Jordan Klepper

We walk.

We're talking all the way up to get on the plane.

And I show my ticket to the ticket taker.

And she goes, oh, you're in an exit row.

And I'm like, oh, and I'm like, she says, do you accept the responsibilities of being the exit row?

And I say, yes, I do.

And then I turn to Brick Suit Guy and I say, I hope this freaks you out.

And then you know what happens?

He laughs.

And to me, that is the whole thing.

Like, he wasn't offended.

He didn't take it personally.

He found humor in that moment.

And I'm like, I find optimism in that.

I don't know how to recreate three and a half hours in a Green Bay airport with a nemesis of yours.

But I know that there's a softening when you remove the cameras.

when you move the fear that this conversation isn't just transaction for a got-you moment, but an actual conversation about the things that you care about and things you're unsure about.

I think that kind of vulnerability, that kind of uncertainty is paramount in any kind of situation that you hope to find any kind of humanity or common ground.

And so I think that is there.

I don't think we live in a media environment that cultivates that situation, but I think we are humans that necessitate it.