Vivian Salama

Wait, if you do one and I do one, that's two and that's compromise, right?

All right.

That's a really good reason.

Okay, in addition to that one, to make it two, like I wanted a compromise, I like the idea of there being a news show that feels like the experience of going through the news, that feels like it's made by your fellow human who wants to understand the news and not like it's made by some all-knowing, almighty force.

And I like to think that our show is that show.

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