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Episode Date: November 13, 2023

The Daily Show jumps back in time to this day in 2014: host Jon Stewart covers the controversy around purchasing ivory and Minneapolis Mayor, Betsy Hodges, sends news outlets into a frenzy after posing for a picture with a volunteer with "questionable" hand gestures. Also, Jon sits with former Daily Show correspondent Steve Carell to discuss his latest film, "Foxcatcher."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. You're listening to the Daily Show. Welcome to the Daily Show. My name is John Stewart. We have a tremendous show for you this evening.

We have prepared it with the greatest of care, the greatest of love. My name is John Stewart. We have a tremendous show of plan for you this evening. We have prepared it with the greatest of care, the greatest of love, our guest tonight, a young actor named Carol. the young actor named Carol. Not familiar, but I hear good things. But first, last night we poked a little fun at the APEC summit in Beijing for making world leaders wear goofy clothes and displaying what I believe pyrotechnic professionals referred

to as fireworks out the yin yang. But fair is fair, there were some results. President Obama and President Xi Jinping of China announced a major deal on climate change. The world's two biggest polluters agreed to reduce their carbon emissions. Oh my god, that's... I had no idea that was going to happen. Less carbon emissions from the two of the world's largest polluters. This calls for a celebration. No, that... No, no, no, no, no, no, no. The fireworks. The fire. The fire. The fire, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, less, no, no, no, no, no, no, the fireworks thing is actually working again. Okay. I think this deal is going to

call for a bit of a cultural shift. But listen, this is great. So obviously you can't do anything real about the environment without China on board. Which brings us to our next issue. anything real about the environment without China on board. Which brings us to our next issue. Chinese gangs are being accused of smuggling huge amounts of ivory from Tanzania with the help of Tanzania and officials. Chinese embassy staff were major buyers of their ivory. The consignments of ivory were sent to China in diplomatic bags on the presidential plane. Ivory sent in diplomatic bags.

What, what's that in my bag? No, no. No, it's not an elephant tusk. It's a giant dildo. Not made of ivory. I have a thing for incredibly oversized pointy dildo. So if you'll excuse me, the Punisher and I have to catch a plane. How could you China? Providing a market for illegal poachers, I don't know how you, China, can even look at yourself in your incredibly

intricately carved gilded ivory mirrors. What kind of soulless a moral country would be the largest retail market for ivory? The United States is the second largest retail market for elephant ivory. Hello! Wait, how can that possibly be? Unless the eye stands for ivory. I always thought it was white plastic.

Needless to say, our insatiable hunger for ivory trinkets, enjoy that? Our insatiable hunger for ivory trinkets is having a catastrophic impact on the ivory's original owners. A hundred thousand elephants were killed for their tusks over just three years. The animals have reached a tipping point with more elephants killed each year than those being born. If it continues, they'll be wiped out. All right. It's clear we've got two options, people. Either we, as humans, can decrease our consumption of ivory by no longer buying trinkets we don't even need. Or elephants can lose this to your gestation thing and start shooting out pups like a t-shirt

ganning. I mean, chop, chop, elephants, your careers can wait, come on. Start f-feehaw, come up! Look, clearly we're not going to save elephants because it's the right thing to do. That's just not us. So sweeten the pot. What's in it for us? The Tuskless. Terrorist groups have another source of fast cash to buy guns anden the pot. What's in it for us, the tuskless? Terrorist groups have another source of fast cash to buy guns and fund the rest of their illegal activities. They're slaughtering African elephants and selling the ivory tusks for a lot of money. Only 1.6 tusks would be required to fund a spectacular double terrorist attack on two embassies in East Africa.

So you're saying saving elephants can actually keep us from being victims in terrorist attacks? I mean, if we'll take off our shoes at airports to prevent terrorism. Surely we can stop buying souvenir ivory figurines made in the likeness of the ivory donor. Apparently, ivory money is funding almost every civil war, genocidal militia, and terrorist group in Africa, from al-Shabaab to Boko Haram. But you might be saying to yourself, didn't the U.S. ban ivory imports?

It's like, 1989, to which I would say, oh, you have a research team too, because, uh... I was... I was not aware of that, but we did. We did ban it. But that would be tusk-sized loopholes in it, me brother. You've been able to walk the streets of New York and find ivory for sale, and if you're a cop and say, I think your ivory is illegal, the first thing that the the the the thive thive thive thive thive thive that that that thiii over that that that thi, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, too, too, too, too, too, too, uh, too, uh, uh, too, too, too, too, uh, uh, tooom… I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, I's, toe, toe, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, too, the.e.e.e.e.e. And, tht tht too'er. And, I'm thi. And, I's, I I think your ivory is illegal the first thing that the ivory seller will say to you is no no no mine is antique. Oh it's antique, antique ivory is grandfathered in that salupo people pretend things are antique. Well guess what? That's not how our laws work for anything else. You can't say oh gee officer that cocaine was purchased by my grandmother in 1912.

So I think we're good here. You know what? Back then people were polite, they had respect. Would you like the cocaine? That's why earlier this year, the Obama administration proposed a new ban on all commercial ivory sales within the United States? And stricter documentation requirements for a the the the government, the Obama administration proposed a new ban on all commercial ivory sales within the United States and stricter documentation requirements for antiques. The new regulations, they effectively change the burden of proof. That's exactly right. It ships the burden of proof from the government to the holder of the ivory to prove any ivory they have is antique.

Now you know Democrats are going to support these rules. There's no animal They won't protect. It's why thousands of seven-year-olds' heads have been set aside as national lice preserves. But Republicans, Republicans accept a new regulation from the Obama administration, even one designed to save their beloved mascot? You have terrorist and rubble groups capitalizing on this trade. We need very aggressive action. I just find it horrendous that people are doing this in the 21st century. Nail these people.

We have just witnessed something rarer in nature than the African elephant. Bipartisan commitment to an issue. No? But of course, it makes sense. It makes total sense. Elephants get preserved. Terrorists get denied funding. What kind of an asshole would be opposed to it?

What we are first doing is trying to defeat this ivory ban. Oh, an NR asshole. Oh, NRA, is there anything that you won't try to kill that keeps other things from being killed? Why? Why would you be against something that keeps illicit money out of the hands of terrorists? It's also a firearms issue, but it's really an issue for anybody who has ivory. It's crazy.

This investment that you just inherited is worthless. It's going to drive the price of ivory up. Make the owner's criminal. Designed to hurt Americans. So I guess the only things that should be hurt here are giant land mammals and victims of African terrorism. Look, you know what? A bunch of nuts sitting around in the studio yacking on the radio.

That can't put a dent on this just and powerful bipartisan congressional resolve. No lawmaker's going to take the bait. For those who are concerned that this administration is trying to take away our guns. Well, this regulation could the the the the the the thiiii. thi. thi. thi. thi our guns, well, this regulation could actually do that. I've introduced legislation, S2587, the Lawful Ivory Protection Act of 2014, to stop this misguided policy from going forward. Mother-Fa-sha-sa'-see, this is why we can't have nice things. Like elephants. We'll be right back. See, this is why we can't have nice things. Like elephants.

We'll be right back. Election, Economics, Ingredient to Bread Ratio on sandwiches. Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcast. You know, we cover a lot of bad news. We'll be back to the show. You know, we cover a lot of bad news. But let's look at something that's good about America, from the great state of Minnesota. Community organizers were on the ground in their neighborhoods canvassing to encourage people to get out and vote.

One of the volunteers, the woman you see here in a purple hoodie sweatshirt, is Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges. She's posing for a photo with another volunteer named Navelle Gordon. You know what that's awesome it's grassroots democracy at its finest or to put that another way. This is a photo of Minneapolis mayor Betsy Hodges arm in arm with a man flashing what law enforcement agencies tell us is a known gang sign for a Northside gang. That's a gang sign. All this time I've been the lead-in for a notorious gang member.

That's a gang sign. All this time I've been the lead- in for a notorious gang member. Hellenit. You know what, that's it. I don't want that gang member. I want that guy gone by the end of the year. Anyway, KTSB Eyewitness News 5 has taken this story very seriously. Tonight, law enforcement sources alerted us to a photo that has them fuming over the actions of Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges.

They want to know why the mayor would take a picture with a convicted criminal while he and the mayor flash gang signs. I think it's obvious. It's to warn clown-ass bitches not to snitch. It's just not a sentence. It's just not a sentence I say a lot. So, how on earth can the mayor's office explain this blatant endorsement of criminal activity? A spokesperson concludes by saying, quote, she and the man in the photo are just pointing at one another, to which the head of the police union says,

she's been around long enough she knows better. Come on! She's held elective office since 2005, whereas pointing as a gesture only goes back to literally the very first form of human communication. By the way, that of course, no, do not encourage notorious gang kingpin Huggie D. All right, Samar Betsy Hodges was doing voter registration work with a man who wasn't in a gang and was brazenly flashing a not gang sign. So how does this get painted as a gang thing? One month ago she took a strong position on law enforcement and community relations. She wrote this in an open letter to the community.

Quote, some officers abuse the trust that is afforded to them and take advantage of their roles to do harm rather than prevented. Oh, I get what this is about. This isn't so much about the mayor flashing this sign at a supposed gang member as it is about the police union flashing this sign. Not the mayor. Not the mayor. Now anyway, the cops are mad. because the mayor criticized their conduct.

So when they came across this picture, they told everyone that it was actually this picture. Which means, unfortunately, it's time to once again update our list of innocent things black people do that look suspicious. Buh. Hold on, hold on. Here we go. Don't wear a hoodie. Don't carry Skittles. Don't carry keys. Don't reach for a wallet. Don't drive in a car in a nice neighborhood. Don't drive in a car in a nice neighborhood. Don't drive in a car. Don't be keys, don't reach for a wallet, don't drive in a car in a nice neighborhood, don't drive in a car, don't be a passenger to car, don't knock

on a white person's door, and now, don't point. Which of course, for God's sakes, means black people, whatever you do, stay away from sporting events. We'll be right back. 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. I'm going to have to get tonight. Gentleman has a new film out called Fox Catcher. Please welcome back to the program, Steve Korel. Steve! Steve! You're going to have to explain something to me.

I'm going to need some help here. Yeah. I'm going to need some help here. So I go and this is something and I don't mean, there's no way to be disrespectful. I go to see the movie Foxcatcher. I see the movie Foxcatcher. It's a brilliant movie. It's a wonderful movie. The performances are incredible. You're not in it. No. I don't see. I watch the whole thing. They keep telling me,

Steve Corel, he's great in this. You won't believe it. He's so good. I know you. You're not in this movie. No, I am not. You weren't in that clip. I looked all over the thing. There is a gentleman in it who is who is phenomenal. Who is phenomenal. Tell me about that. thi. thi. the the their. their. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. thi. th. th. th. th. th. th. thi. thi. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He. He's is. He's is. He's th. th. th. th. the. the. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. th. that. He plays this character DuPont, who is sort of a twisted, he's an eccentric, rich. He plays it, he inhabits, he doesn't play it. It's not even acting, it's being. It... It... It... It's funny. It... It's... It's funny. He disape. Let me tell you something. I'm watching it with Al and I went to me and he says in the middle of it, I don't know who that guy is, but I'm quitting. Because that guy's so acty. What would they call it? Good.

Acty. Good acty. It's ridiculous, dude. Did you have any, when you watch it, does it even feel like you? Does it, do you even remember it? It's an incredible performance. It was, I'll admit, it was weird. It was weird. It was weird.

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He is a tape-hawn off. A fawn off. You're acting. Shakespeare from the grave got an erection watching your movie. I have never seen a director achieve in any movie in history what you were able to achieve in the movie Rosewater. It no honestly honestly it is I know you're trying to you're blocking John. Because you don't you don't want you don't want me to embarrass you.

It's a fantastic. Thank you so much. You know what he came to see it in tell you right and I have to embarrass you. No, I'm very proud of it Thank you so much. You know what he came to see it in tell you right and I have to say it was the first time We showed it to a crowd. It was so good. And when I saw Steve come out through the crowd It really did like I got like watery like you came up and I know I was just like I know I know it's like I know it's like? It was like, I was like, I was like, I was like was like was like was like was like was like was like was like was like what it was like what it was like what was like what was like what was like what was like what was like what what what what what what what what what what what what what what th th th th like like like like like like like like like like like like like like like like like like like th the th th like like th like like like like like like like like like like like like like like like like like like like 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 the the the the the the the the ttttell tell you tell you tell you tell you tell you tell you tell you tell you tell you tell you tell you tell you the the the. Had you been to tel your ride previously? No, I hadn't. It's 50,000 feet above sea levels. It is. Yeah. I felt like, you tell me if you felt like this.

When I got off, there's like gondolas that take you places, because you can't walk. Right. And I remember not being able to breathe not to breathe not to breathe not to breathe to breathe to breathe to breathe to breathe to breathe to breathe to breathe to breathe to breathe to breathe to breathe to breathe to breathe to breathe to breathe to breathe but everybody else was walking or you felt like I was in a science fiction movie. Yeah everybody was fine. Everybody's walking around and you need a mask you need some sort of oxygen mask to walk around up there. Right and I wanted to grab people and go don't you see they're suffocating us. Yeah you just have a perpetual headache up there beautiful though. It is it is we think or maybe that was a hallucination. When you go through this process, though, and you inhabit something like this, and it's a dark place for three months,

and you are not a dark individual. I've known you for a very long time. You are not, right now, this... That... Uh, that... Uh, the... Or, or what question do you want to answer? It's really up to you, whatever question. But do you understand, you're just a good person?

I would think it's difficult to live in that for a while. It was strange. And actually, we shot it in Pittsburgh, and I'm glad. I went home on the weekends, but it is a weird thing, and not to sound too actor-y or methody, but you kind of stay in it, not like I was walking around in character the whole time, but you sort of stay in that tone, and it's pretty heavy and it's dark. Kids are still too, there's too young to see this. Oh yeah, no, they wouldn't, it wouldn't be a good thing to see dad doing that. You know it's going to be awesome though, when they're like 18 and they're acting up a little

bit and you go, come in this room. Put on the DVD player. And I'll sit behind and going... Well, I gotta tell you, it's remarkable and I'm going to say this and I know you don't want to hear it, but here's how good it was. Oscar, the statue, will open his arms and embrace Steve Correll. Put that on the poster. Here it is, your moment is that. Karen Hague plans to fight the $foot-for Donald Duck cross the street. Explore more shows from the Daily Show podcast universe by searching the Daily Show,

wherever you get your podcast. Watch the Daily Show weeknights at 11, 10 Central on Comedy Central and stream full episodes anytime on Fairmount Plus. 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, 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.