The Daily Show: Ears Edition - JD Vance Begs Gen Z MAGA Not to Leave Him at TPUSA & Biden Thought He Saw Obama | Zoe Lister-Jones

Episode Date: April 16, 2026

JD Vance continues his apology tour on Trump’s behalf at a TPUSA event, begging Gen Z not to leave MAGA over Iran and Epstein frustrations, and Ronny Chieng tries to make sense of Trump’s “Diet Coke is healthy” logic. Plus, since Trump’s Jesus AI images won’t stop, Grace Kuhlenschmidt steps in as a fully supportive, temporary “war pope." Professional naming expert Marco Glennwald III is losing his mind over the president's insistence on naming every goddamn thing after himself. Filmmaker and actor Zoe Lister-Jones sits down with Ronny to discuss starring in the Peacock series, "The Miniature Wife." They talk about co-starring as a billionaire and an evil scientist, portraying power dynamics in relationships through a fantastical lens, being exposed to feminist filmmaking from her video artist mother, and giving her TV series “Slip” – which she wrote, directed, and starred in – a new life on Peacock. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You're listening to Comedy Central. From the most trusted journalists at Comedy Central. It's America's only source for new. This is The Daily Show with your host, Ronnie. That's so much to talk about tonight. J.D. Vance's next confession is going to get awkward. We learn why Trump names everything after himself, and Don Jr. discusses the benefits of Coke, the soda.

So let's get into the headlines. Do you guys remember how before we had a president who was an old man who said crazy things. We had a president who was an old man who said crazy things. Well, Joe Biden's not the president anymore, but he is still very old. At an event at Syracuse University yesterday,

former President Joe Biden called out a man who he thought looked like Barack Obama. And by the way, I always want to turn around one guy and say, uh, Barack, what are you doing? Come here. Come here. Come here. Come here. Come here. Come here. Come here.

Oh, no. How bad is this going to be? Like, I hope he's not just pointing to some black guy, but I also hope it's at least a black guy. You know what I mean? Oh my God, please let him look like Obama. Please let him look like Obama. I feel like he should be standing the right and I should be standing the left.

Oh, thank God. Close enough. I mean, I'm not saying he looks a lot like Obama, but it's in the ballpark. I thought for sure it was going to be like Lil Wayne or something. In fact, I don't know how to explain this, but somehow that guy looks more like Obama than Joe Biden looks like Joe Biden. But still, what a high-risk, low-reward move that was.

I mean, at best, the audience is like, oh, yeah, I guess I can see it. And at worst is they send you off to a nursing home for racist. Speaking of a nursing home for racist, let's check in with the White House to see how our... To see how our current president is doing. Good thing America's preeminent TV doctor, Dr. Oz, is keeping an eye on Trump's health. Your dad argues that diet soda is good for him because it kills grass. It's poured on grass, so therefore must kill cancer cells inside the body. So he'll try...

Please. Diet Coke kills grass, so diet Coke must be good for me, is a crazy theory. Like, this kills plants, so safe to assume it'll kill cancer cells and not everything else in my body is flawless logic. Also, why does he think that diet soda kills grass? That's not a thing. Like, are we sure he hasn't accidentally been drinking Roundup? That would explain a lot, actually. By the way, I love how Don Jr. just laughs at this.

If someone told me this about my dad, I'd be concerned. But Don Jr.'s just like, oh, yeah, yeah, my dad's brain sure is bad. But let's move on, because having a body that's 80% Diet Coke isn't Trump's only problem right now. Recent polls show that young Republicans are starting to turn on Trump, especially over the war with Iran. But Donald Trump is not worried because he's got the one guy who has the riz to Trump Max Gen Z again. Talking about Vice President J.D. Vance. Yesterday, he went to a T.P. USA event and just look at the packed crowd that came out to see him.

Oh, my God. Have you ever seen such a handful of people? It's very nice of turning point to institute COVID rules six years too late. J.D. Vance managed to inspire the crowd. his stirring message of, please don't leave me. I recognize that a lot of young voters don't love the policy that we have in the Middle East. Okay, I understand that. What I'm saying is don't get disengaged because you disagree with the administration on one topic. Get more involved.

Make your voice heard even more. That's how we ultimately take the country back. Yeah. That's right, JD. It's time to take the country back from yourself? Like, what are you talking about? Taking back from what? Republicans have everything.

Republicans control the Congress, the White House, the Supreme Court, old media, social media. You even took a Kennedy. I mean, you can keep him, but you still took him. At this point, you're fighting the establishment. You are the establishment. buddy. At this point, liberals are like, all we have left is blue sky, and we hate that. But young conservatives aren't just mad at Trump because of the war. They're also mad about

the thing he started the war to distract us from. The Epstein Files. Yeah, remember that? Yeah. Well, you know what? The streets still have questions. But J.D. Vance tried to bail Trump out of that one, too. When Donald Trump says, when the president says, this is a hoax, he's not saying it's a hoax that Epstein was the scumbag. He's saying this democratic idea that somehow he was Epstein's best friend. Jeffrey Epstein hated Donald Trump. And Donald Trump hated Jeffrey Epstein. Yeah.

Trump and Epstein always hated each other. We all remember that famous video of them. Everyone here is my friend. Except you. I hate you. I hate you, too. You're a sick pervert. I hate you so much.

Go, leave. case closed but the big issue j d vans had to address was don't trump's week-long beef with the pope which is a completely normal sentence in 26 you see the pope's position is that peace is good and don't trump's position is that he is jesus christ so jd vans had to go out there in front of literally dozens of people and tried to argue that the Pope was wrong and AI Jesus was right. The Pope's job is to preach the gospel. When the Pope says that God is never on the side of those who wield the sword, there is a thousand year, more than a thousand year tradition of just war theory. Was God on the side of the Americans who liberated France from the Nazis? I think it's very,

very important for the Pope to be careful when he talks about matters of theology. Yeah. All right, you got to be careful when you talk about theology. Let me remind you guys that what the Pope basically said was war is bad. That's not controversial, all right? It's literally the Pope's job to say things like that. That's like if Miss America wished for world peace and J.D. Vance burst on stage and was like, oh yeah, even with Hitler?

Stay in your lane, bitch. This is why I don't get about guys like J.D. Vance. Okay, how come you have no problem when the Pope weighs in on abortion policy, but when he weighs in on your foreign policy, you freak out? I mean, wasn't assassinating the Ayatollah just a very, very, very late-term abortion? I mean, the man was in his 258th trimester, right? But fine, the Pope said his thing, JD Vance said his thing, and let's just put this thing to bed, okay?

No more Jesus stuff. President Trump just posted or reposted on his social media site, a new image. The one today is him with Jesus. I think we have this here. Yeah. Great. That'll calm things down. Nothing will ease religious tensions

like posting an image of Jesus giving you a hand job. For more on the Trump administration's beef with the Pope, We go live to Washington with Grace Kulin-Smith. Grace, why are you wearing that? Good question, my son. Let me explain. You see, President Trump can't convince Pope Leo, pussy, that the war in Iran would be supported by Jesus.

Pussy. And that's where I come in, Ronnie Chang. Pussy, pussy, pussy. America needs its own religious leader, and I volunteer to be War Pope. No, war, the War Pope? Yep. I'm like the regular Pope,

but I'm down to sign off on whatever the Trump administration needs. Bombing Iran, invading Cuba, crop dusting Greenlands. Whatever they want to do, the War Pope will tell them it's certified Jesus fresh. Okay, look. I don't think Jesus would approve of any of that. You think you know better than Her Excellence?

you better watch your heathen mouth or war pope will slap you around with the holy anal beads of truth Okay Don't encourage that Okay, wait Why do you get to be war pope?

Because it was my idea And as Jesus once said If I can see it then I can do it If I just believe it There's nothing to it. R. Kelly said that and I believe I can fly. Yeah, Jesus was quoting R. Kelly. Point is,

it was my idea. No one has ever had the idea to have a second Pope. That actually happened in the 1300s. No, I mean, like, no political leader. That happened with Henry the 8th. Yeah, but there's never been an American Pope. The Pope right now is American.

Jesus Christ, you know what I mean. Malaysian Ken Jennings over here. I'm the first war Pope. Okay, just to be clear, you would bless any military reaction that Trump wants to do? Um, is the War Pope Catholic and horny?

So even if it pushes gas prices to $10 a gallon, you support it. Whoa. What? No, wait, I can't afford that. The War Pope Mobile is a real gas guzzler. Okay. Well, it's not just gas. I mean, this war is pushing out food prices, too.

Oh, my God. Beef prices are already so high. I've had to forego Sloppy Joe Fridays. This has been a tough time for the War Pope. Please, no, no, please stop doing that. No, if War Pope can support this war. Yeah. Mega War Pope, Ken.

Step aside, War Pope. Oh, pussy. I got half the morals and twice the anal beads up my ass. Mega War Pope. Yeah. Okay, Mega War Pope. You don't mind War and Gas at $10 a gallon? No.

Mega Warpope drives a car. Prius! Yeah! War Pope and mega wall pope, everybody. Oh my god. When we come back, we find out where Trump gets his ideas, the game thing, so don't go away. It was in the war of Iran. Trump hasn't been able to figure out how to open the Strait of Hormuz, but he is learning its name.

You can call it the Strait of Hormuz or the Hormuz Strait. They said, which is better? They said, either is okay. But you can call it either one. The only thing you can't call it is the Trump's straight. They don't like that idea. Yeah, I mean, they're... don't usually name things after the guy who f***ed it up.

There's a reason they don't call downtown Manhattan bin Ladenville. Trump doesn't come out with these names all on his own. He's got a dedicated staff member to help him out, and we found that guy. They will list their most popular drugs on Trumprx.gov. Trumprx.com. And I didn't name it that. Somebody named it that. What the fuck are you talking about?

We said we were going to name it cheap meds.gov. asshole shit head mother. My name is Marco Glenwald III. I am the man President Trump hired to name things. Even though he never listens to me, he just names everything after himself. It's great. Yeah, so the latest project I've been working on is called

Drumroll, please. Baby Bucks. These are government bank accounts for children born this year. I also liked cash for kids, but you know, that kind of sounded a little leit-steen. He's actually gonna make the announcement right now. Under our bill, parents like Megan can also activate your children's brand new Trump accounts. Trump accounts?

I didn't name it. What does that have to do with kids, you dipshit? Why would he name it that? Nobody believes me, but I did not name it. Yes, you did. I didn't name it. I liked baby bucks! The one thing this job has taught me is I do have some race. I do have some rage issues, which rears its ugly head quite often, because stuff like this

happens every time I name something. A fast-track immigration visa is being dubbed the Trump Gold Car. Renamed Palm Beach International Airport to Donald J. Trump International Airport. The Navy announced plans for a, quote, Trump class of battleships. Straight of Trump, a Trump coin. He recently renamed Donald J. Trump U.S. Institute of Peace. This is our filing room. I like to keep everything we name alphabetized and organized.

This is A through S, U through Z, and this is T. This is the Trump Institute for Peace, Trump Marine Mammal Commission, Trump Port-a-Pottie area at the Trump Restup. It's an element. This is the Gen Alpha Amphibious Assault Fuel System, now called the Trump Pump. Trump haunted pet senator. Square, Trump Triangle, the Trump Museum of Sex, Trump Circle, Trump Rombus, and Trump, Eleanor Roosevelt House and Trump.

He put that in twice and threw that was mistaken. My therapist told me to accept things I cannot change, so my new strategy, give him what he wants. What's that, Mr. President? You want to rename the Kennedy Center? Well, I've got a great idea. How about just the Trump Center? Which the outside of the Kennedy Center changed tonight.

Now the Trump Kennedy Center. The name is now up to 24 hours after President Trump. The Trump Kennedy Center. It's the worst possible version. It's not a combination Taco Bell Pizza Hut. The good news is I have some paternity leave coming up. I'm really looking forward to the time off. Yes, we already have a name for the baby.

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Instacart, get groceries just how you like. My guest tonight is a filmmaker and actor who stars in the Peacock series, The Minichael Wife. Please welcome Zoe Lister Jones. Thanks guys. Is New York City Zone? Zoe Lister Jones? What is this project about? I know.

It's hard if you don't have a lot of information on it. No context for this. This project is about a couple who's in conflict, sort of in competition for power. And Matthew McFadion plays the husband of the couple. Elizabeth Banks plays the wife. And he's sort of a mad scientist and shrinks her. You know, your classic everyday couples. couple's squabble, and then she's six inches tall.

And I play the sort of evil scientist who is in charge of his lab. And I guess that's the, there's nothing. I don't think of anything, any other like characters to talk about or. Yeah. I mean, I feel like there are other characters on the show that also played a part. Oh, yes. Oh, for sure. Sean Clifford and oh Sophia Rosinski

plays the daughter right I feel like there was one other dude like I feel like O.T. Oh my God from The Handmaid's Tale Do you know that one? Unbelievable actor There was like another dude I think from the

Daily show I don't think Jordan Clepper No unless he had a small part No no Ronnie Ronnie Ronnie Chang.

No, actually, I was, actually, I was thinking of Asif Manvi. Asif Manvi. He's also on the show. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. No, totally. What was it like working with some of these cast members? Who's your favorite?

Who's my favorite? That's really a tough one. Obviously, my boy, Ronnie Chang. You're so good on the show, truly, and it was such a joy. Oh, okay. Why don't you ask you more questions about it? Oh, okay. I'm not doing any press on this show, so I guess it's real, yeah.

Okay, great. Welcome back to The Daily Show. I'm here with Ronnie Chang. Thank you. I play Hilton Smith on this. Okay, beautiful. Tell us a little bit about Hilton Smith. Yeah, he's, for some, he's Asian, but he has a white last name.

Mm. That's something. Real switcheroo. Yeah, he's, yeah, he's a evil guy who's trying to take over the technology for shrinking wives. Finally, he sees a lot of money in that product. And by the way. Yikes. Yikes.

Yeah. So the whole show is like, I don't know what, you know, I only read my line, so I don't know what happened. He's a very generous scene partner in that way. But the whole, I feel like the whole show is like a metaphor for, you know, being in relationships and someone else, like, becoming subservient in their own career to support the other partner who is maybe doing well. well in their career.

Yeah. And I mean, I guess in this case, it's a direct metaphor of someone shrinking their wife, so they feel small in the relationship. Yeah, totally. I mean, it's like, I, obviously, I don't personally know what it's like to feel minimized in any relationship, professional or personal. I'm just sort of, I'm coasting. But I know a lot of people do.

So I think the metaphor is, it's like so potent, you know? And it's so funny, I think, to look at power dynamics in a relationship through this really fantastical lens. Yeah. And I mean, I guess do you feel like that's the case? Like, do you feel like in relationships you can be win-win? Or do you feel that's just a natural... You hope. You really do hope that you can be win-win. I mean, I do think in this scenario, what I really love about it is like the sort of dynamics around power and notoriety. And I do think that those things do come up a lot in relationships and romantic relationships of like, okay, it's my turn now to work and to be in the spotlight

and then you get your turn. But when that imbalance is like out of whack, I think things go a little nutty. Right, which is what this show is about. I mean, again, Elizabeth Banks in this TV show, gets shrunk to, you know, and when I first read the script for it, I was like, oh, this is, honey, I surround the kids. Yeah.

But it's, yeah. In a relationship. Yeah. I shrunk my wife. Honey, I shrunk my wife. I saw my wife, yeah. Yeah, yeah. It sort of meets like War of the Roses.

Yeah. It's like they're really going at each other. Yeah. Which is fun. And even though she's tiny, she is mighty. Right, right. Yeah. And they brought you on and was it like, you know,

when you first joined the project, was I working with Mr. McFadden. Matthew McFaddean is a dream. I mean, I was such a fan of his, like, Succession. And obviously, Mr. Darcy, like, don't get me a start. But no, I mean, he's just the most fun. We had so much fun together in our lab. Yeah.

It felt like theater camp. Like, we were all just, like, hanging in the green room. He is a remarkably down-to-earth guy, I will say. He's super down to earth. Yeah, it doesn't take any of it too seriously, but, like, is the most... Exactly, but his most brilliant actor and delivers. But it doesn't care about social media. Anyway, enough about that f***.

He's not even here. It's about you. Speaking of theater camp, what was interesting was, when I was around you guys, I can tell, like, all of you guys are like, like you and Matthew were like trained actors. And whenever I asked you guys about process on set, because I'm always trying to learn from other people, you guys always brush it off like it's nothing.

You guys are always brushing off your skill sex? Like, what do you mean? We don't. I was like, so acting school, what did they drill into you? Yeah. And you guys literally told me like, acting school was terrible. It was.

It was. But that can't be true, because you guys are so good. So obviously you got something from it. Man, I guess. I mean, I don't know. Acting school is, it's a traumatic experience. for many. I mean, again, just to set it up, you and Matthew

are classically trained actors. Yeah, I mean, he studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts full-time. I went to NYU to conservatory, but then I studied at RADA in London also. And O.T. also studied there, there were a number of us. And I mean, like, obviously there's so much to learn. Like, especially with Shakespeare, there's so much, like, text analysis. Is this interesting? Yes.

People who care about process. People who care about process. Okay. Okay, there's like text analysis that I think is really... They came about process and like, hey, what's it like being a woman in Hollywood? Sucks. No, but I think like the text analysis is really interesting because with something like this, you know, like each of our characters, every character on this show, they're grounded, but they're also sort of arch in a really fun way.

Like it's a stylized show, it's a comedy. And so we got to sort of play like with like take big swings, I think, with our characters, which is really fun. And as a comedian, that's something that... you know, you get to do, but I think you also get so many clues, like in the dialogue of like, oh, no, here's where maybe I'm taking a smaller swing. And I think that does come from training. But I don't think you need any training. And I know, I'm serious, because, like, sometimes training can beat the instincts out of you.

Because you need to get in your head, and you're so instinctual. I don't know. I get being a f***ing asshole comes very natural. But to play on, but like to do what you guys do. Anyway, I was learning a lot, so I was curious about what I was missing. out, but by not going to acting school. You're missing nothing. You've gained, like, hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Yeah. I went to law school instead, so I lost the hundreds of dollars. Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly. Yeah, and people also don't, I don't think enough people know that you're like a filmmaker in your own right. Oh, yeah. Yeah, you're acting and director, yeah, she just makes own stuff. And I mean, you know, I'm talking about process.

Like, I guess you have, what I love is a perspective of people who are kind of you know, my age and below who have made actually made films on screen. Because as someone who's made it, you know how difficult it is. Yeah. I've only been lucky to be part of other people's projects. And even then I see how difficult it is to get anything actually made. Like every film is truly a miracle that is made. Truly. Regardless of how you feel about it.

And at the film, I'm like, man, this is a miracle. So I don't know if you can give some sex about being a filmmaker, like in your 30s, and what was that like to get something on screen? Oh, man. I mean, I started making micro-budget. indie films. Like the first film that I made was $15,000. So it was like a really tiny budget. And that in terms of like what movies are made for is really... What year was that really? I mean, that was 2008. And so like that was really boot camp in terms of learning how to make things on a shoestring budget and just with like sweat equity. And I sort of continued doing that throughout my career. I think the industry has changed. It's like

contracted a lot, so I think that it's a little bit less feasible to do really micro-budget indies anymore, which is sad. That's very bad news. It is bad news. But my hope is that, like, from contraction, like, comes expansion, like, sort of as a response to it, that we're like, no, we're making these movies and we're going to, like, come hell or high water, like, get back into it. Okay.

So, like, if some kid was trying to make something right now, you know, all these film school girls watching this right now. Okay. Like, how would they, what would you say, you know, to, what would you advise them to do to make a film, to get a film made right now? I mean, have a really good script and then make it with your friends and just like, yeah, I think, I always think when you're making art, if you think too much about the reception of the art, you're going to fail. Like, I think you have to make the art that you want to make without any concessions. Yeah, you have to not give a . Yeah, and the beauty of making something small

is that you don't have other cooks in the kitchen. So, like, really tell the story you want to tell unapologetically. And then, you know, hopefully that opens doors. But, yeah, just go make the shit. Just make it, yeah. Yeah. I mean, so making shit, I mean, that's literally what you went to do.

You want to go make a lot of stuff, make all these short films. You made indie feature films. You even made your own TV series. I did. With Roku. Yeah. It was the first, it was called the Slip.

Slip, yeah. Sorry, slip. And it was, I think, if I'm recording correctly, it was the first TV show to be written, directed, starred, and crewed by all women. Well, hold on. Don't clap yet. Okay, I made a movie called Band-Aid that was my directorial debut.

That was the first movie to be crude by entirely women. And that was... a miracle in and of itself and just the most incredible artistic experience. But Slipp, I believe, was the first TV show to have a woman write, direct, and star in every episode of a season, which I did. And that was you. And that was me. And that woman was you.

Yeah. Yeah. And you did this. And you did this like it was during the pandemic, right? Slip was like right. I wrote it in the pandemic. And then we shot it right towards the end of the pandemic. And it's a wild concept.

It's about a woman who basically is stuck in her marriage and then has a lapse in judgment, sleeps with someone one night, and then wakes up the next morning to discover that she is now married to her one-night stand. And over the course of the series, she learns that through orgasm, she's teleporting to parallel universes.

Um, so. They're just applauding our orgasms. As you should. As you should. Yes. As you should. But I mean, it came out a few years ago and then fucking assholes at Roku did not, like they, it became like a tax write-off or something, and then they took the show off.

So you put in all this effort. Yeah. And you want an award for it, by the way. It was nominated for two Indie Spirit Awards for Best New Series and Best Lead Performance. And we were like next to beef. And the last of us, and it was just like the coolest thing ever. And then Roku removed it from the platform, yeah, for attacks right off. So then it just was...

No, I think they removed it before you got... They removed it before we even got to the award store. So we were there being like, I guess we're celebrating. Yeah, it was... It was so heartbreaking. And truly, like, one of the great artistic heartaches. But now there's a redemption story. Oh, right.

So that we... You guys don't even know the story. They applaud. They love redemption. They love orgasms. Let them live. That's how charming you are. These guys just, you have them around your finger.

They don't even know what the redemption is. So to be clear, you freaking made this show, you put, you wrote it, you directed, you started in it, which by the way, takes a ton of effort. Because people don't know. You put your heart and soul into each episode, every line of dialogue. You actually get to make the f***ing thing.

You win an award for it. And as you're accepting the award, the whole show is being taken off the goddamn platform. And you're like, okay, well, you know, Congrats to us. I guess we won something. And then it's been off the air for like two years, I guess. Yeah, and I've literally been like on the street corner being like, you want to drop box, link?

Trying to air drop. Yeah, like, we can just touch phones. Yeah. But now, beautiful peacock is going to stream it starting April 20th. So it's this weird thing that there's so much content now that we don't, you know, Things get made and they come and they go and the promo cycle is like three days and then Trump will do something and then you know the Pope will come in and Epstein will resurrect. Totally.

Yeah. Yeah, totally. Yeah, but now you have a chance to kind of show people this thing. It's not even about, I don't want to speak for you, but speaking at someone who's made a TV show as well, it's like at some point it's not even about money. It's just like you really believe in what it's artistic expression. You know, you made this thing that's super cool. You just want people to see it. Yeah, totally.

It's not even about fame or money or likes. likes. It's like, hey, guys, I made this thing. I think it's really cool. It kind of didn't get its fair shake of the stick. And now it's on a platform. Not that anyone owes us a platform. I'm just saying that we made this thing already. Can people at least have the chance to see it? Yeah, totally. I think, and also, like you said, like this, our attention spans are so contracted that things take time to really, you know, find their audience and especially when they don't have a big marketing budget. So I'm just so excited that everyone's, that every single person in this audience will be watching on April 20.

Yeah, check it out. Check it out. I mean, what's also interesting is that you also came from a family of artists. Right? Your father, your mother is a visual artist. And I think a lot of a lot of the themes deal with, your mother's themes in her work dealt with time a lot. And a lot of your personal work just happens to touch a lot with time. I mean, slip is going through the multiverse, orgasms.

Yeah. You're a classic. Yeah, classic. Classic narrative. I think you were in director, the reboot of the craft, which I think also had time in it. Yeah. A lot of your projects deal with time. Yeah.

Do you think that's coming from a mom or what? Well, I want to shout out my mom. She's in the audience. Yeah, my mom's in the audience right. Yeah. It's so lovely. I know. It's the best.

Yeah. Yeah, my mom is a video artist. My dad is a conceptual photographer, and you can look those things up on the internet later. internet later, but no, I think my mom especially, like, her work, it was more experimental, but, like, it was, I was really exposed to very interesting sort of feminist filmmaking from a young age. She was a part of a feminist film collective, and so I think I learned so much, even about process also from her. But, but, yeah, I guess I am really interested in time. I guess I'm interested in, like, human suffering, and that relates to time.

because it takes time to really dig into it. And I made this film also called How It Ends, which is about, like, the last day on Earth when I'm, like, traversing L.A. with my younger self. And so, like, all of these sort of ways, I think, to look at, like, the human experience and modern relationships through the lens of, I don't know, like, I guess time.

You know, you brought this up to me on set, and I was like, I've never thought of that before. And so I love that. Like, you sort of, like, looked at the holistic picture and were like, this is the theme of your life's work. And I was like, okay, yes, it is. Yeah, you didn't realize it, but you became your mom. Thank you, Ronnie.

It's good. She's lovely. Hey, Mom. Your daughter is great. She's great on set. She went through so much crap and was never bitter. Was never bitter about any of that. I'm more bitter about this shit than she is. You know, so your daughter is awesome.

Thanks, Ron. I'm sure you're awesome as well. That's why she's awesome. She's awesome. And you're awesome. And if your parents were here, I would tell them that. But yeah, I'm really happy with this project, Me and Your Wife, how it came out.

Me too, and you're so great in it. And it was so much fun. I think you take the, you steal every scene in the show. So anyway, thanks for coming on the show, and you're the best. The MNs Show Wife is streaming now on Peacock. And Slip will be available to stream on Peacock. talk as well. April 20th,

Zoe Mr. Jones. We'll go to take a quick break, we'll be right back after this. Are we getting Mexican Coke, the stuff with the cane sugar? I think they should actually. Come on, RFK Jr. Let's get it. Let's get some real sugar in that case. And I like it in the glass bottles. More drinks should be served in glass versus

plastic or not. Classy. And a man should never drink out of a bottle. He should always drink out of a glass. Is that really your philosophy or you just saying that? I learned it and then I'm just repeating it. Oh, so you are made fun of. job. I hear things than I say it. Explore more shows from the Daily Show podcast universe by searching The Daily Show, wherever you get your podcasts.

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