The Daily Show: Ears Edition - The Precap | Jordan Klepper on New York's Knicks Eruption, and Attending the UFC White House Fight

Episode Date: June 15, 2026

This week's host Jordan Klepper sits down with Daily Show writer Lily Blumkin to recap the latest headlines and preview the week to come. They talk about how the entire city of New York, from lifelong Knicks obsessives to "bandwagon fans," came together to celebrate the Knicks winning the NBA championship over the weekend, and Knicks-loving Daily Show writer Scott Hercman takes a victory lap over his superstition involving the Strait of Hormuz. Plus, Klepper discusses the kickoff of the World Cup and describes what he witnessed at Trump's UFC 250 event at the White House. -- To get simple, online access to personalized, affordable care for ED, Hair Loss, Weight Loss, and more, visit https://Hims.com/dailyshow -- The Daily Show airs weeknights at 11/10c on Comedy Central. Stream full episodes on Paramount+ Follow TDS: YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Talking about the UFC fight, I'd love to get into your experience. experience. Like, what was it like being there? It looks like a BMX rally fucked a carnival. Hello and welcome to the precap, a daily show podcast where we sit down with this week's host to recap some of the latest news and preview what's coming up next. I'm Lily Blumkin, a writer at the show and I'm joined today by your host this week, Jordan Klepper. Yeah. Welcome. Thank you, Lily. It's really, I should say welcome to myself because this is the first time I've been on the podcast.

How does it feel so? Yeah, you're precast. Yeah, my precast. There's a delicate balance with every precast. So if you've heard an edit that just occurred, it was because I called this a precast as opposed to a pre-cap. Right, right, right. And that's a branding issue on me. We have thorough branding meetings here at The Daily Show,

so we're aware of what sort of buckets we are in. This is a Daily Show production. This is a Fingers The Pulse. This is a pre-CAP. This is not a pre-cast. And I've missed some of them recently because I've been busy, volunteering outside of work. Good for you.

To help the poor and help sickly children. And so if I wasn't there at any of the brand meetings, then I apologize, but my efforts a bit elsewhere. Yeah, really, we should be apologizing to you. Yes. For anybody correcting you. I'm just saying, I don't want to, I don't want to be a martyr here, but I'll take the note.

Alan, I'll cut my volunteering back and I'll focus on the brand meetings. Welcome to the pre-cap. Yeah, thanks, Alan. Wow. All those sick kids are not going to receive medicine. anymore. But apparently it's important to get the branding right. Yeah, I guess. So kids, suck it up. Suck it up. Put your headphones in and get capped.

Call into your elbow and shut up. Move on with your life. There's content to be made. Exactly. Well, speaking of content, should we get right into the big story of the weekend? I think there's only one story we can talk about. And that's the New York freaking Nix, baby. Now, if you're at home right now and you're like, these New York shows and their obsession with the New York Knicks. I get it. Right. But indulge us just a little bit more.

Right. Think of it as a metaphor about the ways in which communities can come together. Yes. It's a beautiful time to be in the city. I personally, I'm from New Jersey originally. My dad is a Knicks fan, but I really don't care very much about sports, if I'm being honest. I am gay, so that might be a surprise to some fellow lesbians out there.

But no, I don't really follow sports. but I have been totally captivated by the finals because like you were saying, that the city just comes together. It's fun, right? Yeah, what about you? I'm pro bandwagon. Absolutely.

You know, I've had to, we've talked about this on the pre-cap before, but I'm a Michigan kid, so I have some affiliations towards some Michigan schools, but I'm also a proud New Yorker and been here for 15 years. And so I've been a fan of the Knicks. I've been to a bunch of Nets games as well,

but there is just something about the, something about a city coming together and excited about something. Like I've always been a fan of like putting on that hat, walking to the bodega, and the conversations you have with strangers when your home team is winning. Yeah. It pulls you together. Totally. And so, yeah, whether you can feel that in town.

I see that around my friends and my family right now. Like we're, it's forcing us to have dinner parties. I made wings this weekend. Wow. I don't make wings. I'm not a wings guy. Wings are kind of gross when you make them. When you get like raw, raw wings and then I have to cook them, you understand the gristle that you're putting in your butt.

body. Oh, yeah. How did they come out? They came out okay. All right. Frankly, I'd rather spend the money to jump past the step where you have to deal with the uncooked gristle. That's worth the money. Yeah. But it forced me to make something for my friends and for us to all cheer and watch the Knicks. And that was, it was remarkable. That's awesome. Where did you watch the game? I watched the games. I watched most of the games at home, which I'm a sports fan at home. I'll I also have a kid at home who I let stay up to watch the games or at least part of the first quarter. You followed Mom Donnie's healing of bedtime. Let me tell you that.

That little socialist, you know, this is, the socialism is already encroaching into our nighttime routine, but it worked for this. There we go. No bedtimes for all. No bedtimes for all. But it's remarkable in Brooklyn, we're not on the busiest of streets, but as soon as the Knicks won this weekend, just the street. and just the street exploded. Just literally fireworks outside our windows, people screaming and hugging. Yeah.

My wife and I, like, we opened up the windows and just watched the city come together. And we're not a part of it. We watched from on high. Right, right, right, right. That's kind of how I like that. You wouldn't want to get down and be with all those disgusting fans. That's for you guys, okay?

All right. I'm on TV. I like to hover above everybody else, but it was really fun to watch the masses come together. Of course. Where did you watch? I watched, so I watched in Park Slope for the first couple games, which similarly very quiet neighborhood. But I have never seen so many people outside.

I was like, I didn't realize this many adults lived in this neighborhood. I thought it was mostly toddlers. The babysitters must have been making bank this weekend. Yes, absolutely. Mom and dad are going out. Right, right, right. And you are watching our stupid kids, actually. You're not watching the game.

but this brings me to a next topic of conversation, which was superstition surrounding the game because like I mentioned, I'm a recent fan, a lifelong fan as of the last two weeks. A strong two weeks. If you're ever going to join the team, these two weeks are the weeks to do it. Totally.

And I, yeah, the first two games of the finals, I just watched the second half and they won. And I was like, all right, I'm going to watch game three, the whole game. And then they lost. So I was like, I can't do that again. Game four, I just watched the last half. They won again.

And then game five, I was like, I'll do my part, you know, for this city and for this team. I'll only watch the second half and they won. So I don't want to take too much credit, but I did my part. Yeah, no problem. Thank you for your work there. So a week and a half into your fandom, you already knew you had to serve a greater superstitious need. Absolutely. I could feel that there were people counting on me to do my part.

because I was hearing everybody else talk about their suspicions or superstitions and commit to that. And I didn't want to let people down. So I had to, I did my thing, you know? You did it. You did it. Did you have any superstitions? For this one, I did not. Okay.

I did not. I was open to whatever happened, was mostly using it as a way to talk to friends and family. It's funny coming in to work here and seeing everybody. Like, it's just a fun communal experience to see, like coming on a Monday and See, everybody wearing their knicks apparel. But I caution people. We're in a dangerous spot here as victors. I'm a team that just won a championship.

You have to be careful about the apparel that you buy. Championship apparel is a dangerous, dangerous area. I've been lucky. I've lived through a couple championships with the Michigan Wolverines, and you get caught up in the fervor, and you buy the apparel that they sell you that comes out. And the window for wearing that apparel is about 24 hours, and then you have to put it away

and it's not fashionable again for another 10 years. You have to wait 10 years. And if you want to play the long game, great. Otherwise, here's the deal. I bought a hat that was advertised to me after Michigan won the national championship and then that hat doesn't arrive for three weeks. The fonts are off.

The fitting is weird on the hat. And by the time it arrived, I had already spent a significant amount of money on championship merch. And my style had already evolved to a point where it needed to become nostalgic. So I cautioned anybody. out there with their purchasing power.

Support the team, but be careful. The fervor is going to cost you. Wow. Yeah, so this is kind of like an heirloom you could pass down. You have to think of it. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You have to think of it like a bottle of wine.

Right, right, right. It gets better with age. It gets better with age. So hold on to that thing. Unless you open it right then and there, you know, make this the moment. Otherwise, put it away and know. Give it to your grandkids. Give it to your grandkids.

They're going to love that sweaty t-shirt. Totally. So, thinking about the, superstitions and things that rabid fans do. We have a real lifelong fan in the writing staff, Scott Harkman. He was on the show with you a couple weeks ago, and he had this to say about a superstition of his own.

Let's roll it. I have this thing. I'm a very superstitious fan. Since the Strait of Hormuz has been blocked, the Knicks have been winning. And I need everything to stay exactly the same. Herkman loves war. Until the Knicks win the championship.

You're rooting for an elongated. Conflict. I'm rooting for the Knicks to win the championship. That is what I'm rooting for. That is the goal right now. I don't know if I would get super superstitious about extended global conflicts. Everything needs to stay the same, Jordan. We are finally winning for the first time. Maybe cut that part. We're right. You know what? I'll root for high gas prices as well. I think it's all worth it. You know, if we all go through a little bit of financial duress for the short term in the long.

long term it means that the Nix gets to be champions. I think we could all agree that it's a worthwhile endeavor. There we go. Do you agree? Do you still agree with that? You know what? There was apparently some truth in it. I think as long as that straight state closed, the Nix kept winning. Yeah. And today we have an update that the war has allegedly, Trump and Iran have originally reached a peace agreement. And we have our own Scott Hirkman to declare, I'm going to let you take it. your declaration, Scott. The

straight of Hormuz can now be open. Go New York, go New York, go. Go New York. Go. Scott, what happens? I called it. I called it. You called it. Again, apologies to everybody who's had to pay an astronomical amount of money for gas. Right. And for any lives that have been lost in the conflict. But it was worth it, I guess. Yeah, right? How much fun was the city

the city's been a lot of fun? When the news broke that Trump signed a deal and it would go into effect on Sunday. I was about to text you, but I didn't want to blow my superstition. And I was like, oh my God, it's going to happen. They're going to win the championship and then the straight is going to be opened. And I'm going to have to answer

for this clip because I was right. You were right. You saw it the whole time. Also, I want to call out your voice, you're going hoarse because of your next fan. Do you have mono or what's happening? This is something totally unrelated. Totally different. Yeah, my voice has been hoarse for

a few days now, it was getting better. Saturday night, it got a lot worse. Right. Oh, man. Yeah. Oh, man. Well, what, first of all, congratulations. And also, and a big thank you from all the corporations that are profiting off of Nick's merchandise. Yeah. What you said about merch is wrong. I'm going to be wearing merch for the rest of my life. Well, yeah, you are. You definitely are. I don't think that's the correct decision. I think you will be a walking embodiment of my truth. I already... Like, that guy shouldn't be wearing merch this day. I was already wearing too much merch, and I turned to my wife after they won.

I was like, I may never not wear a Knicks thing again for the rest of my life. Well, too much merch, this is reminding me. I brought a prop for myself. So I, as I mentioned, I'm not a huge basketball fan. I was never really a Knicks person until, again, two weeks ago. So I didn't have anything to wear when I was watching the games. But my fiancé was doing laundry at our nearby laundromat. And our elderly neighbors, they were chatting.

And Al, my fiance, was like, yeah, I'm going to watch the game. I don't have anything to wear. And then my neighbor plucked this shirt out of his clean laundry basket and gave it to Al to wear. And I ended up actually stealing it. And I wore it. It says New York Forever. It's from last year's playoffs. Unfortunately, when I was wearing it, they did lose.

So I didn't wear it to the final game. But now I have a shirt that is just. So it's thanks to you and the straight of Hormuz. Exactly. Nix won the championship. That is a New York-ass story right that. Like that literally plucked it out from a laundromat, do we laundry,

take my Nix t-shirt as like a pizza rat walked by. Exactly. Yes. And Mom Donnie that promised free grocery stores on the other block. Like it was... Eric Adams was partying. He was partied in the background, right? God, this is a true New York moment.

I know. It really just feels like the city is coming alive. Everybody's coming together. I don't know, Scott, how do you feel as a lifelong New Yorker? Does this feel especially, or a lifelong fan, does this feel especially big to you? Yeah, I cried a lot. I celebrated a lot. It was awesome. Also, like, get on the bandwagon. If you're in New York, you want to root for the Knicks, root for the Knicks. I will say sometimes I'm out and people try to talk to me about basketball and they're like, so I watched my first game yesterday,

don't you think Jalen Brunson should pass more? And I'm like, don't talk to me. I will high five you. Don't give me your takes. Oh my God. Heavy becomes the crown, though. As somebody who wears a baseball cap, like a Detroit Tigers baseball cap out and about, I like the Tigers grew up as a Tiger fan, but I would say I'm not like in on the day to day of what's happening with the Detroit Tigers organization. And you go to an airport and then another Tigers fan sees you and they want to talk to you about the nitty gritty of what happened the night before. And so I think

within the bubble that we're in, Nick's apparel is going to be a connection. to neighbors, but the farther outside of that bubble you get, you're going to get the minutia. You're going to have to be up on the minutia otherwise you're going to be living in just a cloud of lies. Right, right, right. I feel like as a bandwagon fan, I have to know my limits where it's like, yeah, like Scott was saying, I can high five, I can steal a t-shirt from my neighbor, I can buy an orange and blue cookie, but I can't really speak on any of the player's stats or what I think about what they're doing. and I know my place.

I just want to say I'm being a good bandwagon of fan. This is the time to be in that you are doing it. I think we're all executed at a high level. Yeah, exactly, exactly. Well, Scott, unless you have anything else to say, we're going to kick you out. Go Nix? I thought so, yeah. This is, yeah.

Wow. I wasn't expecting that. I don't, yeah. Scott, congratulations. And more importantly, thank you for opening the Strait of Hormuz. Yes. Jalen Brunson opened the Strait of Hormuz. Well, you all declared it.

Nixon five, he knew we couldn't go to six, we need this straight open. We're going to do it in five. Boom, we did it. Thank you for having me. Go, Nix. You guys are great. Go Nix. Go. Thank you, Scott. Thank you, Scott.

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Scott talked about the New York vibe. We're all talking about the New York vibe. I was in Washington, D.C. this weekend yesterday, this morning, actually. But yesterday was the UFC event, and I was talking to people outside the UFC event, and people were talking about the vibes in Washington, D.C. around the UFC event. And more often than not, people were talking about the vibes being good and communal. and they mentioned the vibes in New York. And their image of New York after the Knicks won was one of carnage.

There was people celebrating. A bus was set on fire in Times Square. Not a great look to set a school bus on fire. But it was curious because I will say, my algorithm and the people around me, I'm seeing nothing but New Yorkers having a wonderful time celebrating, hugging. The vibes in my community have been very positive and sort of held up. on a pedestal in the way that we're talking about right now. It's been, I think, a really good communal experience. Not that there aren't examples of people going outside the pale of what responsible

celebration looks like. And there have been some horrible videos that are online that I've seen as well about people going to extremes. And yet my bubble is one of celebration and I go out to D.C. And that is New York is used as an example of a city on fire, not a city that is coming together. Yeah. Yeah. That's so interesting. I mean, I definitely think that the, the right-wing media has seen these images of the bus on fire of people, yeah, get it turned, the crowds turning violent and are definitely blowing that out of proportion as they are wont to do. Because like you said, the vast majority of the crowds have been very peaceful and celebratory

and it's just a joyous time. But talking about the UFC fight, I'd love to get into your experience. Like, what was it like being there at the UFC fight? I've been praying for a UFC fight on the White House lawn for years. We all have. We've all been wanting this. This is a lifelong thing for all of us. It's where this country was heading.

So finally we got there. We arrived and, boy, to see that giant claw outside the White House does look like a scene from, boy, it looks like it's a mix for a scene from a sci-fi movie and also a dystopian comedy. It's idiocry in one image. our producer Ian Berger jokingly referred to it. It looks like it looks like a BMX rally fucked a carnival

and I think that's a pretty fair description of what the vibes were. Mixed with nothing but corporate sponsorship as well. So you're walking around there, Washington, D.C., it's like a militarized zone to get into where last night's event was

and just chaos and screens in a giant claw and a big octagon and nothing but advertisers from polymarket to crypto.com to bud light plastered everywhere. And the energy was interesting to say the least. I was surprised initially

about how many pure fight fans there were. My expectation would be more maga than it was. Again, all the times I go to these events and these rallies. I'm getting just a sliver of the population. But we were talking to a lot of people and seeing a lot of people and people were there to watch the UFC in D.C. There was a free fight. A lot of people were coming from Virginia who we talked to and they were excited about the UFC when I asked them about Donald Trump or the policies outside of that. A lot of people demurred and said

they were not political. Not all of them. There was a chunk of MAGA people as well we talked to or people who were UFC people who had opinions on what was going on. But there was such an excitement around the UFC being brought to America, aka the White House law. Right, right. Because it was never in America before this. No, it was not. Yeah, that's very interesting.

And immediately, like, there was so much talk about this being a communal thing, which, you know, it's a curious thing to grapple with. What an interesting weekend in terms of sports in America. Yeah. And we are experiencing this in New York, a very communal vibe. I am somebody who does. want for communal experiences for the better trappings of tribalism, ways in which to cheer in the same direction.

You know, patriotism at its best is like a unifying figure of what to cheer for. And so I felt that with the Knicks. And there was that feeling at UFC as well. People were talking about how divided the country felt and then there was so much infighting that they were gracious that a fight was happening here so people could come together, which in and of itself had this beautiful hypocrisy of we need fighting to stop fighting. And yet, like, the beautiful hypocrisy is so America right now. Watching people understand the conflict and think we need to conflict our way out of the conflict.

And yet also watch BMX bikes on the White House lawn and people beat each other in faces while Bud Light is being sold to a bunch of people outside of the Oval Office is sort of the beautiful strong. range dystopian America metaphor of the moment. Yeah, this is what this country is right now. Mm-hmm. Wow. So I guess you're kind of saying we need more fights to make this country better? It's always hard to pull a lesson from these events. Yeah.

If I'm talking to the people there, they think we do need more fights. Right. Oh, this actually begs a larger question, which is, I think it shows in experiencing these two events concurrently. it shows the potential benefits of patriotism. And I've gotten older and more jaded with what propaganda can do and the ways in which patriotism could be wielded to turn a blind eye to the excesses of government or the cruelty that is hidden behind closed doors or even out in the open. But at its purest and most effective, patriotism is a way in which to garner a community together

to be effective together to help. each other. In some ways, patriotism can get you to a space where you will put aside your own, put aside your own self for the betterment of somebody you do not know. Right. Like there's a binding element to true patriotism where like you may not know a neighbor, you may not know a person across the country, but you will pay extra taxes because you want them to also succeed as well. You give them your clean laundry. You give them your clean laundry. Which is such a beautiful image moment and a necessity for a society to work and grow. And we find glimpses of it in sport.

But in a working democracy, I think a government is able to wield and utilize patriotism by creating a vision of a country that you want to be a part of, that you feel accepted and a part of, and that you understand that you're welcoming into that community can better a larger community. And there's glimpses of it. At a dumbass event like the UFC, you see where people do want that. They want to be in a group and they want to cheer and they want to feel powerful because of the group that they are in. Unfortunately, it's wielded by another group that wants to gain that power through exclusion. Right. And I think, and pure unadulterated capitalism. Yeah. I think that's what gets so gross and icky about watching a spectacle like this.

Because you can see elements of a celebration of a country at 250 years with all of its warts and all. Like there is a desire for a moment to bring this country together. And people are articulating that on the streets. They want to come together. They want to cheer for something. And when you have a faulty government that doesn't know how to paint a picture of what to cheer for, you get sweaty people who beat each other's faces in. And Bud Light can put their name on it.

And you put that up there and you're like, well, this is as good as we can do because we have no vision or no moral authority. Right, right, right. I don't want to paint too broad of a picture. I don't even know if that's the right phrase. But I guess I don't want to be too generalizing. But it does feel like on the one end, we have this Nick celebration where it feels like pure joy. It feels like the city's coming together. And then on the other hand, you have, yeah, this UFC fight, which feels like people are coming together.

and right, it's just, it just feels like two, two polls. You know what I mean? Where it's like, there is this craving for community, for coming together and celebrating something. And on the one hand, we're seeing this joy. And on the other hand, we're seeing violence. And I guess I'm not trying to say that, like, New York is doing it right because we have a socialist mayor. But I am like, there's just, there's just like a difference in vibe, in politics, in both of the. groups coming together.

You know what I mean? Yeah, and I will say this. I have no problem with the UFC fight. Right. And I understand, like, I've been to boxing matches. I've enjoyed boxing matches. I understand the appeal to UFC and talking to real UFC fighters.

Like, I haven't talked to fighters, but UFC fans, there's a community there. And I get that. My walk away is less about the violence there, even though I think there's a perhaps better articulation of where America's at. A more inclusive one perhaps. It's how fucking tacky this shit is.

Like, it is tasteless to me. There is a way to do that. But you walk there and take the fighting out of it. Like, what this is, it's capitalism at its worst. Donald Trump invested in this company and made money off this thing. There's talks about fights being thrown that are happening right now in the news. Beyond that, Donald Trump is paying people in his own crypto coin. Crypto is everywhere.

If you watched the event, you're also seeing advertising, breaking up every single moment of this thing. Bud Light. Bud Light is an organization also that the whole Maga movement were so mad that one trans person had a Bud Light that they shot at a bunch of cans. And now Bud Light is like, well, what if we support this now, and now everybody's chugging Bud Light? During Pride, no less.

During Pride, no less. So there is, there's an element there where I watch it and there's space. And I'm not against the UFC even taking up some of that space. There's competition. But when you walk in there, what you're not seeing as a celebration of what is good about America, you're seeing like people weaponizing ways in which to profit off of this. And there's always going to be that in sport. I understand it.

But at America's 250, there's not even a, there's no inclination or desire to wipe that away. If you can get an extra million dollars from Monster Energy drink to throw it on, on top of an ad for Thomas Jefferson, then you will. You will. So it's less that New York is doing it and there's capitalism that's happening all over this next thing as well.

That's part of what America is anyway. But I just think it's just corny and tacky. And I wish we were slightly better at that. Totally. Here's a question. If you could pick some event, it doesn't need to be sports, what would you have selected as the unifying event for America 250.

Is it a circus? Is it, I don't know, just I guess animals walking around? I guess I'm only picturing something involving animals because they seem like the least political thing. Create a circus. Like create like amusement park rides that everybody can go in. You can take pictures and selfies on either side. It's not political.

And at the end, everybody gathers around and listens to Dolly Parton Singh. Perfect. That's America. That's America. We want some danger. Let people bet on some of these rides. You know, even make it old school. Like, let their, let their, let's see belts. No seatbelts.

Let some kids get hurt. Yeah, whatever. Let some of the teenagers run it, be a little bit drunk. I love Cody Island for exactly that reason because it is not a fancy thing. It is rough around the edges, but it is communal. So that's what I would root for. We have very little unifying culture anymore. Dali Pard may be it.

Right. So I would root for her there because, trust me, this is where I also, if Kamala were in there right now, the 250 anniversary would probably be, you know, they get Yo-Yo Ma to come in there, which, God bless. But are we really that excited about Yo-Yo-Yo-ma? Right. No disrespect to Yo-Yo-ma. I've seen Yo-Yo-ma, an incredible musician. But yeah, Trump understands. We need some flare. Let's go big.

I think we should go big. Yeah. I just have some questions with some taste. For sure. Yeah. Well, maybe in the next 150 years, we'll see a beautiful amusement park with some elephants roaming around and you'll be there, hopefully. I'll probably be there. Dolly will be singing Jolene and we'll all be crying a little bit.

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I don't know if you did, Jordan, but I sure didn't. The poor Stanley Cup. I know. The Stanley Cup is getting overdone. It's getting overshadowed. It's getting overshadowed. They needed to pause these finals. Yeah.

There's too much going out in the world right now. There's too much sports. Right. You've got the Stanley Cup. You've also got the World Cup that started this weekend. You've got the two cups. So many cups. Two cups.

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Speaking about the cups I mean, it's just, yeah, I haven't been watching either of the cups. Have you? No, this is, we were talking before this, and I made a comment, I was like, well, I'm not, I'm not a fan of the World Cup, but I hear people like it. And Matt, who takes lovely photos at our show, pulled me aside. It was like, please don't say that on air. Too bad. Don't say that.

I was like, you know what? Yeah, it's like, there's a lot of people who like the World Cup, but I believe that. It's not my thing. But it is remarkable. We see it all over New York in every airport. It's happening at all the big cities. Apparently across North America,

apparently a lot of people like the World Cup. Yeah, I guess so. There's just too much sports. It's too much sports. And I got to say, as a gay woman, okay? And you're going to agree with me here, Jordan. It's Pride Month. You know, I mean, don't disrespect to all the sports,

but I feel like pride is not having her moment. As an ally, thank you, Lily. As an ally, you're right. Thank you. It feels like men's sports went all in on this month. Come on. Wow. We're taking up all the air.

Right. I mean, there is women's basketball, but I mean, where are the rallies in the street for that? Hello. Hello. Come on. Come on. Anyway, nobody in this room cares about Stanley Cup or the World Cup. But there are a lot of people who do, and what I've been enjoying is seeing some of these videos.

of people from across the world enjoying or experiencing America for the first time. I believe, yeah, we have, let's watch this British reporter eating pizza. This is, you know what, I'll let the clip explain it for himself. I'm an English raw reporter. I'm here in the USA for the first time, and I've come to Joe's Pizza to try a legendary slice. That's a good spot to pick for your first New York slice. It's a classic. You can't have that.

how do you with your fingers? How do I eat that? That's so big compared with our slices. It seems pretty intuitive for how you need a piece. Surely you've seen pizza before. Oh, God. You live in England. No, this is.

Oh, the tie, watch the tie. Oh. Have you ever been to England or eaten eating pizza in England? Oh, I have. I did foreign study in England for six. I lived there for six months. Wow.

And actually, I only ate American food when I lived there because I was in college. I was eating McDonald's most days. Yeah. I would grab slices. It's true. I didn't have great pizza in England. Yeah.

It's odd how, no disrespect, but pizza feels like it's achievable in a lot of places. For sure. Bread and cheese. Yeah. You can make that happen. They don't know what to put on it. They never get the bread ripe.

Right. It's not their sweet spot. So I can understand why this man is somewhat befuddled. Yeah. But even holding it. Surely, American culture has reached the shores of England to the point that you've watched people eat. pizza. I'm also like if you went to Joe's, there must have been people outside eating pizza.

You could just copy what they're doing. It's an intuitive thing. It really is. I will say this. So from the Midwest, I've had family members come to New York, and they're not as befuddled as the Englishman there. But the folding of the slice is somewhat unique to the New York experience. But once somebody tells you to fold it, you fold it, and then you just Fold it and you eat it. You slide it in. Yeah.

Yeah. This guy's a fucking idiot. Go back to England, you fucking idiot. Go home. But also welcome to America, and this is how we're going to treat you here. This is a really fun one. This is lovely. So speaking of some foreign fans coming to America and experiencing American culture, this tweet was going viral.

This is from a Japanese fan who came to the... the U.S., presumably for the first time, and is eating at a Mexican restaurant. And it's a long tweet, so we won't read all of it, but there's just some key parts. Jordan, do you want to call out some of your favorite lines? So, yeah, this person

received chips and salsa was confused by the fact that they had not ordered that. Was told. Chips, salsa, unrequested, free. When they asked, they said, they just come with the table, man. And this person got a

fill and then said, I believe, they responded, bottomless. They have wells of salsa. Supply lines of this nation are beyond anything my ancestors imagined. My friend warned me, don't fill up on chips, dude, too late. I had accepted three baskets. Honor demanded each one be finished. An unfinished gift is an insult. By the time my actual food arrived, I was a ruined manned. I was not hungry. I was not comfortable. I'd been defeated by a courtesy. Generosity, that arrived before the request cannot be repaid. It can only be survived. Beautiful.

Really beautiful. This is poetry. I mean, I just love the idea of someone receiving free chips and salsa and then feeling like the burden of having to finish it. I think that's really, that's really beautiful. Americans are like throwing out food left and right. We don't care. I ask for more pop.

Why am I not getting more pop? Exactly. I need my refill. I am heartened by all of these lovely videos of people coming to America and seeing the bounty that we have. Totally. I can forget the beautiful things and the quirkiness of this great country. I saw videos about people going to a Buckees,

which you've never knew, a Buckees gas station in Texas, then you are missing out. It really is a, it's the eighth wonder of the world. It's a remarkable place to be. And yet I'm both, makes me see America in a new lovely light to be grateful for it, but I also have such a, such more affection for the foreigners experience of America. Right, right, right. Oh, that Japanese man looks lovely. Yeah. I love how they see the world. I want to spend more

time. So it both draws me to the bounty of this great country and yet wants me to hang out with foreigners more and more. Yeah. Yeah, it's beautiful. Gorgeous. It is beautiful. There's a lot of stuff that, you know, Jordan, I appreciate that there's a lot of stuff going on that I would perceive as, you know, negative or disheartening like this UFC fight. And you're finding the joy in it. And you're finding the Americanness in it and the things we can rally behind. I think that's beautiful. It's, I don't think we sort of, even as we talk through all of these things, there's so much dumb shit happening. And yet you realize how much we need that in our lives. We need stuff, stuff to care about, stuff to cheer for, stuff to love.

It shows our humanity when we can just be fans and not partisans. Absolutely. Think like we need it as human beings. So it's nice that these things are popping up here and there. Totally. Or maybe people are just excited that Donald Trump is leaving for the G7. Right. They're just like, oh, he's out of the country.

Let's just enjoy what we have here. Let's just do something fun for us. Speaking of G7 summit, that leads us perfectly into our next segment. of talking about what's coming up this week. So let's start with the G7 summit since we're on that topic. So, yes, Trump is going to meet with the leaders of the seven wealthiest nations. Is that it? In Geneva.

Well, he's meeting with them in Evian, France, which is a city I just learned about. I thought, I guess that's where the water comes from. I assume that's where the water comes from. Do you have any thoughts on this G7 summit? That man is going to be so tired. Yes. after a UFC event that went late, started late, and then hopping out a plane and going there.

And he just turned 80. And just turned 80. Mm-hmm. This, we're not going to get the sharpest Donald Trump. We're dealing with this Iran peace deal. We haven't seen yet. Right. It feels like they're already getting out ahead talking about what is in it,

but we haven't seen what is in it. Right. I'm skeptical, as I think many people are, as to what was actually achieved within this peace deal. Right now, it seems as if, we're just rolling back a few months to where we were before. The straits open. We're postponing any kind of nuclear conversation right now

and releasing some fun. So Iran gets it. I'm getting vibes of the Mueller report coming out where the Trump administration got out ahead of the narrative before anybody read it and sort of set the tone as to the ways in which we were supposed to see what was in it. And this feels very similar and reminiscent to me of that. Right, right.

I think we're a little bit savier now and more skeptical as to what actually is being achieved through this peace deal. We'll find out Friday, supposedly, if that timeline holds. And I think the G7, we're going to get some information out of that. So as a show, we're going to watch what happens in the G7 and how we are perceived overseas. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, it's theoretically exciting or it's good news that U.S. and Iran have reached this peace deal. But I personally am definitely hesitant because it's a lot of times.

between now and Friday for things to fall apart. Trump has been saying we've won the war for, what, 100 days now? We've got 100 days of winning the war. And I think we just declared everything is open. It doesn't seem like that is the case, but it will be on Friday. I'm fingers crossed. There is peace in the future. But if you are going to the, if you're going to Polymarket and placing bets,

which I've been told by all of the America 250 events is the place to go. Allegedly. I don't know if I would place that bet right now. Yeah, yeah. Although Scott Harkman did say the straight of Hormuz is open. You're right. So maybe this will be good. It has been decreed by our own.

Right. The Knicks won. The straight is open. We'll see what happens. All wine and roses from this point on. Something else that's coming up this week is that J.D. Vance is on a book tour. What do you think about this? He's promoting his book, Communion, Conlon.

finding my way to faith. Don't you have other things to do, Jady Vance? Exactly. This is, maybe, I think you have a job. Right. I think the, supposedly. I think the citizens are paying you to be the, there's a lot going out in the world right now,

but you're on a book tour. Yes. About your faith. God bless Jad Vance, but whatever God you found still thinks it's necessary for you to do publicity on the view, a place that I'm sure you don't want to go on. So, I don't know, if you're still shopping for gods,

maybe there's another one that could, that give you some sort of riches so that you don't have to do publicity as vice president of the United States on the view. You're going to get grilled by whoopee, J.D. Vance. Come on, J.D., you don't want this. I'm even shocked that Trump let him go.

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Or something that's just been on your mind. Do you have anything, Jordan? I'm going to do a shout out. I always love music. and what I've been listening to this week is Sturgle Simpson has an alter ego called Johnny Blue Skies

and I'm a big Sturgel fan he was on the show back in the day and put out an album called Mutiny After Midnight which is a it's a political it's a political disco funk country album

Wow that's all the words It's kind of everything He has a song called Make America fuck again. Okay. Happy pride. Yeah, happy pride. It's literally like sexy meets like very political meets disco swagger.

And he first released it. It was only on vinyl. So you had to go buy something physical to listen to, which I did. And it was great. And then he just released some digital additional songs where he covered the Eddie Murphy song, party all the time. Wow. In like a disco.

swing vibe. I'm like, Sergio Simpson is on a whole other level of doing his own thing. Wow. And is approaching this idea of feeling like we are living in the end times and that things are pulling apart. And instead of just being mad at it, he put out a release, which is essentially saying, man, we all hate each other. So instead of putting a fight on the White House law and he's like, I think we need to make America fuck again. Yeah. So I'm going to create an album that is sexy and try to do it. And I'm going to cover Eddie Murphy's party song from the late 80s, early 90s. and give it some juice. So I love that.

The man is permanently living outside the box. I love that. Give me some Sturgle Simpson. Amazing. What about you? What have you been engaging in? So apart from my newfound love of the New York Knicks, the only thing I've really been watching is Love Island,

which I recently found out you don't consume, which is okay. That's okay. But I've been watching Love Island. It's really a commitment because it comes out every day. Every day. Yeah, which it's nuts. It's a reality show on an island? Yes.

So it's five, I think. Five boys, five girls. So 10 sexy singles. They go to Fiji for the summer. And then they couple up. So they pair off based on who they like in the beginning. And then they sort of do these stupid challenges where they're supposed to test their compatibility. And chaos ensues.

Couples break up. Drama starts. And then at any point in time, a new bombshell could enter the villa. There's no rules about when new people come in. At any point, someone new comes in and breaks up a couple. There's a recoupling where people at home vote and you get to decide who you want the bombshell to be with. It's true, utter chaos. So it is invited to let the audience at home mess up these relationships.

The bombshell is a person each time. Yes, yeah, yeah. It's like a new sexy single. A new sexy single. A new sex. You never heard the phrase, a hot new bombshells entered the villa? That's where it's from.

That's a fresh one for me. It's good. You can use it at any, if you're walking into your home, you can just say, honey, a hot new bombshells entered the villa. That's going to play great. It's a really good phrase.

That's going to really play great in the homestead. Yeah. What is your, is your draw? Is it, is it a PG-13 show, or is this like? It's pretty sexy. Yeah. It's pretty sexy. I mean, you like, they'll show stuff, okay?

so it's not for these kids watching it You get to see it. You get to see it? You get to see it? It's a show where you get to see it. It's a show where you get to see it. It's a show where you get to see it. Yeah, you and me both.

I'm there for the storylines, but sometimes you want to see it. Sometimes you just want to see it. Come on. You want to see it. No, it's, I don't, I can't really explain why I am drawn to it because it is so much TV and it's so much people having the dumbest conversations imaginable. And it's just they're hanging out by the beach,

being like, I think I like him. I don't know. Maybe I do, but maybe not. Anyway. And I just, it's just like white noise. It just is very soothing. Oh, my God. It's your drive time radio.

I don't know what that is, but I'm going to say yes. So it's every day. I think there's an element of like podcasting right now. It's like, oh, people want the consistency to check back in and what that person's thinking or what have you. Yeah. And so for this, it's like, all right, who's hooked up last night? Yeah.

And it's also interesting because it's happening in real time, which is, like most reality dating shows have happened. They've been edited. I mean, this is an edited show. It's like a two days. It airs two days later. But yeah, it's cool to see people fall out from these things in real time. So I don't know.

I'm hooked. I don't think it's a show that's dramatically going to improve anyone's intellect or have anything interesting to say about, you know, what we talk about here, politics. but it's a cultural phenomenon and I love it. So we are, there is no monoculture anymore. So if you can get pulled to something that isn't the big guy in Washington, D.C. Exactly.

And you get to see things. And you get to see things. What's the phrase again? A new sexy single has walked into the villa. A hot new bombshell has entered the villa. I was off on so many of those things. You got bombshell and you got villa. Those are the big words.

A new bombshell has entered the villa. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Is that like a catchphrase? Yeah, so there's a Scottish narrator named Ian Sterling. That's AI. No, I swear to God. Have you seen this face? Well, in the very first season of Love Island, UK, this is how in deep I am.

In the very first season of Love Island, UK, he did come out and, like, give his sassy commentary on the islanders. I don't believe it. I'm putting it out there already. I haven't seen the show. I think that's a made-up person. I'm telling you. There is no Ian Sterling. Ian Sterling is alive and well.

I don't believe it. And he lives in a VO booth his whole life. But he always says, a hot new bombshell enters the villa tonight. Anyway, the Love Islander fans are going to love that. But that's all the time we have for the precast. Cap, pre-cap. We're pre-capping. Oh, God, the brand meetings.

The brand meetings, it's because we were doing too much volunteering. There's so much volunteering. Again, I'm cutting it out. After this, no more volunteering. Thank you. And thank you for that. Sick kids, you will have to get better on your own, but I believe in you. So thank you.

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