Trevor ly, whats going on everybody. Welcome to the daily social distancing show. Im trevor noah. Today is wednesday, july 29, and heres your exercise tip of the day if youre trying to work out at home but you dont have weights, just lift your baby instead. Yeah, babies are surprisingly heavy. And if you dont have a baby, you can find one outside in a stroller. Theyre everywhere anyway, on tonights episode, we talk about the history of black women being erased from history, the conversation trump repewss to have with his pal putin, and well find out who is americas top basisose . So lets do this, people welcome to the daily social distancing show. Announcer from trevors couch in new york city to your couch somewhere in the world, this is the daily social distancing show, with trevor noah. Trevor lets kick it off with some good news from hollywood. The only city thats got a name tag, in case you forget where you are. Yesterday, the 2020 emmy nominations were announced, and it was an esp
But its still not enough. Thats r5ght, i wont be satisfied until black people get 100 of the nominations. Yeah, you heard me. Were coming for you white people. In fact, we want every role to be played by black actors. I wont be happy until kevin hart is playing Queen Elizabeth in the crown. Is let me tell you something, prince charles. We at the daily show are extra grateful. Once again we were nominated so to you, the viewers i want to thank you so much. Without you, there would be no show, and no one would be tweeting me to criticize my apartmentica cor. But lets move on to the ongoing tensions between the United States and china. First, there was a fierce battle over trade. Then the u. S. Began blaming china for the coronavirus. And last week, the state department expelled chinese diplomats from a consulate in texas, claiming that they were using it for spying, which then caused china to shut down an American Embassy in response all of that is the diplomat equivalent of unfollowing
This is the Woodrow Wilson house in washington d. C. , the home of our 28 president and former first Lady Edith Wilson after they left the white house in 1921, youll see more of that over the next two hours as we tell the story of the story of the two Woodrow Wilson first ladies, edith and allen. Ellen and woodrow met in their twenties and their love was reflected in passionate letters. And passioned artists and an intellectual companion, she adopted causes and set an example for future first ladies. Ellen wilson died in the white house a year and a half into the president s term. The grieving president soon met washington businesswoman edith galt through a mutual friend. They married after a series secret courtship, and she served as first lady for more than five years. Her unprecedented role in managing the president s affairs after the president s stroke remains one of the most controversial elements of any first lady. Welcome to the continuing series, first ladies, influence and im
Scheer Robert Scheer its an honor to have you on the show great to be here you are bad i truly legendary career as a journalist ramparts magazine in the l. A. Times the nation true dig radio shows things have changed a lot over the years in some ways theyre actually fewer gate keepers then when you started and you know anyone can post articles online and ostensibly get them seen by the world but on the other hand the Mainstream Media is now owned by just a handful of massive corporations how do you feel journalism and news media have changed over the course of your career is it better or worse. We should not under our underestimate the worse at least there used to be something about attracting eyeballs or having readers and so when i was at the l a times it wasnt easy to fire me because there were lots of people want to read me so there was a marketplace restraint that is gone now they dont need eyeballs would you targeted advertising with the surveillance that is the norm to the inter
Of the pledge of allegiance but 1st heres my talk with legendary journalist Robert Scheer Robert Scheer its an honor to have you on the show great to be here you are truly legendary career as a journalist ramparts magazine the l. A. Times the nation true dig radio shows things have changed a lot over the years in some ways there are actually fewer gatekeepers then when you started and you know anyone can post articles online and ostensibly get them seen by the world but on the other hand the Mainstream Media is now owned by just a handful of massive corporations how do you feel journalism and news media have changed over the course of your career is it better or worse. We should not under our underestimate the worse at least there used to be something about attracting eyeballs or having readers and so when i was at the l. A. Times it wasnt easy to fire me because there were lots of people want to read me so there was a marketplace restraint that is gone now they dont need eyeballs were