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The Daily Show: Ears Edition

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Jon Stewart and The Daily Show News Team cover today's biggest headlines. The “Ears Edition” of The Daily Show features full episodes, extended content, exclusive interviews, and more. The Daily Show: Ears Edition listeners can use discount code "TDS20” for 20% off all The Daily Show products on ParamountShop.com. Watch The Daily Show weeknights on Comedy Central at 11/10c or stream it on Paramount+.

300 episodes

The Interviews | Evan Gershkovich, Marlon James, CMAT, John Wilson 4 Oct 2026 · 1 hr 22 min Catch all of the past week's great guests in one place. Wall Street Journal foreign correspondent Evan Gershkovich joins Jon Stewart to talk about his new memoir, “This Cursed Bea…

This Week's News | Jon Stewart on Trump's Xi Summit & Jordan Klepper on Hegseth's Anti-Weirdo Crusade 3 Oct 2026 · 58 min Catch up on the latest headlines with The Daily Show News Team. Jon Stewart comments on President Xi's trip to the U.S. and MAGA's outrage over Trump wooing the Chinese president,…

Pete Hegseth Purges Weirdos and Wimps & Trump Drops a New Hispanic Stereotype | John Wilson 2 Oct 2026 · 45 min Jordan Klepper gets into the headlines: Famously pro-Hispanic President Trump hosts a Hispanic Heritage Month event at the White House, and even invents a new stereotype to honor…

AI Leaders Sign Trump's "Self-Policing" Pact & Eric Schmitt's Ambush Backfires | CMAT 1 Oct 2026 · 35 min Jordan Klepper breaks down the headlines, including an AI summit in Washington that left us with exactly the same amount of federal AI regulation (read: none). Plus, former Trump…

GOP Pushes for DEI in Welfare-to-Work Ad & Trump Launches America.gov AI | Marlon James 30 Sept 2026 · 41 min Trump runs a taxpayer-funded ad that infuriates liberals, and Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders runs an ad that is TOO white for conservatives? Maybe they’re finally getting be…

Will Republicans Divorce Trump Over Xi Embrace? Probably Not | Evan Gershkovich 29 Sept 2026 · 59 min Jon Stewart examines the limits of Republican allegiance to Trump after his weekend of wooing President Xi with granite, helipads, and an exclusive tour of the White House ballroo…

The Precap | Jordan Klepper on Xi's Pandas, Tuberville's Furry Pilots & Trump's "Super Intelligence" Branding Fail 28 Sept 2026 · 52 min This week's host Jordan Klepper sits down with Daily Show writer Randall Otis to recap the latest news and preview the week to come. They weigh in on President Xi giving America t…

The Interviews | Ari Emanuel, Tom Morello, Jessica Tarlov, Merritt Wever 27 Sept 2026 · 1 hr 22 min Catch all of the past week's great guests in one place. Ari Emanuel, of TKO and WME Group, sits down with Jon Stewart to discuss his new memoir, “Roll the Calls.” The two discuss…

This Week's News | Jon Stewart on MAGA's Embrace of AI & Desi Lydic on Trump's U.N. Rant and Xi Meetup 26 Sept 2026 · 47 min Catch up on the latest headlines with the Daily Show news team. Jon Stewart digs into the White House's press ban on major media outlets and weighs Republicans' embrace of AI agai…

Trump Spooked by Plane at Xi Meeting & Sen. Tuberville Rails Against Flying Furries | Merritt Wever 25 Sept 2026 · 39 min Desi Lydic breaks down the headlines, and as America approaches the midterms, things are not looking good for the GOP. But thanks to Sen. Tommy Tuberville, Republicans have a tric…

Trump Can’t Find Rubio, Pirro Tackles Meteorite Corruption & Melania Gets a Sequel | Jessica Tarlov 24 Sept 2026 · 51 min Trump can’t find Marco Rubio during his U.N. speech, and Jeanine Pirro seizes a Martian meteorite for some reason (shouldn’t that be the Space Force’s job?). Desi Lydic breaks dow…

Trump Talks S**t at the U.N., Rebrands AI as "Superintelligence" & Praises Mamdani | Tom Morello 23 Sept 2026 · 35 min Desi Lydic dives into the headlines with Trump’s press ban leaving him speechless (literally, he has no mic anymore). Plus, "AI" is out and “super intelligence” is in as the presi…

White House Bans Media Outlets & MAGA Embraces AI While Demonizing Immigrants | Ari Emanuel 22 Sept 2026 · 48 min Jon Stewart takes on the White House’s new press ban for major media outlets with the help of Desi Lydic, who was able to sneak into the Oval Office disguised as a golden cherub.…

The Precap | Desi Lydic on Trump's Press Ban Endgame 22 Sept 2026 · 29 min This week's host Desi Lydic joins Daily Show writer and producer Matt O'Brien to recap the latest news, and preview the week to come. They talk about whether Trump's White House p…

The Interviews | Danielle Brooks, Colin Kaepernick, Giri Nathan 20 Sept 2026 · 50 min Check out all of this week's great guests in one place. Danielle Brooks joins Josh Johnson to talk about her new film, “If I Go Will They Miss Me,” where she plays Lozita, a mothe…

This Week's News | Josh on Kash Patel's Bestiality Stance & Kosta on Another Oil Strait Closure 19 Sept 2026 · 32 min Catch up on the latest headlines with The Daily Show News Team. Josh Johnson covers Mitch McConnell's rickety return to the Senate, Trump's dismissive reaction to the looming thre…

Iran War Closes Another Strait & Mamdani Debuts 10-Minute Toilets in NYC | Giri Nathan 18 Sept 2026 · 37 min Mayor Zohran Mamdani is expanding NYC’s public restrooms, which is good because the war in Iran is once again going to s**t. Michael Kosta breaks down how the war continues to dri…

Kash Patel Gets Tangled in Bestiality Questions & Don Jr. Gets a Blushing Bribe | Colin Kaepernick 17 Sept 2026 · 48 min Pete Hegseth seeks troops with the perfect waist-to-height ratio to serve as props for his speech, and Kash Patel defends new FBI hiring standards that take a softer stance on bes…

Mitch McConnell Returns & Trump Dismisses AI Doomsday Warnings | Danielle Brooks 16 Sept 2026 · 35 min Mitch McConnell dispels rumors about his death just in time for Anthropic insiders to announce that AI could kill us all in as little as six months. Thumbs up, Mitch! Josh Johnson…

The Precap | Josh Johnson on RNC Crashing Grindr, Offering Trump-Backed Bribes & Debuting Hasan Piker’s Meat 15 Sept 2026 · 53 min This week's host Josh Johnson sits down with Daily Show writer Joe Opio to recap the latest news, and preview the week to come. Josh Johnson and Daily Show writer Joe Opio break d…

TDS Time Machine | The War on Climate Change 14 Sept 2026 · 32 min Taking a look back at The Daily Show's coverage of the war on, and over, climate change. Jon Stewart talks climate change denialism in the U.S. Congress. Jordan Klepper investigat…

This Week's Interviews | Gov. Spencer Cox, Jia Tolentino, Andrew Garfield 13 Sept 2026 · 60 min Check out all of this week's great guests. Republican Governor Spencer Cox joins Jon Stewart to discuss his new book, “Off Ramp: How to Be a Peacemaker in an Age of Contempt,” and…

This Week's News | Jon Stewart on Trump's Alternate Reality & Michael Kosta on Mamdani's "Penghazi" 12 Sept 2026 · 39 min Catch up on the latest headlines with The Daily Show News Team. Jon Stewart examines how Trump's presidential delusions have him escalating his trade war with Canada, renaming Lak…

Trump Bribes Americans with $5K "Dividends" & GOP Gets Weird at Midterm Convention | Andrew Garfield 11 Sept 2026 · 41 min Trump’s Republican Midterm Convention flops with low turnout, empty promises, and GOP behavior that is just straight up weird (we’re looking at you, Tim Scott). Michael Kosta dive…

GOP RSVP's "No" to Trump Convention & Push to Ban Mamdani from 9/11 Ceremony | Jia Tolentino 10 Sept 2026 · 48 min Michael Kosta dives into the Trump-headlined Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas and the growing list of GOP candidates making excuses not to attend. Plus, J.D. Vance “celebra…

Jon on Trump's Meme Assault on Canada & the Alternate Reality He's Constructed | Gov. Spencer Cox 9 Sept 2026 · 53 min Trump’s delusions have him amping up his trade war with Canada, renaming Lake Ontario "Lake America," denying rising food and gas prices in the U.S., and winning the Iran War agai…

The Precap | Michael Kosta on America's Battles with Iran, Canada, and US Open Tennis Influencers 8 Sept 2026 · 53 min This week's host Michael Kosta sits down with Daily Show writer Scott Hercman to catch up on the latest news, and preview the week to come. They dig in to what happened while the…

TDS Time Machine | Labor Day 7 Sept 2026 · 58 min United we podcast. Enjoy a holiday thanks to the hard work of labor unions, and listen to this compilation of labor stories from The Daily Show. Sam Bee meets the French Canadian…

TDS Time Machine | Even Stephven with Stephen Colbert and Steve Carell 4 Sept 2026 · 37 min In the words of Jon Stewart, "What better way to understand the issue than to have two pundits of violently opposing viewpoints disagree with each other?" Join The Daily Show as w…

TDS Time Machine | Dolly Parton - The Interviews 2 Sept 2026 · 30 min Join us in celebrating the one and only Dolly Parton, an endlessly generous force of nature who spent decades making the world a little brighter, louder, and more fabulous. Here a…