Trump's First Day, Jan. 6 Pardons, Klepper Crashes Inauguration | Stephanie Hsu
Ronny Chieng on Trump pulling the U.S. out of international treaties and organizations, pardoning the January 6th rioters, dissing Melania, and celebrating with the YMCA. Josh Johnson joins freed insurrectionists on their next criminal adventure. Jordan Klepper Crashes Trump's Inauguration Weekend to talk to MAGA diehards who traveled near and far to witness Trump's... garbage truck? Actor Stephanie Hsu sits down to discuss her new Peacock series, “Laid.” She talks getting her big break in the “SpongeBob SquarePants” Broadway musical, and the importance of “Everything Everywhere All At Once.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
22 Jan 36min
Jon Stewart on Trump’s Inauguration and Elon Musk's Nazi Salute | Brooke Harrington
Jon Stewart unravels the absurd "weave" of Trump's Inauguration Day, from Joe Biden's buzzer-beater pardons to the tech billionaire VIPs, to the passive-aggressive transfer of power. Plus, the Best F**kin News Team has full coverage on day one of the second Trump era. Brooke Harrington, economic sociologist and author of “Offshore: Stealth Wealth and the New Colonialism," discusses modern American oligarchies and the behavior of the ultra-rich. They talk Donald Trump’s “broligarchy” of American tech billionaires, how they differ from the oligarchs of Russia and the Gilded Age, and how a coalition of laborers is the only way to dismantle the system. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
21 Jan 43min
TDS Time Machine | Presidential Inaugurations
Looking back at The Daily Show’s coverage of previous presidential inaugurations. Jon Stewart covers the first inauguration of Barack Obama in 2009 with help from Jason Jones, Wyatt Cenac, and Samantha Bee. Jon returns in 2013 for President Obama’s second inauguration, joined by Jessica Williams, Al Madrigal, and Jason Jones. Trevor Noah covers Donald Trump’s 2017 inauguration with a song. Unpacking the 2021 transition of power to President Biden, Trevor wonders where we go from here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
20 Jan 48min
TDS Time Machine | How Not to Celebrate MLK Day
The Daily Show unpacks the many ways Americans have found to misunderstand and misappropriate Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Leslie Jones confronts people on the streets about how they’re celebrating. Dulce Sloan reminds us our heroes aren’t perfect, they’re people. Roy Wood Jr. on the exploitation of the holiday. Vann R. Newkirk II and Trevor Noah discuss the civil rights icon’s real legacy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
19 Jan 25min
TDS Time Machine | The War on Climate Change
Taking a look back at The Daily Show's coverage of climate change over the years. Jon Stewart talks climate change denialism in the U.S. Congress. Jordan Klepper investigates Trump's war on climate science. Roy Wood Jr. asks, what's wrong with our brains that we can't understand the climate threat? Trevor Noah and Ronny Chieng insist that climate change actually is real. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
18 Jan 30min
Trump’s New Portrait, Biden’s Ominous Farewell & Who Gets Ceasefire Credit?
Jordan Klepper covers Biden's ominous farewell address, in which he warned about the end of democracy and formation of an oligarchy. Desi Lydic and Michael Kosta try to sort out the most important detail of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire: Who gets credit? Plus, Grace Kuhlenschmidt makes an election prognosticator answer for his wrong prediction.Representative Tom Suozzi of New York’s third Congressional District sits down to discuss what he thinks is the best strategy for Democrats during Trump’s second term, and avoiding the GOP’s culture war distractions to focus on building up the middle class. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
17 Jan 39min
TikTok Shutdown Looms, Israel - Hamas Ceasefire Agreement, and Trump-Style Lawyers | ALOK
Jordan Klepper reports on the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and TikTok’s final days. Michael Kosta joins the ranks of those turning to Chinese alternative apps like RedNote. Plus, the lawyers who will get you out of trouble, Trump-style. Comedian, actor, and poet ALOK sits down with Jordan Klepper to discuss their new comedy special, “Biology!” They talk joking about death, and humor as a practice of resistance. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
16 Jan 30min
Pete Hegseth Grilled in Senate Hearing, Boyd Holbrook on Playing Johnny Cash
Jordan Klepper recaps Pete Hegseth's contentious Senate confirmation hearing for Secretary of Defense. Desi Lydic teaches Jordan Klepper a lesson on digging too deeply into Trump's cabinet selects. Plus, a new Daily Showography | Pete Hegseth: Overserved with Honor. Actor Boyd Holbrook sits down with Jordan Klepper to talk about his experience playing Johnny Cash in the new film, “A Complete Unknown.” They discuss working with director James Mangold on the legacy of playing Johnny Cash, Cash’s letters to Bob Dylan on the back of airplane barf bags, the pressures of portraying a real person on film, and how Christian Bale threw him a bone early in his career. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
15 Jan 31min
