Louder with Crowder - October 30, 2024


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Comedian and podcaster Steven Crowder joins us to talk about how he got into the business, how he became a podcaster, and what it's like to work for Steven and co-host his new show, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

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00:00:00.000 Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman.
00:00:03.000 There were fewer than three weeks before the U.S. general election.
00:00:06.000 Trump said he wants legal immigration.
00:00:08.000 He was also pressed about the violent attack on Capitol Hill by Trump supporters on January 6th, 2020.
00:00:14.000 So, every morning, get up.
00:00:17.000 Um...
00:00:19.000 Listen to these news briefings.
00:00:24.000 NPR, Fox News, BBC News, Reuters, and then a comp leads together the main networks.
00:00:32.000 Maybe listen to some music, try and get my head in the right space.
00:00:38.000 Some comedy if there's someone inspiring I'm looking for.
00:00:44.000 Sometimes an audiobook.
00:00:47.000 I'll warm up my vocal cords if I need to.
00:00:51.000 There are rumors that he doesn't in fact play piano with his member, but in fact prefers suckling at the point.
00:01:00.000 And then when I get to the office, I have two more briefings that I read.
00:01:05.000 One is compiled from Brodigan, my longest standing employee.
00:01:10.000 When you get to be our age, you're always doing like the four squats and like shoulder twists.
00:01:16.000 Odd.
00:01:19.000 Cat.
00:01:19.000 Strange fella.
00:01:20.000 But a hell of a good cook.
00:01:22.000 And as I do that, I kind of do that at the same time as going through the show map and also checking any trends for other news.
00:01:31.000 You know, honestly, I don't know.
00:01:32.000 The process is get up and work.
00:01:36.000 I'm just literally doing this and go four, three, two.
00:01:45.000 And by the end of it, the pain is gone.
00:01:48.000 Like, it completely alleviates the pain temporarily, like for a good hour or two.
00:01:52.000 What I got here, we were running everything with Steven's personal Gmail.
00:02:01.000 It was literally run out of his garage.
00:02:03.000 This whole studio here, it's the same exact studio, just in his garage.
00:02:08.000 So, just a little perspective, yeah, it was all just very, it was shoestring put together and we had to turn it into a business.
00:02:17.000 So Stephen and I got connected through a mutual friend.
00:02:19.000 I was also kind of, you know, one of the earlier videos that Stephen did with the blue bedsheets.
00:02:23.000 I was Aisha.
00:02:25.000 I played his kind of, you know, not Muhammad wife. 1.00
00:02:28.000 Muhammad had many wives.
00:02:30.000 Not Muhammad! 1.00
00:02:31.000 Who are you speaking of? 1.00
00:02:31.000 Shut up! 1.00
00:02:32.000 You're not the boss of me! 0.99
00:02:33.000 And we just became kind of friends and it grew and grew and finally becoming more of a fixture on the show was supposed to be just like a few week thing.
00:02:42.000 And that was, you know, in January of 2017.
00:02:45.000 So, been here a little while.
00:02:47.000 Oh, I know!
00:02:48.000 The numbers are consistently going in the same direction.
00:02:52.000 Well, I've been doing comedy almost 10 years now and I was up in the Seattle area and just been doing comedy there for, I think it was like eight years, nine years before I met Steven.
00:03:02.000 I had known who he was mostly from the change of my mind.
00:03:05.000 Then I worked with him and was like, wow, this guy's hilarious.
00:03:08.000 Let me check this out.
00:03:09.000 And then I look back and I find out that he's like one of the pioneers of You know, comedy on YouTube.
00:03:14.000 I didn't realize how big Steven was, like, before YouTube demonetized him.
00:03:18.000 But to have a fan base like he does on a regular base, I mean, I got my own little following, you know?
00:03:23.000 But that was when I was on Comedy Central a lot and had specials.
00:03:28.000 But nothing, you know, nothing like this.
00:03:30.000 So I've been a fan of the show for years.
00:03:32.000 I've been following Steven for a while.
00:03:34.000 And I always wondered what it would be like.
00:03:36.000 It always seemed like a fun place to work.
00:03:40.000 And actually, it really is.
00:03:41.000 It's everything I thought it would be.
00:03:42.000 Well, I had done Steven's show years ago, and then I get a call from Steven or Darren or whatever, and they said, we want to, you know, we want your show on the network.
00:03:52.000 It's a real romantic story.
00:03:54.000 I've seen the show, thought it was great, obviously.
00:03:57.000 And I said, yeah, I'd love to do that.
00:03:59.000 I like Breitbart's quote that Steven has hanging up that says something about I like defending my point and have fun doing it.
00:04:07.000 Does the tone in this office pair well with the seriousness of the work we do, the comedic tone?
00:04:14.000 It absolutely does.
00:04:15.000 The work is serious.
00:04:17.000 The way we joke about it And ridicule it.
00:04:21.000 It just adds this layer to the message that we're trying to put out that I think is what makes the show unique and really the best show in this sphere.
00:04:31.000 I started on the show about two years ago.
00:04:34.000 Started as an editor shooting sketches and I work on The Daily Show running that and over pre-production and production.
00:04:43.000 A typical day at Louder with Crowder.
00:04:45.000 I get in at about 4.30, make the coffee.
00:04:47.000 Well I come in pretty grumpy.
00:04:49.000 Morning Tim.
00:04:50.000 Because I need a coffee.
00:04:52.000 What I do for the show ranges depending on the day.
00:04:56.000 It could be writing some of the show content, it could be certain production elements, it could be doing interviews, on the ground stuff.
00:05:04.000 It just kind of depends.
00:05:05.000 We're a smaller company and so everyone's kind of I would say very well versed across the board and my position is no different.
00:05:12.000 But I think probably the most integral part would be producing and kind of crafting the daily show.
00:05:19.000 By about 5.30, I'm looking at the show map and the stories that we're gonna put in and write for Steven.
00:05:25.000 Coming in and writing some sketches with Johnny Boy and Steven.
00:05:29.000 I check, see what's going on.
00:05:31.000 I try to see what the workload's looking like, what you guys see, how stressed out you are, so I'll know kind of what I'm walking into.
00:05:39.000 I know it's early for BTS. So I had been with ESPN for just shy of a decade and I'd been listening to the Show on a regular basis.
00:05:48.000 So I put my feelers out and I happened to see that there was a recruitment post on LinkedIn and I went for it and here I am.
00:05:56.000 I'm wearing glasses that help them not burn out at 6 in the morning.
00:06:01.000 We do a quick talk over for 15-20 minutes about the topics and then from about 6 to 8 we're to the grindstone.
00:06:09.000 We're in a document Laying out the levels to the story, certain statistics, undergirding research, communicating with Steven or Gerald on certain changes they might want.
00:06:19.000 And we have to start figuring out, okay, what can we keep in?
00:06:22.000 What do we cut?
00:06:23.000 And yeah, we basically just go through, we try and start at the top of the map and work our way down so that obviously what hits first is first out the door.
00:06:34.000 I take a lot of pride in making sure that whatever we get out is actually useful for people.
00:06:40.000 I think that's the biggest key takeaway from everything that we do.
00:06:43.000 We do a lot of comedy, which is fantastic.
00:06:45.000 I think that's kind of the backbone of what we do.
00:06:47.000 But we give people information in a way that's useful.
00:06:52.000 We have a little less than an hour to finish up any jokes you want to add to the show and kind of get together in a little huddle and go over a few ideas.
00:07:01.000 I mean, I freaked out when I got here and I saw the production level.
00:07:04.000 Yeah, I think I have the strongest team I've had ever.
00:07:07.000 I couldn't believe the whole setup.
00:07:09.000 I had seen the show and I couldn't believe the production quality.
00:07:13.000 I was blown away when I got here.
00:07:14.000 The volume of work and the quality of work that we put out here is just insane.
00:07:18.000 It's unmatched.
00:07:20.000 There's immense amounts of talent.
00:07:22.000 Very high-performing, I always want to say athletes, because it reminds me of playing sports where you really have to depend on people to do things in crunch time.
00:07:30.000 In a live situation, and again, like I mentioned, that's not something you find in other jobs.
00:07:34.000 Even Steven says, like, this place is the NFL of production.
00:07:38.000 Like, this is where the best people come, and hopefully we get the best people.
00:07:41.000 Even if they don't seem like it, like, they turn into the best people in production.
00:07:45.000 Yeah, Matt is up to make this amazing team.
00:07:49.000 We can work together in a way I never really have with others before.
00:07:54.000 I think it really makes for a superior product.
00:07:56.000 This is something that's different than what you're going to find out in the marketplace.
00:07:59.000 It is truly a combination of late night and kind of politics, almost stand-up comedy in some ways, and then professional wrestling to a degree with skits and themes and all that stuff.
00:08:10.000 It's this whole amalgamate.
00:08:13.000 Okay, let's go.
00:08:18.000 This doesn't feel like a day job to me, half the time.
00:08:21.000 Because I'm a comedian and I get to go do comedy.
00:08:23.000 Good morning.
00:08:24.000 Got a little BTS action.
00:08:25.000 Hey, a little BTS, a little morning BTS. Yes, yes.
00:08:28.000 Want to walk us through the process?
00:08:29.000 This is called a show.
00:08:31.000 It doesn't really feel like work.
00:08:33.000 You walk in and everybody's kind of positive and optimistic about things.
00:08:37.000 We're cracking jokes with each other.
00:08:39.000 This is number 47.
00:08:41.000 We all know who's boring, right?
00:08:43.000 Come on! 0.61
00:08:45.000 HR Sam doing HR things.
00:08:48.000 It takes a very special mindset to work here.
00:08:51.000 The level of difficulty and stress, if it's not making you stronger, it's going to kill you.
00:08:57.000 Laney Brain might be the loudest person I've ever met in my life. 1.00
00:09:01.000 If you could find me what the housing surplus or shortage in the 1950s was.
00:09:06.000 There are times when he's very passionate about something that I'm not.
00:09:09.000 And so sometimes those can be contentious back and forth, but I know where his heart is.
00:09:13.000 I know what he's trying to accomplish, and I agree with that, and so it doesn't bother me at all.
00:09:18.000 Lane stole my pen again.
00:09:19.000 Neither one of these is my pen.
00:09:20.000 Neither one of these.
00:09:21.000 Again, every single time.
00:09:22.000 Matt.
00:09:23.000 Out.
00:09:24.000 Noodles in the flesh.
00:09:25.000 Jesse, what's up?
00:09:26.000 All right, BTS. What are you doing?
00:09:28.000 Well, we're cutting some clips here, OK? And this is what it looks like.
00:09:31.000 I have to actually put them into the computer, have to format them correctly according to this, and then spit them back out.
00:09:37.000 The clips are in the computer.
00:09:38.000 They're inside the computer.
00:09:40.000 Yeah, the crew's great, man.
00:09:42.000 I'm amazed.
00:09:43.000 Every day when I come in here and I ask for a Photoshop or something, and it comes out not what I wasn't picturing, but so much better.
00:09:50.000 Her yearbook message is also pretty cringy.
00:09:53.000 Cringy, we're not the only ones who think so.
00:09:55.000 Wait, the... 1.00
00:10:02.000 He said this bitch! 1.00
00:10:06.000 It also said, favorite activity is sex. 1.00
00:10:11.000 Probable destination, Kevin.
00:10:13.000 That's hilarious.
00:10:14.000 This guy's cool.
00:10:14.000 This guy is cool, dude.
00:10:16.000 She definitely went to Google and typed in gay font. 0.86
00:10:19.000 Gotta add a little more blur, possibly, but you'll see this online.
00:10:24.000 When we come in here to the studio to do run-through, and that's when Stephen will have a large number of his changes, which usually leads to, I want to call it a chaotic 30 to 45 minutes.
00:10:37.000 Run-through.
00:10:38.000 What time is it?
00:10:39.000 It's run-through time.
00:10:42.000 It's run-through time.
00:10:43.000 It is.
00:10:43.000 Yes, sir.
00:10:44.000 Let's get ready to run!
00:10:53.000 Come in!
00:10:54.000 Run through!
00:10:55.000 Get in here! 0.99
00:10:55.000 Do it! 0.99
00:10:56.000 What are you doing?
00:10:57.000 Get to the run through!
00:10:59.000 Okay, so we're gonna have to do that.
00:11:01.000 Jesus. 1.00
00:11:02.000 You gotta be silly. 0.99
00:11:03.000 Time? 0.98
00:11:06.000 About 8 o'clock we're doing the run through for the show, and between 8 and 9 a.m., is when, you know, the last-minute comments come in.
00:11:15.000 And then prep the machine, pull in the assets you guys have built.
00:11:19.000 Then we do run through, and that's kind of when you learn what the show's really about.
00:11:25.000 This is where we're really getting a synthesis with the production people.
00:11:28.000 This type of energy requires me to rise.
00:11:34.000 Let's go!
00:11:37.000 Let's go.
00:11:37.000 More effective to show that footage first and then show this guy.
00:11:41.000 When they were told to go home and then people came back to Cal, that is unrelated to the pipe.
00:11:46.000 The amount and the quality that we were able to put out consistently, it's absurd.
00:11:53.000 How are we doing today?
00:11:55.000 It's another busy morning.
00:11:57.000 We're going right up against Run-Through and we're still pulling plenty of stuff in the map.
00:12:02.000 It can be an intense room in the mornings, but I like that.
00:12:04.000 I think I thrive in that environment.
00:12:06.000 So it's very high stress, but it's super rewarding because you get to see the fruits of your labor in real time and there's not many jobs that you can do that with.
00:12:13.000 A lot of times in Run-Through we're more or less prepped for the show and then, you know, Steven being the creative that he is.
00:12:21.000 Starts riffing off of a lot of the stories that he sees in the map.
00:12:24.000 He'll be like, hey, maybe we should have had a Photoshop here.
00:12:28.000 He's trying to plug this.
00:12:29.000 Yeah, it's an HGTV show.
00:12:31.000 What's our record for assets added in run-through?
00:12:34.000 21.
00:12:34.000 I believe the money wants to help.
00:12:36.000 - That claim?
00:12:37.000 - Um, but if you're not validated, you're gonna say, you're gonna keep it light and faith.
00:12:43.000 - It is an intense environment. - The pithers are people that were stopping. - The cuddlers getting revised. - They're getting secured to trade in. - How do you steal an election?
00:12:53.000 We're allowed to talk about it on YouTube right now.
00:12:55.000 We'll go through the five steps that can, and at least at some point have taken place, and Mug Club has an exclusive today, some undercover footage.
00:13:04.000 Look, you're gonna be mad.
00:13:06.000 It'll be fun, but you'll be mad.
00:13:11.000 Alright everybody, one minute till countdown.
00:13:13.000 How we doing out there?
00:13:15.000 Let's go.
00:13:16.000 By the time 10 after 9 is rolling around and the countdown clock is going, that's when we're getting still last minute changes.
00:13:23.000 Sometimes even after the show started, we're getting changes in.
00:13:26.000 There's such an intensity to the room when we're prepping for a show, when we're going into a show, even during a show, that it just makes the room electric.
00:13:34.000 I like the pressure.
00:13:35.000 I like the hustle and bustle.
00:13:37.000 It's fun.
00:13:37.000 It's exciting.
00:13:38.000 It's really nothing like I expected.
00:13:40.000 More difficult, but more rewarding than it.
00:13:43.000 Run-through's sometimes more fun than the show, but I mean, that's when everyone's loosening up and getting all the stuff that you can't say on air out.
00:13:51.000 Oh, now I'm going double Windsor, dude!
00:13:53.000 I hope you're still tying the tie when the morning show news media is intense.
00:13:57.000 Comedy is intense.
00:13:59.000 Because you're trying to capture something and do it.
00:14:02.000 You're trying to do something great.
00:14:03.000 Hey, we're getting ready for elections.
00:14:05.000 When the run-through ends, hopefully we have more than 20 minutes.
00:14:09.000 And, uh, it's game time that we go and we have the show.
00:14:14.000 All right.
00:14:14.000 There's not another place like this that really isn't.
00:14:31.000 Damn, I'm a Texan. 0.99
00:14:33.000 You know, helping to write skits and researching stories for Steven Crowder, that's kind of insane. 0.99
00:14:38.000 I never imagined it, but I'm so glad it turned out that way.
00:14:42.000 I love this place.
00:14:43.000 I love the work I get to do.
00:14:44.000 Live shows is my favorite part.
00:14:46.000 Performing, slinging jokes, laughing.
00:14:49.000 That's my favorite part.
00:14:50.000 It's been nothing but entertaining.
00:14:52.000 It's not just a job.
00:14:53.000 What we do here is, I think, more important than the job.
00:14:57.000 I feel like I'm all in at this point.
00:14:59.000 For our audience, they choose to give us some of their income that they worked their asses off for.
00:15:05.000 So just the utmost gratitude for the mug club members Okay And action.
00:15:18.000 My name is Crowder.
00:15:20.000 Commander.
00:15:21.000 A letter with Crowder.
00:15:22.000 Leader.
00:15:23.000 So sketches, a lot more goes into them than it might seem.
00:15:28.000 It's way more involved than I thought it would be.
00:15:31.000 There's not another place in the industry where you could just...
00:15:35.000 Change your role, or say, hey, I want to try mixing the show today, or I went over an audio, or, you know, you get to contribute, you get to be on cam.
00:15:45.000 How about the view?
00:15:46.000 It's like a horse baby.
00:15:47.000 You crush it right there.