Howard Schultz's Appearance on Gwyneth Paltrow's Podcast Should Tank His Presidential Candidacy

[Miles Archer]

Howard Schultz’s Appearance on Gwyneth Paltrow’s Podcast Should Tank His Presidential Candidacy



https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/01/howard-schultz-gwyneth-paltrow-podcast-starbucks-goop.html

Schultz made Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop Podcast one of his first stops—a puzzling choice for a would-be candidate who’ll have to win over swaths of the population that don’t belong to the engraved-24-karat-gold-sex-toy-purchasing demographic. In an hourlong conversation at a café (not a Starbucks!), the two moguls talked about the magic of coffee shops, the power of Jewish guilt, and how sad it is that American political discourse has gotten so darn uncivil.

The podcast is full of riveting exchanges between two people who identify as “purpose-driven” business leaders and who are both also insanely rich. To wit, this battle of bons mots:

Schultz: I’m drinking tea, actually, instead of coffee, because I’ve got a cold.

Paltrow: Are you allowed to drink tea?

Schultz: I’m totally allowed to drink tea.

Paltrow: You are? OK. I guess they sell tea at Starbucks.

Schultz: Yes, we do.

And this illuminating repartee on the topic of Schultz’s morning routine:

Paltrow: Do you exercise?

Schultz: I exercise. Doesn’t it look like I exercise?

Paltrow: Yes, you look very strong and fit.

[Ohiogal]

1. Oh brother

[yardwork]

2. You can't make this up. Two nitwits discussing first world problems.

Does this tea make me look fat?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

3. Why doesn't he run as a Dem? Not keeping up. All I know, is for years,

I knew that Starbucks was ok - and they donated to dems like Boars Head. Think that buy blue website ceased to exist.

[Blue Owl]

4. Clear choice for the branded lifestyle crowd

The trump-branded lifestyle, that is...

[C_U_L8R]

5. I guess that's why it's called Goop.

[dalton99a]

6. Yeah, he wants to go from Very strong and fit to Extremely strong and powerful

[JI7]

7. the guy has no public appeal. even if he had the best ideas and an amazing record he just comes off

as just not having it .

i think he is just bored .