With the election rapidly approaching, Jordan Klepper catches up on the latest stories in the presidential race, including recent polling, JD Vance swimming in a t-shirt, and Dick Cheney’s surprising endorsement of Kamala Harris. Plus, as Harris and Trump prepare for their first debate with starkly different approaches, Grace Kuhlenschmidt joins to break down the Republican candidate’s “weaving” tactics. Plus, meet campaign email ghostwriter Susan Callipenni-McIntyre (Desi Lydic), the keyboard-p...
Sep 10, 2024•35 min
A look back at Daily Show News Team coverage of presidential debates from every election since the 2000 Bush/Gore race. Featuring coverage from Jordan Klepper, John Oliver, Wyatt Cenac, Stephen Colbert, and more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 09, 2024•17 min
Actor, writer, producer, and former Daily Show correspondent Ed Helms joins Michael Kosta to discuss the new season of his podcast SNAFU, which recounts the FBI break-in that exposed the FBI’s excessive surveillance tactics. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 08, 2024•13 min
Michael Kosta sits with University of Michigan Law School Professor Barbara McQuad to discuss the difference between misinformation and disinformation and her latest book, Attack From Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 07, 2024•13 min
In the latest Back in Black, Lewis Black unloads his frustration with the unbearable summer heat and the effects of climate change. Also, Charlamagne tha God gives his opinion of the right’s racist and sexist attacks on Kamala Harris and how this distracts from discussing real political issues. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 06, 2024•15 min
Ronny Chieng sits with Oscar-nominated actor Hong Chau to talk about her new film, The Instigators, and her career in Hollywood. Plus, director Jon M. Chu joins Ronny to chat about his new book, Viewfinder: A Memoir of Seeing and Being Seen, his advice to young dreamers, and what drew him to direct the film adaptation of Wicked. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 05, 2024•19 min
Kamala Harris has led a full and shockingly normal life. From her birth in a year that makes her a very normal age to be president now, to a classic college job at McDonald's, to her time in the senate barely getting noticed for anything, Kamala is breaking with recent presidential tradition by being totally f**king normal. Plus, find out how JD Vance left his community of forgotten men and women behind for an Ivy League education and a career as a Silicon Valley venture capitalist, before leavi...
Sep 04, 2024•15 min
Jon sits with Pete Buttigieg, who explains the motivation behind his popular Fox News appearances, what he makes of Donald Trump choosing JD Vance as his running mate, and his own experience with the VP vetting process. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 03, 2024•20 min
A look back at some of Jon Stewart’s reactions to Fox News’s many media crimes, including the network’s anchors patting themselves on the back for their own coverage, their reaction to Jon leaving The Daily Show in 2015, and stirring up false outrage during the Obama administration. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 02, 2024•25 min
Authors Rebecca Traister and Brittany Cooper join Desi Lydic to unpack the power in using anger and faith to keep up motivation during the election season. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sep 01, 2024•17 min
Jon Stewart answers audience questions about how young voters can overcome complacency in politics, what literature most inspired his worldview, and the best advice he’s received. Plus the News Team reports from the floor of the DNC to check the vibe among Democrats. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 31, 2024•12 min
Jon sits with entrepreneur and Dallas Mavericks minority owner Mark Cuban to discuss his plan to bring more transparency to consumers about the real costs of prescription drugs with his company, Cost Plus Drugs. They also chat about Trump’s desire to be CEO of America and Elon Musk’s role in disrupting global discourse with X algorithms. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 30, 2024•26 min
Jordan Klepper travels to a Trump rally in Harrisburg, PA to get the MAGA crowd’s opinion on Biden dropping out of the race, Kamala Harris replacing him and JD Vance and Tim Walz as VP candidates. Plus, Grace Kuhlenschmidt attends the first Democratic rally for VP Harris in Philadelphia to see if voters agree that she chose the right white guy as her running mate. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 29, 2024•12 min
Ronny Chieng and Michael Kosta argue over the 2024 Paris Games, including Lebron James’s role in winning the gold, Noah Lyles’ competing with Covid, and Australia B-girl, Raygun’s jaw-dropping moves. Also, Grace Kuhlenschmidt chats with UC Irvine neuropolitics researcher Mark Fisher to understand the consequences of a gerontocracy and what’s really on a cognitive test. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 28, 2024•13 min
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer sits with Michael Kosta to talk about her bestselling book, "True Gretch: What I’ve Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between," earning the nickname “Big Gretch” for taking down Trump, and her role as the Harris-Walz presidential campaign co-chair. Plus, Jordan Klepper takes a tour of Chicago with Illinois Governor JB Pritzker. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 27, 2024•18 min
Past and present generations of Daily Show correspondents unite as Jordan Klepper and Ed Helms discuss Ed’s journey to The Daily Show, how Ed found his voice as a correspondent, and how he’s picked projects since then, including The Office and his current podcast, SNAFU with Ed Helms. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Aug 26, 2024•44 min
Illinois Representative Lauren Underwood speaks with Desi Lydic about working with Kamala Harris on maternal healthcare legislation, the anti-women agenda being pushed by JD Vance and other conservatives, as well as how her favorite TV show parallels her work in Congress. Plus, Maryland Governor Wes Moore chats with Jordan Klepper about the differing views on patriotism between America’s left and right and how Maryland has benefitted from Kamala Harris’s work as Vice President. See omnystudio.co...
Aug 25, 2024•26 min
Desi Lydic recaps day 1 of the DNC including speeches from Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden while Troy Iwata searches for the perfect “Thank You” card for Biden. Plus, Jon Stewart closes out the last night of the DNC live from Chicago with a recap of the convention, including Kamala Harris's spotlight moment, Oprah's cat lady cam, and a roster of speakers as diverse and contradictory as the Democratic party itself. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Aug 24, 2024•37 min
Jon Stewart closes out the last night of the DNC live from Chicago with a recap of the convention, including Kamala Harris's spotlight moment, Oprah's cat lady cam, and a roster of speakers as diverse and contradictory as the Democratic party itself. Jon also shows Dems what real joy looks like and tries to make sense of Fox News's convention coverage. The Best F**king News Team also share their thoughts on the party's embrace of small town values, which apparently means patriotically loving God...
Aug 23, 2024•39 min
Jordan Klepper recaps the DNC's second night, from an electric roll call featuring Lil Jon to headliners Barack and Michelle Obama delivering soaring rhetoric while also hitting below the belt. Plus, Desi Lydic has notes for the delegation from Illinois, and Ronny Chieng reveals the insults Democrats have coming next for Trump. To land one of the most coveted interviews with Gov. Tim Walz at the DNC, Grace Kuhlenschmidt is trying every trick in the dad-bait book, from giving away the movie Rudy ...
Aug 22, 2024•34 min
Desi Lydic recaps the biggest moments of night one, including Hillary Clinton's crowd breaking into a familiar chant, conservatives obsessing over Kamala Harris's smile, and Joe Biden giving an energetic speech that went way past everyone's bedtimes. Plus, Troy Iwata hunts for the perfect "Thank You" card for Biden. Then Ronny Chieng, Desi Lydic, Troy Iwata, and Josh Johnson talk to Dems on the ground in Chicago for their thoughts not on the party's policies, but on its vibes. And representative...
Aug 21, 2024•33 min
The Daily Show is in Chicago for night one of the DNC and Michael Kosta covers what to expect this week, including vague nightly themes, unsubstantiated rumors of surprise celebrity appearances, and a recycled Biden platform. Plus, Grace Kuhlenschmidt reports on a giant inflatable IUD and Jordan Klepper stops by to teach Tim Walz a thing or two about pandering to local crowds. Klepper then takes a tour of the city with Illinois Governor JB Pritzker. They talk history, food, sports, and culture. ...
Aug 20, 2024•31 min
Josh Johnson, Grace Kuhlenschmidt, and Daily Show writer Scott Sherman discuss starting their comedy careers in Chicago and what it feels like to return to the Windy City for this week’s Democratic National Convention. They chat about how to find comedy within so much Harris/Walz enthusiasm, how starting comedy in Chicago informs their creativity today, and which pizza places are on their radar this trip. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Aug 19, 2024•36 min
Desi Lydic sits with three-time gold medalist Gabby Thomas to talk about bringing home the gold for Team USA and how her Harvard degree in neurobiology gave her a leg up as she prepared for the Olympics. Plus, Desi chats with actor, writer, producer, and director Mark Duplass to discuss his Emmy nomination for the Apple TV+ series “The Morning Show” and honoring his mental health journey in his latest project, “Penelope.” See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Aug 18, 2024•19 min
Jon Stewart tackles Donald Trump’s failed efforts to land one good attack on Kamala Harris, and his delusions about Joe Biden taking back the Democratic nomination for president. Also, Desi Lydic covers Trump’s chaotic X interview with Elon Musk, in which Trump both complimented Harris’s looks on the cover of Time magazine, and also laid out his plan to shut down the Department of Education. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Aug 17, 2024•26 min
Desi Lydic watches Trump's "intellectual" speech on economic policy, which inevitably goes off the rails into a rant about Joe Biden's ice cream choices, Kamala Harris's laugh, and the problem with Tic Tacs. How did J.D. Vance leave behind his in Silicon Valley career to become Trump's running mate? The Daily Show presents, The DailyShowography of JD Vance: The Forgettin' Man. Plus, Rebecca Traister, New York Magazine writer-at-large and author of “Good and Mad,” and Brittney Cooper, Rutgers Uni...
Aug 16, 2024•34 min
Desi Lydic watches the leaked Project 2025 training videos and discovers the secret right-wing plan for transforming government, undoing climate rules, and eliminating all pronouns from the English language. Plus, the people who made them are a little weird and have close ties to Donald Trump, despite his denials. Grace Kuhlenschmidt explores the drawbacks of having a gerontocracy by chatting with UC Irvine neuropolitics researcher Mark Fisher and visits Congressman Maxwell Frost for a younger p...
Aug 15, 2024•27 min
Desi Lydic tackles Donald Trump’s glitchy interview with Elon Musk on X, in which a slurring Trump announced plans to close the Department of Education, played '90s pop culture trivia with Vladimir Putin, and revealed his new celebrity crush. On an Olympics edition of Sports War, Ronny Chieng and Michael Kosta recap the biggest stories from the 2024 Paris Games, including why Australian breaker Raygun is sure to be this year’s hottest Halloween costume. Also, three-time gold medalist Gabby Thoma...
Aug 14, 2024•25 min
Donald Trump is facing a hard fight against Kamala Harris. Jon Stewart looks at Trump's half-hearted attempts to adjust to the new challenge and wonders if he's hatching a devious plan to help Biden take back the nomination, January 6th style. Plus, entrepreneur and minority owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban, joins Jon to discuss disrupting the healthcare industry as co-founder of Cost Plus Drug Company. They discuss Silicon Valley’s goals of anointing Trump as CEO of America and s...
Aug 13, 2024•46 min
Charlamagne tha God joins Daily Show correspondent Josh Johnson to break down Kamala Harris’s campaign kickoff in Atlanta and the predictable backlash from Trump and the GOP. They discuss how Republicans’ sexist and racist attacks against VP Harris are ignoring the real issues, how she could meaningfully elevate the pop culture figures who support her, and what factors Black voters are not considering if they intend to vote for Donald Trump and JD Vance. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy i...
Aug 12, 2024•54 min
