The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
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On Mondays Jon Stewart hosts The Daily Show, but on Wednesdays he hosts The Weekly Show. Listen wherever you get your podcasts & watch on YouTube.
A listener asks Jon his insights on being a married vegetarian and farting.
Can anyone really predict what’s going to happen in the economy? Jon & Austan Goolsbee discuss. @goolsbee.bsky.social
Austan Goolsbee, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago explains why the stock market should not drive decisions at the Fed.
A listener asks if networks should carry President Trump’s address live or wait to fact check.
Jon and Austan Goolsbee, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, examine how the stimulus following the 2008 financial crisis differed from the pandemic-era stimulus. @goolsbee.bsky.social
Jon welcomes Austan Goolsbee, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, to try and make sense of our uncertain economic moment and the future. New podcast out now! @goolsbee.bsky.social
What happens when election investigations take priority over other threats? Jon and Brian Driscoll weigh in.
“If there is corruption at the highest levels of our government, there is nobody to look at it.” Jack Smith unpacks how government corruption has been let loose.
Is it possible to rebuild public trust in the courts? Jon and Jack Smith discuss.
Targeted attacks on career public servants like Jack Smith and Brian Driscoll can have a chilling effect in the future.
Jon asks the question many Americans have wrestled with since January 6: If the system couldn't hold a president accountable for trying to overturn an election, what does that say about our democracy? Jack Smith and Brian Driscoll weigh in.
Former Special Counsel Jack Smith and former Acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll discuss Trump’s weaponization of the DOJ and how those inside the department see it. New pod out now!
Jon welcomes former Special Counsel Jack Smith and former Acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll on an all-new podcast tomorrow.
The right’s attacks on universities is not about improving education, but about ensuring some education isn’t available. @agordonreed.bsky.social @dblight.bsky.social
After 250 years is it fitting or disturbing that Trump is president?
Quinn Slobodian lays out the connection between Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Donald Rumsfeld’s War On Terror.
Jon, @tariqpanja.bsky.social and Roger Bennett reflect on how sports, from the Knicks to Arsenal, can create communal joy. @meninblazers.bsky.social
Soccer legend Jon Stewart weighs in on soccer dramatics.
Jon, Roger Bennett and Tariq Panja discuss England’s World Cup chances. @meninblazers.bsky.social @tariqpanja.bsky.social
Years after scandal rocked FIFA the organization seems to be back to its old corrupt tricks. @tariqpanja.bsky.social
Jon is joined by Roger Bennett, founder of @meninblazers.bsky.social, and @tariqpanja.bsky.social, global sports correspondent for the The New York Times, to discuss the cognitive dissonance between FIFA’s politics and the joy of the World Cup.
At a time of global tension, the World Cup is reminding us that people connect where governments divide. Jon is joined by New York Times global sports correspondent @tariqpanja.bsky.social and @meninblazers.bsky.social founder Roger Bennett. New episode out now!
Jon revisits his glory days on the pitch and welcomes Men In Blazers founder Roger Bennet and New York Times’ global sports correspondent @tariqpanja.bsky.social to talk World Cup. New pod drops tomorrow!
The Supreme Court’s rightward swing has dismantled a lot of the founding principles of the country. David Blight @dblight.bsky.social discusses debating The Heritage Foundation’s Kevin Roberts and Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social emphasizes the need to aspire to our founding creeds.
Why did institutions lose the trust of the white working class? David Blight @dblight.bsky.social and Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social offer some historical context.
Trump and his allies are cherry picking history to paint an unrealistically rosy view of American history. Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social & David Blight @dblight.bsky.social discuss how that has changed over time, pointing to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Jon gets nostalgic for the Knicks team that started it all for him.
Historians Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social and David Blight @dblight.bsky.social tackle the latest iteration of longstanding ideological resistance to our nation’s central creed.
