The Daily Show: Ears Edition - The Precap | Desi Lydic on Trump Dollars, Moon Bases and Boner Honey

Episode Date: March 30, 2026

This week's host Desi Lydic sits down with Daily Show writer Jason O. Gilbert to recap the latest news, and preview the week to come. They talk about the making of Desi's recurring "Foxsplains" segment, before diving into Trump's plan to put his signature on U.S. currency, and build a wildly expensive moon base. They also get into the recent landmark legal case against Meta and Youtube for their addictive designs, the ongoing war with Iran, and, of course, the recall of a "male enhancement" honey supplement that works a little too well... -- Stream full episodes of The Daily Show on Paramount+ The Daily Show airs weeknights at 11/10c on Comedy Central. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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You're listening to Comedy Central. Hello and welcome to the pre-cap, a daily show podcast where we sit down with this week's host to recap some the latest news and preview what's coming up next. I'm Jason O Gilbert. I'm a writer at the show. But enough about me. I'm joined today by your host for this week, Desi Lydide. Jason. I'm not done talking about you. I want to talk about you some more.

Okay. Let's do it. I got all day. You said it. For the listeners out there who enjoy Fox Blains, Jason is a huge part of why you enjoy Fox Blains. Oh, that's not true. No, it's very true. You write every single segment. and we're a huge part in coming up with the whole premise for the idea, right? Sure. Yes. But I will say that without you, it would be nothing. We finish writing every script and we're like, this is trash. We're going to be fired. I'm going to be working in advertising. And then Desi reads it. She acts her heart out and she makes it so, so much funnier than it is on the page. Oh, that's not true. I really set you up to, to, to. pay compliments. You did. And do you have my Venmo? Yes. Yes. I will pay, you know what? I'm not even wait for the pod to be over. I'll do it right now. I'll do it right now. Do you have the QR code? Perfect. Wait, but I do have a bone to pick because Foxx Plains was originally written for Michael

Costa. It was, yeah. What was behind that decision? I think Michael was just available. And originally, the first ever Foxxblains was like it was an actual explainer of like a technical issue like you know I don't remember what it was but it was like a question that you might have had about how something was working so many questions and then we had Costa do it and it was really funny because of course because cost is hilarious and then we wrote another one for him but he was not in the building that day yeah so we were like let's have Desi do it yeah and the rest is history yeah because he was a little he was sick and he was just a little bitch and couldn't come into work because he that's right he had sniffles too many sniffles that day biggest mistake of his life and now look at

him it helps me sitting on the bench every now and again it does waiting waiting for the coach to put you in 90% of comedy is showing up yeah that's what i tell aspiring comedians that's not true and it's not helpful but it's funny it's funny well desi we have a big week this week uh actually we'll you have two shows this week. We're only on the air Tuesday and Wednesday. I was recently told that. Yep. Yeah. And I believe it's because women's history month is over on Tuesday. And they're like, all right, she's had her month. You get two shows this week. Ripper off the air. Yeah. You get two lady and that's it. And they do call you lady. And they do call me. I insist that they, like an HR violation. That's in my contract though. I kind of like it. I know this this week I'm straddling between women's

History Month, and I believe that April is irritable bowel syndrome month, IBS month. So I'm representing both communities. Right. And I think if you have irritable bowel syndrome, you're aware of it 100% of the month. This is true. You don't wait for April. You can't wait for April. And being a woman, too, frankly.

I've always said that being a woman is like having irritable bowel syndrome. You would be right. And I'm terrible on first dates. Can you believe that? Okay. Well, let's talk about. Speaking of irritable bowel syndrome, what's Trump doing this week? Yes. Speaking about our irritable bowel syndrome in chief, he put his signature on the $100 bill. He's going to be the first president to have his signature on currency since 1861. He's going to share the $100 bill with the secretary of the treasury, Scott Bessent. Desi, do you love this move? What do you think? Wow.

I guess inflation isn't the only way to make cash feel worthless. This, it's just so funny that of all times now is the time to change cash, which is something that everyone uses every day. Sure, yeah. The man's really got his finger on the pulse, doesn't he? Yeah. I think he has a big announcement about VHS tapes coming up soon. Exciting.

Cash, VHS tapes, ballrooms. Sure, yeah. He really knows what the people want. Yeah. What do you think? This feels very on brand for him, though. It does. I mean, putting your name on an art center.

Yes. Doesn't feel like Donald Trump. Putting your name on money, that feels like something he's been wanting to do for a really long time. I agree. And I guess we should be happy that he's not putting his photo on $100 bill. Oh, God. Don't even say it.

Now that you've said it, he's probably going to do that. that. There's still three more years left of his term. Two? What year is it? I have no idea. It feels like it's been 17 years since inauguration. There's still two more women's history months left in Donald Trump's term is how I count it. Yeah. Yeah. I think the most disappointing thing is it's, for me, it's going to ruin cocaine. Sure. Because now I've got to stare at a signature every time I want to ski that booger sugar. Yeah. That's what's going to ruin cocaine. for you. Yeah, it's the one thing. Not being apparent. Yeah. Let me let that stop me. No, yeah. We're going to have to find something else to snort cocaine with, maybe a Chinese takeout menu. Now we're talking.

Yeah. Now we're talking. He can't put his name on that, right? I hope not. It's not going to be the Donald J. Trump chef king of East Flatbush, is it? You know what? If he does, have at it. I say have at it. I give him that. Yeah, that seems. it seems like every week he figures out that he can put his name on something else with no pushback whatsoever. Yeah. Oh yeah. So, you know, the $100 bill, you know, that I use so often and that I look at every day, it's ruined. You're right. Totally ruined. Especially at a time that like no one has any money. This is so true. You're putting your name. on the $100 bill

when everyone's feeling poor and the pain at the pump? Yeah. Wait, is it the $100 bill? Or is it the one dollar? Can we fact check this? Alan? I assume it's the $100 bill. It would be very off brand for him to do the

$1.00 bill. His ego would want the $100 bill. Right. So that... Wait, so it's all money? Trump's signature to start appearing on the $100 bill. Hover dollar bill. Hover by other bills. Oh. Well, folks. You're really getting a sense of how the sausage is made around here.

We only read the headline. We don't read the full articles. That's a little more disturbing than I thought. So it's worse. It's worse than we originally. If we've learned one thing from Donald Trump being president for the last 35 years, it's that it's always worse than it looks, isn't it? Always worse than we think it's going to be.

Why would his mind stop it? Like, you know what? I'll just take the $100 bill. No, no, no. Scott Besson, you can have the 20, the 5, and the 1. Not going to happen. And the two? He wants all of it.

I think it's all but the two. All but the two. He wants every bill but the $2 bill. All but the two is the slogan of irritable bowel syndrome awareness month, actually. Speaking of irritable bowel syndrome, what if that's the segue for every story? Meta and YouTube were found negligent in a landmark social media ruling. They were ordered to pay $6 million in damages to a young woman who, says that she was addicted to their products.

Shocker. Features like the Infinite Scroll and algorithmic recommendations were cited in the lawsuit. This is a major case that some are saying might be akin to the rulings against cigarettes and digital casinos. Dezzi, what's your take on this lawsuit? I think this is huge. I think this is a really, really meaningful case because I think it could set a precedent for future cases. I think, look, like, we talked about this earlier. It certainly can muddy the conversation in terms of freedom of speech.

But there's no doubt about it that these algorithms are dangerous and they're addictive, particularly for the brains of young kids. I have a kid at home who doesn't have a phone yet, but might be asking for one soon. And so, like, as a parent, I was really, really happy to see that they're being held accountable in some way. Plus, the fact that it's so annoying as a full-grown adult even to be being fed of an algorithm constantly. I don't know what yours is like, but I keep getting ads for fitness apps that promise to give me an ass that won't quit. Let me tell you, my ass quit a long time ago. She's retired and she'd like to be left alone. Okay.

So stop sending me that shit. Yeah. You know? There should be, you should be able to submit something to Facebook saying like, hey, my ass quit. Just FYI. Leave it alone. Like a memo. She doesn't want to be talked to.

Yeah. Please. It's like when someone at the Daily Show leaves, you get a memo on Friday. It's like, hey, everyone, FYI, Desi's ass quit. This is Desi's ass's Gmail if you want to keep in touch with her. Oh, my God. Yeah. What's your, well, what do you think?

of that of this case like do you have a do you have a strong feeling I think you know the this argument that of meta and YouTube were making that they aren't designed to be addictive doesn't hold much water to me I'm just not I'm not sure I'm not sure what the meaning of addiction is in this case where is it like cigarettes or is it where that kills you or for adults especially isn't more of they're just trying to get your attention just like sell you shit they're just trying to sell you stuff you know just like television right is trying to optimize for your attention right yes so I am happy to see um these platforms being held accountable especially for the way that they optimize to take our kids attention yeah um and I'm curious to see

what's next. I mean, this feels like they're going to be facing a barrage of lawsuits in a similar way that the cigarette companies and the opioid companies were. So this feels like the beginning of something much bigger. It feels like we're at the beginning of the story. Yeah, totally agree. And as someone who actually quit Facebook 10 years ago, I feel morally superior. Like I was able to quit, you know. And I'm thinking, congratulations. I also quit Facebook quite a time ago. I did. I did. Yeah. A long time. ago. So we're both feeling pretty good about ourselves. Yeah, yeah. We are better than everyone else. I've said it all along, except for the IBS. Speaking of IBS. Speaking of IBS. We have another

story. We're really doing a lot of free PR for Iritable Bowel Syndrome Awareness Month. I mean, I don't think they have enough people talking about it. They don't. And they don't have the budget to buy a sponsorship on this show, which runs in the millions of dollars, I assume. Alan, is that Correct, in the millions of dollars for an... Alan, don't answer that. If you've been putting off getting life insurance, you're not alone. Many Americans overestimate the cost believing it's simply too expensive, but protecting your loved ones is more affordable than you think.

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prices subject to underwriting and health questions. NASA has unveiled a $20 billion moon-based strategy as part of a seven-year plan to build a permanent moon base. Desi, love it. I mean, how big is this ballroom going to be? This is crazy. Wait, how much? $20 billion?

$20 billion over seven years. $20 billion. Meanwhile, they're trying to gut health care. Yes. So that sounds right. That sounds right. Yeah. To me, this is giving me, this is giving me golden parachute vibes.

Uh-huh. Like, this is all part of the game that the shit's going to hit the fan and the president and the administration, the administration, the cabinet members, they're all just going to piece out and be like, to the moon. Yeah. And then leave us with a huge mess to clean up. Right. That would be great if they all got on a spaceship at the end. Great visual. Can we, can we make it happen sooner rather than later? Yeah, seven years feels like a really long time for now. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, they can't extradite you from the moon, can they? No, no. I like the idea that they're only doing this for themselves and that they're going to recreate the one thing they're building is the ballroom.

Ballroom is the first thing they're going to build. They're like, do we need houses? Do we need a hospital? Do we need food up there? Make it all. Let's do the waltz. Finger on the pulse. Finger on the pulse.

Finger on the pulse. Cash and ballrooms. And moon landings. And moon landings. It just feels like they held a big event for it. And maybe they just should have done it without being like, hey, you know how you're struggling right now and you can't afford health care and you can't afford gas. We're sending money literally to the moon. We're going to fly a space shuttle full of Donald J. Trump $100 bills

to the moon. The lack of awareness is astounding. It is. Speaking of irritable bowel syndrome, does he's got to talk about the FDA. They've made a big announcement this week. What have they done now? Alan brought this story to my attention. He won't stop emailing me about it. Boner bear honey has been recalled for dangerous undeclared ingredients. The sweet, I'm reading Alan's email here, one of dozens. The sweet male enhancement supplement contain unlisted, slynifil and tadalophil, the active ingredients in Viagra and Cialis.

So the boner bear honey, which is a supplement, contained Viagra and Cialis, unlisted, which is illegal. Right. I think we know what's in Allen's algorithm. Yeah. Alan doesn't have a microphone to defend himself. No, he doesn't seem fair. Sorry, Alan. Just endless boner bear honey ads.

He's sitting right behind me just going like this. Fuming. Yeah. This is, well, I mean, it's right there in the name. It was this really so surprising. I feel like, I feel like dudes who are buying Boner Bear Honey don't really care about the fact that there are these ingredients. They're like, oh, honey, that'll make me hard. Hold on.

Let me just check the label first. Yeah. That doesn't feel natural to me. This feels like on the scale of recalls to be a pretty good reason that one of your products gets recalled. Like we hear all the time like, oh, this frozen product has been recalled because it causes like lung cancer or it can kill you. And this is like the product does what it says it does, but with an ingredient they didn't tell you about it. Right, with an ingredient that actually works. Right.

Boner honey. I have a lot of questions about this. Is this a class of products? Like is there a boner honey aisle and it's only this? Boner bear honey is the name of the product. That's a great question. Is there an entire boner bear honey store? Yeah.

Like a brick and mortar that we can pop into? Build a boner bear. It's at the mall next to Jared Diamond. Happy birthday, buddy. Nope. Sorry. Wrong location. No.

Mom, I don't like this at all. Whoopsy. Alan, cut that out. And also. I'll ask Alan about this later. Is this a topical cream or do you eat it? Oh, that's another excellent question. I assumed you ingested it, but it could be.

You can drizzle it on an apple. I mean. Do you just drip it in your tea? Yeah. Alan, can you, can I be fired for this podcast for HR violations? I don't think so. We can't afford HR anymore. No, we don't have that anymore, do we?

I think all bets are off. You're free. More money for the boner honey in the kitchen. Yeah, this podcast has been brought to you by Boner Bear Honey. And irritable bowel syndrome. Do you think they're still listening? No. They turned us off long ago.

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That's right. And I have to say we did a foxblains about the Iran war a few weeks ago. And I remember we were trying to figure out like how long is this war going to last? And we put together a montage of different predictions by the Trump administration. And the high end estimate was like four to six weeks. Yes. We're already nearing that. Yeah, we are.

Like there were people saying this could be like a weekend war. Or this could last one to two weeks. Yeah. We're blowing past that. Yes, we are. The good news is Donald Trump keeps saying every time he talks about it, he says this war is already over. Yes. It's over and it's only just begun.

And the great news is that we're winning. And I think that's why it's still going on. I think that's why we're sending troops in because we are winning so hard. We just keep winning more and more and more. We're on a heater. Yeah. at the blackjack table and we haven't lost a hand in 20 days. You can't walk away when you're up. No, you cannot. You cannot. We're on a roll. How many times do you think we'll win next week?

I mean, I would expect just based on the law of averages, we'll lose one. But I would say in a seven-day period, no, you're shaking your head, no. No, no. I think times are unprecedented and I think we can only win. I think we're going to run the record up to 40 and 0. Oh, oh, that's higher than I thought. Okay. Yeah. So, I mean, that's something to look forward to is the unprecedented winning streak of a war that's already over. Right. And that continues to this day. And it seems to be ramping up as talks are winding it down. That's exactly right. Right. Yeah. That's exactly right. And I want to turn our attention to a little piece of news. We covered this on the show last week. There were rumors that. that the new Ayatollah, the new Ayatollah Kamenei is gay.

It turns out, according to new reporting, that Trump and his MAGA team may have come up with this in a group chat. It's not based on any intelligence. This wasn't news. It was just like a rumor started by Trump National Security people to troll Iran. You know what? I am so sick of this queer baiting. First, the heated rivalry guys have girlfriends. Now the gay Ayatollah, come on.

The heated rivalry guys aren't gay? I hear they have girlfriends. Wow. One of them definitely does. One of them does, right? Yeah, yeah. This has gone too far. It really has.

I love that we're right back in the 90s where being gay is an insult. Yeah, it is like, dude, this war is going totally radical. What's your damage, you Ron? Don't answer that. Don't, please don't answer that. Yeah. I didn't realize that the CIA had a bunch of. mean high school girls running it.

Yeah. I mean, frankly, that might be an improvement on who was actually running the CIA at that point. Gay Ayatollah says what? That's how we're going to get them. What is this supposed to accomplish? Is like the idea that America decapitated the entire Iranian government, that didn't lead to the expected uprising in Iran, but the rumor that the Ayatollah is gay? That'll get them.

That'll get some butts out of the seats, right? I mean, it's just classic. I mean, what is any of this for? It's just, none of it makes any sense. Jason, do you know what the story's reminding me of? What's that? The greatest news blooper of all time. Okay.

Where the woman introduces a man who's climbed Mount Everest. Yes. But not just that. I don't want to say it. Can we, Alan, can we find that clip? Right after the break, we're going to interview Eric Whitewater. and mayor who climbed the highest mountain in the world, Mount Everest, but he's gay. I mean, he's gay.

Excuse me, he's blind. So we'll hear about that coming up. Okay. As we had to the break, a look at the 6 o'clock. That is, yeah, that's a CIA briefing now. There's a new Ayatollah, but he's gay. He's gay. He's the supreme leader of Iran.

He's not gay. What if the entire rumor just got started from a bad news blooper? Yeah. Just a journalist who misspoke. Doesn't that feel like the world we're living in that that could happen? Yeah. And we all just double down on it somehow. Stamp of approval from the CIA.

Hey, let's watch some more newsblowers. Alan, do we have the lady stomping the grapes in Georgia? Yeah. It's a lot of fun, a whole day. Stop! Oh! Oh! Stop.

I can't breathe. Oh, no. This is the best part. I think she's actually hurt. No, I think she is. She took a hard fall off there. Okay. Gosh, I hope she's okay.

Yeah. Okay. We're gonna make sure she is. Try and check on her and get back as soon as we can. We'll be back right after this. Not to belabor this point here, but doesn't that feel like how the Iran war is going? Oh.

At the beginning, we're having tons of fun stomping grapes. And then at some point, you trip, you fall. And it looks like we're really hurt. It looks really like we need desperate help from anyone who will help us. Only no one will because we've alienated all of our allies. We're at a vineyard and they don't have. Where were they? Do we have more news bloopers we could watch?

Jason, I could do this all day. Yeah. This is going to be a six-hour podcast. You know what? These two episodes this week are just going to be all news bloopers. We're going to break the form. That's so pale. You're on here.

Today, snow is crippling much of the Washington lowlands. One of three inches of snow fell in Seattle in other areas. As you can see, it created slippery conditions on the road. It's so pale. Texoma? It says in the background. Is that a place or is that a, are they near the Texas, Oklahoma border? Let us know in the comments.

I've never heard of that before. I so pale. We got another one? Yes. I love this one. Oh God, I could do this all day. Check your panties. About 175,000 rice.

I think that was supposed to be pantries. I couldn't warn you. Gosh, bless this hard. Check your panties. Also a slogan for Irritable bowel syndrome month. Irritable bowel syndrome. That's really the theme. If you weren't aware of irritable bowel syndrome before this podcast, you sure is heck

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Oh. So what's something that you've watched, read, listened to, argued about, or just been on your mind lately? Do you know what I'm so excited about? What's that? The comeback. The comeback, the HBO show. The HBO show. Lisa Cudrow.

H.C.U.R. hilarious. Michael Patrick King. It has come back for a third season. I think it's the greatest show of all time. Wow. Very funny show. Very underrated.

Did you, you watched it. I watched the original run. That first season, the first episode is, it's a perfect pilot in every way. I just think she's so brilliant. Yes, season three. I'm very excited that this is back. I'm going to recommend some. that I'm not that excited about.

Oh. But, you know, I have a young daughter at home. Yes. A toddler. And she has recently started watching the emoji movie. Oh. I watched it three times this weekend. You're a good dad.

I'm a good dad. And you know what? Can I say it won the Razzie that year for worst film of the year. Oh, no. It won several razies, actually. I don't think it's that bad. I think it might be time for a critical reevaluation. It's streaming on Netflix.

At the time, everyone's like, oh, a movie about emojis. This is ridiculous. Now it seems natural to me that there would be an emoji movie. Is it one of those movies that the more you watch it, the more you convince yourself that it's good? Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I did walk through in therapy. We talked about why it was good and why I actually like it.

And yeah, I've hypnotized myself into thinking it's good. But it's got a great voice cast. It has Sir Patrick Stewart is the poop emoji. Oh. And, yeah, it's got funny people. It's got Stephen Wright, one of the funniest comedians of all time as the meh emoji. Stephen Wright and Jennifer Coolidge are a married couple who are both meh. and they're really funny.

Okay. So I'll recommend the emoji movie. Why not? You're convincing me to go watch this movie. Well, if you want to come over and watch it seven to eight times, you can come over at bedtime tonight. The only way to see it. It's the only way to see it is with my daughter constantly screaming, where's the poop? Like whenever the poop's not on screen, she's like, where's the poop?

Has your daughter watched? A beardable bowel syndrome effects. It all comes back to IBS. Has your daughter watched anything that you've worked on? No. We're getting close because I did watch the Oscars with her. And she thought that the intro sketch that Conan O'Brien did where he's the lady from weapons and he's getting chased by the kids. She's also obsessed with that.

So we've watched that every day since it's come out. that's the closest we've gotten to her watching something that I might have worked on. That's like in the arena of sketch comedy. Otherwise, we're watching Frozen and Spider-Man and Friends and the emoji movie. I would love it if she was highly critical of all of your comedy work. And she has very detailed notes for how it could be improved. But she just loves this shit out of the emoji movie. Like, this is perfection.

This is art at its best. Yeah. She's like, she watches Fox Splains and she's like, this satire is tired. But the emoji movie Not funny right now. Yeah. Have you seen the state of the world? Things are serious, dad. Where's the poop?

Where's the poop? Where's the poop? Okay. That is all for this week's edition of pre-cap. I'm Jason O. Gilbert. You can catch Desi Lideck hosting the Daily Show two days this week on Comedy Central, Paramount Plus, and right here in podcast form on The Daily Show, Ears, edition. Desi, this was so much fun. This is fun. Thanks for doing this. Absolutely. Let's go see if there's

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