August 8, 2019 • 36 mins
Ron speaks to Senator Kamala Harris and considers running for president.
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Ron Podcast. And we're back at the Ron Burgundy Podcast
season two. Baby. After a long back and forth with
my heart, a few lawsuits, two mysterious deaths, and a
whole lot of memories, we are back in the studio.
During our hiatus, I'm happy to say that Carolina went
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to rehab. I know, I know, I went on a
yoga tree. It's not rehab. Okay, well, that's a great
cover story, which reminds me Carolina. Baxter and I listened
to the whole first season of the podcast, and after listening,
we decided to scrap it. We're not going to release it,
but it was just too rough. But we know what
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we did wrong. And to be honest, there there could
be less of you in this season because this one
we're definitely going to release. Season one got released into
the general public. Are you serious? Yeah, it's just it's
out there, Oh so embarrassing. Are they going to release
this episode, the one recording right now? Yes, they released
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all of them. Cripes. Okay, well that's better be good.
I mean, you better pull it together, Carolina. Hope that
trip to the looney bin set you straight. It was
a yoga retreat into lou Mexico. I'm glad we're on
the air today because there have been some rumors circling
and I have to make an official statement. After talking
to my family and my friends and some strangers online,
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I have decided, after years of thought and dreams, that
I will not be running for president. Okay, So to
everyone out there listening to this fireside chat, I know
it's a lot to take in at once. How do
you feel about it, Carolina? Um, I feel about the
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same as I did before you said it. Okay, so
you don't You don't feel upset? No, a way, I'm
actually relieved. I mean, that would be so scary if
you're running for president. Scary. Well, that's it's a bit insulting. No.
I mean, Ron, I really enjoy you as a colleague,
and I think that recording a podcast with you has
been an adventure. But a president has enormous responsibilities. Okay,
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but I could do it. I could do it pretty
simple stuff. You just have to be honest and remain
calm and keep the country running smoothly, you know, making
sure no shenanigans are taking place. I think I'd be
good at that. I can do some tough work. This
this podcast, you know, hasn't been a slice of cake. Well,
you fired three people yesterday, and don't you think that
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shows my leadership strengths. No, I mean after you fired them,
we had to hire three new people and it took
the rest of our work day to really interview candidates.
You know that happens. Yeah, right, I mean not really.
But it's fine. But did it slow us down? Absolutely,
But it's not like it ground owned this operation to
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a complete hall. It absolutely did. We couldn't record. Okay,
they just rubbed me the wrong way. So one of
them just said hi to you, but with a smirk. Okay,
it could have been a smile, but that's besides. And
the other guy always wore a stupid captain's hat. It
was a baseball hat. Well, what's happened has happened? All right?
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Today we're talking to a woman, Senator Kamala Harris, who
was running for president in the year two. Hindsight, Yes
it is. Let me ask you, Carolina, how hard is
it to become president when you're a woman. Um, well,
it's never happened before, and there have been women who
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have been qualified, so yeah, it seems very difficult. And
why why is that do we think? Um? You know, well,
there are a lot of prejudices and misconceptions about women. Yes,
that they can't read your mind, you know, but have
you ever seen the movie What Women Want starring Mel Gibson.
He could read women's minds to the tune of three
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hundred and seventy five million w w BO. Um, what
does that have to do with what we're talking about?
Three hundred and seventy five million w w BO? Do
you know what w w b OH stands for? Worldwide
box office? Because he had the ability to read women's minds.
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I don't know what you're talking about, um, But as
I was saying, some common misconceptions about women are that
were easily distracted or emotional, or can't be in charge
of important decisions, can't be respected. Wait wait wait wait,
shut up, shut up, Carolina. I just realized I left
Baxter at the Dippin' Dots down in Thousand Oaks. Sorry,
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can you please pick him up if he's lost? Caroline?
I just anything to get him back. I probably smash
all the windows in this place. Nick is back to
your back there? Oh thank god. Okay, anyway, we have
a big interview today with Senator Kamala Harris. I'm very
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nervous and very excited. UM, and you're prepared, right because
you got those policy questions I gave you yes. Okay, great,
because this is a big deal. Listen between you and I.
I think I'm just gonna wing it. Please do not
do that. You have no idea how hard it was
to do. I feel like I work better when i'm relaxed,
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you know, I know that's how you feel. I'm just
gonna wing it. Just look at these questions. Please. Up next,
we have a presidential candidate from the future year, Senator
Kamala Harris Presidential. I'm throwing out the notes, folks, please
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going rogue. This is gonna be a wild one, right Carolina,
I hope not. We'll be right back and welcome back
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to the Ron Burgundy Podcast. UM. We are very excited
to have one of the most esteemed guests that we've
ever had on the show. Uh, Senator, former Motley Crue
bandmate and presidential candidate Kamala Harris. Kamala, thank you so much.
It's great to be with you, Ron. Thank you. You
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know what, as soon as I said that out loud,
I think you you weren't a member of Motley Crue.
Were you not in this life? Okay? Yeah? Did you
do you play a musical instrument? You know? I actually
played many musical instruments in high school. Um, I played
the violin, I played the French horn. But it's a
messy instrument. Yeah, it's messy. You have to kind of
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keep emptying the cartridge. Then I moved on to the percussions.
I played the xylophone, and that I thought it could
get more interesting, so I played the vibraphone and then yeah,
and then I moved on to the kettle drums, which
was really fantastic because you're in the back, yes, and
you've got these big batons and these huge drums in
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front of you, and you just not you the kettle
on the kettle drum. That's okay, we'll believe it out.
Don't worry. Don't worry. But I've always hated the fact
that the kettle drums are in the back. Move them
to the front. I agree they should be in the front.
They deserve so much more attention. But that is why
one plays them the way we do to get that. Well,
if this plays out in your favor, maybe that can
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be your first executive order to force all high school
symphonies to move the kettle drums to the front of
the band. Yeah, something you're thinking about. No, we should
stop the coordinating the kettle drums. I agree with you.
So we finally cut We covered that kettle drums. Good.
Um you were you start out District attorney San Francisco.
What was hard about that job? Is it the snack breaks,
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all the snack brakes you have to take legally? Well, no,
ron Um, it was you know, what was hard about
the job was saying some of the worst of human behavior.
I mean I specialized for a while in assault of children. Um.
I you know, spent a lot of time over the
years with moms whose sons had been killed. Um. That
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was rough stuff. It was rough stuff and um, but
it was also there were highlights I enjoyed when I
was district attorney, challenging the status quo and I said, look, um,
let's stop acting like you know, there are only two
ways to do criminal justice policy. You know, people would
say you're either soft on crime or tough on crime,
and say, no, let's be smart on crime. Let's look
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at prevention as one of the smart just ways to
create public safety, and so I started an initiative, you know,
and everybody was like, why are you doing this? I
started initiative focused on low level on drug sales offenders
and getting them jobs and counseling, and when they graduated
the program, I dismissed the charges against them. And that
was incredible work in terms of just seeing that the
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human potential that when you give people the opportunity to
reach for something, they will naturally reach for it. And
so there were highlights. Your parents were civil rights activists.
I mean, were they pissed when they found out you
wanted to become a d A. They were curious about
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the decision, and with some of them and some of
my family, I had to defend the decision like one
would a thesis. But you know what I said, then,
I'm glad I didn't grow up in your family, because
I don't know what the word thesis means. So, yes,
it means you have to do you have to defend
your point, You have to um, you have to be
able to to articulate why you're doing something as opposed
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to just doing it and everyone accepts it without challenging
your reasons. And my reasons were that the criminal justice
system Listen, I was born knowing how flawed it is.
I didn't have to learn about it. I have to
read about it. I knew it. And I felt that
when you want to reform systems, um, let's also think
about being inside the system where we can have the
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power to reform it from the inside. And so that
was the choice I made, and um and I don't
regret that choice because having been on the inside, I
was able to create re entry initiatives for low level offenders.
I was able to say, look, children who are being
prostituted should not be thought of as teenage prostitutes. We
should think of them as sexually exploited you and give
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them the safety and the and the support that they deserve.
I was able to do things like saying that we're
gonna acknowledge that the war on drugs was a complete
failure and we need to have a different approach that
understands that it's actually a public health issue more than
it is from Retal Justice Issia, you were also attorney general, yes,
for the state of California, And just so I'm clear
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what branch of the military is that it's not a
branch of the military. Run it's actually but you're you're
a general, Yes I was. I was, General Harris. You
are correct, but it's a it's it's a part of
the executive branch of government. Got it. So nothing to
do with the military. Correct, Okay, Well I'm learning. This
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is what I love about this podcast. I learned as
much as the audience does sometimes more. Um, So that's
good to know, Attorney General. Nothing to do with the military.
Although I did speak out about how we want to
make sure that law enforcement is not militarized. So there
you're onto something, they're not on the zone. It wasn't
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the worst question you've ever been asked. No, it was
not the worst, but like might be top ten it was.
And what does that mean for law enforcement to be militarized,
meaning that we don't want local law enforcement to be
or conduct itself as a branch of the military. We
we do not and should not think of local law
enforcement as being engaged in a war. Um. Local law
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enforcement has is its primary purpose making sure people are
safe in a community, and so that's part of it.
And so we want to make sure that local LA
enforcement is not equipped with tools that are tools of war,
because that's not their function and that should not be
the perspective. With your legal expertise, your knowledge, extensive background,
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I want to ask you a question. Let's let's say
one a person kept hinting to someone who works very
closely with them, in fact, that that person is female,
has curly hair, and wears glasses. And you, that person
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was hinting to that other person that all you've ever
wanted was a small boat, specifically a catamaran. And you
you hint, and you hint, and you hint, and then
your birthday rolls around and nada, nothing zip. Can you
take that person to small claims court? No? Thank you?
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Thank you. If someone makes a funny face at me,
small claims court. No, my soup was too hot, more importantly,
too spicy at a restaurant, small claime score. Well, there's
tea hot and pea hot. For pea hot, no, that'd
be pepper hot for tea hot. Potentially that's temperature hot.
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Um if for example, it was so hot that injured
you know, and there was no you know, giving you
any notice that it might be too hot and wait,
potentially potentially hot. And so when I walk into a restaurant.
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I'm going to say, what's your tea hot level? I
think that's smart. You should do that, or your hot
Hopefully they know those terms, because right it might be
missing to exactly you know what's it's exactly right? Um,
a chicken in every pot and a car in every garage.
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Herbert Hoover, Ronald Reagan. Let's make America great again? No, no,
Donald Trump, Let's make America gay again. Why what was
America more gay than it is now? America could not
be gay enough. I love that. That's my slogan. Yeah,
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so to Mr Trump, make America gay again? It was that?
Is that what you mixed it up? Trump's is make
America grade again? Okay, all right, Well I'm not very political,
so that's why this is so great. This is this
is a wonderful exercise for me. Do you have a
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campaign slogan at this point? For the people? Kamala Harris,
for the people, simple to the point, for the people.
And that means it means that this is by the people.
It's for the people. It's fueled by the people. It
means that I intend to be a leader that will
be committed to the service of other people as opposed
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to self service and self interests, and um, it means
hard for me. And well, yeah, but that's why you're
not running. I'm sorry to tell you. We've gone back
and forth. Is he thinking about it? I just announced,
I Wasn't you announced you were prior to your arrival. Okay,
I mean, there's still time if you want to jump in,
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but it might be putting as to bed. Besides, I
tried to. I tried to put some feelers out to
raise some money for my campaign. I'm fifteen thousand in
the hole. I raised negative fifteen thousand dollars in my
first day. Yeah, you Ron had a party and to
raise money. But he well, people just got in touch
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with me and reminded me of their debts that I
owe them. Yeah, the debts I owe to them. So yeah,
sometimes when you reach out to people, that's what happened. Okay.
So it's no secret that running for office brings a
lot of scrutiny. Um, for instance, you know, a few
neighborhood kids made fun of my mustache once, and and
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sometimes I can't leave the house because I don't want
to run into those me neighborhood kids. I mean, how
do you think or how are people going to criticize
you during your run. Well, I've already heard some criticism around,
for example, my belief that we should have free community
college and debt free college for all. And people say, well,
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you know you're living a pipe dream. How are you
going to pay for that? And my response is that,
look that that's really shortsighted to think of it as
a cost. Instead, we should be understanding it's an investment.
And UM I challenge people to understand that. Even in
the private sector, people know you put money in as
an investment because you will get a great return on
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the investment r o I and so, but you know,
people are critical of that. People are critical of my
position that we should legalize marijuana. UM. They say, how
can you say that? You're a former prosecutor. But I
say it because I know, I know really well how
the criminalization of marijuana has resulted in the mass incarceration
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problem that we have in our country. It has resulted
in UM desperate kind of application of the laws UM
and particular adversely against black and Latino young men. UM.
And those are some of the areas that people are
critical of, their critical of um my perspective on you know,
the Green New Deal. But I say, look, climate change
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is one of the most existential threats to us as
human beings, as a species, and we need to take
it seriously and have a sense of urgency about it
and have goals that are specific. We may not reach
them all, but let's be let's be aggressive about this
because this is the only planet we've got. So when
the current president says we need global warming because the
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winners are getting too cold, you would disagree. I think
that he is selling science fiction instead of science fact,
and the only way to change that perspective is to
have a new precedent. I love science fiction, though that's
the only thing. Well, it's okay to read it, but
you don't want to live it fair enough, it's kind
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of different. Um, here's the thing. The primaries are going
to happen. Everyone's going to start to make distinctions between
each other. But at the end of the day, how
does everyone keep the harmony h and not rip each
other the shreds to the point where there's no going backwards.
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I think we will keep the harmony when we agree
and understand that we are common purpose chicken in every
pot car and every garage, car every garage. Um, what
do you think about men speaking over women? It happens
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a lot, yes, and it should not. Everyone should have
an equal voice and should be respected when they speak,
and should be listened to. I think that's fair, absolutely,
And I just have to say, as a woman, it's
always so exciting to have a female candidate run. And
I'm sure you're so tired of hearing the word of
female before candidate, but it just means, yes, it's so
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important to have a female candidate. Okay, just overlook that part, Caroline.
I would do that. That's what I do most of
the time when it's phrased that way. Just pretend you
didn't hear it. Um. And also, Senator, the night of
the election, your victory speech was so helpful and processing
what was by the way I was going to say
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the night of the election run? Oh I'm sorry, what
were you saying? Never mind? That's that's fine. Um, we
have a male president. Now, how do you think it's
going not so well? And what do you mean by that? Ron?
You've got to get to the point that you are
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a little bit more self aware. I think that's important,
you know, so, so yeah, but it's not going well him.
You're you're fine. I'm well, thank you. I feel great.
I lost four pounds last week. Yeah, that's going great.
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You feel good. I feel good. Yes, I feel very good. Um.
All right, let me ask you this. Top four favorite
politicians ever. And they have to be real people. Oh,
they have to be real, meaning alive, or they truly existed,
they truly exist. In other words, you know the guy
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from the West Wing, he wasn't really president, No, he
was not. Um, I would say, surely Chisholm. I would say,
Bobby Kennedy. I would say Abraham Lincoln. I would say, Um.
You know one of the people I think is really
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great who is still living, but who has done really
great work on an issue like climate change, for example,
is Jerry Brown. UM governor, former governor, former governor of California,
Jerry Brown. And I believe he was in her ten
times practically, Yes, you broke all the records. Yeah, I
mean I didn't agree with everything he did, but UM,
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I do appreciate that he always as a leader, had
a vision of the future and tried to connect where
we're going to end up with where we are now. Um,
and thinking about solutions and ways to mitigate harm in
the future. And do you ever when you feel frustrated
by politics or exhausted or sort of sort of feel
like sisiphus um, do you ever look to any of
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these moments in these politicians careers as an inspiration or
I do? I mean, look, you know someone I've been
thinking a lot about because I am running for president
is Shirley chisholm Um. I love the fact that she
would just own that microphone and speak truth and unburdened
by what might what others might think of, as as
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the appropriateness of her being present and speaking as forcefully
and as strongly she did. You know, she that famous
saying she was unbought and unbossed. And I take great
inspiration from that because she understood that she was a
voice of truth and a voice that must be heard.
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And she just went to that microphone and took hold
of it and didn't ask permission. Someone, I'm surprised that
you left off the list. And may he rest in peace,
Sonny Bono. Oh he wasn't a politician. Oh he was.
He was a congressman. Oh yeah, sorry, So guess what
I got that one right, jerk? No, you're not a jerk.
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I just feel really good that I got Sonny Bono correct. Uh, okay,
changing gears here. Net neutrality, what does it mean? I mean,
what will it make it harder for me to upload
my chili recipe on ron Burgundy Chili recipes dot com. Well,
if we're committed to net neutrality, you will be able
to upload your chill with no problem. Um. The problem
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is that there are people in Washington, d C. That
are trying to end net neutrality, and I am vehemently
opposed to that. Everyone should have equal access. It's like
being on a freeway, and why should somebody who has
more money be able to be in a lane that
moves quicker and with with greater access than you know,
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a working person who doesn't have the kind of money
to spend extra on a lane, a specific lane on
a freeway. And the argument for it is just focus
revenue and you could tax it and that sort of thing. Well,
the argument for ending end lenge is basically, let the
so called free market have its way. But the free
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market doesn't necessarily represent a fair market, and we have
to understand the difference. And this is the point about
the role of government. The role of government should be
to have some level of oversight and ability to regulate
behaviors that might become abusive in a way that harms consumers.
And you know, I mean I was Attorney general California,
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the largest state in the country, forty million people, for
two terms. One of my primary responsibilities was to fight
for consumers, and so it ranged from always taking a
position on net neutrality and in favor of that, to
fighting for homeowners against the five big banks the United States,
to fighting against pharmaceutical companies that were trying and suppress
UM what was happening around developing generic drugs. UM there.
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Their abuses will occur, and we have to acknowledge that,
and so we have to have rules in place that
allow all people to have access to certain fundamental resources,
and net neutrality is one of those issues. There is
been a lot of discussion about voter turnout. Voter not
so much voter turnout. Um, come on round. What am
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I trying to say here? Okay, uh, get it together,
you can do this. Um, I'm just gonna spit it out.
Should we get rid of the electoral college is a
two parter. Should we get rid of it? And If so,
where's the end Do we have to get rid of
all the colleges? So the electoral college is a different
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and separate issue than college and universities. So that's not
what that means. And we should definitely keep so we
don't have to get rid of the Ivy League for instance. Correct,
they should remain intact. Electoral college. I think electoral college
and getting rid of it should be on the table
for discussion. I'm open to that conversation. Um, it is
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an odd system when you try to explain it to
it's difficult to explain overseas. Overseas I meant by Lake Michigan.
Those are lakes and seas beautiful, gorgeous. Let me tell
you it's gorgeous. The waters of Michigan Island. You literally
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you think you're in Disneyland looking at like you know,
the fake water in Disneyland and disney World. You can
on the surface of those legs, see right down to
the clear, clear blue, beautiful water right down to the bottom.
It's extraordinary. We think we have nice water in California.
Let me tell you nothing. It's true. I've always said
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that in Carolina. Doesn't believe me, And that's why we're
going to take a road trip to Legs and then
you can get that boat. Is that's what the point was?
Fresh water catamaran? Yeah, which is different? Get it ocean water.
Here's something that's interesting. I'd read a recent court ruling
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in favor of a woman who was ticketed for giving
a police officer the middle finger, arguing that she was
protected to do so under the First Amendment. Thoughts, I
think anyone should be able to give anyone the finger
and not be concerned about getting arrested. Yes, it's a
form of expression. I've been arrested so many times for
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that though. That's the only problems to Yeah, now that's
a different category of expression. Um So, when did you know?
And I probably should have asked this earlier, when did
you know you had to run for president? Did someone
double dare you? No? You know? It was really more? Um,
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I guess fundamentally it was. You know, I was raised
by a mother. She raised two of us, my sister
and me, and she was the kind of parent that
if you came home complaining about something, the first thing
she do is look at you. And she was like
five ft tall. My mother was five ft tall. If
you ever met her, you would have thought she was
seven ft tall. And if you came home complaining about something,
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the first thing she do is she'd look at you
and she'd say, well, what are you going to do
about it? So I decided to run for president? Got
you no excuses, just why why playing? Just get out
there and try to fix it, make some changes. Now,
most presidents get dogs when they're elected to the White House.
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That's a great point, unless they're psychopaths. If you are
elected president, what kind of puppy, Well, we'll see in
the White House. Any thoughts on that? Oh, I would
do a rescue dog, okay for sure. Whether breathe you like?
I mean, you know I I love mutts, Yeah, I
really do. Um they and they are smart and they
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are fun. Baxter, my dog, Baxter's a mutton. He's the
love of my life, even though I love lasa apsos.
M hm. But we don't have to comment on no comment. Now,
this is kind of the question we've all been waiting for.
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People have been wondering, and I can't believe I'm asking this,
but I'm just going to ask, are you considering me
to be your vice president? And I will take no
offense to your honest answer either way. But frankly, well, Ron,
you know, I mean everything is on the table for consideration.
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That's not a no, that's not a no. You know what,
I'll take any cabinet position too, whether it's commerce, labor,
dance department, any of the top. What do you think
about creating a new cabinet position, because you know there
has been talking about how we need to expand the
cabinet even more. Yeah, yeah, well what do you Because
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I part of why I'm here is is to really
listen to you and get your thoughts as a potential
constituent well and also as a potential partner as we
go forward and lead the country. So I would like
to create the cabinet position of Minister of Cool Cars.
I just show up in a cool car every time.
So and there would be a connection between that and
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growing the economy, like would we because we'd manufactured the
cars here, right, I would hope. Shoot already made an
agreement with Toyota. Yeah, you already made an agreement with Toyota.
We just talked about the beauty of Michigan And no,
I know, I mean, well, I can talk to him.
I'll see if I can get out of it. Why
did I sign that paperwork? Okay, yeah, we might have
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to revisit this conversation. Here's the thing, any candidate, the
Iowa Caucus is a major thing. And of course part
of the amazing state of Iowa is the Iowa State Fair. Yes,
and we have a list over here of all the
list of Iowa State Fair stick foods down and there
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are a shocking amount. And I'm just wondering if you,
I mean, this is the first time you're looking at it.
For there are eighty two items. Do any of them
stand out to I mean, there's something down here that
I saw, coconut mountain. I don't know what that is,
but I'd order a couple of conut mountains. I would.
Let's so, let's see the cheddar bacon cheese on a
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stick would be really on me, Apple fritter bites, double bacon,
corn dog, good night Irene. Then there's something just called
egg on a chocolate covered peanut butter bark that count
me in the same here. I'm not convinced about egg
on a stick. Yeah, that seems a little messy. Um.
Then oh, let's see. So then oh, the Italian bacon
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wrap on a stick, palapeeno corn dog. I would definitely
have that jumbo toasted marshmallow on a stick. You know,
I don't love marshmallows. Okay, that's fair enough, all right,
I'd like them. I mean, like the little ones on
in hot cocoa if they're like really, I hope the
marshmallow lobby doesn't get a wind of this. No, you know,
And s'mores I like them, but um, Carolina, any of
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these stand out to you? Brisket, peanut butter, and jelly fritters. Um.
Then there's something called hot lips, breaded chicken breast smothered
with hots off, served with blue cheese dressing. So that's
like buffalo wings by a four hour nap. Yeah, and
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you know what, that's what I'm thinking, Like, I could
definitely eat my way through the Ioway. You can hold
onto that list just because you will be canvassing there
and it's just good to know this is going to
be fun and you should come. Maybe I was gonna say,
maybe we'll maybe we'll run in you guys should come?
Would yeah? Okay, great, won't that be fun? That would
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be the best. Ron was actually so nervous about this
question because you know what, Carolina, you guys can then Ron,
you can interview people at the fair. It would be
a wonderful way to get a real slice of American
the Iowa State Fair located in Iowa, yes, August eight.
It will be a nice mild temperature. Oh yeah, I
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wouldn't be sweating through my polyester suit at Senator Harris,
we cannot thank you enough for joining us here on
the podcast, for sharing your insight and your views, and
we wish you all the best. We know it's a
it's a long road, um, but it will end up
positively for you no matter what. Thank you was a
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great sentence, by the way. All right, we'll be right
back on the Ron Burgundy Podcast right after this. Welcome
back to the Ron Burgundy Podcast. What a pleasure to
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have a U. S. Senator in the studio. And the
cool thing is this upcoming election is going to be
extremely elegant and orderly. She won't be treated any differently
than any of the other candidates. I actually might run
for president really probably not, No, it's what's right, you
(35:05):
know what. Maybe I will, but I really don't have
the time. Maybe let's just table it then, no, I
have things to say. I gotta get on that campaign trail.
It's a lot of work, I know. I just want
to take a bath. You should run, though, I was
thinking about actually a for city, Caroline. I was kidding.
You literally have toilet paper stuck to your shoe. You've
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had it stuck there the whole day. I wish you
told me that and not broadcast it on the podcast.
That's all for today, folks. Thank you, Senator Kamala Harris.
What an honor. And we're looking at low sixties for
the next week or two, and then we're gonna take
a jump and hit high seventies on Sunday. Up north
here on this map, we're looking at some light showers. Sorry,
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I forgot my weather report. We're gonna we're gonna scrap
this episode. We'll see you next week. The Run Burgundy
Podcast is a production of I Heart Radio and Funnier Die.
I'm Ron Burgundy. The host, writer, and executive producer. Carolina
Barlow is my co host, writer, and producer. Our producers
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are Jack O'Brien, Nick Stump, Miles Gray, and Whitney hot Act.
Our executive producer is Mike farre Our consulting producer is
Andrew Steele. Our coordinating producer is Colin McDougall. Our associate
producers are Anna Hosnier and Sophie Lichterman. Our writer is
Jake Foblist. Our production coordinator is Hannah Jacobson. This episode
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was engineered, mixed, and edited by Nick Stuff. Until next time,
Mrs ron Burgundy
Ron Podcast. And we're back at the Ron Burgundy Podcast
season two. Baby. After a long back and forth with
my heart, a few lawsuits, two mysterious deaths, and a
whole lot of memories, we are back in the studio.
During our hiatus, I'm happy to say that Carolina went
(00:26):
to rehab. I know, I know, I went on a
yoga tree. It's not rehab. Okay, well, that's a great
cover story, which reminds me Carolina. Baxter and I listened
to the whole first season of the podcast, and after listening,
we decided to scrap it. We're not going to release it,
but it was just too rough. But we know what
(00:46):
we did wrong. And to be honest, there there could
be less of you in this season because this one
we're definitely going to release. Season one got released into
the general public. Are you serious? Yeah, it's just it's
out there, Oh so embarrassing. Are they going to release
this episode, the one recording right now? Yes, they released
(01:07):
all of them. Cripes. Okay, well that's better be good.
I mean, you better pull it together, Carolina. Hope that
trip to the looney bin set you straight. It was
a yoga retreat into lou Mexico. I'm glad we're on
the air today because there have been some rumors circling
and I have to make an official statement. After talking
to my family and my friends and some strangers online,
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I have decided, after years of thought and dreams, that
I will not be running for president. Okay, So to
everyone out there listening to this fireside chat, I know
it's a lot to take in at once. How do
you feel about it, Carolina? Um, I feel about the
(01:54):
same as I did before you said it. Okay, so
you don't You don't feel upset? No, a way, I'm
actually relieved. I mean, that would be so scary if
you're running for president. Scary. Well, that's it's a bit insulting. No.
I mean, Ron, I really enjoy you as a colleague,
and I think that recording a podcast with you has
been an adventure. But a president has enormous responsibilities. Okay,
(02:17):
but I could do it. I could do it pretty
simple stuff. You just have to be honest and remain
calm and keep the country running smoothly, you know, making
sure no shenanigans are taking place. I think I'd be
good at that. I can do some tough work. This
this podcast, you know, hasn't been a slice of cake. Well,
you fired three people yesterday, and don't you think that
(02:38):
shows my leadership strengths. No, I mean after you fired them,
we had to hire three new people and it took
the rest of our work day to really interview candidates.
You know that happens. Yeah, right, I mean not really.
But it's fine. But did it slow us down? Absolutely,
But it's not like it ground owned this operation to
(03:01):
a complete hall. It absolutely did. We couldn't record. Okay,
they just rubbed me the wrong way. So one of
them just said hi to you, but with a smirk. Okay,
it could have been a smile, but that's besides. And
the other guy always wore a stupid captain's hat. It
was a baseball hat. Well, what's happened has happened? All right?
(03:26):
Today we're talking to a woman, Senator Kamala Harris, who
was running for president in the year two. Hindsight, Yes
it is. Let me ask you, Carolina, how hard is
it to become president when you're a woman. Um, well,
it's never happened before, and there have been women who
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have been qualified, so yeah, it seems very difficult. And
why why is that do we think? Um? You know, well,
there are a lot of prejudices and misconceptions about women. Yes,
that they can't read your mind, you know, but have
you ever seen the movie What Women Want starring Mel Gibson.
He could read women's minds to the tune of three
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hundred and seventy five million w w BO. Um, what
does that have to do with what we're talking about?
Three hundred and seventy five million w w BO? Do
you know what w w b OH stands for? Worldwide
box office? Because he had the ability to read women's minds.
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I don't know what you're talking about, um, But as
I was saying, some common misconceptions about women are that
were easily distracted or emotional, or can't be in charge
of important decisions, can't be respected. Wait wait wait wait,
shut up, shut up, Carolina. I just realized I left
Baxter at the Dippin' Dots down in Thousand Oaks. Sorry,
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can you please pick him up if he's lost? Caroline?
I just anything to get him back. I probably smash
all the windows in this place. Nick is back to
your back there? Oh thank god. Okay, anyway, we have
a big interview today with Senator Kamala Harris. I'm very
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nervous and very excited. UM, and you're prepared, right because
you got those policy questions I gave you yes. Okay, great,
because this is a big deal. Listen between you and I.
I think I'm just gonna wing it. Please do not
do that. You have no idea how hard it was
to do. I feel like I work better when i'm relaxed,
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you know, I know that's how you feel. I'm just
gonna wing it. Just look at these questions. Please. Up next,
we have a presidential candidate from the future year, Senator
Kamala Harris Presidential. I'm throwing out the notes, folks, please
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going rogue. This is gonna be a wild one, right Carolina,
I hope not. We'll be right back and welcome back
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to the Ron Burgundy Podcast. UM. We are very excited
to have one of the most esteemed guests that we've
ever had on the show. Uh, Senator, former Motley Crue
bandmate and presidential candidate Kamala Harris. Kamala, thank you so much.
It's great to be with you, Ron. Thank you. You
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know what, as soon as I said that out loud,
I think you you weren't a member of Motley Crue.
Were you not in this life? Okay? Yeah? Did you
do you play a musical instrument? You know? I actually
played many musical instruments in high school. Um, I played
the violin, I played the French horn. But it's a
messy instrument. Yeah, it's messy. You have to kind of
(07:05):
keep emptying the cartridge. Then I moved on to the percussions.
I played the xylophone, and that I thought it could
get more interesting, so I played the vibraphone and then yeah,
and then I moved on to the kettle drums, which
was really fantastic because you're in the back, yes, and
you've got these big batons and these huge drums in
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front of you, and you just not you the kettle
on the kettle drum. That's okay, we'll believe it out.
Don't worry. Don't worry. But I've always hated the fact
that the kettle drums are in the back. Move them
to the front. I agree they should be in the front.
They deserve so much more attention. But that is why
one plays them the way we do to get that. Well,
if this plays out in your favor, maybe that can
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be your first executive order to force all high school
symphonies to move the kettle drums to the front of
the band. Yeah, something you're thinking about. No, we should
stop the coordinating the kettle drums. I agree with you.
So we finally cut We covered that kettle drums. Good.
Um you were you start out District attorney San Francisco.
What was hard about that job? Is it the snack breaks,
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all the snack brakes you have to take legally? Well, no,
ron Um, it was you know, what was hard about
the job was saying some of the worst of human behavior.
I mean I specialized for a while in assault of children. Um.
I you know, spent a lot of time over the
years with moms whose sons had been killed. Um. That
(08:37):
was rough stuff. It was rough stuff and um, but
it was also there were highlights I enjoyed when I
was district attorney, challenging the status quo and I said, look, um,
let's stop acting like you know, there are only two
ways to do criminal justice policy. You know, people would
say you're either soft on crime or tough on crime,
and say, no, let's be smart on crime. Let's look
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at prevention as one of the smart just ways to
create public safety, and so I started an initiative, you know,
and everybody was like, why are you doing this? I
started initiative focused on low level on drug sales offenders
and getting them jobs and counseling, and when they graduated
the program, I dismissed the charges against them. And that
was incredible work in terms of just seeing that the
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human potential that when you give people the opportunity to
reach for something, they will naturally reach for it. And
so there were highlights. Your parents were civil rights activists.
I mean, were they pissed when they found out you
wanted to become a d A. They were curious about
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the decision, and with some of them and some of
my family, I had to defend the decision like one
would a thesis. But you know what I said, then,
I'm glad I didn't grow up in your family, because
I don't know what the word thesis means. So, yes,
it means you have to do you have to defend
your point, You have to um, you have to be
able to to articulate why you're doing something as opposed
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to just doing it and everyone accepts it without challenging
your reasons. And my reasons were that the criminal justice
system Listen, I was born knowing how flawed it is.
I didn't have to learn about it. I have to
read about it. I knew it. And I felt that
when you want to reform systems, um, let's also think
about being inside the system where we can have the
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power to reform it from the inside. And so that
was the choice I made, and um and I don't
regret that choice because having been on the inside, I
was able to create re entry initiatives for low level offenders.
I was able to say, look, children who are being
prostituted should not be thought of as teenage prostitutes. We
should think of them as sexually exploited you and give
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them the safety and the and the support that they deserve.
I was able to do things like saying that we're
gonna acknowledge that the war on drugs was a complete
failure and we need to have a different approach that
understands that it's actually a public health issue more than
it is from Retal Justice Issia, you were also attorney general, yes,
for the state of California, And just so I'm clear
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what branch of the military is that it's not a
branch of the military. Run it's actually but you're you're
a general, Yes I was. I was, General Harris. You
are correct, but it's a it's it's a part of
the executive branch of government. Got it. So nothing to
do with the military. Correct, Okay, Well I'm learning. This
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is what I love about this podcast. I learned as
much as the audience does sometimes more. Um, So that's
good to know, Attorney General. Nothing to do with the military.
Although I did speak out about how we want to
make sure that law enforcement is not militarized. So there
you're onto something, they're not on the zone. It wasn't
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the worst question you've ever been asked. No, it was
not the worst, but like might be top ten it was.
And what does that mean for law enforcement to be militarized,
meaning that we don't want local law enforcement to be
or conduct itself as a branch of the military. We
we do not and should not think of local law
enforcement as being engaged in a war. Um. Local law
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enforcement has is its primary purpose making sure people are
safe in a community, and so that's part of it.
And so we want to make sure that local LA
enforcement is not equipped with tools that are tools of war,
because that's not their function and that should not be
the perspective. With your legal expertise, your knowledge, extensive background,
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I want to ask you a question. Let's let's say
one a person kept hinting to someone who works very
closely with them, in fact, that that person is female,
has curly hair, and wears glasses. And you, that person
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was hinting to that other person that all you've ever
wanted was a small boat, specifically a catamaran. And you
you hint, and you hint, and you hint, and then
your birthday rolls around and nada, nothing zip. Can you
take that person to small claims court? No? Thank you?
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Thank you. If someone makes a funny face at me,
small claims court. No, my soup was too hot, more importantly,
too spicy at a restaurant, small claime score. Well, there's
tea hot and pea hot. For pea hot, no, that'd
be pepper hot for tea hot. Potentially that's temperature hot.
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Um if for example, it was so hot that injured
you know, and there was no you know, giving you
any notice that it might be too hot and wait,
potentially potentially hot. And so when I walk into a restaurant.
(14:12):
I'm going to say, what's your tea hot level? I
think that's smart. You should do that, or your hot
Hopefully they know those terms, because right it might be
missing to exactly you know what's it's exactly right? Um,
a chicken in every pot and a car in every garage.
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Herbert Hoover, Ronald Reagan. Let's make America great again? No, no,
Donald Trump, Let's make America gay again. Why what was
America more gay than it is now? America could not
be gay enough. I love that. That's my slogan. Yeah,
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so to Mr Trump, make America gay again? It was that?
Is that what you mixed it up? Trump's is make
America grade again? Okay, all right, Well I'm not very political,
so that's why this is so great. This is this
is a wonderful exercise for me. Do you have a
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campaign slogan at this point? For the people? Kamala Harris,
for the people, simple to the point, for the people.
And that means it means that this is by the people.
It's for the people. It's fueled by the people. It
means that I intend to be a leader that will
be committed to the service of other people as opposed
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to self service and self interests, and um, it means
hard for me. And well, yeah, but that's why you're
not running. I'm sorry to tell you. We've gone back
and forth. Is he thinking about it? I just announced,
I Wasn't you announced you were prior to your arrival. Okay,
I mean, there's still time if you want to jump in,
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but it might be putting as to bed. Besides, I
tried to. I tried to put some feelers out to
raise some money for my campaign. I'm fifteen thousand in
the hole. I raised negative fifteen thousand dollars in my
first day. Yeah, you Ron had a party and to
raise money. But he well, people just got in touch
(16:25):
with me and reminded me of their debts that I
owe them. Yeah, the debts I owe to them. So yeah,
sometimes when you reach out to people, that's what happened. Okay.
So it's no secret that running for office brings a
lot of scrutiny. Um, for instance, you know, a few
neighborhood kids made fun of my mustache once, and and
(16:47):
sometimes I can't leave the house because I don't want
to run into those me neighborhood kids. I mean, how
do you think or how are people going to criticize
you during your run. Well, I've already heard some criticism around,
for example, my belief that we should have free community
college and debt free college for all. And people say, well,
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you know you're living a pipe dream. How are you
going to pay for that? And my response is that,
look that that's really shortsighted to think of it as
a cost. Instead, we should be understanding it's an investment.
And UM I challenge people to understand that. Even in
the private sector, people know you put money in as
an investment because you will get a great return on
(17:31):
the investment r o I and so, but you know,
people are critical of that. People are critical of my
position that we should legalize marijuana. UM. They say, how
can you say that? You're a former prosecutor. But I
say it because I know, I know really well how
the criminalization of marijuana has resulted in the mass incarceration
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problem that we have in our country. It has resulted
in UM desperate kind of application of the laws UM
and particular adversely against black and Latino young men. UM.
And those are some of the areas that people are
critical of, their critical of um my perspective on you know,
the Green New Deal. But I say, look, climate change
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is one of the most existential threats to us as
human beings, as a species, and we need to take
it seriously and have a sense of urgency about it
and have goals that are specific. We may not reach
them all, but let's be let's be aggressive about this
because this is the only planet we've got. So when
the current president says we need global warming because the
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winners are getting too cold, you would disagree. I think
that he is selling science fiction instead of science fact,
and the only way to change that perspective is to
have a new precedent. I love science fiction, though that's
the only thing. Well, it's okay to read it, but
you don't want to live it fair enough, it's kind
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of different. Um, here's the thing. The primaries are going
to happen. Everyone's going to start to make distinctions between
each other. But at the end of the day, how
does everyone keep the harmony h and not rip each
other the shreds to the point where there's no going backwards.
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I think we will keep the harmony when we agree
and understand that we are common purpose chicken in every
pot car and every garage, car every garage. Um, what
do you think about men speaking over women? It happens
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a lot, yes, and it should not. Everyone should have
an equal voice and should be respected when they speak,
and should be listened to. I think that's fair, absolutely,
And I just have to say, as a woman, it's
always so exciting to have a female candidate run. And
I'm sure you're so tired of hearing the word of
female before candidate, but it just means, yes, it's so
(20:01):
important to have a female candidate. Okay, just overlook that part, Caroline.
I would do that. That's what I do most of
the time when it's phrased that way. Just pretend you
didn't hear it. Um. And also, Senator, the night of
the election, your victory speech was so helpful and processing
what was by the way I was going to say
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the night of the election run? Oh I'm sorry, what
were you saying? Never mind? That's that's fine. Um, we
have a male president. Now, how do you think it's
going not so well? And what do you mean by that? Ron?
You've got to get to the point that you are
(20:44):
a little bit more self aware. I think that's important,
you know, so, so yeah, but it's not going well him.
You're you're fine. I'm well, thank you. I feel great.
I lost four pounds last week. Yeah, that's going great.
(21:05):
You feel good. I feel good. Yes, I feel very good. Um.
All right, let me ask you this. Top four favorite
politicians ever. And they have to be real people. Oh,
they have to be real, meaning alive, or they truly existed,
they truly exist. In other words, you know the guy
(21:27):
from the West Wing, he wasn't really president, No, he
was not. Um, I would say, surely Chisholm. I would say,
Bobby Kennedy. I would say Abraham Lincoln. I would say, Um.
You know one of the people I think is really
(21:47):
great who is still living, but who has done really
great work on an issue like climate change, for example,
is Jerry Brown. UM governor, former governor, former governor of California,
Jerry Brown. And I believe he was in her ten
times practically, Yes, you broke all the records. Yeah, I
mean I didn't agree with everything he did, but UM,
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I do appreciate that he always as a leader, had
a vision of the future and tried to connect where
we're going to end up with where we are now. Um,
and thinking about solutions and ways to mitigate harm in
the future. And do you ever when you feel frustrated
by politics or exhausted or sort of sort of feel
like sisiphus um, do you ever look to any of
(22:31):
these moments in these politicians careers as an inspiration or
I do? I mean, look, you know someone I've been
thinking a lot about because I am running for president
is Shirley chisholm Um. I love the fact that she
would just own that microphone and speak truth and unburdened
by what might what others might think of, as as
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the appropriateness of her being present and speaking as forcefully
and as strongly she did. You know, she that famous
saying she was unbought and unbossed. And I take great
inspiration from that because she understood that she was a
voice of truth and a voice that must be heard.
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And she just went to that microphone and took hold
of it and didn't ask permission. Someone, I'm surprised that
you left off the list. And may he rest in peace,
Sonny Bono. Oh he wasn't a politician. Oh he was.
He was a congressman. Oh yeah, sorry, So guess what
I got that one right, jerk? No, you're not a jerk.
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I just feel really good that I got Sonny Bono correct. Uh, okay,
changing gears here. Net neutrality, what does it mean? I mean,
what will it make it harder for me to upload
my chili recipe on ron Burgundy Chili recipes dot com. Well,
if we're committed to net neutrality, you will be able
to upload your chill with no problem. Um. The problem
(24:01):
is that there are people in Washington, d C. That
are trying to end net neutrality, and I am vehemently
opposed to that. Everyone should have equal access. It's like
being on a freeway, and why should somebody who has
more money be able to be in a lane that
moves quicker and with with greater access than you know,
(24:21):
a working person who doesn't have the kind of money
to spend extra on a lane, a specific lane on
a freeway. And the argument for it is just focus
revenue and you could tax it and that sort of thing. Well,
the argument for ending end lenge is basically, let the
so called free market have its way. But the free
(24:45):
market doesn't necessarily represent a fair market, and we have
to understand the difference. And this is the point about
the role of government. The role of government should be
to have some level of oversight and ability to regulate
behaviors that might become abusive in a way that harms consumers.
And you know, I mean I was Attorney general California,
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the largest state in the country, forty million people, for
two terms. One of my primary responsibilities was to fight
for consumers, and so it ranged from always taking a
position on net neutrality and in favor of that, to
fighting for homeowners against the five big banks the United States,
to fighting against pharmaceutical companies that were trying and suppress
UM what was happening around developing generic drugs. UM there.
(25:31):
Their abuses will occur, and we have to acknowledge that,
and so we have to have rules in place that
allow all people to have access to certain fundamental resources,
and net neutrality is one of those issues. There is
been a lot of discussion about voter turnout. Voter not
so much voter turnout. Um, come on round. What am
(25:54):
I trying to say here? Okay, uh, get it together,
you can do this. Um, I'm just gonna spit it out.
Should we get rid of the electoral college is a
two parter. Should we get rid of it? And If so,
where's the end Do we have to get rid of
all the colleges? So the electoral college is a different
(26:16):
and separate issue than college and universities. So that's not
what that means. And we should definitely keep so we
don't have to get rid of the Ivy League for instance. Correct,
they should remain intact. Electoral college. I think electoral college
and getting rid of it should be on the table
for discussion. I'm open to that conversation. Um, it is
(26:39):
an odd system when you try to explain it to
it's difficult to explain overseas. Overseas I meant by Lake Michigan.
Those are lakes and seas beautiful, gorgeous. Let me tell
you it's gorgeous. The waters of Michigan Island. You literally
(27:01):
you think you're in Disneyland looking at like you know,
the fake water in Disneyland and disney World. You can
on the surface of those legs, see right down to
the clear, clear blue, beautiful water right down to the bottom.
It's extraordinary. We think we have nice water in California.
Let me tell you nothing. It's true. I've always said
(27:22):
that in Carolina. Doesn't believe me, And that's why we're
going to take a road trip to Legs and then
you can get that boat. Is that's what the point was?
Fresh water catamaran? Yeah, which is different? Get it ocean water.
Here's something that's interesting. I'd read a recent court ruling
(27:42):
in favor of a woman who was ticketed for giving
a police officer the middle finger, arguing that she was
protected to do so under the First Amendment. Thoughts, I
think anyone should be able to give anyone the finger
and not be concerned about getting arrested. Yes, it's a
form of expression. I've been arrested so many times for
(28:05):
that though. That's the only problems to Yeah, now that's
a different category of expression. Um So, when did you know?
And I probably should have asked this earlier, when did
you know you had to run for president? Did someone
double dare you? No? You know? It was really more? Um,
(28:29):
I guess fundamentally it was. You know, I was raised
by a mother. She raised two of us, my sister
and me, and she was the kind of parent that
if you came home complaining about something, the first thing
she do is look at you. And she was like
five ft tall. My mother was five ft tall. If
you ever met her, you would have thought she was
seven ft tall. And if you came home complaining about something,
(28:50):
the first thing she do is she'd look at you
and she'd say, well, what are you going to do
about it? So I decided to run for president? Got
you no excuses, just why why playing? Just get out
there and try to fix it, make some changes. Now,
most presidents get dogs when they're elected to the White House.
(29:12):
That's a great point, unless they're psychopaths. If you are
elected president, what kind of puppy, Well, we'll see in
the White House. Any thoughts on that? Oh, I would
do a rescue dog, okay for sure. Whether breathe you like?
I mean, you know I I love mutts, Yeah, I
really do. Um they and they are smart and they
(29:35):
are fun. Baxter, my dog, Baxter's a mutton. He's the
love of my life, even though I love lasa apsos.
M hm. But we don't have to comment on no comment. Now,
this is kind of the question we've all been waiting for.
(29:56):
People have been wondering, and I can't believe I'm asking this,
but I'm just going to ask, are you considering me
to be your vice president? And I will take no
offense to your honest answer either way. But frankly, well, Ron,
you know, I mean everything is on the table for consideration.
(30:16):
That's not a no, that's not a no. You know what,
I'll take any cabinet position too, whether it's commerce, labor,
dance department, any of the top. What do you think
about creating a new cabinet position, because you know there
has been talking about how we need to expand the
cabinet even more. Yeah, yeah, well what do you Because
(30:38):
I part of why I'm here is is to really
listen to you and get your thoughts as a potential
constituent well and also as a potential partner as we
go forward and lead the country. So I would like
to create the cabinet position of Minister of Cool Cars.
I just show up in a cool car every time.
So and there would be a connection between that and
(30:59):
growing the economy, like would we because we'd manufactured the
cars here, right, I would hope. Shoot already made an
agreement with Toyota. Yeah, you already made an agreement with Toyota.
We just talked about the beauty of Michigan And no,
I know, I mean, well, I can talk to him.
I'll see if I can get out of it. Why
did I sign that paperwork? Okay, yeah, we might have
(31:20):
to revisit this conversation. Here's the thing, any candidate, the
Iowa Caucus is a major thing. And of course part
of the amazing state of Iowa is the Iowa State Fair. Yes,
and we have a list over here of all the
list of Iowa State Fair stick foods down and there
(31:43):
are a shocking amount. And I'm just wondering if you,
I mean, this is the first time you're looking at it.
For there are eighty two items. Do any of them
stand out to I mean, there's something down here that
I saw, coconut mountain. I don't know what that is,
but I'd order a couple of conut mountains. I would.
Let's so, let's see the cheddar bacon cheese on a
(32:04):
stick would be really on me, Apple fritter bites, double bacon,
corn dog, good night Irene. Then there's something just called
egg on a chocolate covered peanut butter bark that count
me in the same here. I'm not convinced about egg
on a stick. Yeah, that seems a little messy. Um.
Then oh, let's see. So then oh, the Italian bacon
(32:26):
wrap on a stick, palapeeno corn dog. I would definitely
have that jumbo toasted marshmallow on a stick. You know,
I don't love marshmallows. Okay, that's fair enough, all right,
I'd like them. I mean, like the little ones on
in hot cocoa if they're like really, I hope the
marshmallow lobby doesn't get a wind of this. No, you know,
And s'mores I like them, but um, Carolina, any of
(32:49):
these stand out to you? Brisket, peanut butter, and jelly fritters. Um.
Then there's something called hot lips, breaded chicken breast smothered
with hots off, served with blue cheese dressing. So that's
like buffalo wings by a four hour nap. Yeah, and
(33:09):
you know what, that's what I'm thinking, Like, I could
definitely eat my way through the Ioway. You can hold
onto that list just because you will be canvassing there
and it's just good to know this is going to
be fun and you should come. Maybe I was gonna say,
maybe we'll maybe we'll run in you guys should come?
Would yeah? Okay, great, won't that be fun? That would
(33:33):
be the best. Ron was actually so nervous about this
question because you know what, Carolina, you guys can then Ron,
you can interview people at the fair. It would be
a wonderful way to get a real slice of American
the Iowa State Fair located in Iowa, yes, August eight.
It will be a nice mild temperature. Oh yeah, I
(33:57):
wouldn't be sweating through my polyester suit at Senator Harris,
we cannot thank you enough for joining us here on
the podcast, for sharing your insight and your views, and
we wish you all the best. We know it's a
it's a long road, um, but it will end up
positively for you no matter what. Thank you was a
(34:20):
great sentence, by the way. All right, we'll be right
back on the Ron Burgundy Podcast right after this. Welcome
back to the Ron Burgundy Podcast. What a pleasure to
(34:42):
have a U. S. Senator in the studio. And the
cool thing is this upcoming election is going to be
extremely elegant and orderly. She won't be treated any differently
than any of the other candidates. I actually might run
for president really probably not, No, it's what's right, you
(35:05):
know what. Maybe I will, but I really don't have
the time. Maybe let's just table it then, no, I
have things to say. I gotta get on that campaign trail.
It's a lot of work, I know. I just want
to take a bath. You should run, though, I was
thinking about actually a for city, Caroline. I was kidding.
You literally have toilet paper stuck to your shoe. You've
(35:28):
had it stuck there the whole day. I wish you
told me that and not broadcast it on the podcast.
That's all for today, folks. Thank you, Senator Kamala Harris.
What an honor. And we're looking at low sixties for
the next week or two, and then we're gonna take
a jump and hit high seventies on Sunday. Up north
here on this map, we're looking at some light showers. Sorry,
(35:51):
I forgot my weather report. We're gonna we're gonna scrap
this episode. We'll see you next week. The Run Burgundy
Podcast is a production of I Heart Radio and Funnier Die.
I'm Ron Burgundy. The host, writer, and executive producer. Carolina
Barlow is my co host, writer, and producer. Our producers
(36:12):
are Jack O'Brien, Nick Stump, Miles Gray, and Whitney hot Act.
Our executive producer is Mike farre Our consulting producer is
Andrew Steele. Our coordinating producer is Colin McDougall. Our associate
producers are Anna Hosnier and Sophie Lichterman. Our writer is
Jake Foblist. Our production coordinator is Hannah Jacobson. This episode
(36:34):
was engineered, mixed, and edited by Nick Stuff. Until next time,
Mrs ron Burgundy
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