00:00If we cannot have conversations about difficult things,
00:04if the conversations themselves are now the difficult things,
00:08then what hope do we have of fixing the difficult things?
00:12The first episode of Trevor Noah's new podcast just dropped,
00:15and Dwayne The Rock Johnson is his first guest.
00:18Think about how far that was.
00:19Think about how far you were from me in South Africa.
00:22Think about how far I was from you in the United States.
00:25And yet, in that moment, we were connected.
00:28The Spotify podcast, What Now with Trevor Noah,
00:30will feature all different types of guests,
00:32some considerably more famous than others.
00:35Noah tells The Hollywood Reporter he's as interested in booking scientists and CEOs
00:39as he is politicians, athletes, and A-list stars,
00:42so long as they're interesting and timely.
00:44When Noah does have an A-list star on the show,
00:46he insists he won't just be focused on their next big project.
00:49Instead, he sees his new platform as a space where he can speak to his subjects
00:52for an extended period and really get to know them.
00:55He tells THR of his podcast guests,
00:57Hopefully, you can get a deeper understanding of how they see the world,
01:01and maybe even talk about how they feel about how the world sees them.
01:04Noah's interview with Johnson is wide-ranging,
01:07covering everything from the actor's troubled youth
01:09and lifelong struggles with depression.
01:11Was there a part of you that was afraid of revealing this?
01:13Didn't even think about it.
01:15Hmm.
01:16Didn't even look at it that way.
01:17I didn't think, well, I don't know, maybe I shouldn't.
01:21Maybe there's a reputation I should uphold.
01:22To him trying to process and make sense of the blowback
01:25to him launching his fund following the Maui fires.
01:28It really tested my ability to separate noise from criticism
01:33that was really worthy of my attention, in this case.
01:36While speaking with THR,
01:37Noah also reflected on his time hosting The Daily Show.
01:40He said,
01:41For much more from Noah's interview with THR,
02:01go to THR.com.
02:02This is The Hollywood Reporter News.
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