Democracy Under Threat: The Soft Hum of Corruption

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

Comedy Central

Politics, News, News Commentary, Comedy

4.5 • 7.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2024

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Despite what cable news may have you believe, Donald Trump is not the sole threat to our democracy. This week, we’re peeling back the rhetoric and taking a look at where the vulnerabilities in our institutions lie. In conversation with Jane Mayer, Chief Washington Correspondent for The New Yorker magazine and Noah Bookbinder, President of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, Jon explores the roots of our democratic dysfunction. From ever-multiplying dark money to shark tanking ideas for tax transparency, this episode has it all. Plus, hear from producers of the pod and get a taste for what you can expect in episodes to come! Fact Check: Jane Mayer mentions that Jon said the FEC is about as useless as male nipples. It was, in fact, Jordan Klepper who said this. Follow The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart on social media for more: > YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@weeklyshowpodcast > Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weeklyshowpodcast > TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@weeklyshowpodcast > X: https://x.com/weeklyshowpod Host/Executive Producer – Jon Stewart Executive Producer - James Dixon Executive Producer – Chris McShane Executive Producer – Caity Gray Lead Producer – Lauren Walker Producer – Brittany Mehmedovic Video/Audio Editor & Engineer - Rob Vitolo Researcher - Catherine Nouhan Music by Hansdale Hsu

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0:00.0	John Stewart is back in the host chair at the Daily Show, which means he's also back in our ears on the Daily Show Ears Edition podcast.
0:08.0	The Daily Show podcast has everything you need to stay on top of today's news and pop culture. You get hilarious satirical
0:15.1	takes on entertainment, politics, sports, and more from John and the team of
0:19.6	correspondence and contributors. The podcast also has content you can't get anywhere else like
0:25.1	extended interviews and a roundup of the weekly headlines. Listen to the
0:29.4	Daily Show, EARS Edition, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:33.2	Hey everybody,
0:39.0	Hey everybody,
0:40.0	welcome. It's Thursday.
0:43.9	I've had a good two days to recover
0:47.9	from my Monday work schedule,
0:51.9	the Vitamin B shot, the IV drips. I'm almost back. Exhaust. But welcome to the weekly
0:59.3	show with John Stewart. I am John Stewart and we are going to be doing this podcast for the year and
1:05.6	We thought a little bit about
1:08.6	Kind of what is what is the thrust of this what is the kind of thing that we're trying to explore during this? Because as you know, your
1:16.7	podcast time is valuable. It is a valuable part of your, let's say, four hour hour commute or I don't know how you get to work but I'm
1:26.5	assuming that's the time that you might listen to a podcast because otherwise I
1:30.9	mean the fucking TV's right there.
1:33.0	So why would you, did you get the whole narratives and things?
1:37.0	But what I want to talk about as we get into this is the biggest issue of our time right now appears to be
1:47.0	the threats to healthy functioning democracies.
1:52.0	And I think we generally view those threats as specific to people or
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