Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah - “Chain-Gang All-Stars” | The Daily Show

Bestselling author Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah shares the inspiration behind his first novel, “Chain-Gang All-Stars,” the reason he chose to have a Black woman protagonist, and his desire to inspire others to be more compassionate about abolishing the prison system. #DailyShow #Comedy

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[virginiamiller]

Can't wait to read your work. Thanks Desus for bringing him to the show!

[lorenpenalo]

Desus brings such levity to the show love it

[da]

I could listen to (and gaze at) Nana Kwame speak for hours

[evelynjean-francois]

absolutely loved this book! it was a great read!

[bacardibabebm]

Great interview!! Love it, Desus is amazing at this part of the show.

[helios]

Great interview! Oof on the critique of the NFL 😬😬💯💯🙏😔

[kelsiemcveety]

1:54 ive thought about this a lot too, ever since i learned about concussions/CTE and saw the ESPN documentary Broke...

[pernus]

So are they just cycling through hosts until Jon Stewart comes back? I heard he's done at Apple so....

[SiniSael]

Just make the TDS like 60 min with the correspondents or rotate them as hosts - the Guest hosts are subpar...well I know its hard to follow Steward and Noah but I need some regularity with TDS

[pcharl]

Isn't that kinda a substory from Sega's Yakuza series?

[JustStopPlayingGames]

Isn't this just that Arnold Schwarzenegger movie Running Man? Or that movie Death Race? Or Gerard Butler's Gamer?

[maximum-oversaiyan]

never heard that perspective on the NFL before but it seems so obvious...tf

[lfeb]

The NFL? What about the fact that our actual prison system is a for profit operation?

[pushingp]

MAKE DESUS THE PERMANENT HOST YOU COWARDS‼️

[YouTubePremiumDude]

How is the NFL a prison system? Desus has room temperature IQ

[james]

Why doesn’t Paramount just move The Daily Show to BET and get it over with💯✔️