On this episode, Bill sits down with New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd for a wide-ranging, personal chat about her new book “Notorious"—a collection of her incisive profiles of major cultural and political figures—and why she once went viral for a botched edible experience in Denver. The two swap stories about growing up in Washington, D.C. (her father was a detective), how “woke” culture may have dampened the fun on the left, and what still draws voters to Donald Trump’s brash humor. Maureen recalls the times she’s gone toe-to-toe with politicians across the aisle, and she and Bill debate whether Democrats need a showman of their own. Throughout it all, they reflect on the challenges of bridging America’s political divide, the strange alliances they’ve formed in the process, and how a good dinner party could be the real key to bringing people back together. Upgrade your wardrobe and save on @trueclassic at trueclassic.com/RANDOM ! #trueclassicpod #ad Go to https://www.ffrf.us/freedom or text "CLUB" to 511511 and become a member today Follow Club Random on IG: @ClubRandomPodcast Follow Bill on IG: @BillMaher Don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for free wherever you're listening or by using this link: https://bit.ly/ClubRandom Watch Club Random on YouTube: https://bit.ly/ClubRandomYouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chapter 1: Who is Maureen Dowd and what is her new book 'Notorious' about?
Chapter 2: What happened during Maureen Dowd's viral edible experience in Denver?
Why don't you just have something in the barn where we're sitting on barrels and churning butter before we meet somebody. And that's the dividing line, I think.
And we're strangers in a strange land, and they're cyborgs. I mean, you know, they have the phone. They're almost like part computer. And they don't, it's funny with journalism because they don't, want to make calls. They'll text someone, but they don't want to pick up the phone.
Even texting sometimes is too much. It's a challenge. Yeah, right. Which is amazing. And the idea of actually confronting somebody and saying, this is just not working out.
Right. Right.
That would just never... In fact, even putting it in text... They just go.
Now, have you dated someone where you had that divide? Where they were very... Why not?
Yes, but I found one who isn't. But man, you have to catch a lot of computers. But I mean, it's... Yeah, that to me is going to be... And already people are identifying this, but I don't think they know how much, like you say, cyborgs... I was watching the Taylor Swift Endless concert. It's taken months to get through that. Nikki Glaser made me do it.
She said, okay, I've talked about Taylor Swift. She's fun. I like her. She's a sweet person. I don't get the music. Enough said. But like everybody... When they cut to the audience, all you see are phones. No one is experiencing this through their eyes. Right. They have to put this artificial filter that somehow makes it better. And they're also recording it.
Right. So when I'm covering, let's say I was on deadline writing about the Trump address recently, and my assistant is watching it through his phone. He's not watching the TV with me. And I'm like, let's both look at the TV. But no, that is not going to happen.
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Chapter 3: How has Maureen Dowd's career evolved through political controversies?
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