The Daily Show: Ears Edition - Stephen Hawking Posthumously Answers the Big Questions & Kleenex Accused of Sexism | Lewis Hamilton

Episode Date: October 19, 2018

The late Stephen Hawking sounds off on God, Georgia residents face voter suppression ahead of the 2018 midterms, and Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton stops by. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You're listening to Comedy Central. John Stewart here. unnebly 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. October 18, 2018.

From Comedy Central's World News Headquarters in New York, this is the Daily Show, everybody. Thank you so much for treating it. I'm Trevor Noah. Thank you, everybody. Thank you. Take a seat, let's get into it. Our guest tonight is a four-time Formula One world.

Louis Hamilton is here, everybody. That's right. He's the only man in the world who can drive almost as fast as a New York taxi. But first, let's catch up on today's headlines. Let's kick it off with sports. The Boston Red Sox on the road to the World Series. And they got a helping hand last night from the opposing team's fans. Houston Chronicle reports and Astros fans says he did not interfere with Jose Altube's

potential tying home run in game four of the AL Championship Series. Last night, Astros fan Troy Caldwell and Orange was nearby when Mookie bets of the Red Sox jumped to catch a long by by Al Tube, but it bounced off his glove. The umpire ruled fan interference and called the potential to run Homer an out. The Astros needed that to run Homer. The final score was eight to six to the Red Sox. Okay, first of all, I don't think it's fair to call it fan interference, all right?

The ball was coming right at him. All right? What is supposed to do? Just sit there, be like, I hope he catches it, I hope he catches it. I hope he catches it. He didn't catch it. He didn't catch it. Like, to be honest, I don't blame the fan. I blame baseball.

Why would you put your fans in a position to affect the second on the clock, Steph Curry takes the game-winning shot, and then the fan is like, nuh. Like, this poor fan, man, he just wanted to take a baseball home. I get it. I mean, the last time I was at a Mets game, I got myself a baseball, and I still keep it at home, you know, I give him water and rice every few days. I understand. But let's move on to some science news.

Stephen Hawking was one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists alive. And thanks to his new book, he's also one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists not alive. Late physicist Stephen Hawking is now posthumously providing his own brief answers to the big questions in his final book. Horking writes, there is no god that that that that that the laws the laws that the laws the laws tha tha, There is no God, that the laws of nature can explain everything. He says that intelligent alien life is out there, and that time travel, at least into the past, is actually possible. Wow, those are some big claims, man. And I'm not saying he's right or wrong, but he also predicted that Pete and Ariana would make it,

so... You tell me. And you've got to admit, him saying what he said is pretty gangster, right? Because, I mean, he's saying there's no God right before he dies? No, because it's easy to say there's no God when you're young, but he was like two minutes from finding out. That's gangster. Like for all he knows, he could die and then show up in heaven, then God will be like, so Stephen Hawking. Can I have your autograph? I'm a big fan, I'm a big fan, man. But it's just a great news that time travel is possible. I mean, that's what Stephen Hawking says. You can travel in time back to the past. I hope that he's right, and I hope it happens soon. Because if I could go back in time,

I would go back to right before the Titanic hit the iceberg, right, so that I could be there to say, hey, Rose, don't throw the name of their man-sized tissue box. Yes, after people complained that it was sexist. So I guess now they're going to change it to, I don't know, my guess is jerk-off size. It's a more honest. And I completely agree with this because ladies can have book as big as man-s. So it's a good name change. Honestly, the only time I need a man-sized Kleenex is when I'm watching a sad movie, like Titanic. You know, I just sit there like, that poor diamond is getting thrown away.

All right, let's move on to our top story. As you know, we're a few weeks away from the scariest, spookiest time of the year. The midterm elections. MOOHAH HA! MOOHAH HA! I'm going to go as millions of illegal votes. Anyway, the midterms are in 19 days. And this year, this year every single vote counts. But there are a few states that are looking to change that. As the midterm elections rapidly approach, there's been a rash of voter identification conflicts in states across the country.

Laws across the U.S. are being passed to make it harder, not easier to vote. Since the 2016 election, nine states with Republican state legislatures have passed laws restricting the vote. We've seen time and time again, when Republicans can't went outright as far as votes, then they resort to what many would call cheating. Ah, come on, Republicans? Instead of trying to appeal to diverse voters, you'd just rather try and block their votes,

huh? It's like being a contestant on jeopardy, and instead of trying to win by being the smartest person, you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you you to spend to spend to spend you to spend you to spend to spend you to spend you to spend you to spend you to spend you to spend you to spend you to spend you to spend you to spend you just to spend you just to spend you just to spend to spend to spend to spend to spend to spend to spend to spend 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 to the the the the the the to the to the the to the the to the the to the the the the the thi. the tie. the the thea. the thea. the thea. the. the the. toe. to to to to to to to to to to tasing your competition. And the worst part is that Alex Rebeck probably wouldn't help you. You'd be like, ah, ah, Alex would be like, I'm sorry, we were looking for what is? Ah, ah. Now, voter suppression is an issue all over the United States. Right now, one of the most prominent examples is in Georgia.

You see, the governor's race is neck and neck. You've got Stacey Abrams who could become the first black female governor ever, and you've got Republican, Brian Kemp, who would become the first white governor named Brian Kemp in Georgia, I think. And because the race is so close, something like this could make all the difference. The Associated Press reports that ahead of this historic election, more than 53,000 Georgia residents have had their registrations put on hold, thanks to a policy that requires their applications to precisely match information from other state agencies. Now basically, if your voter registration doesn't match up exactly with your DMV or Social

security information, your registration is put on hold. Voter registration doesn't match up exactly with your DMV or Social Security information. Your registration is put on hold and you may not be able to vote. We're not talking about major details like your address. We're talking about simple misspellings, a rogue hyphen, a nickname on one form and your full name on another. Okay, now I think this is just bullshit, right? You're telling me that some people won't get to vote just because the voter name name, th me, th me, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, tho, their, tho, tho, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, to vote, to vote, to vote, to vote, to vote, to vote, to vote, to vote, 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 vote, to vote, to vote, to vote, to vote, to vote, to vote, to vote, to vote, to, their, their, their, their, their, their, their, thi. to thi. thi. thr-s. tho-s. tho-s. too-a. too, too, too, to to to to to to to thi. to the. to vote just because their voter name doesn't exactly match their name on file. It's funny how this happens with voting, but it never stops the IRS. Yeah? The IRS is never like, oh, we had Trevoknoa, I guess you don't have to pay taxes this year.

No. They'd be like, hey, Trevor Noah, you misspelled your name, I'll give you one guess as to which type of people had their voter registrations put on hold. Georgia's population is approximately 32% black, but the list of voter registrations on hold is nearly 70% black. Well, well, well, well. My old friend racism. I've been expecting you. Well, well, well, my old friend racism.

I've been expecting you. Isn't it interesting? Isn't it interesting how every time Republicans create a voting restriction, it just so happens to disproportionately affect people of the brown brown, brown? And I'm not gonna lie, it's very slick.. Yeah because on the surface it always seems legitimate. Yeah A hundred years ago the argument was nothing personal we can't let people vote if they don't know how to read and they're like oh ironic look at that

And now today it's like how can we trust that it's really you if the names aren't exactly the same and black people like? Yeah, but why people the the the the the the the the the the the the 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. 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 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 their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their their ust that it's really you if the names aren't exactly the same? And black people like, yeah, but white people never spell my name right. Well, that's too bad, Doreek. It's like, yo, it's Derek. The truth is, let's be honest. Let's be honest. You don't have to say who you're targeting to target someone. You just have to know to know to know to know to know to know to know to know to know to know to know to know to know use it to know which rules are likely to hit them the most, right? Like if I was trying to block white people at the voting booth, I wouldn't need to say, no white people are allowed. I'd just be like, sorry, no pumpkin spice lattes in the voting booth. I'm sorry, folks.

I'm sorry, folks. Yeah, you got to go home. No, Derek, you're good. Come on in, man. Come on in. And what makes this Georgia situation extra shady? Extra, extra shady is who's in charge of allowing people to vote. Camp never stepped down as the current Secretary of State, which means he is a person overseeing the upcoming election. And as the current Secretary of State, he's responsible for elections and voter registration. Well, well, well, well. It appears there's something wrong with my jab.

Come on, guys, really? The guy in charge of the election is also running the election. Like, that is some African-level shit right there. We're used to let all the time on the continent. Some will be like, OK, now that everyone has voted, I'm going to take the ballots into the other the other the other the other the other their their their that all the time on the continent. Some will be like, okay, now that everyone has voted, I'm going to take the ballads into the other room, and when I come back, I'll tell you how I want.

I mean, who want? I'll tell you who want. And now, look, the truth is if you ask Kemp, he'll say that the registration blocking isn't happening because these people are black, and it's not happening because he's in charge. He's going to say it's happening because most people who filled out their forms wrong just happen to be black. Because you see, white people fill out forms like this, and black people fill out forms like

this. And look, we can go back and forth on this all day, right? But I think I know how to solve this. This is what I think we should do. Every black person in America needs to register as a Republican. Right? No, hear me out. Just say you're going to vote red. You don't have to do it.

Just be like, I'm a Republican. When you go out to ask you who you vote for, just be like, yo, snitches get stitches. That's all you do. That's all you do. And I guarantee you. I guarantee you, if the GOP thinks that black people are voting for them, they will make sure that your vote counts. They're going to be waving travans into the voting boot like a third-based coach. And if you don't believe me, if you don't th, if you don't th, if you don't th, if you don't thi thi thi thu, if you don't believe me, if you don't believe me, if you don't believe me, if you don't thi, if you don't believe me, if you don't believe me, if you don't believe me, if you don't believe th. Before him, Republicans were like, black people, just do your job. Shut up and dribble. But all he had to do was put on a MAGA hat, and they let him into the White House to yell at the president's about time travel in the Oval Office. So if it worked for Kanye West, it'll work for you.

We'll be right back. We'll be right back. 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. Welcome back to the Daily Show. My guest tonight is a four-time Formula One world champion. Please welcome Lewis Hamilton. Welcome to the show. Thank you. It is so good to have you here and I think for many of my viewers I have to situate you and who you are because it's a little bit crazy.

You are a four-time Formula One world champion. Formula One is one of the biggest sports in the world. You're a race car driver but oftentimes when I have to explain to people they go like, what is the turn the other way. And like, is it strange for you, is it a bit surreal? Being in a position where you are in a sport that genuinely is hundreds of millions of people watch this around the world, but in America there's many people who have no clue what you do. I wouldn't say it's strange. I think, you have, that's our soccer in England. So, and we only have one race here,

and we've not had a race here for many, many years. There was a gap we had to think up until 2007. It was Indianapolis and then not until 2012. So, but it's growing here, but yeah, I'm educating. Every time I meet someone I'm telling them something new. And particularly when I talk about the weight that I lose, they're like, wow. How much weight do you lose? Because people don't know. Well, the most I've ever lost in the race

is 10.5 pounds in an hour and 45 minutes. And that was like Malaysia and Singapore. And so every time I tell that to an American, they're like, wow, I need need to to to to to be need to be need to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be to be a to be a to be a to be a to be a to be a to be a to be a to be a to one of the reasons F1 is going in America is because of your presence. You're not a regular racing driver that's only on the track. You're out and about. People love your story. So what I think a lot of people have been really attracted to when it comes to your story

is the journey that you are on. So, I mean, you grew up in a sport that is rarely reserved for very rich people, right? But you did not grow up rich at all, and your dad made your career possible. Like, how did that all begin? How hard was that journey getting into F1? It was incredible. I grew up on my dad's couch,

and in a normal counselor, toeatheat, and it was a weekend hobby for me and my dad. We kind of stumbled across it. We started racing RC cars when I was four. Right. And he thought I had really good hand-to-wide coordination so he bought me a go car. It was really old from a newspaper and we arrived at the track for the first time. We were not welcome. We were the only black people there. And you know and it was very very expensive so my dad had four jobs just to keep us going. He was going to London doing his normal job, which was IT at a railroad station. And then he would come home, he'd be putting up for sales,

signs, vending machines, anything he could find a little bit of cash to, because it's so expensive. Right. But I was lucky I got signed when I was 13. So that's really, but the goal, and my dream, tham, tham, tham, tham, thi thi thi thi thi thi thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, 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, th, th. And, th. And, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi., thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. toooooooooo. And, too., but the goal and my dream started when I was five was to be like Etten Center, which you know very much about and and kind of we never lost sight about. But my dad, well my dad didn't want us to do is to struggle as he did. He's from Grenada, came to London and you know struggled really, finding money, finding good job. And he also my brother's disabled, so he's like I don't want my kids to struggle like I have. to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to their their their their their their their their their their. I their their their. I their. I'm their. I'm their. I'm to be their. I their. I their. I's their. I's their. I's their. I's their. I's their. I's their. I's their. I's their. I'm their. I'm their. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm. I'm the the the the the try. I'm try. I'm try. I'm try. I'm try. I'm try. I'm try. I'm try. I'm try. I'm try. I'm try. I'm not. I'm t want my my kids to struggle like I have so he worked To the bone to create an opportunity for us right the two of you were a team I mean you've got your dad teaching you how to race cars you get signed at 13 and that's really the beginning of the journey Because many people have said in the world that F1 is the pinnacle of driving. I mean, these are the fastest cars? the fastest. F 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f f 1 f 1 f 1 f 1 f 1 f1 1 f1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1. F f1 1. F 1 1 1 1. F 1. F 1. F 1. F 1. F1 1. F. F. F. F. F. F. 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 th. F. F. F. F. F. th. th. th. th. th. th. t. t. t. te. two. two. two. two. two. two. two. two. two. two. two. two. th. th. th. th. th. th. these are the fastest cars in the world. You know, this is 0 to 60 and what is it now? Is it a second now?

What are you at now? What is it? Still, 2? Oh, still 2. Oh, I'm sorry. Still 2 seconds. 0 to 60 in 2 seconds. You have this machine that you are controlling.

And you are driving against the fastest drivers in the world. world champion every single day is a challenge for you and now you're going to be racing in Austin in America and you could win your fifth world championship which which is record-breaking on so many levels. Do you sometimes take a moment to pause and go like this is this is surreal? Oh every day I'm you know I get to travel the world I get to see and meet so many different people and racing the form one car is just the greatest thing man I remember racing the Formula car is just the greatest thing man. I remember from the first day that I got to drive a Formula car in 2006 and when I entered Formula when I was 22 I'm 33 now and my goal is always to emulate this this older legendary driver he was a Brazilian who died in a

sport because it is a dangerous sport and he was three-time well champion as you know. And so two years ago, I equaled him, which was kind of just an incredible moment for me. And then since then, I've kind of been trying to carry on the baton from him, because, as I said, he was the guy I always wanted to be. Right, and you're still the paddock they'll show like all the drivers all the drivers and just generally I mean like F1 in many ways is sort of like equestrian sports you can see

what a person looks like when they're in it you like yeah yeah you do you ride the horses you ride the horses you're like everyone's got that and then it gets to you and it's like I'm bringing hip-hop to the sport? I know. Is he bringing, is he gonna put like a sound system on his car? Is that what's happening here? Exactly how it is. But like you've shown that you can still be yourself and be a professional racing driver at the same time. Has that been an important journey for you? It really has and it's thi to break that mold to break that mold to break that mold that mold that mold that mold that mold. that mold. that mold. that mold. that mold. that mold. that mold. that mold. that mold. that mold. that mold. T that mold. T that mold. that mold. that that that that that that that that that that that that that that. that that. that that was that's that's that's that's that's that's that what that what that what that what that what that what that what that what that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. 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 that's that's that's that's that's that's that's thatto, this is what a racing driver does is how they look and this is how they talk. To break that mold has taken a long time. I've been here now, it's my 11th season.

But I think in today's world you have to transcend, you have to do something different, you have to show you uniqueness and not shy away from that. And now it's accepted when I do all tho tho tho tho tho tho tho their tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho tho the the is tho tho tho tho tho tho tho th. th. I'm th. I'm the the that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's that's th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I th. I's th. I's th. I's th. I's the. I've the. I'm the. I'm the the the thean. I'm thean. I'm thean. I'm thean thean. I've thean thean. I've thean. I've thean. I've the that's really something that I've really worked hard on. And now it's accepted. When I do all this traveling, which is a lot more than any other race I ever does, right? And then they're like, oh, he's going to be distracted. And I turn up and I win, and then they're, oh, well, that was good of the key things. You're always in the magazines for your fashion sense, and now you've taken that to the next level. You've teamed up with Tommy Hilfiger, right?

And I think it's, the thing is Tommy X-Lewis, which I say is Tommy Biden-Lewis, but this is tomorrow is to agree on what this is. But the fashion itself is being really well received. You had a show in China, which was phenomenal. Like you had everyone from J.J. Hadid there. You have the world now looking to your clothing and they're going like, you're a fashion designer. How do you go from racing cars to designing clothes?

Like they don't, because like racing drivers are very like, yes, we turns and we drive, and we go straight and they come back. That's a racing driver. And then you're like, yeah, like the shapes and everything? Like, where did that come from? Honestly, it's been an incredible experience. I met Tommy here in New York like five years ago. And every time I saw him, he was like, I love how you're dressing, to d. to d. to d. to d. to d. to d. to d. to d. to d. to d. to d. to d. to d. to d. to d. to d. tod. tod. today. today. today. today, today. the the tha. tha. tha. the 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 the the the the the th. the th. thi. tria. tria. tria. tria. tria. tria. tria. tria. tria. tria. tria. tria. tria. tria. to do something with me. I didn't truly believe what you were saying. I've had the same thing.

I had H and M say, like, yo, you dress really well. So I mean, we're both in the same boat. But yeah, yeah, carry on. That's how we roll. So yeah, so Tommy, he'llteam sponsor and the opportunity to design my own clothing collection. So I really took it on as an internship really because I get to learn from an icon like Tommy and I did a lot of homework. I had been going to a lot of fashion shows.

Fashion is just something I've always been into. And also just discovering the looks that I like, I'm, I, I, the, the, the, the, the, th, th, th, th, th, the, th, the, th, thi, thi, thi, the, thi, thi, thi, thi, thi, the, the, the, the, their, the, their, the, I'm, the, the, the, the, the, their, their, and, I'm, and, and, I'm, and, I'm, and, and, I, I, I, and, and, and, I, and, and, I, I, I, I, and, I, I, I, I, I, I, and, I, and, the, the, the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the the thin, thin, they...e.e.e. And, they.e.e.e. And, they. And, they. And, they. And, they. And, the the the the the the the the the. always been into. And also just discovering the looks that I like and discovering how I want to dress and express myself. So, and it's going really well. It's sold out in, when I was in Tokyo, it sold out there, I think in the states for the first couple, or a few weeks it came out. It was a large, like 77% of sales, was my collection. So it's amazing. Yeah. You also have really been advocating for

and you implemented it in having models who are diverse. You like when I saw the runway show it was everyone who looked like everyone it was it was really beautiful and different to see on a runway and that wasn't a mistake. No absolutely so I like to get involved in everything and I micromanage everything so so so I know what music we were in? So I did the music, the playlist for the show. When we had the, it is the men's show, so it was just going to be men, and I was like, I really want it to be mixed. I do want women to walk and dress in these clothes, because, you know, today's world,

women do wear men's clothes. And I think diversity and inclus clothing. It's fantastic man. Congratulations on everything you're going. It's started to the race. The Formula One US Grand Prix in Austin will take place on October 21st and the Tommy X-Lewis collection is available now. Louis Hamilton everybody! The Daily Show with Cove Noa, Ears Edition. Watch the Daily Show weeknights at 11, 10 Central on Comedy Central and the Comedy Central Act. Watch full episodes and videos at the Daily Show. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and subscribe to the Daily Show on

YouTube for exclusive content and more. This has been a comedy central podcast. This has been a comedy central podcast. 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 options the the of of of of the of of the ofions ofions thions thions thions thi thi. tho. tho. tho. thi thi thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. tho. tho. tho. Hey tho. Hey tho. Hey tho. Hey tho. Hey to to to to to to th. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey. th. Hey. Hey. th. Hey. th. Hey. 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. tho. th. th. 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.