>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY. THAT CARE WITH THE HOST OF
"GETTING WARMER WITH KAL PENN," KAL PENN.
YOU HOST A DOCUSERIES CALLED "GETTING WARMER WITH KAL PENN."
IT'S ABOUT THE CLIMATE CRISIS. WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED?
I ASSUME YOU MUST'VE BEEN FAIRLY INFORMED ABOUT THIS BEFORE.
WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED THAT SURPRISED EVEN YOU AS YOU ARE
DOING THIS SERIES? >> Kal: THIS SHOW WAS MOSTLY
ABOUT CLIMATE SOLUTIONS. IT IS NOT THE DOOM AND GLOOM
THING. IT'S DOING THINGS RIGHT,
ADVOCATES AND BUSINESSES. WHAT SURPRISED ME WAS A LOT OF
PEOPLE WHO FINANCED THE CLEAN ENERGY STUFF, SOLAR PANELS OR
CLEANTECH OR INNOVATION, SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO AT LEAST ON PAPER
KIND OF ATTACK THOSE INNOVATIONS.
THEY KNOW THAT IT'S PROFITABLE. THEY KNOW THIS IS THE RIGHT
DIRECTION FOR OUR PLANET AND FOR BUSINESS.
THEY KNOW IT'S POSSIBLE TO HAVE BOTH.
THAT WAS KIND OF EYE-OPENING. I ACTUALLY DIDN'T THINK --
THERE WAS ONE WAY OF LOOKING AT IT THAT WAS LIKE WHAT A BUMMER
BUT THE OTHER WAY WAS THIS IS GREAT.
THINGS ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK DESPITE ALL THE CABLE NEWS
NONSENSE THAT PEOPLE ARE STILL DOING THE RIGHT THING.
>> Stephen: THAT'S THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT
RESPONSES TO THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY.
AND A LOT OF RED STATES, THERE'S STEALTH SUSTAINABLE ENERGY BEING
BUILT UP. SOUTH CAROLINA.
EVERY TIME I FLY BACK HOME, AT THE AIRPORT, EVERY WAREHOUSE,
EVERY MANUFACTURING BUILDING, ALL THE ROOFS ARE COVERED WITH
SOLAR PANELS. IT'S PROFITABLE NOW.
IT HELPS. WELL, YOU WORKED, AS YOU SAID,
COUPLE YEARS OF THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION.
DID YOU WORK ON CLIMATE ISSUES? >> Kal: I WORKED ON YOUTH
OUTREACH PRIMARILY. I REMEMBER HELPING PUT TOGETHER
A BIG SUMMIT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE ON CLIMATE CHANGE.
THAT WAS PROBABLY THE FIRST TIME I SAW, THERE WERE YOUNG
PROGRESSIVES WE INVITED BUT ALSO YOUNG EVEN TO LOCAL CONSERVATIVE
CHRISTIANS FOR WHOM CLIMATE WAS A BIG ISSUE.
THEY MIGHT HAVE DISAGREED WITH OBAMA ON 99% OF OTHER THINGS IN
THEIR VIEW ON CLIMATE WAS GOD PUT US HERE TO TAKE CARE OF THE
PLANET. WHATEVER GETS YOU TO THE TABLE,
IT WAS INSPIRING TO SEE OUR PEOPLE CAN WORK TOGETHER ON AN
ISSUE LIKE THAT. ONE OF THE PLUSES.
[APPLAUSE] >> Stephen: WHEN YOU ARE IN
THE WHITE HOUSE, DUE TO EVER OCCUR TO YOU, MAYBE I COULD BE A
POLITICIAN? DID YOU THINK, I COULD RUN FOR
OFFICE? WHERE IS HOME?
>> Kal: HOME IS NEW JERSEY. >> Stephen: DO YOU EVER THINK
ABOUT RUNNING TO REPRESENT SOME PART OF THE STATE?
>> Kal: I WAS VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT I DID DURING MY
SABBATICAL AT THE WHITE HOUSE AND YOU ARE WELCOME FOR THE
AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL.
>> Stephen: THAT WAS ALL YOU? >> Kal: SINGLE-HANDEDLY IT WAS
ALL ME. BEING A TINY PART OF THOSE
THINGS WONDERFUL AND FEELS GREAT BUT I'VE GOT TO BE HONEST, BEING
THE HOST OF THE DAILY SHOW PERMANENTLY WOULD PAY WAY MORE
THAN RUNNING FOR OFFICE. >> Stephen: RUNNING FOR OFFICE
PAYS VERY LITTLE AT ALL. I CAN'T LET YOU GO WITHOUT
ASKING SOMETHING, ABOUT SOMETHING YOU ARE INVOLVED WITH
LAST WEEK TO LET ME SEE IF I'VE GOT THIS.
I AM GOING TO SHOW THIS PHOTO RIGHT HERE.
HERE IS THIS PHOTO. A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING WHEN YOU
LOOK AT IT. THAT IS YOU DOWN HERE.
THIS IS IN THE METAVERSE. THIS IS AN EVENT THAT WAS
SPONSORED BY TACO BELL. IT WAS THE TACO BELL METAVERSE
WEDDING. WHAT WAS THIS?
WHAT WAS YOUR ROLE? >> Kal: THIS ALSO PAYS MORE
THAN RUNNING FOR OFFICE. MAX RIGHT.
IT'S TRUE. >> Stephen: DADDY DON'T DO
THIS FOR FREE. >> Kal: ABSOLUTELY NOT.
I LOVE TACOS AND TACO BELL REACHED OUT AND SAID WE ARE
LITERALLY DOING A WEDDING IN THE METAVERSE.
WILL YOU MC IT? I DIDN'T OFFICIATE.
THE COUPLE HAD SOMEONE MUCH CLOSER TO THEM WHO OFFICIATED.
I HOSTED AND EMCEED. I THOUGHT IT WAS AMAZING.
ANYTIME SOMEBODY IS GETTING MARRIED, THE IDEA OF CELEBRATING
LOVE WAS GREAT BUT I LOVE TACOS AND IT WAS JUST A WEIRD, FUN
THING TO DO, HONESTLY. >> Stephen: TALKING ABOUT YOU
LOVE TACOS A LOT. >> Kal: I DO LOVE TACOS A LOT.
AND MONEY. STAY WHEN THEY BOTH FOLD.
>> Kal: AND LOVE. LOVE.
>> Stephen: LOVE IS OFTEN CALLED THE TACO OF EMOTIONS.
NICE TO SEE YOU. "GETTING WARMER WITH KAL PENN"
IS STREAMING ON BLOOMBERG TELEVISION
AND HE'S HOSTING THE "DAILY SHOW"
MARCH 13TH. KAL PENN, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY
BIG THIEF.