MS NOW Presents: Clock It with Symone and Eugene
2/5/20262 min
Symone Sanders Townsend and Eugene Daniels were once at odds as White House staffer and White House reporter. Now they’re friends and colleagues—each co-hosting their own shows at MS NOW. But their off-air conversations are where the real action is. Their new show, “MS NOW Presents: Clock It” is an invitation to their groupchat, the liveliest—and most informative—in news. Whether it’s ICE getting dispatched to the Super Bowl because Bad Bunny’s doing the halftime show, or Nicolás Maduro’s Nike Tech fit, or Michael B. Jordan’s sole Oscar nomination despite playing three roles in Sinners, there is no collision between culture and politics that this show won’t document and decipher. Symone and Eugene see exactly what’s going on—and they want you to clock it, too.
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First 90 secondsEugene Daniels· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Simone Sanders Townsend and I have known each other for more than a decade, since she was the strategic mind behind the country's top Democrats.
Symone Sanders Townsend· Host0:10
Y'all wanna hear from Bernie Sanders? [crowd cheering] Back in the day, Eugene Daniels and I sometimes disagreed. He was, after all, reporting on my then boss, Vice President Kamala Harris.
Speaker 2· Soundbite0:21
... And honestly, when you talk to people in the White House, people are starting to feel a little bit more pessimistic.
Eugene Daniels· Host0:25
And now, instead of being at odds as White House reporter and White House staffer, we're friends and colleagues dissecting what comes across our feed just like everybody else. This is people who are getting paid with taxpayer dollars!
Symone Sanders Townsend· Host0:36
These are the taxpayer dollars.
Eugene Daniels· Host0:38
It's corny!
Symone Sanders Townsend· Host0:39
It's corny, and it's trolling- We got stuff to do. And it's not funny.
Eugene Daniels· Host0:40
Yeah.
Symone Sanders Townsend· Host0:41
[upbeat music] And we'll continue to stay on top of political news, but we'll cover much more. In a new show, MS Now presents Clock It. We get along so well because we are both fluent in politics.
Eugene Daniels· Host0:52
And culture.
Symone Sanders Townsend· Host0:53
When we're not mic'd up for TV, we're talking about how politicians are stealing music, and slang, and aesthetics to make themselves seem powerful and relevant. Putting out where he looks very superhero-esque.
Eugene Daniels· Host1:04
And very Tony Stark.
Symone Sanders Townsend· Host1:05
It's giving Tony Stark.
Eugene Daniels· Host1:06
Yeah.
Symone Sanders Townsend· Host1:06
[laughing] He's hopping out of the government vehicles.
Eugene Daniels· Host1:09
Because while most political coverage is focused on the White House or the Hill, the real political games are being played outside, on football fields, on the runways, and on TikTok.
Symone Sanders Townsend· Host1:19
Okay, Sabrina Carpenter saw this, tweeted, "This video is evil and disgusting." And to fight back in this crazy world, to win the war of ideas and the war for what's right, the people