Lauren LaRosa (3:58)
I don't know. And I don't know if that's why, because I woke up this morning. I mean, I look forward to March typically because, like, content wise, I know I love sharing things about women and conversations about women. And I feel like March is when people pay attention to them, especially black women. I love our things. But today I woke up and I woke up late and rushing to work. But even in doing that, as I was listening to the show on my way in, I was, like, flustered, and I was like. Cause, you know, like, when you're late to something or you start your day late, and I'm typically fashionably late. Like, that is my M.O. typically. But I've been trying to do such a better job of just planning and preparing and showing up on time because I feel like everything goes, like, so much smoother after that, right? So today I'm running late, and I text our executive producer at the Breakfast Club and the producer I work with on my segment who I normally meet with in the morning before I go on air. And I'm like, hey, guys, I'm running late. And I was rushing so much, I didn't even. I forgot to text Envy and Jess and Charlamagne to let them know that I wasn't going to be there to tease my segment. And the tease is basically where you give a little something something to let them know with the people, to let the people know what you're going to be talking about and finally get in here. And I'm good. And you know, I wasn't, I was late, but it wasn't that bad. And I literally said to myself, I'm going to reclaim my day. I am not going to let this day run and walk all over me because I woke up late and I was in a rush and I don't want things to feel like they're in shambles and I don't want this day to go like that because this is another day that the Lord has made and I will rejoice and be glad in him. Okay, the, the grandma, the black auntie started coming out of me. I don't know what it was, but I was just talking myself through that and I, I've had to learn how to do that because that I, I didn't know until getting here at the Breakfast Club where being able to show up fully personality wise mattered. I didn't realize how much the chaos that I'm used to dealing with just in general because of the type of work that I, I'm in really just impacts everything and everything you touch and how you do things and how you speak to people and, and, and in being here at the Breakfast Club and just being able to be a person in the, I don't know, I've just been able to think about other people a lot more, but also just think about myself. So that was a good moment for me this morning and it worked. Even though I feel like I'm fighting the cold. I was 20 minutes late. The day was a great one and it is going to continue to be. We are about to head on over to an event that I heart is doing for Women's Month. So there'll be a conversation happening with our program director, Thea Mitchum and Jess, Hilarious, that I'm about to head up to. So, yeah, we're here. We're powerful, baby. We can vote. We got. Listen, we got to say. So don't play with us. All right, now let's get on into the latest. Now speaking of things politics and political, Epstein files. There's one we haven't talked about much here on the podcast, but the Epstein files. There has been such a conversation about the releasing of files and lack thereof and the people that were involved and, you know, the things that have been Released it being a distraction by the Trump administration and, you know, everything that he's accused of doing when it comes to underage girls and just his affiliation with Epstein in these files and us really wanting to know because he, there's been a lot of accusations out there, but we don't know. We don't know because we haven't seen the files. Everything that we've been seeing doesn't give us real answers to anything. And not even just Trump, but like, you know, other celebrities and politicians and people of certain stature, wealth wise, that visited Epstein Island. So there's been that whole conversation, but Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton were ordered to do a deposition which took place on February 26 and February 27. Now there has been some video that has been released from the deposition. This video footage which was released on Monday of this week by the House Oversight Committee, shows hours and hours of testimony that was given both by Bill Clinton and by Hillary Clinton, his wife. Now, Bill Clinton, I was going to say, for those of you who don't know, but it's nowhere in heck you don't know who Bill Clinton is. But Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, they sat in separate depositions so you won't hear them in the same audio because their depositions were separate. But it was around the same time last week. I know one was on the 26th and then one was on the 27th. And both Bill and Hillary Clinton have denied having any prior knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein's sexual related crimes. And I want to note that Bill Clinton nor Hillary Clinton have been accused of any wrongdoing to the Epstein victims. But Bill Clinton is just included in the investigative files related to Epstein and the photos and in so many different things, so much like, so much so that they had to come in and do these depositions. Now, since it was announced that they wanted or they were going to have to do these depositions, the Clintons asked for everything to be made public. They wanted the deposition to be made public. And a lot of that is because again, the conversation around the Epstein files has been that people feel like there's so much being covered up and narrative, it's being controlled. And I think, you know, and Bill and Hillary Clinton asking for this to be public, their whole thing is, is put it out there to the public. That's all like we have nothing to hide. Put it out there to the public. But also that that's a way for them to control their narrative. So that didn't happen. It was not made public, but this video was released. So there are a few moments that are starting to trend across news from these depositions. So first thing, let's get to. Because Hillary Clinton, baby, she's not the one nor the two, when you ain't gonna play with her. She stormed out of the deposition. But I want to talk about Bill Clinton first. So various things that they're asked about, because again, this is hours and hours of deposition. One of the things that I thought was just. It was so corny of Bill Clinton. And I've always thought that Bill Clinton, you know, like, I've never had, like, too much of a harsh opinion of him. You know, when Bill Clinton was in office, I was very young. So a lot of the things and the opinions and the stories that I hear of him are always, like, passed down or recycled in the news or on, you know, in the media, but just from family and, like, what they remember being done or lack thereof while he was in office. And of course, Monica Lewinsky and him getting some brain in Oval Office, right? But this, I'm like, man, this is not a way to go out. Like, not that anything is happening to Bill Clinton, you know, God forbid. But think about what I just said to you guys. Like, I am 34 years old and there is such an. I mean, and younger than me, there is a new wave and a new generation of political pundits and people with opinions and voices. And honestly, I feel like even in 2026, I feel like you don't even have to be any of that. You don't got to be a scholar, political pundit or nothing. Human beings that are consumers of and. And not even consumers of, but also that deal with consequences from these politicians in their actions. User are using our platforms. They're on x, they're on TikTok, they're on Instagram, they're on Facebook, they're on Reddit, they're on Stack. And they're having conversations about things because they're fed up and they're tired of being, you know, affected by things across the board, whether they agree or disagree with the Democrat or Republican. So it's not about that. It's not about Democrat or Republican. When I'm about to have this conversation about Bill Clinton, it's about, like, what is your why? Like, what is the purpose? Because Bill Clinton sat in this deposition and when afforded the opportunity to hold Donald Trump accountable, he didn't. Let's take a listen.
