What David Sedaris has said about CBS News
1 quote · 1 episode · Jun 14, 2026
David Sedaris, American humorist, essayist and diarist, has been quoted on CBS News once in 1 episode of Pod Save America, most recently on June 14, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Sedaris recounts that CBS's Board of Race and Culture accused him of punching down for calling a waitress an immigrant, a charge he found mystifying.
“the Board of Race and Culture at CBS said I was using my privilege to punch down and call someone an immigrant”
Pod Save America: David Sedaris is Mostly Bark, Some Bite (Jun 14, 2026) · Listen from 12:21
Episodes
David Sedaris is Mostly Bark, Some BitePod Save America · Jun 14, 2026 · 1 h 8 min
Jon Lovett talks with humorist David Sedaris about his essay collection The Land and Its People, his Trump-supporting father, progressive language, a dog bite, marriage and aging.
Others on CBS News
- Megyn Kelly · 6 quotes
- Maureen Callahan · 4 quotes
- Tim Dillon · 1 quote
- Adam Carolla · 1 quote
- Michael Knowles · 1 quote
- Jesse Kelly · 1 quote
- Alex Wagner · 1 quote
David Sedaris on other topics
- Aging · 2 quotes
- Marriage and long-term partnership · 2 quotes
- Political correctness and progressive language · 2 quotes
- Fatherhood · 2 quotes
- Assisted suicide · 1 quote
- Masculinity · 1 quote
- Queer (term) · 1 quote
- Reform UK · 1 quote