, i was, and she she did a great job though she rallied and went to dinner with some friends of ours afterwards seth oh, you couldnt even go to dinner after oh, no, no, no. [ laughter ] no, i was finished i said, im going to go to the room. And i literally walked in the room, i have no idea why i did this, but this is a true story i peeled off all my clothes down to my undies and i got and i got cozy deep into the covers and i snuggled in. And i put Roberta Flack on my phone and i listened to killing me softly. [ laughter ] and and the first time, i ever saw your face. Seth yeah. And i dont know if you guys know that song probably the greatest song ever written. Seth yeah. But that was a true story i actually did that. I dont know why, but for some reason thats what i seth everybody says if youre seasick, listen to that song [ light laughter ] listen to Roberta Flack seth yeah, thats shell make you seth thats very normal. Yeah, yeah. Seth was this before or after the trip you guys took out utvs in the same trip. Was this like after the seasickness . No, that was before seth yeah, you look very robust here. [ light laughter ] yeah, yeah, we were still doing well at that point i dont know why those didnt make us sick because that was way bumpier. But i think it was because there was a lot of starting and stopping seth yeah, there you go. Yeah, once youre on the boat, youre just screwed. Do you think we look pretty cool there seth i do think you guys look pretty cool how, is this another one that a rando took of you, or was this one that you knew yeah, no, those were our friends. [ laughter ] who took that photo. But, yeah, its important to look cool if youre going to drive around on a utv, also, you want to look cool. Seth yeah, of course yeah, i mean, thats the whole point is to look cool. But you dont want to get covered in dust, either, so you put on the coveralls [ laughter ] we all do that seth and then you just jam Roberta Flack and drive over the [ light laughter ] yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah seth 14 seasons. This is incredible i feel like you cant even [ cheers and applause its tie youre now tied with the adventures of ozzie and harriet for the longestrunning sitcom, which is just insane because theyre very different shows. Yeah, theyre a little different. Seth yeah. Yeah, ozzie and harriet, i dont know if they ever did an abortion episode [ light laughter ] seth no, i think they famously didnt. They famously didnt do that. Seth you but, like, this is one of the great things about one of the main great things about the show, like, so, heres another thing that was never on ozzie and harriet, you are not you showed up at the end of the season premiere last year. But until you showed up, you were only represented by a sex doll yeah. Seth so there you are. [ laughter ] yeah. Did ozzie and harriet not do that seth i dont know. I think they did but it got censored they cut it seth they cut it seth so, how was what was it like when you first saw your own sex doll well, its awful. And i dont know why [ laughter ] its awful its an awful thing. And why does he look like a demon . [ laughter ] seth yeah. Did you guys see those eyes seth hes very, very demonic. Zoom in on the eyes of the doll seth yeah, thats not yeah, lets can we get a little yeah, thats a [ laughter ] oh. Oh, that is not thats not good seth so i get that so thats season 13, someone has an idea of you should be a sex doll yeah. Seth but how hard is it to come up with things you guys havent come up yet . Because youve already come up with that. Yeah. Seth so what is it like when youre pitching ideas for season 14 . Are there any ideas youve had on the show yet that you havent used no, were out were out of ideas seth yeah. [ laughter ] as a matter of fact, were so out of ideas that id like to keep you guys afterwards i dont know if you guys have plans. Seth just to like bounce [ cheers and applause yeah. Would you say to bounce. Seth yeah, we could just bounce ideas yeah, if we could just bounce ideas back but you dont have to have it, like, a total idea, like the whole story or anything, but if we could bounce this back and forth a little while, thatd be great, because i got nothing [ light laughter ] seth yeah. Left. Seth but the show is such an institution that it has been adapted this is a true story. Yeah. Seth i want to show the opening we have a clip. Oh, do you . Seth moscow, in russia, theres an always sunny, and its called always sunny in moscow, i guess yeah, yeah, yeah. Seth and whats the name of the bar . I think its called the philly bar Philadelphia Bar seth Philadelphia Bar. And here, like, the casting, its kind of eerie lets take a look real quick to prove this is a true thing [ speaking Foreign Language seth you know [ light laughter ] gibberish seth its nice total gibberish seth i feel like theres you know, theres all this tension with russia right now, and its nice to know that they also like shows about idiots [ laughter ] yeah. Yeah well, i dont know how well they liked it, though, because i think it got canceled. [ laughter ] seth it didnt work out. It ran yeah, it ran for 14 years here and they were like, this is not a good thing this is not working [ light laughter ] this is not working. Seth this is also very exciting we work on this show together. Yeah. Seth you were the star of a. P. Bio two years on nbc, and now, its going to be on the new nbc streaming service, peacock, which was Just Announced yeah, peacock seth this sounds like a thing were making up. Yeah. [ cheers and applause seth but its true it does seth and im so happy we get to do that and we get to continue working together it is always such a pleasure to see you. Thats Glenn Howerton, everybody. [ cheers and applause its always sunny in philadelphia returns december 21st on fxx well be right back with andrew yang. [ cheers and applause avo when a nasty cold wont let you sleep, try nyquil severe with vicks vapocool. acapella whoa avo and vaporize it. acapella ahhhh acapella shhhh avo nyquil severe with vicks vapocool. The vaporizing, nighttime, coughing, aching, stuffy head, best sleep with a cold, medicine. This smoothie has over 3 times v8 onlyas much. Ams of sugar. So maybe we should call this smoothie, sweetie. V8 the original Plant Powered drink. Veg up. Your dedication and humanity. But today, as youre being challenged more than ever, i see heroes, not just to me but to so many. Thank you for keeping us safe. And for being our light. 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A volkswagen . i think were having a breakthrough here welcome to caesars palace. Thank you. You can talk to animals . Yes. What kind of polar bear works on their tan . Are you even a bird . What bird stuff can you do . Well what bear stuff can you do . [ roaring ] you win this round. [ cheers and applause seth our next guest is an entrepreneur and a democratic candidate for president. Please welcome to the show andrew yang, everyone. [ cheers and applause seth welcome to the show its great to be here thanks for having me, seth seth thanks for making the time for us. So you are youre in this thing. Youre polling higher than some governors, some congressmen, senators. And a lot of people, i think its safe to say, did not know who you were a very short time ago yes, thats fair to say seth and youre running on this idea of universal basic income which is giving every american 1,000 a month. And are you worried that because youre polling higher that as other candidates get desperate, theyll start offering 1,100 a month . [ laughter ] that would be a version of victory, seth. Ive said for a while that im either going to win or the other candidates are going to sound a lot like me. [ laughter ] seth well, thats a very good way of looking at it. [ cheers and applause i do want to talk because im fascinated by this idea of a freedom dividend before we do that, does seem like youre having fun out there. And i think thats really important. I believe this is all just in the last week or two [ laughter ] lets see it. Seth heres a montage weve made of you enjoying yourself on the campaign trail we need some more [ cheers and applause [ laughter ] seth youre having a good time out there [ cheers and applause yes yeah seth so, i think one of the reasons, again, people are happy to see you, theyre happy to hear you, is you have this idea of, im going to give you 1,000 a month if i win this thing. Now, obviously, democrats who are on stage with you, a lot of them have big ideas for health care, education. They think that your plan is maybe going a little too far so explain really quickly this universal basic income idea. Like, why you think it is the core of what is behind your plan first, its not my idea at all. Its been with United States since our founding thomas payne was for it. Martin luther king was for it. And one state has had a dividend for almost 40 years where everyone in alaska gets between 1,000 and 2,000 a year [ cheering ] some alaskans. Its great they do. [ laughter ] and so what theyre doing for alaska with oil money, we can do for everyone in the country with Technology Money because right now were in the midst of the greatest Economic Transformation in the history of our country. And its what got donald trump elected. The fact we blasted away 4 Million Manufacturing jobs in wisconsin, iowa, all the swing states that he needed to win so we need to take the bounty of 21st century economy and start returning it to people and, though, everyone associates me with 1,000 bucks a month, its really about what the money would do for us. Its going to make us stronger, healthier, mentally healthier. Its going to improve our relationships and our way of life seth you talk about how things that doesnt get applause [ cheers and applause seth they were all they were being quiet because they were jealous of those two alaskans with the 1,000 in their pocket [ light laughter ] yeah. Seth theyre like, they already got it. [ light laughter ] you talked about how gdp and the stock market are bad indicators of exactly where this country is at as far as its Economic Health and it may seem trite, but you think that we need to judge Economic Health on happiness is that an accurate desolation of the way you think its not quite happiness, but thats essentially right where gdps at record highs right now, also at record highs, stress, financial insecurity, its gotten so bad that even though our record high gdp, our Life Expectancy has declined for three years in a row the first time in 100 years. So you have to ask yourself are the measurements wrong or are we actually prioritizing this production number over the lifespan of our people and to me its obvious the numbers are wrong. And you need to update them to include things like our health and wellbeing. Our Mental Health and freedom from Substance Abuse but also things like clean air, and clean water. How our kids are doing the real measurements for american success seth you [ cheers and applause you talk about numbers adding up and i think, you know, it makes sense that a lot of people would ask how youd pay for 1,000 a month to all americans you, yourself, i believe, put the price tag at around 3 trillion. Is that its a bit less than that but if you look around, who are the big winners from the 21st century economy . Its a company like amazon thats up to 1 trillion in value. And they have literally paid zero in taxes, less than everyone here in this studio so, of course, youre going to struggle to pay for things if you have 1 trillion Companies Paying zero. If we give ourselves our tiny fair share of every amazon sale, every google search, every facebook ad, every robot truck mile, we can easily afford 1,000 for every american. Seth you [ cheers and applause you know, one thing you talk about which is interesting to me is when you say universal basic income, you mean it. That everybody would get this 1,000 theres no amount of money you can make in any given year that would youd get it, too seth that would price you out. [ laughter ] hey, look, trust me, i would not have had you on the show if i [ laughter ] if i was on the outside looking in on the yang plan. But explain theres its very interesting, philosophy behind the idea of why its good that everybody would get it. Why casue some people would say, why do the wealthy get this 1,000 as well . Can you just explain that . Well, if you look at the alaskan experience, everyones getting the Oil Dividends from the poorest alaskan to the richest. And because of that, its universally popular. Theres no stigma attached to it its not like im paying for it, youre getting it. You dont need to monitor peoples circumstances there are no incentives to say im doing worse than i really am and so because of that in a deep red conservative state with a republican governor, the Petroleum Dividend is wildly popular. And so if we make this a true right of citizenship, it will be popular nationwide seth you [ cheers and applause you had an idea that im im very behind the idea of how bad a Human Experience the state of the union is this is something you agree with yes . I completely agree. Its gotten bizarrely unwatchable. Seth yeah. Its very performative it doesnt feel like you get a lot of information out of it what is your idea for how to fix the state of the union so my plan is to take the american scorecard with the real numbers of how were doing and then present them to you, the American People, in a powerpoint deck every year at the state of the union, ill be the first president to use powerpoint. [ cheers and applause hopefully thats a good thing. Seth i cant i cant imagine powerpoints polling quite as well as 1,000 a month. [ laughter ] i like the i like your moxie. 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Yes, i apologize [ laughter ] you know they [ cheers and applause i know what you were thinking, though i know what youre seth you know what i was thinking but you had to burn me. [ laughter ] no, didnt want to leave you hanging. I know seth yeah, i no, it was very good thank you for correcting me [ light laughter ] no, yeah, you know what, we are going to check go have the Fact Checkers check. I think you [ laughter ] but i guess i thought i assumed this book was a reaction to what happened in 2016 that maybe thats why you started writing. But you actually had started writing it before then yes seth and did then 2016 inform how you wrote it or was this the path it was always on . It put wind in my sails seth yeah. Yeah. Lets put it that way. Seth yes, i guess that is that one of the few good things from 2016. It encouraged me. Seth thats that is a good way of looking at the outcome of that election [ laughter ] that you received some encouragement. Theres an interesting thing that i you know, because certainly, you know, people talk about the dystopian style of your writing, but in the handmaids tale and in this, nothing your rule is nothing is in these books that did not happen in some form in real life yeah, sometime, somewhere, each detail is plucked from reality. Seth you obviously, the show is incredibly popular you watch the show are you in conversation with the show runners do you talk with them about the choices they make on the show . I even have a credit. Seth yeah, you do. [ laughter ] congratulations. Thats a big deal. [ cheers and applause that could if youre lucky that could lead to more tv work for you. [ laughter ] well seth how has that been collaborating with, you know, work thats, you know, not only so close to you, but something that youve had for so long to watch it take on this second life yes, well, i seth has it been i think its it has had some other second lives early seth yes its been an opera. Its been a graphic novel. Its a very lovely graphic novel. It has been a ballet seth a ballet . Yes seth wow and its been a movie it was a movie in 89, 90 so its had these other lives. And it has yet another set of other lives as a meme for protest movements. Seth and a costume for protest movements. Yes seth they look not just for protests i think on halloween, youll be likely to see many handmaids Walking Around well [ laughter ] there yeah, there was a kind of a Halloween Costume proposed that didnt last very long seth yes i believe this was sort of the sexier version yes . I think it was sort of the french maid with the duster version of the handmaids tale. [ laughter ] seth which seems like maybe they had missed the core message of [ light laughter ] they kind of missed it. Seth yeah. They sort of missed it. Seth as a writer, that must be very frustrating when someone does so badly on the book report that they think that that is an okay costume i have a sense of humor [ laughter ] [ applause ] seth did you feel, you know, a freedom to be in different voices you know, we have a few voices in this book does that unleash your creativity a bit more . You mean it wasnt unleashed before seth i never [ laughter ] oh come on, give me a break seth i just felt like you were a little i wanted to see the real margaret out there. What . [ laughter ] come on. Seth but i would just imagine going back to Something Like that, to look at it from a different through different eyes must have just been a okay. Well, you get to see it through three, actually four different perspectives so you get to see it through the eyes of a young woman who has grown up within gilead and hasnt known any other form of life you get to see it through a young woman whos grown up across the border from gilead in the beauteous refugee location of toronto [ cheers ] so when things go pear shaped here, that is often the direction in which people move seth mmhm and they have done that many times in history so theyre doing it again. And then we see it through the point of view of somebody whos been a foundational person from the beginning of gilead, namely aunt lydia of the aunts. Whom we see in handmaids tale only from the outside, only through the eyes of the narrator we know nothing about how she got into that position so we find her writing her own narrative her own secret narrative. Seth i have one last thing to ask you i hope this is okay. I have heard that outside of being an accomplished author, you also read palms. Is this accurate you up for this [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause seth im up for it is there a preference . Do you do you does it matter which palm . Im not doing the mumu stuff. Im not reading your aura. Seth okay. This is straight renaissance palmistry which goes along with astrology. Seth okay. Are you right or left handed . Seth im right handed. What a sensitive person [ laughter ] oh, yes, well, you seem to be quite healthy at the moment. Seth oh, thank you yeah. Geez, youre going to live a long time. Seth oh. [ laughter ] on this hand. [ laughter ] you youre quite a lot more stable than people think seth oh, great [ laughter ] youre not as wacko as you excuse me. Oh, you are always going to be a pretty steady kind of person seth all right yeah. What were doing is this is the hand you were dealt. Seth okay. This is the hand you played seth okay. In some peoples in some people, theres quite a big difference but in you, really not so much [ laughter ] and not as stubborn as some people might believe seth this is that would be my wife is that who you mean can you tell that thats my wife youre talking about [ laughter ] i cannot tell you tell that thats your wife. Seth okay. So just give you the astrological areas seth okay. This is this is the moon this would be venus. This would be you have no president ial aspiration. Seth no. [ laughter ] youre not going to be a general either seth no. Sorry about that. Seth im good with both of those outcomes so jupiter, saturn, apollo, and mercury. And field of mars youre not really a very youre not a very combative person. Seth no, im not a very combative person no, youre not. [ light laughter ] no youre just a smarty pants [ laughter ] [ applause ] seth this was a wonderful outcome. [ cheers and applause and you, i can tell, you are lovely thank you so much for being here margaret atwood, everybody [ cheers and applause the testaments is available now wherever books are sold. Well be right back. [ cheers and applause [ cheers and applause seth my thanks to Glenn Howerton, andrew yang, margaret atwood, everyone. [ cheers and applause yesod williams, thanks for a great week the 8g band. Stay tuned for a little late with lilly singh. Well see you tomorrow [ cheers and applause [ cheers and applause lilly tonight on a little late with lilly singh, im going to discuss the concept of virginity. They used to throw virgins into volcanoes. [ light laughter ] now they just throw them into fortnite tournaments [ laughter ] then im going to try out a brand new app that matches farmers with cows. Yo [ laughter ] oh, my god no no then i sit down with the wonderful Cameron Monaghan and noel fisher from shameless. Do you get confused with kj from riverdale . He looks like me. Lilly ah, correct. So im giving the opportunity here to start a feud lilly start a feud right here i will fight you lilly all right, here we go. [ cheers and applause here you go. Fight right there. Fighting to the death lilly and i find out the last thing they text messaged. Last thing you texted is what you said after you found out the results of the 2016 election cant talk right now. [ laughter ] lilly i got, i told you hes hot. What seriously . [ laughter ] so what was the last thing you did . I did this interview. Lilly what about you i was also interviewed by you. Lilly okay, and how do you think it went . Great awful lilly find out in one minute i think it was great [ cheers and applause it was great. Lilly it was amazing