A Closer Look Back: MAGA's Journey from "Law and Order" to "Law of the Jungle"
Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast
NBC
4.3 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 9 February 2026
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
In an all-new episode of Late Night’s podcast “A Closer Look Back,” A Closer Look Supervising Writer Sal Gentile and Supervising Producer Emily Erotas discuss ICE’s fear of public ridicule, Zohran Mamdani’s early success as mayor and MAGA’s claim that the US can violate international law because they only adhere to “the law of the jungle.”
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| 0:00.0 | I want to know catapulse, which is better, the electric or the steam? |
| 0:10.0 | Catapulse. |
| 0:11.0 | Which is better? |
| 0:12.0 | It's steam for the catapults. |
| 0:15.0 | The catapults. |
| 0:16.0 | You know the catapult that throws the plane into the air? |
| 0:19.0 | The catapult system. |
| 0:20.0 | The catapult system. The catapult, it's called. So they have a catapult that throws the plane into the air? The catapult system. The catapult system. |
| 0:21.1 | The catapult it's called. |
| 0:23.6 | So they have a catapult. Catapult, right? The catapult system. The catapult system. Catapult. Caterpult. Steam catapult. Electric catapult. The catapult people. I'm the chief catapult. I'm a catapolter. |
| 0:34.8 | The catapult, catapult, catapult, catapult, catapoles, catapoles, catapults, all electric catapults. |
| 0:40.6 | The catapult, The catapult. Catapult. Catapult. |
| 0:37.9 | Catapoles. |
| 0:38.5 | All electric catapults. |
| 0:40.6 | The catapult. |
| 0:41.1 | The catapult. |
| 0:41.2 | The catapult. The catapult. The catapult. The catapult system. You know, the catapult. The catapult system. Catapult. Catapult. Catapult. Catapult. The catapult? |
| 0:49.8 | Catapults. |
| 0:50.4 | Catapults. |
| 0:51.1 | Catapult are off the deck. |
| 0:56.7 | Sorry. Catapoles. Catapults. Catapult are off the deck. |
| 0:58.0 | Sorry. Emily can't. |
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