The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Jon Gives Advice After the Cut | The News Team Vibe-Checks the DNC

Episode Date: August 31, 2024

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.

Hey everybody, John Stewart here. I am here to tell you about my new podcast, the weekly show. It's 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. You're listening to Comedy Central. Hey, this is Ron Chang. The Daily Show is on break this week, but don't worry. We put together some special highlights for you to catch up on in case you miss them. We'll be back on September 10th. Until then, enjoy this episode. Say a world for young people right now. No, you're good.

How old are you? How old are you? I'm just pretty twoing. Oh, you'll be, you got so many. We're going to f-this, we're going to ruin this so much. You have no idea what we've got plan. You are walking into Thunderdome. No, you're going to honestly, like, we do this all the time, every generation, like,

even the greatest generation, like, I mean, they dropped atomic bombs on people. Like, don't let the perspective. We always think that the world is at its worst in the moment that we're in it, but like, you have to remain optimistic because the images that they present to us are to heighten your fear. That's how they make their, oh you're going to love the show tonight, I think. You're going to love the show. But so what are you, what are you, what are you thinking? I think a lot of young people are a little bit not happy with the victorious candidates I guess the candidates from having to vote our voice doesn't

matter. Oh, it so matters. Yeah. In fact, your voices, can I tell you something about advertisers? Do you know that advertisers, they look at different demographics? But the largest demographic that they look at is 18 to 24. That's the one that means everything to them. Use that power, the power of the person.

I'm 61. I'm not even listed anymore. Like, literally companies would be like, what about people over 55? And they're like, I think they might be dead. Like, don't discount the power that you guys have. You have a tremendous amount. I would think on Instagram. I would tell them on Instagram. What I don't know.

This is the fight, man. No generation ever feels empowered or seen or any of those things, but what I would suggest is trust your discomfort, because you clearly feel it, but discomfort is a wonderful motivator. It's sort of the difference between stress and anxiety. Like, action is the antidote to anxiety, and if you feel anxiety, it will lessen as you take action. Small actions, like a little bit every day.

You know, I have young people that live in my house, and I usually see them after three when they've woken up. And generally they just want me to make them a bagel. So it's different. But honestly, like, that discomfort will spur you on. I'm sure of it. And your generation. And then you'll be in a position to save us, but you won't want to. What's a book? What's a book we think everyone should have on their shelf?

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cynical humanism. Like the thing that you're talking about how do you maintain? So he's a guy who was an author who came of age. He fought in World War II, he saw Dresden. That's what Slaughter House 5 was about. It was about his experiences seeing the worst that people could do. And people always mistook his cynicism as, or his, I guess I should say, his dryness as cynicism, but it was really idealism. He believed so much in people that he couldn't help but be somewhat disappointed that we were blowing it in the way that we were blowing it. But I would say, line your desk with Kurt Vonnegut and you cannot go wrong.

And I was lucky enough to get to interview him when he was, you know, hadn't passed away yet. No, but he came on. And when he passed away, his son sent me, he was also a really wonderful caricaturist, sent me a doodle of his that he had inscribed to me before he passed. So it's one of my most cherished, but I would say Kurt Monigett, you can't go wrong. Uh, like Playboy. to get, you can't go wrong. And like Playboy. The best piece of advice.

Wow, that is such an end of life question. That really is that nobody ever comes to like a 22 year on like best advice. They're like, well, beer on liquor, never been sicker. All right. The best advice, I'm trying to like a 22-year-old like best advice. And they're like, beer on liquor, never been sicker. All right. The best advice, I'm trying to think of good advice. I don't really, I don't seek counsel in that way. Do you, like, a mentor, I didn't have a mentor. This was back in like late 70s, early 80s, so there were no mentors.

I was raised feral. So I don't have a ton of advice. Oh, here's one. This is a good one. So I used to host a show on MTV. It was a talk show. And then it got bought by Paramount to replace Arsenio. So I was the natural replacement for Arseno. Because I think a lot of people are like, hey, the hip African American guy, let's stick a maybe small Jew in his place

and see what happens. And so, the show was on for like nine months and it got canceled. And we were all very sad, and when your name is on it, and they tell you to get out of the building, like it's very hurtful. David Letterman came on the final show, and on the final show, he said to me, don't confuse cancellation with failure. And I thought that was really interesting. And then in the commercial break, he said,

although this is also a failure. He just didn't want me to confuse it. You had a question about college campuses. Okay, so the cafeteria, if you want to go by the quad, you're going to look for the quad. Usually the food is near the quad. Usually the food is near the quad. I just wanted to ask the advice about navigating the political advocate, especially clearing elections to the entire college campuses and engaging conversations with people's in my office. Listen, I, the beautiful thing about college is that it's built for that, it's built for you to push the limits of who you think you are and who you think you want to be. And it's a wonderful experience.

The thing that I would say to you is have the courage in the internal barometer that you've developed over the years for yourself about right and wrong and don't necessarily just allow the conditions that you find yourself in to shape that. You're here for a reason and you're that way for a reason and be strong in that and learn, be open to people but be convicted. It's, you know, it's a, I think it's a wonderful experience for kids and I don't worry about you know, you know, Gen Z, they're so fucking, little, the, but shut the fuck. You know, it's every generation is like that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, 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, th, th is th is th is th is th is th is th is thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, and thi, thi, and thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi,, bud, shut the fuck. You know, it's, every generation is like, that generation sucks. We were awesome, and I'm like, eh. I know my generation, like, we were doing whip-its in 11th grade, like.

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. The Democratic National Convention is in full swing, and the delegates are feeling good,

so our news team went over to see if anything could ruin the good mood. Everybody knows I'm known for my positive vibes and happy-go-lucky attitude. So let's go talk to some left-wing nerds here at the DNC. Every convention has a theme, and this year's Democratic Convention is all about the vibes. What's the vibes here at the convention? Upbeat? Sparkling?

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I went like viral. Like last week. For having good vibes. Wob, bop, b- Just walking down the street. There are people who have nothing to do with the DNC, have nothing to do with the campaign, and they're talking about the campaign. It just feels like, it feels like we're gonna do this. Oh, God, it feels so good.

It's almost as though the Democrats won't fuck this up. You either of you recall a time when the vibes were team service. Yes, yes. We're my background singer. Thank you. I'm hoping for another one of that to happen here. Let's say it together.

One, two, three. Where my background singers? The vibes are great, but should they be? The country's in serious trouble, and we don't know how Kamla is going is is is going is going is going is going is going is going is going is going is going is going is going is going is going is going is going is going is going to to to to to to the to to the to the to the to the to to the to the to to to the to to to to their. their. to to to to to to to to their. 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 to. to. to. the the thi. thi. the. the. the. the the the the the the. the. the to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. is in serious trouble and we don't know how Kamala is going to fix any of it. Maybe the Democrats here will want a chance to drop the vibes and talk policy. Manufacturing jobs may be disappearing. Those are not disappearing. I don't know what you're reading. You're reading this box, trump, garbage? Wow, okay.

Forget the policy. Let's go back for the Secretary of Vibs? Janet Yellen, Sabrina Carpenter. Ooh, Sabrina Carpenter. Do you think that vibes are more important or would you say policy is more important? Oh, absolutely policy. I don't know if you really understand politics that might. I work in politics. Do you mind if I cop some of your vibe right now?

Which one would you lie? A patriotic one. Besides, with some, these nodes here, maybe we don't want to talk policy. Let's sing it together. Harmonize with me up here. Five, bye, bives. Bives.

Bives. Bives. Bives. We're going to get there. Which a vibe of the border policy. You you you you you you. What's your vibe of the Kama'a border policy? You know, I really appreciated the way that she spoke to it during her rally in Atlanta. It's an economic issue. You cannot just say that we need to deport a million immigrants like J.D.

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I am here to tell you about my new podcast, The Weekly Show. It's going to be coming out every Thursday. So exciting. You'll be saying 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.