Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast Thomas Middleditch | A Closer Look: Trump Trades Barbs with Biden as Legal Problems Mount
Mar 23, 2018
Thomas Middleditch, Emmy-nominated actor and comedian known for Silicon Valley, returns to chat. He shares a pirate-restaurant birthday tale, teases a Game of Thrones crossover idea, recalls his taekwondo yellow belt, and talks getting a pilot license and how tech hobbies feed his comedy. Short, funny stories and pop-culture riffs throughout.
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Elder Statesmen Reduced To Locker-Room Feud
- Seth Meyers highlights how the Trump-Biden exchange reduced national politics to juvenile threats and spectacle.
- The segment shows how personal insults replace substantive debate and degrade public discourse.
Multiple Lawsuits Compound Legal Risk
- Seth outlines how recent lawsuits add layers of legal risk beyond the Russia probe for Donald Trump.
- He frames these cases as both salacious headlines and matters with potential civil and criminal implications.
Cable TV Lawyers Turn Court Drama Into Spectacle
- Seth describes a heated TV exchange between Michael Cohen's lawyer and Stormy Daniels' lawyer to illustrate courtroom drama spilling onto cable news.
- He uses the moment to joke about the soothing effect of lawyers arguing on TV.
