i would go over to his apartment and his mother jackie onassis was there.assachusetts? >> no, no, no. from school. >> jimmy: yeah. two studs. two good-looking dudes get together. like, "yeah, we should be friends." yeah. >> not at all. but -- [ laughter ] >> jimmy: okay. let's just make it that story. you can fact check. you're a stud. he's a stud. yeah. all right, yeah. i remember i was over -- one of the first weeks i was here i was over there and she asked me how things were going. i said, "well, i'm looking for a job." and she said, "well, what would you be interested in?" i said, "actually, i'd love any advice you could give me about -- or any help you could give me in terms of finding a a job." i really didn't know anybody in the city except for my sister and my sister was just trying to make her way as well. and she said, "what sort of job are you looking for?" i said, well -- at that time i either wanted to be sort of a a gangster or a private detective. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: what? that's not an occupation for a a 17-year-old kid. >> well, i was --

people in new york, but i cannot someone out there with a semi automatic blowing ducks away out of jackie onassis par, that would get us into this for sure. and often i think i didn't just go to new york i planted on a different planet. and it's just because there is a vast disconnect. >> believe me if they allowed it to upcoming come i would leave the state of virginia and be back there with you. but talking about why this cultural divide is such a problem. >> i wouldn't say it's a threat to this, but the polarization is not necessarily healthy to building a strong kind of america where we are a melting pot. and the one i'm most familiar with and the one i most comfortable with, i don't want to lose that and i found that many people look towards those of us in bubb-ville with content and they look towards us with a sense of the road are men and wonderment. and that is just crazy and so i have had discussions even with conservative people in new york if you tell them that they owned firearms, they are just aghast and they almost want to jump under the table because they fear that they are going t

they can imagine somebody out there with a 12-gauge semiautomatic blowing ducks away it jackie onassis pond in central park. i would get me in the headlines for sure but my point is to describe this worldview and soften when i would come to new york i would say i think i can just go to new york i have landed on a different planet. it's just because there is a vast disconnect and that is the word that comes to me to explain why it is that these voting patterns and lifestyle patterns and cultural patterns if you will are so disparate between the two areas. >> host: believe me if they allowed duck hunting in this central park i would leave virginia and be right back there with you. talk about why this cultural divide -- why this cultural divide is such a problem. is it just the two sides don't understand each other or is there a real threat to the country coming from this cultural divide or disconnect as you explain it? >> guest: i wouldn't say there's a threat to the existence of this great republic because of the cultural difference but i do think polarization is not necessarily healthy