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Podcast: The Daily Beast Podcast
Episode: How Trump Made This Liberal Comedian Conservative
Description: Michael Ian Black celebrates July 4th with Joanna Coles and explains his reluctant transformation into what he jokingly calls āa conservativeāāthanks to Donald Trump. The comedian and Daily Beast columnist describes how defending the IRS, foreign aid, and the post office over dinner with a Trump voter made him feel like heād become āthe man.ā But it's not age thatās made him more conservativeāitās Trumpās destruction of public service, empathy, and the common good. Black traces his unlikely journey from straight-edge punk rocker to champion of bureaucracy, arguing that helping people shouldnāt be a radical act. He call...