Finding Meaning in a System Built to Fracture You with Josh Johnson

What Now? with Trevor Noah

SiriusXM & Day Zero Productions

News, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.7 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2025

⏱️ 119 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Josh Johnson’s signature hilarious introspection is on full display as he shares stories with Trevor and Eugene about everything from childhood bullying and nunchuck mastery to coming into his own as a comedian and providing for the people he loves most.

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0:00.0	Put your hands together for Josh Johnson.
0:03.2	The newest correspondent. He's an Emmy winner. He's got millions of followers online.
0:07.2	Wired Magazine called him the funniest guy on the internet, and that's the big place.
0:10.5	Josh is putting out a weekly special every single Tuesday on his YouTube channel.
0:14.4	I'm going to have to sit there listening, watching the Super Bowl halftime show to Spanish.
0:19.1	I'm going to have to sit there with my guacamole and my chips
0:22.2	in my lap, listening to Spanish.
0:26.0	His channel has gotten over 350 million views
0:29.1	and all this success has actually landed him
0:32.0	a hosting spot on the Daily Show.
0:34.7	He has a dream that one day he will not be judged by the content of the Epstein files.
0:40.2	I can't stress enough how much I'm enjoying what I'm doing and like how obsessed I am with
0:47.5	comedy in general.
0:53.6	This is What Now with Trevor Noah.
0:56.2	That's what now with Trevor Noah.
1:08.5	That's it.
1:08.5	Do you remember you had a gag about that, Eugene, back in the day?
1:11.2	About Dexter?
1:12.5	There was a...
1:12.9	What are you looking at?
1:16.0	Who are you doing?
1:17.2	I'm talking at.
	...

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