The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Michael Kosta On Having Jon Stewart As His Monday ‘Opener’

Episode Date: February 26, 2024

In this podcast exclusive, Daily Show Correspondent Michael Kosta and Segment Director Sarah Hamblin discuss Kosta’s first experience sharing the desk with Jon Stewart, his Michigan upbringing, and what life lessons he learned from his recent piece in climate safe haven, Duluth, Minnesota.       See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

John Stewart here. Unbelievably exciting news. My new podcast, The Weekly Show. We're gonna be talking about the election, economics, ingredient to bread ratio on sandwiches. Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcast. You're listening to Comedy Central. Hey Daily Show, Ears Edition listeners, this is Sarah Hamblin, segment director for the

Daily Show, and host for the week, Michael Costa. Thanks, Sarah. Welcome. This is fun. Yeah. This is great. We were just talking about your comedy podcast and then you asked me about my tennis podcast. Thanks. So we are qualified talking about your comedy podcast and then you asked me about my tennis podcast. So we are qualified to do this. Extremely qualified. So just to give some backstory, we're here because we just aired a piece that brought us both

to Duluth, Minnesota to explore the topic of climate refugees. And what do you mean by that, Sarah? Because in the migrant crisis that is, we're not really talking about immigration refugees here. Refugees who are leaving cities that are devastated by climate change. And I'm saying some of this with a question mark. Yes, we're talking about Angelino's looking for that fifth home, right somewhere safe from the effects of climate change.

Not so much people who have zero homes and are looking for somewhere safe from any number of issues. Yes. Yeah, it's pretty much extremely wealthy people. But before we dive into that, let's quickly discuss the return of John Stewart. It's your first experience working with him and mine as well. Okay, so I ask you that, yeah. What's it been like and what are your impressions? Very positive. Man, I have such a weird life, you know, I watched him forever and now

I'm in doing a piece with him. So when I first met Jay Leno, I actually said to him, hey, you look how you look. Because I hadn't really met a lot of celebrities yet and I was like I can't believe he looks. 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 to be to be thi thi thi's thi's thi's thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi thi th. What's th. What's th. What's th. What th. What th. What th th th. What th. What th. What th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. to be to be to be to be to be to be toe toe toe toe toe toe toe to to to the the thi. thi. thi. thi. th you look how you look. Because I hadn't really met a lot of celebrities yet. And I was like, I can't believe he looks just like how he looks. I couldn't really. So John Stewart is just, he seems like how he is. He's positive, he's funny. He's very, very smart. I've enjoyed his two shows on here very much. Very well researched. I think people forget how he can also just be

really silly. So he'll hit you over the head with a very intelligent, poignant, societally important sentence and then he'll do a Polish joke, which is what happened this week which made me laugh. By the way, Poland started World War II, why would a country whose Navy has submarines with screen doors want to instigate a war? Quick history lesson. Years ago, for reasons nobody is really sure of, a stereotype emerged that Polish people were inept in various ways, including, obviously, submarine manufacturing, and even something as simple as the changing of a light bulb. I don't know actually how many Polish people you think it takes to

change a light bulb, but it's certainly less than the conventional wisdom at that time would tell you. Now we know that Polish people are as smart as anyone and certainly did not deserve to be invaded by the Germans, who of course accomplished that by marching in backwards, so the Poles thought they were leaving. So it's been great. I look forward to getting to work with him and getting to know him better. What about you? Have you worked with him yet? So I haven't worked directly with him on any pieces, but that first meeting that he had the to be worked, to, to, to, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, to be, to be, to be, to be, to be, to be, to be, to be, the, the the, the, the, the, the, the, thi, thi, the, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, and, th........ And, th. And, th.... And, th. And, th. And, th. And, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, the. And, the. toean, toean, toean, toean, toea. toea. toea. toea. toea. thea. th thean, the. pieces, but that first meeting that he had with the directors

and writers, you know, where he sort of gave us this General's pep talk. It was like so inspiring. I mean, I think I started at the show about nine months after Trevor started hosting, so for me it's always been kind of Trevor's show, although I did grow up watching it with John Stewart, I mean when I was in college, it's like every night you're watching John Stewart host The Daily Show, so the thing that I thought was so funny is he's so earnest and positive even in these private meetings and then he'll always kind of drop one little thing that is like a joke so it's not so earnest and so sweet. He always wants to put that little edge on it, which is it's fun to watch. Well, it's what he and he and now, the the the the the the the the the the the the th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. tho. tho. tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho. thi. tho tho tho. tho. tho. tho. tho. tho. that's tho. thi. I thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th. th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. the is the is the. the. the. theee. I's theee. theeee. I's the. theee. the. the. the. the. it, which is it's fun to watch. Well, it's what he and now the Daily Show is. You know, we will, of course, talk about really important topics, but there's going to be laughs.

And comedy, the way I like to approach it, or at least in my idealistic mind of comedy, is that it's meant to challenge and it's meant to speak truth to power, which is a very hacky phrase at this point, but that is essentially what it's doing. And we've been on the air, I mean I've been here for almost eight years. Yeah, we've never been able to do a Polish joke until John was here. He finally was brave enough to call out, you know, yeah. That was funny. And he also did preface it by saying, I I I I I, I, I, thia, thia, thia, thia, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, 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, th, th, th, th, th, th. It's, th. It's, th. It's thin, thin, thin, thin, th. thin, th. theeeeeeeeeauuu. thin, th. thin, is th. thii. thi. thi. th. th. It the world. Yeah, that was funny. And he also did preface it by saying, nobody really knows why this genre of joke became. Yeah. So anyway, back to that Catskills comedy, you know, just knowing the whole Brett of comedy.

I wanted to ask too, like, how was that chat last week you did with him about Tucker Carlson and the dictatorships. That was so funny. An unbelievably embarrassing display of sycophancy from Tucker Carlson. Yeah, well I'm not sure what that means, John, so I'm going to assume you loved it as much as I did. It made me think that these dictatorships have gotten a bad rap, which is why I've traveled here to North Korea, and as you can see, it's amazing. It was nice to get to be just me and him, you know?

I wanted some dad time. I wanted some time with dad. So that was really fun, and it wasn't perfect. Like, we did it for the show and some of the jokes that we all thought were really funny but were kind of righty, too mean jokes didn't do so well on the actual performance. So they got cut, peace out.

That's the beauty. So the piece ended up being funnier, shorter, and it worked really well. And it's another testament to, you know, one of the words the words the words the words the words the words the words the words the words the words the words the words the words the words the words the words the words the words the words the words, the words, the words, the words, thoes, tho, tho, tho, that's that's that's that's that's that's, that's, that's, we that's, we that's, we that's, we that's, we that's, we that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, thi.. that's, theee. theean. thean. thean. thea. thooooooooooes. that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, that's, and it's another testament to, you know, one of the words John used a lot in that meeting that I love and I always forget about, I needed to hear was calibration. We're going to calibrate over and over and over again. And that is what the Daily Show does. We try, we don't get a couple things right, we calibrate. We get a couple things right, we calibrate. And so that was a fun chat for me to do with him because I saw there was calibration all the way through from the first draft of the script to the rehearsal to the actual performance we had to calibrate a little bit. Thank you editors and ended up being great.

Yeah, it was so funny. I'm curious to know. So you're hosted the show a few months ago when we were back from the Rider Strike. It was so great. And now you're getting to host the Tuesday to Thursday after John. Yep. John's my opener. Yeah, you could do worse. You could do worse. Do you feel like you're taking a different approach to hosting the show coming up? Or has John given you any advice? Do you feel like maybe a different experience since you're going to be following? Right. I'm excited to follow John. I think it's challenging because He is effortlessly. I mean, it's not effortlessly, but it feels effortlessly good at it, and when I'm out there, it feels like if I'm good at it, it's through effort, you know. So, but if he gets to ride the big wave, I get to surf right behind him, which is pretty cool, too.

So, I just don't see any negatives about it. I get to watch him, learn from him, I then get my own time at the desk. I'm looking forward to not being to being a little more comfortable there, because the first the first the first the at the desk, I'm looking forward to not being, to being a little more comfortable there because the first time, I don't think anybody really realizes it just takes a lot of time and comfort and when I'm watching John on Mondays, I'm always like, man, he just is like so natural up there and I'm like, well, wait a secu-slam final. I know what you're thinking, Sarah, So can I make a tennis' a th. Can I make a th. Can I make a th. Can't a th. Can't a thin a thin thin thin thin thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thin' thi' thi' thi' thi. thi. thi. thi. tha tha tha tha tha tha tha tha tha' tha' tha' tha' tha' thea' thea' thea' thea' thea' thea' the. the. I' the. the. the. the. the. the. the the tha. tha' tha'ea'ea'ea'ea'ea'ea'ea'a'ea'a'e'a'a'a'e'a'a'a'a'a'e. tha'e. tha'e. the same thing. You're expecting it. Nobody ever wins their first Grand Slam final. I know what you're thinking, Sarah, but what about Yonick Sinner at this year's Australian Open? Okay, he's the one exception. The reason you don't ever win in your Grand Slam final is it's it's fucking nerve-wracking. You're figuring out that the balls look different. It's packed. It's a different vibe. It's a their. their. their. their. their. It's a their. It's a their. It's a their. It's a their. It's a their their their their their their their their their their their their their their fauice. It's their their their f. their f. their f. their their theirf. theirf. theirf. theirf. theirf. theirf. theirf. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their. their their their their their their th. th. th. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th. tri. It's packed. It's a different vibe. It's a different feeling.

So to be at the desk is different. It's a fact everyone's staring at you. You're not a supplemental player anymore. So I'm looking forward to hopefully feeling a little more comfortable there. I'm sorry I yell to you about Yonick Center, but No, I mean, you read my mind. I definitely was immediately thinking of that particular person. So take us behind the curtain. What goes into preparing for your host week and what can viewers expect this week? Because there is a belief that the news team is going to be hosting more often, as opposed to before where it was like this is your guest hosting week. The previous time, it was more like, hey, Michael, what do you want to talk about? Because this is your guest hosting week. The previous time it was more like, hey Michael, what do you want to talk about? Because this is your week. Now the vibe is we're going to see all of you

more. So why don't we do a little less of like, what's Michael want to talk about? What's Desi want to talk? And let's talk up, let's have this headlines lead it. And of course, your own take thake will prevail on that headline. What thi. So. So. So, thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. this. this. this. this. this. this. this. this. this. this. this. this. this. this. this. this. this is this. this. this. this is this is this is this is this is this is this is this this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this, this. this, this. this. this. this. this. this. this. this. this. this. this. this. this. this. this is this is this is this is this is this is this is this is this is this is thi. thi. thi. this is thi. thi. this is thi. thi. this is is is is is is is thi. this is is is is is this is is is this is this is this is this is this is this is this. this is this is this. of course your own take will prevail on that headline. So it's not like I'm going to sit here and go I want to talk about this this this and this. Now we are doing a show on Leap Day. I don't want to blow my cover here but we're going to talk about Leap Day. Oh my god yeah. So you're interested in that. But I think in general and this is actually kind of the today. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. to tha. tha. to be. to be. to be. to be. to be. to be. to be. to be. to blow. to blow. to blow. to blow. to blow. to blow. to blow. to to to blow. 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 th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I. I. I. I. I. I. I th. I'm. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. th. I'm the. the. the the. the the. to. to. I'm to. to. to. to to to th. I'm th. I'm th. I'm th. But I think in general, and this is actually kind of nice, it's like, hey, you're going to be here for a little while, so we gotta like cover the news. It's kind of nice, as opposed to like, hey, this is your week, so enjoy it and you're never going to come, never to see you again. This is your one shot, you think I should talk about? What do you hard to talk about. Israel Palestine is hard to talk about. Trump is sometimes easy to talk about but then it's like but wait a sec this is actually really important so we can't just skip it because it's easy

jokes. Do something easy like abortion rights. Oh my god. Abortion rights is hard to talk about? What do you think I should cover? Maybe the Michigan primary? Okay. That's complicated and I don't know why, and I'm a Michigander. Yeah, I mean, do you know why? I mean, I'm not gonna put any money on Nicky Haley. Right. But for some reason it's like not everyone's on it. Yeah, I mean, Nicky Haley's not dropping out. Well, you're from Michigan, right?

So I think maybe, maybe I would do like a character piece where you talk to yourself and a mustache as your cousin from from Michigan. I like that. Commentating on the Michigan primary. One of the things that is interesting about maybe the primary is, do I feel like Nikki Haley is isn't that bad? Or is it just because I'm used to comparing her party to insanity? You know what I mean? Yeah. You know, like the crazy family that you grew up with and one of the siblings was normal and then you like,

well but actually they weren't normal. They were just the normalist. Yeah. Well I remember she was when she was at the UN she was one of the first Republicans that was kind of pushing back against Trump. I remember There we go. And she says it's really important to run against him right now. And she keeps saying, how can he be focused on being a good president when he's in court all the time? It's like, hello, yeah, good point. Yeah. Well, I mean, I think Michigan, too, like you have such a unique perspective, being from

the Midwest, that when you go home does it feel very different from the way it was before or do you feel like the parties just moved? Great question I grew up in Ann Arbor okay yeah so never mind which was trying to legalize weed since 1958 my first political event was my mom took me to see Bill Clinton give a speech. You know what I mean? So now it's also really important living in an Arbor to drive 20 minutes in any direction and see Republican signs and Trump signs. So Michigan is one of those battleground states, unions, you know, this was the first president ever to stand out with the auto union. Of all these years, there was an auto union strike and Joe Biden was on the picket line.

That's kind of interesting. Yeah. I don't know if he knew he was there. No, but that is wild and really important and, uh, I found pretty interesting. John Stewart here. Unbelievably exciting news. My new podcast, The Weekly Show. We're going to be talking about the election, economics, ingredient to bread ratio on sandwiches.

Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcast. Let's talk about what's on everyone's mind. Yes. The piece we just shot. Yes. Climate proof Duluth. Can you give our listeners a quick summary? I can, but you know it better than I do. But climate change refugees, a little bit of a wink wink with the word refugee there.

People are fleeing big cities to go to climate change proof cities and Duluth is one of them. Why don't you correct me? Yeah, yeah, climate havens. Why are they climate havens? Yeah, the idea is there's cities that can support more population? So a lot of these climate havens I think they were built for a lot of their their tas. Yeah, the idea is there's cities that can support more population so a lot of these Midwestern cities have they were built for a lot more people than live there now so they have the infrastructure like Detroit is one of these places. Detroit was built for a much larger population than it has. In and up. If you look at the map of America, it's in and up is what some of these cities are. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And then you look at, yeah, California, Arizona, like all these states are having water issues, Lake Superior, where a lot of these cities are located,

has 10% of the world's drinking water. So it's places where, you know, the worst effects of climate change, hopefully will be mitigated. But then, of course, when we went there and there and there and th th th and th and the the thi th went there and talked to people, we found out really climate change is happening there. Yeah, well let's talk about, at one point in the piece I said, I don't know if you guys are climate havens or if you're just good at dealing with extreme weather, but that didn't make it in. Yeah. It was at one point, it was in a cut. You know what? Well, how do things get put into? Well, well, well, well, well, well, well, well, thi thi, well, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, that, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, th. Well, th. Well, th. Well, th. Well, th. Well, th. Well, th. Well, th. Well, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that do things get cut and how do things get put in? Well, um... For our listeners? Yeah, if it gets a laugh, it gets cut. Usually, yeah. I mean, if it's

something that's just unequivocally funny, like you falling into a snowbang, we're never going to cut that. Our daughter does not watch TV in the morning. Yeah, I say that patting myself on the back. But today I was like, I wanted to see the piece. So I said to my daughter, do you want to watch it? And she said to the watch it? And she said, yeah, and we watched it and she laughed at the Pratt fall. My daughter laughed at this morning. Oh my gosh. She loved the pratt. So I am funny. She laughed. She was funny. She's. I to to to to to to to to to to to to the to the to the to the the to the the to to the th. I th. I th. I th. I the th. I said to their both both both both both. I said to to to to to to my their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their. I their. I their. I their. I their. I their. I their. I their. I their. I their. I their. I. I was. I. I. I. I. I. I was. I. I was. I was. I was. I was. I said. I was. I said. I said. I said. I said. I said. I said. I said. I said. I said. I said. I said. I said. I said. I said. I said. I said. I said. I th. I said. I said. I said. I said. I said. I said. I to. I to do a fall down here or something. I really abused you a lot doing that fees. It wasn't that bad. Three degree, or 30 degree water, three degree air without a coat, falling into multiple snow banks. Holy shit, you know what's happening? I forgot about that abuse.

And this is like when people decide to have another kid. It's like genetically they forgot about the troubles of the first kid. I forgot about all that stuff, but I didn't feel, I, you know, for me, maybe it's because I'm Midwest. Cold, I can at least wrap my head around, but like those man on the streets that we've done, where you're sweating all the time, oh yeah, Bricky dressed as the Bricke of the cold. I wholeheartedly agree. Yeah. Even this time of year I'll walk around with my coat open like oh gosh it's so

refreshing. Right. But also you know what I've learned in my time here? Because I've now developed enough memories and I look back on these moments that I didn't like at the time and I look back on them fondly. And I remember when when you were like how do you feel about a cold plunge in lake. the the the the the the the to the to to to to the to the to to the to to the to to to the to the th. th. th. th. th. to toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. I'm toe. I'm toe. I'm toe. I'm toe. I'm toe. I'm toe. I'm toe. I'm toe. I'm toe. I'm toe. I'm toe. I'm toe. I's. I's. I's. I's. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I. I'm. I'm. I'm te. I'm te. I'm te. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. te. too. te. te. I'm tole. I'm t you were like, how do you feel about a cold plunge in Lake Superior on sunrise, which is what, 5.50 a.m. And I remember thinking, oh my god, I don't want to do that. And then I was like, but now a little more aged Michael said, this is going to be a unique experience. For sure, it's going to be dipping in Lake Superior in February during sunrise and man it was excellent and you even dipped. I know I wasn't going to. Let's talk about that. I wasn't going to and I thought you know what you're having so much fun. I mean that's what I. I dipped once and then Sarah went in? I will say a little secret you know it looks like you're having a terrible time in that cold plunge but you were loving it. Was I? Yeah and I remember Justin was like. th. th. th. to. to. to. to. to. to. to. the. to. to. to. the. to. to. to. the. the. th. 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 th. Let. Let. Let. Let. Let. Let. Let. Let. Let. I. I. I was th. I was th. I was th. I was th. I was tell. I was tell. I was tell. I was tell. I tell. I was tell. I tell. I was tell. I was tell. Let's tell. Let's tell. Let's to, and I remember Justin was like, you could, you should dunk your head under and I kind of lied and I was like, oh no, you don't want to mess up your hair, but

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I'm frozen to the thick. Well, and one thing you mentioned his name, Justin's the guy who owns the sauna and the cold plunge there, cedar and stone or whatever it's called. But one thing that's cool about these pieces is you get to meet locals. You often connect with them. You're sitting there shooting something together, and there's so many pieces where you chat with these people for a while and I don't know if you want to call them friends, but they become they become colorful

characters in your memory of these pieces. Yeah, yeah. No, I've kept in touch with. But couldn't have said it better Michael, thank you. A few people from the field pieces. It's like you get to meet these really interesting folks. Do you remember it's been a while since we shot this? Okay. Okay. Okay. the the the the the th. the th. th. the the th. th. the th. the the th. the th. the th. the th. the th. th. the th. th. th. th. th. the th. thi. the the the thi. the the the they. It's, they. It's, they. It's, the, the, the, the, the, the, the, th. It's, the, th. It's, th. It's, th. It's, th. It's, th. It's, th. It's, th. It's, th. It's, th. It's, the the th. It's, th. It's, the th. It's, thi. It's, they. It's, they. It's, they. It's, they. It's, they. It's, they. It's, they. It's, they. It's. Okay. Do you remember some of the bits that you, that we shot that didn't make it into the final edit? I remember the Roy bit. That got cut. Yes, that was such a funny. That was a funny bit with Roy. Mindy who was this, you know, working for the government of Duluth said, you know, we're trying to attract more people to move here. We could to to to move here. th. to move here. th. th. th. to th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the, the. the. thi. the. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. 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 the the. the. the. the. the. to. to. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toe. toda. toe. today. toe. toe. toe. thro. the. the. thrying to attract more people to move here, we could use more diversity. That's what it was. And then your response was, oh diversity, let me call my friend Roy. We face-time Roy, hey you want to move to Duluth, he hangs up on you. That was a good one. It was a really funny moment. It was a good one. It was a really, the thrown to the toy So remember Jamie was talking about the porta-potty racing? That's right.

Where they put porta-potties on skis and like push them down the street? Yeah, I remember that. You know what I'll say to your listeners? Because I'm a Michigander and I have to say that's some required. I don't think people understand the vastness of the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the thak the Great Lakes. It's worth googling and even reading the Wikipedia page of Lake Superior. I mean, I have done this. The depth, the volume, I mean, I forget what it's,

the residence time of a drop of water in Lake Superior, is like 119 years. That means if a droplet of water flows into Lake Superior, that droplet of water stays there for 119 years. Our little like lake in your backyard, that's like two months. Lake Superior is absolutely gorgeous. Remember to the coffee shop and it's like, there's like a trail. Look, if you live in New York or LA, let me tell you something.

In Duluth, you go to this coffee shop, you get a coffee, and they have a built-in trail that just takes you to the lake. Yeah, that was in. What the fuck is this? It was called two rivers? Yeah, it was a beautiful coffee shop. They're like, oh, people right. And they. they. they. they. they. they. they. they. they. they. they. they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And th. And tha. And the the. they have they the the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. the. And thrown at me every day. Yeah, it was so beautiful there. The people were so kind, too. They were. Maybe that brings us to, you posted on Instagram saying, each field piece changes you a little, and this one really got me.

Can you unpack that? I do believe each field piece. Do you feel that way? Yeah, yeah, definitely. Or at least, I guess in the same in that you just, I learned something every piece. You know, maybe it's my skepticism in life, but I'm always kind of like, oh God, I don't want to do that. And when you said, like, how about a cold plunge at sunrise?

My first initial thought was probably, oh, God, I don't want to do that. But now I'm getting a little bit wiser tho thiiiii I was thinking, you know, this might be a really fun thing to do and it was. So fucking listen to your inner monologue, Michael, and you, can I talk to them for a second? Talk to them. You, at home, maybe it is going to be a fun experience for you to do what you don't want to do. And I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I to I to I to I to have I 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 to to to to to to to to the the the the the the the the the the the the the th. to. to. to. the the the the the the to to to to to to to to to to to f. to f. And I do have to say the cold plunge was amazing, partially because of the incredible sauna that was right next to the cold plunge. Although the coldest have ever been in my life,

Sarah, was that moment when you get out of the wall, and then you get to the sauna. Yeah. Because you're literally turning into an ice cube. The reason we did it at sunrise, to the the the sun. It was too windy to turn on the drone. So not only were you freezing, the wind chill was crazy that day. How did this piece change you if it did? Yeah I mean it really did. Like honestly I'm you know you were kind of joking about it before I'm one of those people that you know I want to to really make sure I got it it it 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 th. th. th. to to to to to to to to th. th. to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to th. th. to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. the th. the the th. th. th. th. th. the the thr. thrown. thrown. thrown. the thrown. the thrown. thrown. thrown. thrown thrown thrown thrown thrown three. three. I'm one of those people that, you know, I want to really make sure I got it. Yeah. And I wasn't going to go in the cold plunge because I was like, I got, we had to do man on

the street after that. I was like, I don't want to waste any time. I just want to get this done. And you know, it was a good sort of win in the the the the the thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, the thin, thin, thin, to, to, the the to, thin, the the to, the to, the to the to the to the to go, the the the the the the the the cold, the cold the cold the cold, the cold, the cold, the cold, the cold, the cold, the cold, the cold, the cold, the cold, the cold, the the cold, the the the the the the the the the the the cold, the the the the cold, the the the the the cold, the tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, thoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, th.. to get to jump in Lake Superior? I think the crew will be fine if they get to sit around and have some downtime for 15 minutes while I jump in the water. I'm glad you did it. It was fun that we did it together. Yeah. It reminded me of a piece I did in Switzerland with Stacey Angelis and we shot this Swiss guns.

One of the best daily show field pieces. Great, great great the piece the piece the piece the piece the piece the piece the piece 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 the the theat the theat they they they that that to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they they to the. I the. I the. I theat theat theat theat theat theat to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to shot... One of the best daily show field pieces. Great, great piece, thank you. So funny. But we shot on, we shot this river and burned Switzerland where people literally commute to work. They put their suits in a drybag and they jump in the river and they take the river to work. It's crazy. We shot this open five times. It never made it in the cut, but at the end Staceyze is is is is is is is is is is is is is the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the their. their. th. th. the. thease. thease. told. the. thrown. toe. toe. to to to to 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. tree. tree. tree. te. te. t te. te. te. tea. teea. teeea. toeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeea. tea. tea. tea. tea. times it never made it in the cut but at the end Stacy's like I'm jumping in to and we all jumped in the and floated the river together and I'm like these are fun moments yeah it was great it was so fun I'm trying to think about I flew directly in and we went straight to City Hall and I and it was under construction yeah that's right we flew inthat no one ever knows about these pieces is you are putting that suit on in a Very dicey place usually

Yeah, yeah, yeah As opposed to this coming week where I'm hosting I'm putting a suit on with like five people making sure everything is perfect Then the hair then the shoes even though no one ever sees your shoes your shoes. Your shoes are still amazing when you guest host. But how many times have you had to not even, you haven't even had the bathroom with the nail guns? It's been like, can you put on your suit in the van? And we can hold up a towel over the window.

I think that's partially why correspondence here have gone on and done some really amazing things because you kind of get battle tested. Not that putting on your suit in the van is like battle testing you, but you just get comfortable like figuring it out on the run. And I would say the same for the for the directors. I am curious to know though coming up this week, do you feel like watching John host the show these past two weeks, you've kind of picked up things about what he's the th.......... to, to, to, to, to, the to, 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, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, th.., th., th., th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, thin, to, thin, to, thin, thin, thin, thin, they, thin, they, they, they, they, they, the weeks, you've kind of picked up things about what he's doing that are affecting, you know, the way you want to host. Maybe the things you want to say, how you want to say them. Yeah, I mean, it might have been Paul Riser, the comedian, who told me once that you actually get inspired by watching mediocrity and saying, I know I can do that. So when I watch John, I don't get inspired. I get nervous. I say, it's so easy for this guy.

So that's the opposite. But I love how he lets the moment come to him. He plays a clip, and then we go back to him, and he doesn't have to speak right away. He allows himself and the audience to digest it. That's one thing I've noticed immediately because I think I'm always like, okay get to the thing, get to the thing, it's like, wallowing it, live in it. And I have to use a sports reference. I'm a guy, I come from a jock background. So the only best way I can describe it is like, I am really looking forward to getting more at-bats because I think over the

course of many at-bats I'll show improvement as opposed to just one at-bat like, okay you better be good. So that's my big thought. Great. You did a great hosting week though. It was so fun. It's so fun to be in charge. Not like from an authoritarian way, but from a, I want to talk about this topic and I want to talk about this this this this this tho tho tho tho tho tho tho thi about thi about thi about thi about thi. I thi. I thi thi thi, I thi, I thi, I tho tho tho tho tho, I'll thi, I'll thi, I'll thi, I'll thi, I'll thi, I'll thi, I'll thi, I'll thi, I'll thi, I'll thi, I'll thi, I'll thi, I'll thi, I'll thi, I'll thi, I'll thi, I'll thi, I'll thi, I'll thi, I'll thi, I'll thi, I thi, I thi, I'll thi, I'll thi, I'll thi, I'll thi, I'll tooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo. I'll, I'll thi, I'll. It's so fun to be in charge, not like from an authoritarian way, but from a I want to talk about this topic and I want to talk about this topic and I don't want to talk about this topic and they go, okay, fun, let's talk about the topic you want to talk about. That is so nice. Yeah, and you came right in day to thi. to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the to to to to the to to the to to to the to the to to to their. to to to to to to to to to to to to to to the the to talk about to to to to this. I want to to to to to to to to to to to to this. I this. I this. I this this. I this this this this. I I I this this. I I this. I I this, and I this, and I this, and I th. I th. And I th. And I th. And I th. And I, and I the, and I want the, and I want try, I want try, I want talk, I want talk, I want to talk, I want to to to talk, I want to to to to to to to to to to to to talk, and I want to th was months before anything was going on there. It was strange that I was so obsessed with it. You just knew. Well, thanks for listening everybody. Thank you, Sarah, for having me on Daily Show's podcast.

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