Here We Go Again With Kal Penn

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Each week, Kal Penn takes today’s trends and headlines and asks: Why does history keep repeating itself? From the new space race and plane delays to fad drugs and movie remakes, our guest's answers will make you feel better about everything.

  1. 6 H FA

    Disrupting the Taxi Industry with Bhairavi Desai

    Need a ride? This week, Kal speaks with co-founder, president, and executive director of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance, Bhairavi Desai, about the ongoing disruption of the taxi industry. Bhairavi has fought alongside more than 21,000 drivers to raise the base income, create a cap on the number of ride-sharing vehicles permitted to drive in New York City, and relieve drivers of hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt. But in a new era of ride-sharing and driverless vehicles, what threats remain to cab drives all over? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    42 min

  2. 21 APR

    Digital Shorts with Jorma Taccone

    Short form video is everywhere today. But if you rewind back to 2005, comedy trio The Lonely Island had only just released Saturday Night Live's first digital short: "Lazy Sunday." It went viral, transforming the lives of its members Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, and Akiva Schaffer. The Lonely Island would go on to produce hit after hit for SNL, from "I'm On A Boat," to "Dick in a Box." Kal and Jorma sit down to talk about digital shorts, now and then. Plus, hear more about Jorma's new film, Over Your Dead Body. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    45 min

  3. 14 APR

    The Tennis Rally with Andy Roddick

    When COVID told us we all needed to be six feet apart, some people became addicted to TikTok and other people picked up a racket. Since 2019, tennis participation in the U.S. has grown by 54 percent. And that's excluding all the avid pickleball lovers who keep stealing their courts. So, why are we just becoming obsessed with a game that Andy Roddick has been obsessed with his whole life? Kal talks to the former number one player in the world about why and how his sport is making a comeback. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    42 min

  4. 7 APR

    Nithya Raman on running for Mayor of Los Angeles

    LA City Council Member Nithya Raman is running for mayor. On this episode, she joins Kal for a candid conversation. She opens up about how she got into politics, LA's homelessness crisis, and being compared to NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani. What does being a democratic socialist mean to her? And, what does it take to implement real change in her city? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    43 min

  5. 31 MAR

    Spacecraft Failures with Bobak Ferdowsi

    Bobak Ferdowsi is more than just the NASA Mohawk guy. He's a Systems Engineer at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory with an incredible aptitude for studying spacecraft failures so we can learn from them. Kal breaks down Bobak's career through the spacecrafts that defined them, from the Mars Curiosity Rover to a brand new satellite. Plus, why our failures aren't always bad and how to keep the worst ones from happening again. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    42 min

  6. 24 MAR

    Distrust in Traditional Media with Mehdi Hasan

    Does anyone completely trust the media landscape anymore? Mehdi Hasan, a broadcaster, journalist, and newly minted CEO & Editor-in-Chief of independent media company Zeteo, has a few insights that might shed light on how we've gotten to where we are, and how distrust has shaped his very specific, highly uncompromising style of reporting. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    45 min

  7. 17 MAR

    The De-evolution of Late Night with Bill Carter

    It's been a crazy year for late night TV -- from ratings on the decline and budget cuts to cancellations and political influence. Bill Carter, the journalist and author behind The Late Shift and The War for Late Night, joins the show to talk about the evolution (and de-evolution) of late night. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    40 min

  8. 10 MAR

    Battle of the Generations with Versha Sharma

    Baby boomers, millennials, now Gen Z -- they all have their haters. Whichever generation is in their twenties is always walking around with older people rolling their eyes at them. As the former Editor in Chief of Teen Vogue, journalist and millennial Versha Sharma is here to help us understand the seemingly cyclical generational pecking order. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    51 min
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Each week, Kal Penn takes today’s trends and headlines and asks: Why does history keep repeating itself? From the new space race and plane delays to fad drugs and movie remakes, our guest's answers will make you feel better about everything.

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  • Creatore
    iHeartPodcasts
  • Anni di attività
    2025 - 2026
  • Puntate
    29
  • Classificazione
    Contenuti espliciti
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    Here We Go Again With Kal Penn
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