At the same time, you had Barack Obama as a president. You had Hillary Clinton on track, all the Democrats looking good. And, you know, Donald Trump was just an entertaining buffoon to watch. And, over time, you came to realize that Donald Trump was appealing to a lot of people with his populist message. And, slowly, I think, even as a show, we started shifting in tone as the election started shifting.

I know that I cannot change the entire world, but I've always believed I can at least affect change in my world.

If you look at this election, I feel like Donald Trump was speaking a different language to Hillary Clinton.

Families were living separately from the fathers. And so although, according to African culture, men were the head of the household, the truth is women were the ones who were raising everybody, including men. And growing up with my mother, that was something I really learned to appreciate.

[My mother] wanted to go as deep as possible into the world of religion. And that took her into Judaism.

In an American context, let's say gay rights or marriage policy - that's a progressive thing. I understand that in an American context.

I think it was something I inherited from my mother, who learned to do it. You know, I, like a baby duckling, was merely mimicking the survival traits that my mother possessed. And I came to learn very quickly that language was a powerful, powerful tool.