Bomani Jones
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Like, do you realize the level of ambition or the, what I learned in this, it sounds dramatic as I'm saying it about myself, but I do believe this took a little bit of courage for me to sit up in a suit at a desk for two seasons, telling jokes. I was doing the Trevor Noah job, the John Oliver job, the Bill Maher job, and I did it. I was getting better, and it could have been better.
Like, do you realize the level of ambition or the, what I learned in this, it sounds dramatic as I'm saying it about myself, but I do believe this took a little bit of courage for me to sit up in a suit at a desk for two seasons, telling jokes. I was doing the Trevor Noah job, the John Oliver job, the Bill Maher job, and I did it. I was getting better, and it could have been better.
I'm not saying it was the greatest ever, but we did it, and I think we did a good job of it. I think about that way more than I think about the end of it. That's crazy. That's just setting yourself up for misery.
I'm not saying it was the greatest ever, but we did it, and I think we did a good job of it. I think about that way more than I think about the end of it. That's crazy. That's just setting yourself up for misery.
I'm not saying it was the greatest ever, but we did it, and I think we did a good job of it. I think about that way more than I think about the end of it. That's crazy. That's just setting yourself up for misery.
The HBO show was literally my dream job. I don't care if I ever do a TV show again. I have checked off every box that I ever wanted to do. How in the world do you think you're going to make me feel like I failed by literally achieving a dream?
The HBO show was literally my dream job. I don't care if I ever do a TV show again. I have checked off every box that I ever wanted to do. How in the world do you think you're going to make me feel like I failed by literally achieving a dream?
The HBO show was literally my dream job. I don't care if I ever do a TV show again. I have checked off every box that I ever wanted to do. How in the world do you think you're going to make me feel like I failed by literally achieving a dream?
It is frustrating for me. It is frustrating on a larger level because I believe, and this is something you and I have talked about, um, about like our work and it's what I've taught. I've talked about this on the air when I guess hosted your show. What frustrated me most about him and what they do is I believe they have created a caricature of me that does not really exist. Right.
It is frustrating for me. It is frustrating on a larger level because I believe, and this is something you and I have talked about, um, about like our work and it's what I've taught. I've talked about this on the air when I guess hosted your show. What frustrated me most about him and what they do is I believe they have created a caricature of me that does not really exist. Right.
It is frustrating for me. It is frustrating on a larger level because I believe, and this is something you and I have talked about, um, about like our work and it's what I've taught. I've talked about this on the air when I guess hosted your show. What frustrated me most about him and what they do is I believe they have created a caricature of me that does not really exist. Right.
And so I do not work to achieve. I'm not in this to make white people like me. Right. But I also believe that we have more in common than people give us credit for. Like our friendship is a testament to the fact that I have more in common with the people who listen to you than I think that people realize if they'll just give it a chance and get over whatever trash they got in their heads.
And so I do not work to achieve. I'm not in this to make white people like me. Right. But I also believe that we have more in common than people give us credit for. Like our friendship is a testament to the fact that I have more in common with the people who listen to you than I think that people realize if they'll just give it a chance and get over whatever trash they got in their heads.
And so I do not work to achieve. I'm not in this to make white people like me. Right. But I also believe that we have more in common than people give us credit for. Like our friendship is a testament to the fact that I have more in common with the people who listen to you than I think that people realize if they'll just give it a chance and get over whatever trash they got in their heads.
And so what frustrates me is when somebody like Clay leans in on what this nonsense is and stops what connections we could actually make amongst ourselves as people. And I know we can because I did radio in Raleigh and I fought against all of this stuff early.
And so what frustrates me is when somebody like Clay leans in on what this nonsense is and stops what connections we could actually make amongst ourselves as people. And I know we can because I did radio in Raleigh and I fought against all of this stuff early.
And so what frustrates me is when somebody like Clay leans in on what this nonsense is and stops what connections we could actually make amongst ourselves as people. And I know we can because I did radio in Raleigh and I fought against all of this stuff early.
And then by the time I left, I was a fairly beloved figure across the board because they realized, like, we have more in common with each other than probably anybody else that you're going to hear on the air. Because, again, I'm a product of rural public schools like we were there. And so that's what frustrated me most about them and all of that.
And then by the time I left, I was a fairly beloved figure across the board because they realized, like, we have more in common with each other than probably anybody else that you're going to hear on the air. Because, again, I'm a product of rural public schools like we were there. And so that's what frustrated me most about them and all of that.
And then by the time I left, I was a fairly beloved figure across the board because they realized, like, we have more in common with each other than probably anybody else that you're going to hear on the air. Because, again, I'm a product of rural public schools like we were there. And so that's what frustrated me most about them and all of that.