Ryan Long: Hypocrisy, Censorship, and 2020
KEY MOMENTS
0:00 – Intro and welcoming Ryan Long
3:15 – Cancel culture and a teen's old video
7:03 – Owning up to mistakes online
12:09 – Privatized free speech and online rights
16:28 – Arbitrary rules and public will
20:00 – Lawmakers who don't understand tech
23:41 – Terms of service and Trump's ban
28:45 – Free speech in Canada
31:46 – Pushback for controversial videos
36:00 – Seeing famous comedians live
38:42 – Lou's sets in Black comedy rooms
43:26 – Favorite Mr. Bean bits
46:13 – Cuomo's reversal on reopening
52:08 – Who is waging war on comedians
54:45 – Understanding the targets of satire
57:50 – Being labeled a conservative comedian
1:01:31 – Street interviews and fan questions
1:06:03 – Ryan's first year in America and wrap-up
ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Lou's friend, comedian Ryan Long, joins Lou to talk about hypocrisy, censorship, cancel culture, and how insane his first year in the United States, 2020, was.
We also get into a teen's old video coming back to haunt him, owning up to mistakes online, privatized free speech, lawmakers who don't understand tech, terms of service and Trump's ban, free speech in Canada, Lou's sets in Black comedy rooms, favorite Mr. Bean bits, Cuomo's reversal on reopening, who is waging war on comedians, understanding the targets of satire, and being labeled a conservative comedian.