The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Is America Becoming a Cashless Society? | Jay Rosen

Episode Date: December 7, 2018

Donald Trump employs an undocumented worker, Desi Lydic and Jaboukie Young-White tackle the rise of cashless businesses in the U.S., and Jay Rosen discusses The Correspondent. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to Comedy Central. Hey everybody, John Stewart here. I am here to tell you about my new podcast. The Weekly Show is going to be coming out every Thursday. So exciting. You'll be saying to yourself, TGID. Thank God it's Thursday we're going to be talking about. All the things that hopefully obsess you in the same way that they obsess me. The election. Economics. Earnings calls. What are they talking about on these earnings calls? We're going to be talking about

ingredient to bread ratio on sandwiches. And I know that I listed that fourth, but in importance, it's probably second. I know you have a lot of options as far as podcasts go, but how many of them come out on Thursday? I mean, talk about innovative. Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcast. December 6th, 2018. From Comedy Central's World News Headquarters in New York, this is the Daily Show.

He's Trevor Noah. Our guest tonight is a professor of journalism at NYU. Jay Rosen is here. The first, as you can see, this is day three of Trevor being unable to speak. The doctor ordered him to rest his vocal cord. So congratulations, society. You silenced another black man. But he is still sitting here using a talking app on his phone. Say something, Trevor.

For quality assurance purposes, this show may be recorded. Very nice. Now let's catch up on today's headlines. For a few months now, the U.S. and China have been in a trade war, which, let's be honest, it's the most boring kind of war there is. Until now. All right, breaking news, a new riff potentially between the United States and China after an executive for a Chinese Czech giant,

Huawei, was arrested in Canada. Hmong-Jow is her name. She's a daughter of Huawei's founder. She may be sent to the US to face reported charges of trying to evade sanctions on Iran. Chinese officials are calling on Canada. tha. tha. tha. tha. thuuuuuuuuuuu. thuu. thu. thu. thu. to thu. to thu. to thu. to thu. to thi. to to to to to be to be. to be thi. thi. to bea, to bea, to bea, to bea, to bea, to be. to be. to be. to be. to be. to be. to be. to be. to be. to beade U.S. sanctions on Iran. Chinese officials are calling on Canada to release her. Did you get that? The U.S. and Canada just arrested the daughter of one of China's most powerful families. They are going full game of thrones on this trade war.

How do you think President Trump would like it if China threw one of his kids into prison? Depends which kid. Oh, yeah, no, good point. Also, 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, thi, thi, thi. thi. tho, thi. thi. thi, thi. thi, thi. thi, thi. thi. thu. thu. thu. thu. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. Did, thi. thi. to to to to tooooooooooooooooi. Did tooi. tooi. Did toooi. Did thei. Did thi. Did thi. Did thi. Did th kid. Oh, yeah, no, good point. That's a good point. Also, if you have to get arrested, try to do it in Canada. They don't even do good cop, bad cop. It's just good cop, even nicer cop. Moving on, breaking news from President Trump's New Jersey Golf Club, where he just found out that his housekeeper is an illegal immigrant.

No. I guess Trump told us he'd build a wall, but he never said there'd be a service entrance. Victorina Morales says that her job included making Trump's bed, cleaning his toilet, and ironing his boxer shorts. Good God, talk about jobs Americans don't want to do. And Trump now says it because a housekeeper doesn't have legal paper, she'll be today. shorts. Good God. Talk about jobs Americans don't want to do. And Trump now says it because a housekeeper doesn't have legal paper, she'll be terminated, which I gotta tell you I'm really surprised about.

Usually if you're a woman in Trump's bedroom, the only document you need is an NDA. Finally some news from the world of entertainment. A big announcement from Justin Timberlake. The singer says he's postponing his remaining concert dates for December. the. the. the their. th. their th. their th.. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He's the house. He's th. He's theease. A thease. A thease. A toease. A thease. A house. A house. A house. A house. He's th. He's th. He's theeeeeee. Hea the. Hea, the, the, the, the house, the house. He doesn doesn doesn't the house. He doesn doesn't the house. He doesn doesn't the house. He's the house. He's the house. He's house. He's house. He's house. He's house. He's house. He's house. He's the house. A house. A house. A the house. A the house. A th. A to. A to. A to. to. to. to. to. to. thoo. the thooo. the thooo. the th. the tho. He's the house. He's the world of entertainment. A big announcement from Justin Timberlake. The singer says he's postponing his remaining concert dates for December. He told Instagram followers that his doctors want him to continue to rest his voice. He's been pushing back shows since October for bruised vocal cords. Oh man, God, that is so sad. Justin Timberlake with no voice.

Well, I mean, you know what that means? He's useless to society now. Because, you know, when you're an entertainer and you can't entertain, what good are you for? Um, Desi? Yeah, I mean, the only thing left to do is just take him out back and turn him into blue. Desi, I have the same problem with my vocal cords. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, that's so weird. You guys attend the same orgies or something? Sometimes, but not this time. Good to know.

Let's move on to our top story. Good, isn't it? Yeah. Money. When it started, it was seashells and beads and stuff, which was fine when we were scamming the Indians, but now we have a real economy. Anyway, we've since moved on to coins and paper money, but now even that seems out of date. We've all heard the saying that cash is king, but more and more stores are going cash

lists, so that means leave your cash at home and you got to bring your credit card. Chain restaurants like Tender Greens, airlines like United and Delta don't take cash on flights anymore. Even fitness studios like Bar Method only take plastic. Safety is a big reason. Restaurants say they're going cash free. No cash means nothing for thieves to run off with. That's right. No more cash means no more robberies until the bad guys start mugging your Venmo. thieves to run off with. That's right, no more cash means no more robberies until the bad guy start mugging your Venmo. Look out. He's got a knife MOG.

And while cash list seems like the wave of the future, there are some downsides that you may not have thought of. An experts warn about the people who may be left behind, so-called unbanked consumers. A 2015 federal survey found that 7% of American households had no checking or savings accounts. It's more than twice as high for African Americans and Latinos. Businesses accepting only credit or debit disproportionately deny service to this city's most vulnerable people. What happens if you're homeless? What happens if you're in document?

What happens if you're too poor to have credit? What happens if you're homeless? What happens if you're undocumented? What happens if you're too poor to have credit? What happens if you're underbanked? That's right. Going cashless can discriminate against people who can only pay in cash. Not to mention how unfair it is on the people on the cash tasks. You know, just when Harriet Tubman's going to be like, bitch, I just got here. For more on the move towards cash list, we're joined by our senior junior correspondent, Jabuki Young White. Thank you, Des-a, thank you, Desk, thank you, Demple Alexa.

So, Jabuke, how do young people feel about the end of cash? Oh, this is amazing. to be a trash. thi. too' thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. the the their, thi. their, their, their, their, their, their, their, to to to to to to tooooooo, their, to to to to to, to, to, to, to j. J, to j-a, to j-a, their, their, their, their their their, their their, their, their, their, their. their. their, their, their, their, their, their, their their their their their their their their ta. tipuuuuuuukeu-a-aqqqqqqqaaa, ta, ta, ta, ta, this is amazing. I mean, cash is trash. It's bulky, it's easy to lose, and it's literally gross. Like, think about it. People are passing it around with their germy hands. Then, they snort coke with it. And then, they stick it in a G-string. And then, the last thing you tou touch before before, before, before, before, before, before, before, before, before, before, before, before, before, before, you you you you you you you you eat eat eat eat eat eat eat eat to their to to eat to eat their their to eat their their to eat to eat their to eat a to eat a to eat to eat a to eat a to eat a to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to lose, it's to lose, to lose, to lose, to lose, to lose to lose to lose to lose to lose to lose to lose to to lose. to to to to to lose. to to to lose. to lose. to lose. to to lose. their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their toooo, too, too, too, that cash? People are happy when they find money in the ground, but that shit was on the ground, you know? Like, sure, you found 20, but now you've got to spend

400 on antibiotics. Cash is basically Clamidia that you used to buy Snickers, essentially. But Jabuki, don't young people care about all the downsides? Oh, don't waste your battery. I'm thi I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I'm 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. that, thatheat. 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. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. to, to, battery, I'm going to get to that. As a millennial, I'm all about the end of cash, you know, but then on the other hand, I'm a millennial, which means I care about things like social justice and plastic straws and shit.

And there's a lot of marginalized people that can't get a credit card or a fancy phone phone or even a bank account. So it's th th th th th th th th th th, th, th, th, th, we th, we th, we th, we th, we th, we th, we th, we th, we th, we th, thi, 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. I I th. I th. I th. I thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thean, thatean, thin, theanan when the sign outside the club says no baggy pants or no good dancers, like we know who you're talking about. Speaking of good dancers, going cashers is going to make strip clubs like hella boring, you know? Like you can't pay a stripper with like Apple pay, you know? Just like one dollar send, one dollar send, one dollar one dollar send like... You know, just like $1 send, $1 send, $1 send, like. So, okay. So, okay.

So what you're saying is young people created this cashless world and now they don't want to live in it? Well, yeah, but we could also solve it. I mean, if there's one thing that young people like, it's bringing back old shit. Vinyl's Beards, Jeff Goldblum, that was us. That's why I'm trying to get ahead of the curve and make some artisanal cash at home in my bathroom. It looks authentic, right?

I'm selling on Etsy if you want to get in on it, does it? Dude, making counterfeit money is a felony. Okay, okay, calm down, Robocop. Let's just keep this between us and Benjamin Jefferson. Yes, I'm gonna take this. Chibuki Young White, everybody! We'll do it right. Let me take it? Hey, everybody, John Stewart here.

I am here to tell you about my new podcast, The Weekly Show, coming out every Thursday. We're going to be talking about the election earnings calls. What are they talking about on these earnings calls? We're going to be talking about ingredient to bread ratio on sandwiches. I know you have a lot of options as far as podcasts go, but how many of them come out on Thursday? Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart wherever you get your podcast. Welcome back. My guest tonight is an NYU professor, media critic and an

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