UC Berkeley faculty appearances on “The Colbert Report”
By Samantha Sondag November 11, 2008 | 11:09 am
Posted in: Academics and Administration, Tree-Sit, Uncategorized
UC Berkeley faculty are attracting national attention for advising Barack Obama as he prepares to enter the White House amidst economic turmoil. Meanwhile, their equally difficult task of reasoning with the outrageously stubborn TV personality Stephen Colbert has disappeared into the chasms of the internet.
Goldman School of Public Policy professor Robert Reich and Haas School of Business professor Laura Tyson—both on Obama’s Transition Economic Advisory Board—have exchanged witty remarks with the comically conservative anchor in separate appearances this year on “The Colbert Report.”
Reich appeared in March, when Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were still in a tight race for the Democratic nomination, and Colbert prodded Reich to reveal his preference. Reich, as former Secretary of Labor for Bill Clinton, refused to endorse either candidate.
Tyson spoke economics with Colbert in September, explaining why a Democratic president would be better for the nation, even for someone, like Colbert, who is in the top 2 percent of earners.
Reich’s conversation ended in a discussion of favorite Easter-basket treats, while Colbert’s parting words for Tyson were “Good luck sucking at my teat.”
And just for viewing pleasure, Michael Pollan, professor at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, talks food politics with Colbert in 2006 here.
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