Conan O'Brien

And so I just appreciate when I read history, one of the things it does is it usually makes me a little more optimistic, which is a strange thing to say because most of the history I'm reading is very, you know, many dark things happen.

But I meet a lot of young people who have this attitude that these are end days and the world is on fire and it's all over for us.

Yeah.

And it's also, it's like a friend that can calm you down and give you a little bit of perspective.

When things are very dark, I've had so many people say to me, it's never been worse in this country than it is now.

And we're more divided than a revolution.

Yeah.

And I'll say-

Okay.

Have you heard of the Civil War?

And do you know what was going on in the Civil War and what was going on in Vietnam?

But we have a lot of work to do and we have to be on guard and we have to speak up, but there's so much to be hopeful about.

Yeah, great.

And that needs to get out there.

And I think one of the things that I've liked so much about your work is that it's taking whether it's jazz or baseball, you're taking these things that are a really important part of America and who we are.

And you're telling us about this wonderful gift.

At the same time, you're telling us all the darkness that's involved.

You're just telling the truth.

You're not trying to push it one way or the other.

Calling balls and strikes.