Fake The Nation

120. Alexa, Are You Listening? (w/ Michael Cruz Kayne, Keisha Zollar)

Comedians Keisha Zollar (The Opposition) and Michael Cruz Kayne (The Exhibition) join Negin to discuss reports that the Trump administration is considering a narrowing of the definition of gender. The proposal would effectively erase protections for trans people. Then, the panel chats about the ‘pink wave’ and if the term treats female candidates as a novelty. Finally, they unpack the growing trend of smart assistants such as Alexa. They ask: Is convenience worth the price of privacy? This episode is sponsored by Sierra Club (<a href="http://www.beyondcoal.org/stories" target="_blank">www.beyondcoal.org/stories</a>), HelloFresh (<a href="http://www.hellofresh.com/FAKE60" target="_blank">www.hellofresh.com/FAKE60</a> code: FAKE60), and Nutrafol (<a href="http://www.nutrafol.com" target="_blank">www.nutrafol.com</a> code: FAKE).

Hosted by Negin Farsad, Fake the Nation is all the comedy about politics without any of the politics about politics. Every week Negin and a cast of her funniest, smartest and most politically astute friends (John Fugelsang, Lizz Winstead, Dean Obeidallah and others) gather 'round the political roundtable to break down the news, make you laugh, think, and deliver a gut punch to the American political system.