Introducing: Look Back At It
5/2/20262 min
Each week, Sam and Alex will hop in their time machine and spend time in the past in hopes of understanding the chaos that is sure to be our future. From pop culture to political news to scientific markers and medical breakthroughs, they and a guest will hold up a mirror to society and ask ourselves, “Did we really learn anything, or did we just become dumber?”
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First 90 secondsSam Jay· Host0:00
Do you remember when Diana Ross double-tapped Lil' Kim's boobs at the VMAs? [tape rewinding] Or when Kanye said that George Bush didn't like Black people?
Alex English· Co-host0:07
[gasps] What about when Carlton got that gun after he and Will got robbed, or when Hi-C discontinued the Ecto Cooler flavor?
Speaker 10:14
Ah.
Sam Jay· Host0:14
I know what you're thinking. What the hell does George Bush gotta do with Lil' Kim?
Speaker 10:17
Yeah.
Sam Jay· Host0:18
Well, you can find out on the Look Back At It podcast. I'm Sam Jay.
Alex English· Co-host0:22
And I'm Alex English.
Sam Jay· Host0:24
Each episode, we pick a year, unpack what went down, and try to make sense of how we survived it, with our friends, fellow comedians, and favorite authors.
Alex English· Co-host0:32
We turn to some of our favorite people and ask, "Who were you back then, and how did the past shape the world as we know it today?"
Sam Jay· Host0:39
Like Marc Lamont Hill on the crack-filled '80s.
Marc Lamont Hill· Soundbite0:42
To be clear, '84 was big to me, not just 'cause of crack. [laughs] [laughs] I'm down to talk about crack all day, but- Yeah, yeah. Literally.
Sam Jay· Host0:49
No, but we'll have to- [laughs] We, we also have AIDS on the table right now, so.
Marc Lamont Hill· Soundbite0:52
[laughs] '84 was a wild, I mean, it was a wild- It was a wild year.
Sam Jay· Host0:55
It was a wild year.
Marc Lamont Hill· Soundbite0:55
Yeah, it's so- It was a wild year ... I don't think there's a more important year for Black people.
Alex English· Co-host0:59
Really?
Marc Lamont Hill· Soundbite0:59
Yeah. For me, it's one of the most important years for Black people in American history.
Alex English· Co-host1:03
Or Sydney Washington on 2001.
Sam Jay· Host1:05
Are you figuring out you're gay- Hmm ... or you're not gay at all?
Speaker 11:09
No, I'm not gay at all.
Sam Jay· Host1:10
Me either.
Marc Lamont Hill· Soundbite1:10
That is a heterosexual lady.
Sam Jay· Host1:12
I'm not gay at, I'm not gay at all in 2001, either.
Alex English· Co-host1:13
Or Larry Wilmore schooling us on the year 1979.
Larry Wilmore· Soundbite1:17
History not only repeats itself, it turns into mystery before it comes back and becomes history once again.
Sam Jay· Host1:26
Boom.
Alex English· Co-host1:26
Ooh.
Sam Jay· Host1:26
That was dope.
Alex English· Co-host1:27
That just blew my wig back.
Sam Jay· Host1:28
That's awesome.
Unknown speaker1:29
[laughs]