W. Kamau Bell and Hari Kondabolu Politically Re-Act To 2021

WAMU 88.5 | By Kaity Kline

Published January 26, 2021 at 4:17 PM EST

"Politically Re-Active" hosts and comedians, Hari Kondabolu (L) and W. Kamau Bell (R).

To say W. Kamau Bell and Hari Kondabolu have a lot of material for their hit podcast, “Politically Re-Active,” is…. an understatement.

The two comedians have talked about, or could talk about, President Joe Biden’s first days in office, their expectations for the future of Donald Trump, racial justice under the Biden administration, the link between white supremacy and domestic terrorism and whether or not unity is what the country really needs.

What do the two think about the future of the country? And how do they think we should think about its past?

Kaity Kline

Kaity Kline is an Assistant Producer at Morning Edition and Up First. She started at NPR in 2019 as a Here & Now intern and has worked at nearly every NPR news magazine show since.

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