The interviewer's name is Nomiki Konst, and the interviewee is Hollywood producer, Norman Lear. This is part of the program called TYT Network. Norman Lear's works reflected and influenced the politics during the 1970's, and he tweeted himself taking the knee back in World War II and recently during the NFL controversy. She asked, what is the significance of taking the knee given his understanding of history, how much Lear's work influenced culture, and what can we do to fight fascism. Konst had this strategy where she built up the questions by giving out the historical context of these questions. They seemed friendly with each other. I didn't sense anything hostile.
I learned a little about the perspective of a producer that was a World War II veteran and the impact he had back in the 70's. As someone who was born in the mid 90's, I took a lot of these older shows for granted, not knowing how much impact these shows had in our culture before shows like the Simpsons, Duckman, South Park, and Family Guy would push the envelope.
Link: https://player.fm/series/tyt-interviews/norman-lear-on-nfl-protests-trumps-america-and-more
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