The Daily Show: Ears Edition - The Precap with Michael Kosta

Episode Date: September 8, 2025

It's a preview! It's a recap! It's a Precap! Sit down with the week's host Michael Kosta and Daily Show writer and producer Matt O'Brien to hear what news they're excited to cover, what they wish they could talk about but will probably get eclipsed by bigger news, and what stories they're sad they missed.  They'll tackle the Trump/Putin summit in Alaska, where tennis meets geopolitics, and, of course, the destruction of the Burning Man Orgy Dome. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You're listening to Comedy Central. Koss, are you ready? I'm ready. I'll take my own cue. Hello, everyone. Welcome to the pre-cap. Thank you for that. We're going to be doing this every Monday, sitting down with the week's host to hear what they're excited to cover on the show, what they wish they could cover, but we'll probably get supplanted by something crazier or something more terrifying.

And maybe stories that they're sad they didn't get to cover in previous weeks. They didn't get a bite at that apple. My name's Matt O'Brien. I'm a writer and producer on The Daily Show. Can you believe they got me? What a get. It's nice for me to finally hear what your title is. That was news, honestly, to Comedy Central.

Right. Anyway, after a contentious negotiation, they nailed me down, and here I am on the pre-cap, a true highlight. And I'm sitting here with this week's host, the great Michael Costa. That's right. Thanks, Matt. Thanks for you. Michael, welcome. Thank you.

To the pre-cap. Yeah. Which is a preview. Preview. And a recap. That's correct. And it could have been the view, the pre-view, it could have been the view re, the review. Yes.

Well, we're going to go with pre-cap this week, but the, what did you call it? The re-review? The cap view. The cap view. Welcome to the cap view. That's no good. We'll cut that out. Yeah.

All right. So the pre-cap, what did we miss? We've been off the air for a month. Okay. I wasn't sure that was public, but yep. most people are just now realizing that was scheduled that was scheduled it's not like no something happened then we went off the air for a month it was a scheduled off the month a long scheduled break yeah for the show to go off the air for a month to refuel our brains right and

now it didn't help that it was two weeks after after colbert got canceled so it didn't help yeah but it was nice to have a month off of work we took a month off during the most precarious time in television history to be a late night show. That's true. So that people could forget that we were a show. All right, but we're back, and now people are so excited. The millions of people listening are so excited to have us back. So why don't we just talk about some of the biggest moments.

You know, Matt, people do actually tell me that they miss the show when we're taking a break. Yeah, I mean, I'm being serious. I get messages saying we need the show back. Okay, I... That's good. I feel like those are people that just want to feel like they're contacting a celebrity. It's possible. To have some, you know, to feel something.

Like, oh, I'm, you're on the show. Nobody says anything to me. Right. No one says anything to me. Okay, got it. I respond to every direct message I get. Every direct message. Just a series of bots telling you.

Oh, 100%. We miss show. Um... no that's fantastic that people reach out yeah and um notice that the show's gone yes all right so you've got a big week uh coming up so some of those stories that we missed yeah um and maybe we can just weigh in on them now yeah because there's nothing better than weighing in on things long after they've happened Putin and trump they met in alaska of course I I thought that was that was the only one where on vacation

I was like, oh, it would be fun to run that through the Daily Show machine. Yes. There was a lot of fun stuff there. I mean, a complete upending of that entire historical relationship in one tarmac moment. Shaking him the hand and then reaching over and putting his hand on Putin's hand. I mean, it was really wild to see. Also, the president flew seven and a half hours. It was still in the United States.

I mean, Putin's travel was way less. Yes, that's true. So any diplomatic advantage was taken away, even though it was a home game for America, it was an away game. It's like when baseball teams would go play in like Puerto Rico. You know, it's like it's not, it's a home game, but it's not a home game. They're sleeping in their childhood bedroom. Is that what you're saying? That's what I was like.

No, but I thought that would be a fun one to talk about because then the next day, I think Trump had everybody. fly to him in D.C. I don't know. I thought, you know, I was like, hey, that'd be fun to. Not to mention the entire thing was sort of, I mean, it was this big event, but then it was very cryptic.

They were very careful about giving these sort of ambiguous reviews as to what went down, that kind of thing. There was not, it felt like this huge moment and not much changed after it. It was completely performative. They did release the menu. They did. And then they didn't eat it.

They didn't do the dinner. Was that one of the things that was left in the printer at a hotel? Yes. So there was a menu and it was halibut. Of course it was. You think actually it'd be salmon. But they flew in halibut from South America to Alaska. Meanwhile.

Yeah. So they left something in the printer, which really does summarize a lot of this administration. And I bet you other administrations left things in the printer. But for whatever reason, it just really fits with the Trump administration. It's another moment of a long line of classified information being mishandled. Yes. And whether it's a chat, a group chat on Signal or a rogue printer behind a holiday and desk. And I guess they chose not to eat dinner.

I just, you know, I was thinking, look, I think I was thinking about the chef. I was thinking about the sous chefs. I was thinking about the person who sourced the fish. I was thinking about the fish the poor fish those fish were raised their whole life to be eaten by high level

yeah and then instead it was eaten by like now they're just being ground into slurries to be sprinkled right and you know they've been turned into omega three fatty

tablets tablets into tablets um this pot is crushing so far um we've covered a lot take that the daily Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey

of course got engaged yeah I don't care yeah yeah yeah that is a piece of meat that's been picked over a lot yeah and yeah who cares and I don't even have a I don't even have a take yeah other than I don't care I is it because did you care

did you ever care you know I mean at first it was I mean it's been a big story now for a few years. Does anybody else feel like once Taylor Swift's date started to date an NFL player? I felt like that was that hurt her with me. That hurt her with it with me that that lessened my when Taylor Swift started dating an NFL player for me her likeability went down. Well I I don't it always made me laugh because the what do they call Taylor Swift's Swifties yeah they were They've always been hysterical about, you know, her deserving the best. And they'd always rooted for her to be with Prince Charming, just this perfect, you know, Eric from the Little Mermaid guy.

And she started dating Grog. Yeah. And they kind of had to get behind it. It has to do it. Oh, yeah, he's the one we were talking about. Prince Charming. Yeah. It was always an odd match.

And I think if Swifties had had their way, that was not who they would have matched. matched her up with. And she should have checked with her fans before falling in love. That is true. Every celebrity, and this is, I've done this as a celebrity, you need to check with your fan base before you make any life decision and make sure it's cool with them. Yeah. It's very important.

A poll on Instagram. I was going to say, well, you've already told people that you will respond to any and every DM. So, yeah, I think things are going to get a lot busier for you online. Okay, we had Trump, his, there was a rumor, of course, that he was dead and that he had died. Really? Trump online, there was, there was a, there was a big, that was one of the big online conspiracies is that he was dying or his health was failing quickly, that J.D. Vance was behind the scenes moving to assert his power because it was, it was possible that Trump was going to die. there was a lot of rumors that he wouldn't stray far from Walter Reed

and it was really just because he hadn't been seen in public for three days do remember when he was shot of course you do I find it interesting that the first thing he said after eight bullets whiz past him was can you get my shoes I've always wondered what's going on there yeah um yeah a lot of people online Guys, guys, let me get my shoes. Yeah, like, I face death. This is scary. I don't really know what happened.

You know, you've been in a car. Think about after a car accident. There's noises. It's scary. Have you ever said like, oh, where's my book bag after? Yes. That was strange. An assassination attempt, but you will not make me walk barefoot across that long.

Correct. And a lot of people online think he was wearing lifts. Oh. I don't know. Interesting. I don't know. And that's what he was. And that's what we'll cover this week on the Daily Show.

I don't know. I just thought that was very, very interesting. Of course, the CDC is in it, is a bit of a mess. Yeah. You know, people are being hired and fired within a week. I don't find those topics as fun to cover on the Daily Show. I find those topics should be covered by real journalists

whereas the Daily Show we like to cover a story but we're looking for the joke all the time Putin meeting with Trump Trump saying to me that's a funnier thing to put through the Daily Show machine than

hey a bunch of people who are out there to protect our lives and our children's lives were fired Yep. Go, writers. Well, sometimes we'll pivot to say how the media is covering it. I think that's the spin on it. That's what our job is.

Sort of the shameless spin coming from both sides of the eyes. Yes. That happened with, I mean, Putin and Trump, not only was that a pretty remarkable footage to look at, but the spin that happened after the words. Certainly on the right and left, the left. you know obviously saying it was a sign of weakness the right spinning it as a sign of strength and all and cherry picking all these little things i feel like that's something we would have latched on to correct is is you know the stark division between how it's covered of course yeah yeah same with rfk um but you're right i mean there's nothing inherently funny about the cdc director

resigning yeah and like sometimes a month after you know being hired sometimes you got it covered if if you're hosting that day and that's the news but I will say when I saw that story I said I'm happy but we don't have to cover that okay and of course my the most I think prominent story that we missed was the Burning Man Orgy Dome was destroyed by a dust storm

in the desert after many, many, many years of service. Is that true? As the Orgy Dome, been around for a long time? It's been around, yes. It's a longstanding tradition of Burning Man. I've never been to Burning Man, but my understanding and from the footage I've seen,

yeah, is it's been around for many years. The thing that I liked about that story personally is there was a argument that happened on social media, some people argued it was climbing. change that destroyed the the burning man orgy dome but other people are arguing that it was god's 100% god's rat there's always a there's going to be a christian element uh yeah so um you had to kind of choose aside yeah is it is it nature or is it climate change or is this just smiting i love love love when nature just subtly reminds us

that I'm in control of this and people underestimate wind I don't know if you have a rooftop in Brooklyn and you try to maintain a garden up there but wind is no joke wow yeah that's a pretty big brag okay wind is tough and I have never been to Burning Man

I have been to many orgy domes and a dome in the desert you got to deal with wind yes this is something they should have anticipated correct yeah you're right you'd think after years and years that it would have been fortified they should make it an aerodynamic fixture but i guess that's the point i guess like an orgy pyramid a pyramid yes but i guess they're probably really locked into there's got a dome thing you got to imagine there's probably many horny engineers that would be willing to come in yeah pro bono and fix the orgy

dome design architects 100% also one thing that I liked about the the article about about the orgy dome is they're talking about how you go and you have to sign a release oh wow and then you're given a lot of people bring rubber gloves and it just it felt like um one of the least erotic things is all the paperwork and sterile rubber gloves that go into a desert orgy it just To me, it took some of the hotness away from the desert orgy was the legal paperwork you had to go through before entering the Orgy Dome. All right. We'll move on from that. No, that is true.

And it sucks to think that Burning Man, which is this, I believe, celebration of free spirit and nature and breaking conventions has a terms and conditions. that the legal department that the legal department came up with and just reams and reams of paperwork file you know it's like an old school doctor's office let me pull your file and see

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Now, all of this certainly could get easily preempted or knocked out by something crazier because that's just how the news works. Yep. All right, the U.S. Open. You're a big, of course, a former semi-professional tennis player. Sure, yeah. Was that fair to say? Well, the semis is unnecessary. Okay, you're a former professional tennis player.

Sure, we'll say that. I like that. You are a former professional tennis player. It was how you made a living ranked. 864 in the world was my high. 864th in the world. Yeah. You know, the highest I got.

That's, if you, relative to the number of tennis players, that's got to be top 1%. I think it's, I think it's higher than that. Probably. Yeah. You're right. You're right. No, you're right. All right.

So I'm here with the 864th best tennis player on the planet. 25 years ago. 25 years ago. Yeah. Michael Costa. So, yeah, the U.S. Open finished this past weekend. Any thoughts about the tournament? Anything you saw?

I know you won a few nights. Yeah, I mean, when you're there, do people say, hey, it's professional tennis player? They certainly don't say, hey, it's professional tennis player. They sometimes say, they point at me and they say,

hey, that's that guy we hate. I actually stole that from a Robin. Robin Williams had a funny story about that. He was walking through Central Park and a dad and his son saw him and the son turned to the dad and said, hey, dad, look, it's that guy we hate. Like, what a beautiful.

Like, this is how we bond, hating this person i wonder what stage in his career that was was it after awakenings yeah you know was it um so i i you know what i i love the sport of tennis and i love watching the sport of tennis but i always am afraid to bring tennis into my comedy world the other world sure but what's interesting about tennis in particular the u.s open is Because it's a global sport, I mean, you get real geopolitical stuff. And that I do think is relevant in the daily show world. Real cultural tension.

Absolutely. Yeah. Like when a Russian player plays a Ukrainian player and the Ukrainian player refuses to shake your hand after, that's fun to me. It's not fun. It's sad. But that is like real. And I think tennis, it raises the stakes. For sure.

It's, yes. Beyond just the wins and losses. Correct. Correct. There's larger representation of your country, culture, yes. Pride. Yelena Ostepenka telling Taylor Townsend, a black American,

that she was uneducated, you know, a white Eastern European telling a black American woman, you know, that immediately gets saucy. On her home turf. Correct. In America. In America. At the U.S. Open. Right.

So that gets very saucy, very fast. Yep. The Polish construction CEO stealing the hat from what looked like a wealthy young boy gets real saucy real fast. I mean, I don't know if you remember everyone was criticizing the Polish construction man. He immediately lashed out and said, I don't apologize and I will sue anybody who criticizes me. You know, immediately this tiny little tennis thing became like a political... That clip is everywhere. Clips everywhere.

By the way, the Internet hunts him down in a half hour. That is terrifying. That is terrifying. No one is safe. It is terrifying. And also, I hate how I end up defending this asshole all the time on the Internet because the Internet went too far. What he did was terrible. The guy's a prick.

But now it's like your... You have his home phone number and is a... address and it's like yeah so now I'm going look the guy's an idiot but this is now this is now a cataclysmic event in his life yes yes correct correct yes if you don't remember what happened a player tried to hand a hat to a boy that was you know waiting for an autograph and the Polish CEO grabbed it from him before the boy could get it so and it's one of those beautiful player didn't notice he was just signing autographs who was who was the player I forget I forget I forget but but

But it was a fun, it's one of those perfect viral cold play dancing moments where we love to weigh in, but we don't really feel any stakes. Is it also, and I imagine this can happen at any tennis tournament, but it doesn't feel like something that would happen at Wimbledon. You're right, right. I mean, it's a little rowdier at the U.S. Open. At Wimbledon, that guy would have been sniped from a long distance once he did that. No, New York. He would have been banned for life. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's a private club.

No, New York is rowdier. It's got that, it's got that reputation. And, yeah, that was a, what I find interesting about that is the fact that that man refused to apologize. I don't know, that's in the zeitgeist a lot now. And I think it is the Trump permission, permission to not apologize. Correct. That, you know, that, of course. Yeah, that is very much.

relevant in all subjects of our life now. And it's an interesting conversation about... Dig in and just let it pass. Yeah. Yep. Which, you know, I would have... If that was me being caught, stealing from a young child, and by the way, I have done that many times.

Yeah. But when I get caught, I would say, whoops, I shouldn't have done that. Here's the hat back. But I'm kind of a hero. Do you want to go into some of the things that you've stolen from children or... That'll be for the next precap.

You got to leave him wanting more. There's got to be an arc to this. But also, Matt, I have been a young boy. Of course. Waiting for an autograph from someone. Yvonne Lendell. Yana Navatna. Okay, sure.

And not gotten what I wanted, but the people around me have. That's a thing. It's a life lesson. And it does make you think about stuff. Foul balls? Hello? Hey, that was in my hand. And there's someone, so maybe, maybe,

Maybe this is how American... It bounced right past me. Yeah. Maybe this is how American kids get some great. That kid goes on to do great things. Correct. You know. Or opens fire in public.

We're not sure, but we'll wait to see. Well, the internet will track him down in 10 years as well and see what hell he's doing. He will not apologize. Oh, God. That'd be interesting to see if that stays in. All right. So a few things here. Epstein List, of course, is making a comeback.

The victims are speaking out. Trump immediately calls it a Democratic hoax. I mean, literally, while they're still on the White House grounds, he comes out and says that the Epstein thing is a Democrat hoax. It's funny that he says Democrat because it really seems like it's the Republicans that are really fixed on this. Who are not voting to release the file. It's pretty clear cut.

Yeah. But he's just, he's holding the line. He's towing the line. You know, there's nothing particularly funny and it's more tragic. particularly when you're humanizing and seeing the victims on the White House property. What's interesting about this topic

from day one is that it feels like Trump has done so many things that should bother people but this is the one that his own party is really fixed on and hey I'm all good if they want to get fixed on this, good but they should also get fixed on the other stuff,

like sending federal troops in to enforce local law. That's kind of fucked up. Well, let's talk about that, of course. Let's talk about that. The National Guard is in multiple cities. Yeah. D.C., although L.A., it was just ruled illegal. Yeah.

And so Pasi Kamatatus is coming up a lot, which is a law that basically keeps a separation between the military and local law enforcement. Basically a law, a law from 1878. Rutherford B. has. I knew that. I didn't write it down from 1878 that is basically says that the military cannot enforce the law.

It keeps troops from out of our streets, essentially. Yeah, I mean, let's think about that. It seems pretty cut and dry. It's, let's think like, do you want the leader of a world to use the, military to enforce his beliefs. And that is what separates this country from a lot of other countries. Of course. It seems like a fairly...

That's one of the basic principles that they founded it on, right? And from what I can tell, he's kind of doing this, knowing it's illegal, but just hoping to slowly desensitize us to this idea that federal troops are... And just selling it. as a true improvement to the quality of life.

It's funny to me to hear him brag. There was no crime. There's zero murders in D.C. last night. Well, the National Guard has been deployed. So, yeah, that should be the case. Wasn't there footage of some of these National Guard like picking up trash? Yes.

So that would be another thing is these troops who have been trained. There we go. Oh, here it is. They're wearing reflective vests. Like crossing guards. Yeah. By the way, this is, this is belittling to these armed service men and women, not to pick up trash. People got to pick up trash. But this is not what they're trained to do. This is not what they signed up for. It's not what we are paying for. But so yeah, you know, to me, Matt, this has got Daily Show written all over it. Of course. You know, a highly skilled, expensive, well-outfitted killing soldier men. machine is picking up trash the way I get leaves off my lawn with a bad back on a Sunday

afternoon wearing the same vest that they give to people directing traffic after a concert. Yes. So to me, if I'm China or North Korea and I see this footage, this is like America, you are, you are, you've lost it. Just drop candy wrappers on our cities. By the way, that, by the way, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, that, It is a clean looking walkway. It does look anything in New York City.

I will say it looks clean and there are no murders happening during the footage. So that's great Daily Show fodder. Will we cover that? It will probably not make it because something else will come along. The Forbes 400 list drops this week. It's something that President Trump pays attention to. Oh, yeah. And I could see him complaining about where he's ranked.

You know, the liberal media hates him and wants to make him seem less wealthy. That, unfortunately, is something that will probably push out more important issues in his mind this week. Where he stands on the Forbes 400 list. It's New York Fashion Week, of course. Yeah. I'm sorry, I didn't bring this up earlier. Oh, yeah, for sure. And you're excited about all those, the shows, the parties, the big tents that are erected.

What else happens during fashion week? Orgy domes? There's Orgy Dome. There's definitely Oriental. Bryant Park, the Bryant Park Orgy Dome. Sponsored by Paramount Plus. Well, Forbes put Trump as number one as like a little, as a piece of the man. Well, he did just make $5 billion on paper from crypto.

Oh, wow. Yeah. Which, um, that drives me pretty crazy. Yeah. Um, the fact that, uh, Hunter Biden tried to sell some paintings. Right. Um, using his family connections and, uh, Trump's made $5 billion. Yeah.

Putting his name on a crypto coin that he's deregulated as president. But the NFL is back. Yeah. Uh, are you, uh, are you into the NFL at all? No. No. And, you know, I. I stopped wearing any sports-looking paraphernalia out in public, period,

because people would ask me what I thought of the nickel package defense. Or, hey, did you see the Detroit traded the relieving pitcher? And I would go, why am I in this conversation? Right. I support athletics. This is an old Detroit Tigers t-shirt. That's at the very bottom of my drawer. And I strongly believe in the community power of sport and rooting together.

But I don't want to talk about the off shooting guard for the Detroit distance third quarter foul. With a stranger. But as a tennis player, of course, football, a big team sport. As a tennis player, did team sports anger you? No, I think team sports are awesome because you really do have to rely on. you're only as good as that weakest link you do have to rely on the person to your left and to your right that's also why i chose tennis because i was tired of passing the ball to wide open spencer and then he misses the fucking goal yep give me the rock spence i'll put it i'll

put it in the back of the net uh it lines up it lines up uh maybe that's tennis stand-up comedy You're relying on yourself. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You will, you'll get all the glory or all the failure. Let me say this, and this is going to get serious for a second. I'm happy the NFL's back. I'm happy people like the NFL. I'm happy when I...

On Paramount Plus. I'm happy that I walk past a bar and an airport, and a lot of people are cheering for whomever. But I also think we need to be paying attention to America and our government right now. Okay? So it might feel like a welcome distraction. good go support your team go high five go make the seven layer dip that no one can identify all seven layers ever no one even knows what three of the layers are of the seven layer dip but i think let's let's let's as american citizens and i'm looking in one of these cameras here let's also pay attention to what's happening in washington dc because it is important and it will fuck up the nfl schedule if uh if we don't can we put signing off can we put some inspired music under slow motion

pan. A waving flag. Yeah. As you remind us what's important. That's right. It's fourth and one. You know. Yeah. With a little time left in the... In the democracy. You understand. Yeah. Yeah. You understand. Yeah. This episode is brought to you by Square.

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read listened to or argued about or just been on your mind lately anything well i mean august summer yeah i mean you know let me just start by saying i do love my children of course okay yes it's very important i've started so many sentences and conversations like this but i yeah i feel that the summer as a parent i mean i don't I am a camp counselor. Yeah. It is, you're asking me about this new stuff. I don't even know what the fuck you're talking about.

I can tell you where the construction paper is in our house. Yep. I can tell you that we need a new color pencil sharpener. I can tell you. How much milk is in the refrigerator? How much milk is in the fridge? I can tell you that we need more snacks. I mean, I was at Home Depot multiple times this summer

buying thicker gauges of plastic tarp in the painting section. Okay. Creating with some water, creating a slip and slide for my children. Then I went to a friend's house and their dad, you know, like the better dad version? Sure. Was like you got to put dish soap on there. That's how they really slip and slide. So not only that I then feel belittled by this prick, but then I saw kids really.

really flying at his house so so back to Home Depot you go back to Home Depot I go now I got to buy a gross of hand soap it is just it is like a serial killer shopping list totally just various tarps and soap cleaning supplies and you know I guess all of this to say and this is why having children is great it makes me appreciate 40 years later that my parents did that you don't ever think about that I if I can just stop you real quick about so it's going to home depot to to you know buy it I don't know what the current cost of a slip and slide is that's a good point but you mean just buy the actual slip and slide 15 bucks I don't know what did you spend on the tarps by the way they don't ever

yeah exactly they don't tell you like now I have you know 900 square feet of tarps somewhere something I have to do with that That was just an example of my summer has been, it's parenting, man. Summer vacation, when the kids are from school, I have two small children, is not relaxing. No. It is 24-7 engagement with, which we love. Of course. Best decision I've ever made.

What's amazing about kids is all they really want is your full engagement, but they know when you're bullshitting it. Even if I'm looking at you, child, and I'm nodding up in town, she'll go like, Dad, Dad, you're not paying attention. I'm like, how did you fucking know? Yep. Or sometimes I'll read almost an entire book to my son, and I'll be zoning out. Oh, yeah, big time. And then he's asking questions about the story, and I have to pretend that I was paying attention to whatever we were reading or listening to.

You're thinking about the Posi-Coma-Totis Act. Of course. Thank you. Or the Polish CEO. Yeah. What's you going to do with that hat? You can't wear the hat. I think he stuffed it in another woman's bag.

So let me say that in a non-sexual way. I think he took the hat and he put it in a woman's bag that was his girlfriend or wife. So that's also funny that he stole the hat from a child to give to a woman he's courting. Oh, it's a love story. It's a love story. So anyways, my big tot take. you heard it here first at the pre-cap is that summer for parents

is exhausting and hard kind of sucks yeah there we go all right so that's so that's going to do it for the pre-cap and thanks Michael Costa for sitting down

and discussing a lot of stuff that we will probably completely ignore by tomorrow morning because it will be supplanted by something crazier and that's just the nature of it have fun behind the desk week and please tune in to watch our good friend Michael Costa behind the desk on The Daily

Show this week. And thanks for listening. We'll see you on the next precap. See ya. Thanks, Matt. Explore more shows from the Daily Show podcast universe by searching The Daily Show, wherever you get your podcasts. Watch the Daily Show weeknights at 11, 10 Central on Comedy Central and stream full episodes anytime on Paramount Plus. This has been a comedy Central podcast.