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In his first appearance as a late-night host since 2015, David Letterman picked a conversation partner whose return to the small screen could overshadow even his own — former president Barack Obama. In the first episode of Letterman's new, monthly talk show on Netflix, My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman, released early Friday morning, the former host of NBC's Late Night and CBS' Late Show sat down with the 44th U.S. president for Obama's first talk-show appearance since leaving the Oval Office. Over the course of the hour-long conversation, the pair discussed Obama's life after presidency, the state of facts in America and moving Malia Obama into college — all while never mentioning current president Donald Trump by name, but alluding to him nevertheless.  Kicking off the program was a clip from the May 4, 2015 episode of Late Night, the last time Obama and Letterman sat down for a televised conversation. In the clip, the 44th president … [Read more...] about Barack Obama on U.S. in David Letterman’s Netflix Debut: “We Don’t Share a Common Baseline of the Facts”

I always tell my daughters that words have power. And last month — on the sideline of a kids' soccer game — I got a brutal reminder of just how much they do.Soccer is a family affair: I coach our 9-year-old's team. My wife, Lilly, coaches our 7-year-old, and our 4-year-old is the No. 1 fan. On the weekend of Dec. 3, I took a flight home after a business trip to coach my oldest daughter's playoff game.Just as the game was starting and I was making sure the girls knew their positions, a woman I didn't know approached me and asked if I worked at Netflix. She then inquired about The Ranch, a show that I had nothing to do with — I was director of kids and family content. At first, I assumed she was another soccer parent wanting to discuss a show she either liked or disliked. For Netflix employees, this is common. However, the conversation turned when she asked why Netflix hadn't canceled the show after one of the actors, Danny Masterson, had been accused of sexual assault. … [Read more...] about I Was Ousted From Netflix for a Comment on a Soccer Field: An Executive’s Mea Culpa (Guest Column)