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- hey, stop it! - haah! - no! - ahh-ha-ha-haah! captioning sponsored by comedy central >> trevor: hey, everybody. welcome to another episode of "the daily social distancing show." i'm trevor noah, and today is day 50 of us staying inside to and, guys, i can't believe it. 50 days-- i've stayed in the house for 50 days! i mean, i don't wanna brag, but last night, at 7:00 p.m., i went on my balcony, and everyone was clapping for me. it was, testifying really humbling. oh, today is also cinco de mayo. and if you're trying to celebrate at home, here's your quarantine cinco de mayo tip of the day: any bread can be a tortilla if you use a hammer. so have fun celebrating cinco de mayo today, but don't forget: you may be at home, but guac is still extra. all right, on tonight's episode: we look at the war on masks, why you might not want to drive in georgia, and why coronavirus has
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given seagulls a taste for blood. so let's get into it! welcome to "the daily social distancing show." >> announcer: from trevor's couch in new york city to your couch somewhere in the world, this is "the daily social distancing show," with trevor noah." >> trevor: you know, the world may seem like a dark place right now, but just like your mom opening the curtains to wake you up for church, we're about to blast you with a little ray of sunshine. first up, being a teenager in the age of corona is tough. you're stuck at home with your parents, you can't go to prom, and your dad gave you a haircut with the same clippers he uses on his back hair. but here's a ray of sunshine for teens in georgia: because of the pandemic, the state has now decided to issue drivers' licenses without requiring a driving test. and that is a crazy idea. think about it, the only driving practice that kids get right now
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is from what, video games. they're going to get behind the wheel like, "which of these pedals push that. if georgia is going to be giving people that power, they may as well go all the way let people make their own driver's license at home, too, like the actual photo. that would be a ton better than the filter the d.m.v. uses right now. makes everybody look like they've been busted for drunk driving. that's georgia. it's all part of their new state motto: welcome to georgia, we're done giving a shit. a british man has decided to beat the quarantine whethe bluey giving himself one tattoo every day of the lockdown.
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basically this guy started quarantine as 2005 adam levine and he will finish it as 2019 adam levine. i guess this is what white people do when the sourdough starter startsz to run out. this guy says he's been in lockdown for so long he's already running out of room. i see two nipples that are wide open. finally, we have seen how humans are thriving and being forced in indoors but animals are rediscovering the circle of life. seagulls are now hunting down rats and pigeons for food. i didn't even know that seagulls could be this vicious. like, does every bird have a dark side? i'm not ready. i'm not ready to watch big bird
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get so hungry he murders elmo and eats his flesh. rats i can understand. but pigeons? one month ago, just one month ago, seagulls were flying next to pigeons. hello, neighbor! now because of coronavirus, they're like, "i will eat your ass! that's it for the sunshine. let's get straight to the headlines. let's begin with some not nice news. although our efforts to stop the spread of the virus by staying home have helped a lot, we're now learning that opening up too soon could come at a cost. >> reporter: as much of america wrestles to reopen, "the new york times" obtaining a preliminary analysis about what could happen if social distancing rules are relaxed. the report, provided to fema, shows the number of americans
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dying every day from the coronavirus could nearly double by june 1, 3,000, a day. and cases could soar from 25,000 to 200,000 a day. washington model has raised its projected death toll to more than 134,000 by august. that's nearly double the estimate from less than a week ago, largely because more americans are leaving their homes. >> trevor: yeah, that's right. experts are warning that relaxing social distancing without having tracing and testing programs in place means that a lot more people could die. and did you hear those numbers? 3,000 deaths a day? 134,000 deaths by august? those numbers are even more terrifying than the ones in your child's math homework that you have no idea how to do. i feel like every day this story develops, it makes it a worse story for us tell to our grandkids. ( grandkid ) "and what happened when social distancing was proving effective, grandpa? we decided to (bleep) it up so we could go to the beach and get
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some ice cream. and i get it. it's so hard to stay inside, because the weather is so nice right now. it's almost like the sun is trying to lure us out so corona virus can get us. i'm not going to lie. i never trusted the sun. like, it's there during the day, but at night, it's gone. where'd you go, huh? meeting up with corona to plot our downfall? i'm on to you, you sunny bastard. and as if that wasn't a grim enough prediction, we're now learning that while we've been trapped indoors, coronavirus has been going to the gym. >> reporter: new this morning, scientists have discovered a mutant coronavirus strain that they say is more contagious than covid-19. a study led by the los alamos national lab says the new strain appeared in europe in february and quickly spread to the eastern u.s. now, once it's out it, it becomes the dominant strain, and that makes it more contagious than the original version that was traced back to wuhan, china. the report says a mutation is in the spikes on the outside of the coronavirus. researchers say it could make treatments more difficult to develop and could reinfect people who survived the earlier strain.
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>> trevor: ocome on, man! you know what? this sucks! the coronavirus might be mutating, and not in a cool ninja turtle kind of way where it just wants to eat pizza and hit on reporters. no, it's becoming more deadly. and i guess we've learned yet another thing-- coronavirus is like an annoying college student: it got worse when it went to europe. "sorry, guys, i can only eat baguettes now. and if you'll excuse me, i'm popping to the loo." and, look, if the virus can mutate to get worse, then us humans have no choice, man. we are going to have to mutate to fight back. i think woo can do it if we just focus. come on, trevor, mutate! mustate. mu... i guess nothing happened. now, if america is ever going to get the coronavirus under control, antibody testing seems
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like the best way to do it, because that can tell us where the virus has been, who might now be immune. and how you can track the movement of the disease. unfortunately, antibody testing has also hit a bit of a snag. >> reporter: today, the f.d.a. put the brakes on antibody tests. roughly 200 hit the market in recent weeks amid few restrictions. now the agency says guardrails are needed, writing in part "we, unfortunately, see unscrupulous actors marketing fraudulent test kits to take advantage of americans." so far, the f.d.a. has only granted emergency authorization to 12 antibody tests. the makers of the rest will have to apply within 10 days showing their positive readings are 90% accurate and negative readings 95%. >> trevor: yup, that's right. in an attempt to boost testing in the u.s., the f.d.a. basically approved anybody who claimed they had an antibody tests, and then it turned out
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many of those tests were actually trash, and that's way worse than having no test at all. because now you think you could be immune when you're actually not. there are two things you need to be sure work: antibody tests and bulletproof vests, because you can't return those to the store, you can't be walking in like: "yeah, i bought this last week, and it totally does not work as the way you said. also, can you call 911?" if the antibody test can't tell you if you have antibodies, then you may as well just use the original "auntie" test. ( phone call ) "auntie, do i have the coronavirus?" "no, baby, but you need to eat more. is my sister not feeding you?" but, guys, i think there's an easy solution here. if there's a test that tells us which antibody tests work, why don't we just use that test to test for antibodies? i mean, i'm no doctor fauci but i think i cracked it. all right, that's it for the headlines.
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when we come back, we're gonna get into the great debate about wearing masks. is it just a devious government plot to keep you alive? well we'll find out after the break. jobs are being lost. but they're also being found. even now 500,000 new jobs from 50,000 companies are added every week on indeed. if there's a job out there, you'll find it here. [woman hummi♪g to "all you need is love" and instrumental music] ♪ love is all you need.
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i just... when i... let's try again. everybody back to one. accident forgiveness from allstate. click or call for a quote today. let's talk about masks. for a long time, masks have been a required accessory for trying to get into an "eyes wide shut" orgy. by the way the secret pass word is: "i'm here for the orgy, 1." now, when the coronavirus pandemic began, the c.d.c. said people didn't need to wear masks unless they were showing symptoms. but a couple of weeks ago, they changed their mind after realizing that if everyone wore masks in public, it could stop people from spreading the disease. also, they ran a series of tests and realized that, "damn, people are ugly." now, this all seems reasonable enough. everyone just needs to wear a mask when they're going to be outside around other people. but, apparently, it's not that simple. >> reporter: in the city of stillwater, oklahoma, an
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emergency proclamation requiring the use of face masks in stores and restaurants was amended after reports employees were being verbally abused and threatened with violence for trying to enforce the order. >> reporter: in miami beach, one park is now shut down after police issued more than 7,000 warnings over the weekend to people not wearing face masks. >> reporter: in michigan, a security guard was shot after a dispute with a customer over a face mask. >> reporter: police are also looking for this man, who wiped his nose on a clerk's shirt when he was asked why he wasn't wearing a face covering. >> trevor: whoa! why are people so angry. forget a vaccine. scientists need to start working on a chill pill. health officials are asking for us to cover our faces to protect ourselves, and everyone's acting like they have to get spayed and neutered. and the people who don't wear masks are ruining it for everyone. like, now, they had to close down that park in miami.
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miami, you know i love you, but what are you doing getting mad about being asked to cover your face? i've been to miami. nobody is looking at anybody's faces. but if we know that masks can help save lives and stop the spread of coronavirus, why are so many people refusing to wear masks when they go out in public? well, one reason is that, just, honestly, they're just not super comfortable. and one woman in kentucky found a solution that totally didn't work. >> reporter: a kentucky woman is going viral for the way she wears a mask. this woman was caught on camera shopping.with a hole cut in the middle of her protective mask. she claims it made it "easier to breathe since everyone is required to wear a mask while out." of course, the c.d.c. is advising that masks should cover both the nose and mouth completely. >> trevor: okay, i'll be honest. i get where this woman is coming from. wearing a mask can make it a little harder to breathe. but you know what can make it a lot harder to breathe?
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coronavirus. like, i think some people might be missing a point of the masks. it's not just about conforming. it's about safety. imagine if people brought this attitude to sex. "don't worry, babe. of course i used a condom. i just cut the top off, because it was really uncomfortable for my penis and made it look like i was robbing a bank. but, yeah, i wore one, so we're good." now, another reason people might not be wearing a mask? maybe they just don't have one. but remember, it doesn't have to be an actual medical mask right now to be effective. anything that covers your nose and mouth will do. although, i have to say, one guy in san diego got a little too creative with his coverage. >> reporter: outrage is growing over a man seen wearing a ku klux klan hood inside of a bond grocery store near san diego. other shoppers took pictures of the man, seen saturday in the city of santee. store clerks reportedly asked the man to remove the hood or leave. he finally took it off while he was in line.
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then paid for his items and left. santee's mayor and others have condemned the incident. detectives from the san diego county sheriff's department are now investigating and will pursue any appropriate charges. >> trevor: wow, wearing a klan hood as a face mask. that seems counter-productive, because, i mean, you might not get corona, but you're definitely getting your ass whipping. and i know this guy thought he was being intimidating wearing a k.k.k. mask in public, but i'm sorry, man. i can't be scared of anyone buying gogurt. plus, i like how he only wore the hood. so he was at home like, "should i put the robe on, too? no, no, no. i'm a moderate klansman." now, if you've been watching the protests going on around the country, it's clear that for some people, not wearing a mask is a matter of principle, because, apparently, in america, you don't just have the right to bare arms. you also have a right to bare face. >> reporter: in houston, you could get a $1,000 fine for not wearing a mask.
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that's led to at least one lawsuit and complaints of government overreach. >> these mandatory masks amount to government overreach. >> reporter: there is now a lawsuit over face mask requirements here in harris county. >> reporter: there are many people who are unhappy with the order. close 150 demonstrators protested the mask mandate. >> i don't want to wear a mask. i don't want the government telling me what to do. >> you cannot allow the government to overreach the constitution. because if you allow that, and else is next. only god knows >> trevor: hell, yeah! i'm sick of the government telling us what to do! telling us to wear masks! you got these red lights that tell us when we can drive, stopping me from buying romaine lettuce because it has e. coli on it! some of us like the taste of e. coli! it's called a refined palette! i'll be honest, i've never understood why some people complain about a "nanny state." nannies are awesome! i mean, they let you take afternoon naps. they always have a little baggie of goldfish.
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they let you watch tv all day while they stare at their phone. in fact, when this is over, i'm hiring a nanny for myself. i want to eat gold fish! so the question remains: why are some americans so resistant to wearing masks? maybe it's a comfort thing. maybe it's an aversion to taking orders. or maybe they just want to show off that pasty quarantine skin. another reason might be that their leaders are leading by example. only the wrong example. >> the c.d.c. is advising the use of nonmedical cloth face covering as an additional voluntary public health measure. so, it's voluntary. you don't have to do it. i don't think i'm going to be doing it. >> reporter: u.s. vice president mike pence now says he should have worn a mask during his visit to the renowned mayo clinic last week. >> reporter: governor eric holcomb is apologizing this morning after a facebook photo shows him taking a selfie with two people and not wearing a mask. >> reporter: this ohio state representative says he won't be wearing a mask because of religious reasons. republican representative
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nino vitale says our nation was founded on judeo-christian principles, and one of those principles is that we are all created in the image and likeness of god, and that image is seen the most by our face. >> trevor: okay, wow. that is a bold religious stance from that lawmaker. and i don't know if going out without a mask is a way to honor god, but it's definitely a way to meet him sooner. like, where is he even getting this from? because i've been to sunday school. i don't remember this being in the ten commandments. i don't remember mozing coming down like, "commandment number 9. thou shall not cover all of this." so, look, i don't even understand how a public health issue like wearing a mask became so politicized. but it is weird to me, it is really weird to me that so many of these people who refuse to wear masks claim to be proud
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earlier today i got the chance to speak to thomas piketty, a french economist whose analysis of economic inequality under capitalism has made him world famous. we talked about his new book, "capital and ideology" and all the ideas that affect capitallicism in the world right now. thanks for coming to the "daily social distancing show." ( speaking french ). >> trevor: you are one of the economists in the world many call a rock star economists. one of the things you talk about is inequality in the world.
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coronavirus is going to shake up the world in a big way. either there's going to be more inequality, or things are going to get fixed. just looking at the way the world is now, what do you think we're about to experience? >> i think this is one of these crises that we see that can really change people's view about the world and how we should organize the economy. because at this stage, what we see is actually a big increasing inequality. so, you know, if you have a lockdown, in your apartment, if you are in a very small apartment, or you are homeless, and marginally, you have a very loi-wage job status, you know, you have to go out to find work, to find money pup know, it can be very risky for you. you have lots of problems with people who still need to pay their rent. i think this is the kind of time period where there is the pressure that can change the balance of power, which is also a balance of ideology.
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>> trevor: if we learned from the 2008 crisis, if there's anything we learned, it was that the people who were the quickest to bounce back weren't people at all. it was the big corporations and big banks. the little people lost everything. they lost their houses. they lost the money that they put into their houses. they lost the jobs. many people even lost their investment, whether it was 401(k)s, or whatever they had put aside to save money in life. we learned about what happened. but if this is another recession, if this is another crisis, what can be done to prevent that from happening again? >> well, first, i think we have to use public debt and money creation for the people rather than just for banks. so, basically, after 2008, you know, we used money creation, you know, in order to save wall street, to save bankers. you know, it's probably better than if we didn't do anything because in the 1930s, we let
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financial institution go bankrupt and this was not very good. so apt least we've learned from this experience. but, you know, it's not enough to save bankers. you also want to save the planet. you also want to save the people. and i think with this crisis right now, people are going to be asking for proof that we can also use, you know, this power of money creation and the federal reserve in order to invest in people. you know, investing in hospitals, investing in public infrastructure, increasing, you know, wages for all the low-wage and hildt-wage people, which we see today are so necessary for our existence and our societies. in the longer run, of course, we cannot just pay for everything with public debt and money creation. so we'll have to rebalance our tax system. i think we need a wealth tax in the u.s., because an income tax, you know, is not enough to make
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the billionaire pay in proportion to the ainltd of tiebility pay. you know, very often you have a billionaire like warren buffet who actually said he was paying a lower income tax rate than his secretary. and this is because many billionaire have relatively small income, because most of the income to hir wealth is from a family or corporation. so taxing wealth can make them contribute more in line with the ability to contribute. so the point is not to punish wealth. it's just to make people contribute, you know, in proportion to their ability to contribute. >> trevor: now, whenever-- whenever people bring up that idea, whenever it's bernie or elizabeth warren, or anyone, for that matter, who says, "we need a wealth tax. we need to look at different ways to tax the wealthiest of the wealth ethe billionaires and corporations that have endless amounts of money and don't pay any taxes and find loopholes to
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not pay taxes. the push-back inevitably becomes you're discouraging innovation. you're discouraging the creation of wealth. and they say all the money will move elsewhere. if you were trying to convince a billionaire, or you were trying to convince a megacorporation to be contributing more and paying their fair share in tax, what would be in it for them? why would you say to them, this is why you should pay more as a billionaire. this is why you should be paying more as a corporation? >> what i would say is in the past three decades in america, you know, we've seen a lot more billionaires, but we've seen a lot less growth. so in the end, you know, the idea is you get prosperity out of inequality just didn't work out. so of course you need to pay them well when they are successful, but you don't need to-- you know, you don't need to have people who have 10 billion, 100 billion. where are we going to stop? the evidence again is the
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prosperity is mod rate low inequality. and education, education, and relative equality in access to education. this is the way we got things right in history. when we started sort of investing in billionaires rather than investing in, you know, in education, in fact, we've in the past three decades, have not been decades of prosperity for america. so at some point, you know, if you look at it, it's just not working. >> trevor: it's not happening, yeah. it's not happening. what do you think is the worst-case scenario then? if you live in a world where the inequality just keeps on growing, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, where do we inevitably get to? >> to me, the worst is some
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still politician, like donald trump or marian le pen in france, we coming from rising inequality, some foreign workers, or people to blame. and you can always find people to blame. in the u.s., you can find mexico, china. in france we can find germany or imgrantsz. it's easy to find people to blame. and this is what really worries me is that if we don't change our course, if we don't propose another economy that is more equitable, msustainable, in effect, we opponent door for, you know, all this national discourse. if you keep telling people that there's only one economic policy, and that the government cannot do anything about
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redistribution, taxation, and that the only thing that governments can do is to control borders, then you should not be surprised that, you know, 10 or 20 years later, the entire political discussion is going to be about border control and controlling national identities. >> trevor: right. >> so i think there can be conflicting effect of this pandemic. on the one hand, this is going to to reinforce the legitimacy of hospitals and public services and in a way more equality. on the other hand, it could also reinforce the fear of strangers and the return to the borders of the nation state, and which view is going to win? you know, it depends, also, on all of us. this is a way in the end to put pressure on our politicians and our political system to go in it the-- in the right direction. >> trevor: thank you so much for taking the time. good luck in the pandemic, and
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hopefully we see you on the other side. >> okay, thank you, bye-bye. >> trevor: when we come back, i'll be talking to amandla stenberg, the star of the new netflix limited series "the eddy." netflix limited series "the eddy." so don't go anywhere we are running our covid-19 technology response on teams. teams has given us the possibility to continue to innovate. i can bring them in, i can actually share my screen and show the x rays. we can do that in a visit like this. we're living on teams. it's as simple as that. yeah, i'm done after this meeting. we're just going over how people who switch to progressive can save hundreds. hey mara! - yeah jamie's the guy running it. - mara, you're not on mute. i once had to fake jury duty to get out of talking about his yogurt preferences. mara, you know you're not on mute, right?
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wityour money almostes offered feels like it's frozen. with capital one, you can open a new savings account in about 5 minutes and earn five times the national average. this is banking reimagined. what's in your wallet? >> trevor: welcome back to "the daily social distancing show." today, i spoke to actress amandla stenberg, whose new netflix series "the eddy" premieres this friday check it out. >> before we talk about the new show you're going to be in, i want to talk about coronavirus, what you've been up to, it's interesting see how people live their lives. but it feels like you're very zen in the moment. i don't feel anxious videos from you. it feels meditative. you're in a transcendent space right now. is this right or what you're showing on line. >> it's what i'm showing on li
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line. it's not accurate. i'm trying to share resources on line that feel kind of grounded and kind of zen because i am having a lot of anxious moments and one of the only ways to deal with the ancient moments is finding new ground in practices. i am definitely spiraling but i'm trying to learn how to have better coping mechanisms. it's been a really cool exciting thing. >> trevor: you have always been somebody who has been about coping mechanisms. i know you have done videos, almost tutorials talking about medicatiotalking aboutmed takese mind. is that something you're doing now. everyone talks about meditation. but that's when life is normal. i wonder if meditation works now? >> in general, i feel like i have a lot of young people
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following me. and i think about the ways in which we use social media and how dependent we are on it and how our realities are shaped by the virtual world we traverse than our tangible realities. there are levels of depression and anxiety that my generation experienced, just having a difficult time coping with reality. and that could have a lot to do with the state of the world. like things are really frustrating and really disheartening sometimes. but i feel like okay, if we are going to deal with things like this pandemic or feeling so disillusioned in our government, we have to come up with some sort of healing tools that help us and nourish us that we can
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keep going. more recently i did this video for this 24-hour live stream, and people were contributing all kinds of stuff. oprah was and all these brilliant people, and i was like, if ecar tolly is doing this live stream, he will have a lot more wisdom to share than i will. and i felt the best way was to provide some sort of calming or soothe moment. >> trevor: i like how you justue say. there was a call to unite. there was a huge coming together of people all different walks of life, helping people fight covid-19. your cooperation is i decided to play a violin cover.
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i saw the video online. performed joke. this is cool. she made it seem like she was playing the violin. when did you learn how to play the violin? and you played extremely well. was this a thing in your life, or did you violin part time. where did that come from? >> i started playing when i was in the third grade. they offered free classes at my public school. and i-- when i was younger, i trained very classically, like i, did the whole suzuki method and all of that, and by the time i was 12 i quit. and a couple of years later, my dad actually rediscovered while digging through his closet my grandfather's violin. and i never got to know my grandfather very well. i mean, i never got to know him at all. but, yeah, it was like, this powerful moment where i felt like i could connect to him through the instrument.
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so that's actually kind of what spurred me to play again. when i started playing again, i kind of ditched the classical training that i had been doing. and i learned to improvise, play by ear, and just play whatever i felt like playing. and that's the way i've been playing since then. i'm not the most classically trained person, but i try to follow my intuition and do stuff like covers. >> trevor: so, when you're not meditating and when you're not playing the the violin and lending your voice to causes like "call to unite" or helping out with "no kid hungry" when you've been involved with for years, even before coronavirus, you are a successful actor. you're out there. you're making manufactures. you're making tv shows, and i believe you have a new-- is it going to be a limited series coming out on netflix called "the ededdy."
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it brings together people who worked on "la la land." it seems like a great show, especially for now. we're at home. we need music. we want to hang out and i think about fun times when you could go out to places and listen to music. tell me a little about the story and what's exciting you about this project. >> sure. it's about a struggling jazz club in paris. and just kind of about the family of those jazz musicians, and the character that i play is julie. and she's this, like, troubled adolescent who doesn't really have a healthy relationship with her father. but she's sent to paris to live with him where he is running this jazz club. and you kind of see the journey between these two characters, trying to understand each other and become closer. and it's really cifl sometimes. but the show in general is about
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an ensemble of characters and their experience in paris. and it's a white-washed, white euro centric concept of paris. and hopefully this show portrays paris in a way which is more accurate, which say multicultural place that is so influenced, especially northern african communities. that's kind of the center of the show. so it's about all of these people and just the truth of their lives. yeah. >> trevor: now that i-- i feel like i would have watched it regardless, for two reasons. one, because i'm stuck in the house. two, because i know it's going to be great. but now they know you actually know music, i'm going to watch it even more. i'm like, yeah, this is basically a documentary now. i'm going to make sure to watch it. it's "the eddy" coming out friday on netflix, a limit series. thank you for taking the time. stay sane at home. and thank you for putting out
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the cool videos. >> thank. >> trevor: thank you so much amandla. well, that's our show for tonight. before we go: the covid pandemic has devastated communities around the world, but the international medical corps is helping those communities rebuild and recover. and you can help them to help others. so please donate whatever you can. and if you'd like to support the response here in new york city, please donate to the n.y.c. healthcare heros, and you can provide care packages to our healthcare workers, hospitals, and temporary medical facilities. until tomorrow, stay safe out there, wash your hands. and remember, delete your calendar app. you don't need it anymore. now here it is, your moment of zen. >> before we go, an update on president trump's visit to arizona. he's been visiting a mask production facility in feerks run by hone honeywell internati.
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