The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Daily Show Spotlight: Michael Kosta

Episode Date: October 15, 2023

Daily Show correspondent Michael Kosta is an expert at saying he's an expert. He takes his expertise to the NYC streets to talk about current events. Also, Kosta helps us learn more about the anatomy of the clitoris and vasectomy procedures. Be sure to catch Kosta hosting The Daily Show, all new, tomorrow!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Have you ever been watching the news and thought to yourself, wow, the Supreme Court sure does suck. We made a podcast about that. We sure did. There is a supermajority of conservative maniacs on the Supreme Court right now, really doing some damage. I'm Michael. I'm Riannan.

And I'm Peter. Our podcast, 5 to 4 is about all of this. Every week we dissect and analyze a different ruling that has thiaeeeeeeaaeaeaeaeae, thiiiiii, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi. thi. thi. to thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii. We thi. We thi. We thi. th country a little worse, a little more cruel. And you would not believe how many of them there are. Check out 5 to 4. That's the number 5-4, wherever you listen to podcast. You're listening to Comedy Central. People are stupid, but I'm not. That's why I'm the Daily Show's expert on whatever they need me to be. Science stuff. I stopped showing up to school entirely. I never graduated.

Weather stuff. The Great Lakes, Michigan, Erie, Superior, Huron, and that other one. Especially chart stuff. Very sensitive area right in the middle. My dad always said, if you're holding a clipboard, people will believe anything. And I know it's true, because when he told me that, he was holding a clipboard. So when the Daily Show needs an expert, they turn to me. Dr. Michael Kost. Michael Kost. Michael, we've been over this, th, th, th, this, this, th, th, th, th, this, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, very, th, very, th, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very. Very. Very. Very. Very. Very. Very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, th, th, very, th. Very, th. Very, th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. Very, thi. Very, thi. Very, thi. Very, thi. Very, thi. Very, thi. Very, thi an expert, they turn to me.

Dr. Michael Kostom. Michael, we've been over this, dude. You don't have a PhD. Don't listen to that guy. He's not a doctor. What's important is that you can trust me to get you the facts, the biased truth. The unbiased truth. Sure, I don't know. You're the expert. All right. Here at the show, we pay a lot of attention to what's going on in the news. But how much are the people right outside our studio following along?

Well, we sent Michael Costa to find out. All right, welcome to fill me in the game show where you fill in the... News. Blank. you fill in the news blank. Okay let's get started. Republican senator Chuck Grassley. You know who he is? No. He's a Republican senator. Okay. I just told you that. Chuck Grassley, 88 year old senator. He recently tweeted,

quote, it's 4 a.m. in Iowa, so I'm blank. He's hit in the restroom, drinking coffee. Why would you say that? Because he's 88 years old. And if you're 88 and you're not drinking coffee, you are... Boring! Corking the cows? No, it's not what he said. He said he was running. Oh, that sounds like a lie.

Why do you say that? Because he's 88 and he looks like that. I mean, my grandpa's 88, I don't even like him standing. Zero points on the board. It's still anyone's game. Alabama Republican Tim James is running for governor, vowing to quote, fight the beast with three heads. Critical race theory, transgender rights, and blank in public schools. Masks?

Okay, think dumber than masks. I don't know, basic human rights. Think less threatening. I, I, religious freedom. Even less threatening. Evolution. Ev- even... Even... threat. What is something that maybe you've done in the last month that made you feel centered? Look, I'm doing it right now. Yoga. Yoga. Are you kidding me? Alabama Republican. Hey, that's good enough for one point. Next question.

You're gonna love this next one. A lyric from a new Kanye West album. Some say Adam could never be black because a black man will never blank. White guy I would sit this one out. I was about to say I'm not gonna say a single thing about this one out. Don't be shy you won't get canceled this is TV it's not Twitter. Black men don't cheat. Cheat. Get cheated on? Cheat. It is wrong. Some say Adam could never be black, because a black man will never die. Die.

A black man will never die. Is that accurate? I don't know. Maybe. How about this? What if I told you Let's give some people a chance for double points. This one I'm not going to give you the speaker. But if you can guess who said this, I'll give you bonus points.

Who said I'm more of a blank than I am a politician? Trump has said it in some form. Okay. This man looks great with his shirt off. Do you think Putin looks great with his shirt off. Putin? Do you think Putin looks great with his shirt? I don't, but sadly he does. That jumped right out there, all right. Does this help? Oh, yeah, I should definitely know who that dude is.

Was this? Wasn't he Batman? Sure, absolutely he was Batman. Matthew McConaughe. What is he more of than a politician? A stud. You think he said, I'm more of a stud than a politician. This is what he said. I'm more of a folksy, philosopher, poet, statesman,

than I am a politician. Isn't that kind of a badass answer? No, I don't think so. Congratulations to everyone who played. Let's find out what they won. Okay, here's your prize. You get a photograph of Chuck Grassley, put it in your bathroom, it'll be a reminder to use sunscreen. You don't want that?

I do not. She doesn't want to. Thank you, Mo, bye. Hey guys, this is Tom Segura. And I'm Burke Crisher. And you're listening to two bears two bears two bears two bears two bears two bears two two two two two two two two to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to bears to bears to bears to bears to bears to bears to bears to bears to bears to bears be listening to Two Bears One Cave. We are on Spotify. On Spotify. And we are not smart? That's an understatement. But you'll have a lot of fun hopefully. I think you might enjoy it if you give us a listen. If you got your perfect blood work back from your doctor and you have

full permission to tie one on, make sure you check out Two Bears One Cove. It's with me, Tom Seger and my co-host, Bert Chrysler, the machine. My shirt's off. Every once in a while, an ordinary person goes above and beyond to change the world. Tonight, Michael Costa has found one of those persons for another episode of Thank Me Later. Hi, I'm Michael Costa. Believe it or not, modern f-Dict doctors or gynecologists aren't being adequately trained on the anatomy of the flaxone that makes fuz k' kibbys the clitoris. That is, until one woman decided to give

doctors and laymen such as myself the map we so desperately need it. I sat down with this hero and you, you can thank me later. I'm Jessica Pinn and I have gotten five textbooks changed to include detailed anatomy of the clitoris. Let me just back up here for a second because I know about the clitoris, okay? I know very much about the clitoris, but some of our audience may be a little less informed. So why don't you just explain to our audience where and what the clitoris is, please. So the clitoris is the primary, so it's a sensory organ of female sexual response.

The primary sensory organ of the female sexual response, go ahead, yep. It looks like this. That looks like a coat hanger with balls. Well this is what a clitoris looks like. Most women orgasm from external clitoral stimulation. Show me again how exactly how you did that. I mean I know but just so our viewers just show me again. This is a common way to simulate the clitoris and this is the anatomy that I've been getting covered. At the time of Jessica's study, no medical textbook included anatomy of the clitoris, while

these same textbooks were cock-a-block with penis cross-sections. Ouch! So the penis gets covered in great depth. As an example, Medscape provides 57 times as many words on the penis as on the clitoris. And I've asked them to- Dick, dong, ding dong, slong. Oh no, no, I mean, like words, like I counted the number of words in order to quantify how much coverage there was a penile anatomy versus clitoral anatomy.

It was 57 times and that's a huge problem because doctors will think they know adequate clitorial anatomy when they don't. That's scary because then they will be operating on people and not realizing what they need to watch out for. And that's actually what happened to me. Jessica herself was harmed during a surgery and dove into academic research to find out what went wrong. She soon discovered that medical textbooks were ignoring the clitoris.

And she decided to apply some pressure to this sensitive area. When I first started emailing medical leadership and textbook authors, it didn't seem like I was getting anywhere. No one was listening and it was so frustrating. In 2018, I crashed the ACOG annual meeting. ACOG is the American College of Obijuan's. And I passed out flyers of clitorial anatomy not surprisingly Jessica's strategy of handing out flyers like the clitoris was a timesquare comedy show didn't work

I realized there was a need for me to have credibility. So I went to my dad, who is a plastic surgeon, and I told him that I needed to publish a study. So I dissected clitoris with my dad. Wait, what? What? It's actually so funny. I dissected clitoris with my dad. That's amazing.

Me and my dad watch Adam Sandler movies, but if this is what you do with your dad, cool. Yeah. How do you dissect a clitoris? From cadavers? Dead people clitoris? Yeah. That's how you learn anatomy. Then it was time for Jessica and her dad to start slicing and dice. We went to the anatomy lab and my dad said a lot of people fainted or throw up. So th. Then th. Then th. Then th. Then i thi thi thu thu thu thu thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi. thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, th, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi's thi's thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii. thii. thi, thi, th and my dad said a lot of people faint or throw up, so if you need to sit down, that's okay. And I was like, no, like hand me the scissors. Before our study, a surprising number of OBJYNs told me to my face, those nerves are very thin and difficult to dissect.

But they were larger than even I thought. Wait, what? Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. How do you know that this cadaver didn't just have a big clitoris? Oh, well, we... By the way, that's the first time I've ever said that sentence in my life. So we did 10 for our study, and so we measured the nerves in all 10 specimens. the nerves in all 10 specimens. Wow. In 2019, Jessica's groundbreaking study was published in the aesthetic surgery journal, but it didn't get a lot of attention.

The medical community was ignoring her study like it was... I just can't think of a good analogy, but you get it. So Jessica started pushing her cause on social media, publicly calling out doctors and textbook authors, forcing them to make real changes. Wait, you're saying TikTok made real life changes to actual graduate-level medical textbooks? Yeah, five of them. Wow. Okay. Besides the sense of satisfaction you get from protecting women from needless suffering,

have you received anything for your work? Any cash payments or schools named after you, a free sub at Subway? No. Jessica, we mailed you a box. Okay. Did you please read it out loud? It says, Jessica Anpin, you may have rubbed a few people the wrong way, but thank you for your tireless service to enlarge our nation's clituriture. Oh that's awesome!

So far, Jessica's activism has helped change standardized exams for some med school graduates, new certification guidelines for practicing OBGYNs, and five textbooks. And Jessica, you can add one more book to your list, because I'm updating my diary. And you can thank me later. Hey guys, this is Tom Segura. And I'm Burke Cricer. And you're listening to Two Bears One Cave, or you should be listening to Two Bears one cave.

We are on Spotify. On Spotify. And we are not smart? That's an understatement. But you'll have a lot of fun, hopefully. I think you might enjoy it if you give us a listen. If you got your perfect blood work back from your doctor and you have full permission to tie one on, make sure you check out Two Bears today and my co-hosts. Bert Chrysler, the Machine. My shirt's off. Welcome back to the day show. The overturning of Roe v. Wade is a major attack on women's reproductive rights.

But it's not a battle that women have to fight alone. We sent Michael Costa to find out what men can do. A woman's right to choose as being eroded across this country. And as a man, I've been paying very close half attention to this issue for several weeks. Thousands of people are standing up for a woman's right to choose. After nearly 50 years, the nation's highest court overturns Roe v. Wade, taking away the constitutional right to an abortion. It's insane that we're going all the way back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back back to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the thoooo. I. the the th. I. I. I. I'm. I'm th. I th. Wade, taking away the constitutional right to an abortion. It's insane that we're going all the way back to the way things were in 1970.

It's a war on women. That's what it is. To investigate more into women's reproductive rights, I went to the obvious choice, a man. Meet Dr. Gourardine, who trained in family medicine and obstetrics. Let's talk about some of these anti-abortion laws that are popping up. Right now, women that want to have an abortion have to leave the state like it's Ted Cruz during an emergency. It seems that we either punish, criticize, and judge just the women. And that is an issue, because men actually were part of that reproductive process. It takes two to tango. And, and the women. And the women. And the women. And the women. And women. And women. And women. And women. And women. And women. And women. And women. And women. And women. And women. And women. And women. And women. And women women. And women. And women. And women. And women. And women. And women. And the women, the women, the women, the women, the women, the women, the women, women, the women, the women, the women, the women, the women, the women, the women, the women, the women, the women, the women, the women, the women, the women, the women, the women, the women. And women. And women. And women. And women, the women, the women, the women, the women, the women, the women, the women, the women, the women, and women, and women, and women, and the women, and the women, and the women, and the the the the the the the that, and the that, and the women, and the women, and the women, and the women, and the women, and the women, and because men actually were part of that reproductive process.

It takes two to tango, and the men seem to be absent in this whole discussion. You're right. Absolutely. And we can protest, and we can vote, and we can... Get a vasectomy. Okay, slow down. Isn't that a bit zero to 100? Can we maybe tickle the balls before we slice them off?

We don't slice testicles off. Listen, Michael, for decades, women have carried the burden of contraception. Men in general have assumed that reproductive decisions fall on the shoulders of women. So getting more of a sectomies actually is going to show that we care, that we want to participate to participate to participate to participate to participate to participate to participate to participate to participate to participate to participate to participate to participate to participate to participate to participate to participate to participate to participate to participate to participate to participate to participate to participate to participate to participate to participate to participate to participate, theia, to show that we care, that we want to participate. It's not, that's not all, but that's a very good first step. Cutting off the balls is the good first step. Do you understand what a vasectomy is? Yeah, it's when you

remove the visect in me. You actually interrupt ainy little tube called a vast difference. The vast deference you interrupt that. I know but keep continue. Well the vast difference is a small structure that comes out of the testicle. Out of the test, that's where the vast deference are, the testicles. Please continue. And the teatr-sport the sperm. Spurm and put it into the semen so that it comes out th. th. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the. the. the. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. te. te. te. tea. tea. S. tea. tea. S. S. S. tea. te. te. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. the. comes out through the penis, and then you can get somebody pregnant. Penis. Do you have to wear one of those cones? That's what my dog has to do. No, you don't.

If I get a vasectomy, how high will my voice go after that? It will not. I won't be talking, hey, Dr. G. did my visectomy. No. Listen, Michael, it is responsible to do something to to to to to to to to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do to do something to do something to do to do to responsible to do something like that because you are being part of the reproductive decisions. And Dr. G wasn't alone in his beliefs of neutering men to make the world a better place. About a half million vasectomies are performed in the United States every year. Doctors say that number may be increasing in Texas following the passage of the state's heartbeat act.

That's right. So far there's been a 15% surge of vasectomy is motivated by the state law. Have you ever had a vasectomy? Yes, I did my own vasectomy. You did it? I did it. Was it like a moment of extreme horniness and you had to do it right then and there? Listen, the point here is not I did my vasectomy. The point is... No, that is the point. Are there any other medical procedures you've performed on yourself, crazy doctor? Point is, it is so simple that if the surgeon decides to do it and is able to do it, then other men should have no problem getting that procedure done. Okay, what about just the pull-out method? It doesn't.

Oh my God. Pull that method doesn't work? It doesn't. It doesn't. Oh my God. Oh my God. Maybe Dr. G was on to something, but I wanted to hear from a regular old Joe who wasn't a doctor. A completely normal American who was willing to get his scrotum touched and let me watch. Why are you getting a the sectomy? I'm getting one because my wife has already went through, you know, childbirth and all of those different hormone changes, so I just figured that a vasectomy was something that I could

do to help take some of that burden off of her. You know, I have a kid. She's cute, two years old. There are good days, right? Those are nice, those good days. And thia bad days. You know, yesterday, she wouldn't eat. So I made her some oatmeal, and she keeps taking the spoon and throwing the spoon, and I would say no throw, and then she would throw it. And then I'm like, okay, so you're not going to eat. So then I try to put pants on her, but she try 't put her pants on. If anything she ripped off her diaper and it's filled with all this like gross urine and poo and then she throws the diaper up and now the dog is eating the diaper filled with poo and I'm going do I

love my kid? I think I love my kid you know I tell her I love her all the time but she never says anything back if anything she just takes takes take you know here I am making all this money and she and she this money this money this money this money th th th th th th th th I th I th I th I th I th I th I th all this money and she just is throwing her diapers and throwing the oatmeal. And it... It's fucking hard being a parent, man. Maybe I should get a vasectomy. You should look into it. You're a cool guy.

I think it's cool you're doing this. And if people at home, you know, aren't sure if Travis is a cool dude, he's sunglasses are on his head for an indoor interview. I mean, if anything, that communicates, you're a bad mother's fiecker. Definitely. I look forward to seeing your scrotal sack and the left and right, vast deference. I'm sure Travis had some great memories with his uncut vasteferins, but now, it was time to say goodbye.

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We're done. What? We're done? You're done? I haven't even gotten into my other verse. I mean, that's fast. All right. No more Travis seeds to impregnate women.

That's a hero. And while getting a vasectomy is not a solution in helping women with their reproductive rights, it is a snip in the right direction. Explore more shows from the Daily Show podcast universe by searching the Daily Show, wherever you get your podcasts. Watch the Daily Show weeknights at 11, 10 Central on Comedy Central, and stream full episodes anytime on Fairmount Plus. This has been a Comedy Central Podcast. Hey guys, this is Tom Segura.

And I'm Burt Cricer. And you're listening to Two Bears One Cave. We are on Spotify. On Spotify. And we are not smart. That's an understatement. but you'll have a lot of fun Hopefully I think you might enjoy it if you give us a listen if you got your perfect blood work back from your doctor And you have full permission to tie one on make sure you check out two bears one cave. It's with me Tom Segura and my co-host Bert Kreiser the machine My shirt's off