Michael Kosta

I mean, it's like, you know, we had... I've been fortunate enough to interview Secretary of the Interior on the show, Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm.

You know, and they always say to you,

They're acting in their official office duty, so they can't get into politics with you.

It would be a violation of the Hatch Act if you said like, Trump, huh?

Because they'd be like, no, we're officially government officers.

We can't do that.

Right.

But then you watch this video or these websites where they blame the Democrats and you're like, I guess one thing the Trump administration is doing really well is testing all these boundaries.

And we have to American people have to, like, enforce this shit somehow.

Right.

Yeah.

I'm already going to get this wine opener that I didn't even know was in the bottom of my bag confiscated.

Why do I have to watch a video of Kristi Noem?

Anyways, so yes, the government shutdown, it's not like a super comedy heavy subject.

How do you all as writers tackle those like what seems to be boring subjects?

He was kind of putting on a press blitz for that, right?

He was sort of shamelessly trying to win.

The way you try to win an Emmy.

As soon as you want the Nobel Peace Prize, you're not qualified for it.

Yeah, exactly.