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The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

Group Therapy: Talking WWIII, Lab Leaks, and Pedro Pascal

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

Comedy Central

Politics, News, News Commentary, Comedy

4.57.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Exciting news: We’ve got new TV episodes starting March 3! To celebrate, Jon is joined this week by executive producer and showrunner Brinda Adhikari, senior research producer Susan Helvenston, and staff writer Kasaun Wilson to discuss the stories we’ve been following and the anxiety they’ve given us. Plus, they chat about the news that the COVID-19 virus may actually have leaked from a lab in China, whether we’re on the brink of World War III, and other fun, breezy topics. 


New episodes start streaming March 3 on Apple TV+.


CREDITS
Hosted by: Jon Stewart 


Featuring, in order of appearance: Brinda Adhikari, Kasaun Wilson, Susan Helvenston 


Executive Produced by Jon Stewart, Brinda Adhikari, James Dixon, Chris McShane, and Richard Plepler.

Lead Producer: Sophie Erickson

Producers: Zach Goldbaum, Caity Gray 

Assoc. Producer: Andrea Betanzos

Sound Engineer: Miguel Carrascal

Senior Digital Producer: Freddie Morgan

Digital Producer: Cassie Murdoch

Digital Coordinator: Norma Hernandez

Supervising Producer: Lorrie Baranek

Head Writer: Kris Acimovic 

Elements Producer: Kenneth Hull

Clearances Producer: Daniella Philipson

Senior Talent Producer: Brittany Mehmedovic

Talent Manager: Marjorie McCurry

Talent Coordinator: Lukas Thimm

Senior Research Producer: Susan Helvenston 


Theme Music by: Gary Clark Jr.


The Problem With Jon Stewart podcast is an Apple TV+ podcast, produced by Busboy Productions.

https://apple.co/-JonStewart

Transcript

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0:00.0

Look, Brenda, I've said this before, if you just toast the English muffin and you just

0:05.2

crisp it up a little bit, it's going to do you so much, but the bagel is too much bread.

0:09.5

Right. Listen, you and I, as I said, if we ever part ways, it'll be because of the bagel

0:15.7

and the English muffin debate because I am fully entrenched in the bagel category and he is fully

0:20.3

entrenched in English muffin. It's just not a sandwich. Oh, here we go. My favorite part of this job

0:25.2

is watching John give bagels the same intensity he gives Fox News. That's right.

0:30.0

All right, friends, we got a podcast here. It's the problem with John Stewart who is the problem.

0:56.9

It is finally here. The Apple TV Plus Show is back. New episodes start on March 3rd. That's this

1:02.8

Friday. I don't know when you're listening to this. It could be last Friday because you're

1:08.1

fucking lazy and you're not up on your podcast and you're all the sudden you're like,

1:14.4

oh, I got to listen to this Alec Murdoch case. No, you're staying with us here. To celebrate,

1:21.4

we're going to be talking about the upcoming episodes with the people who help make these

1:25.7

upcoming episodes. It's the lovely town at Brindado, Cari, our executive producer and showrunner.

1:30.8

Extraordinary Susan Helvinson, senior research producer. Hi. So you can do two things in this world.

1:36.9

You can Google something or you can ask Susan. As Denzel once said, Google link got nothing on me.

1:45.5

And then of course, Kayson Wilson, our staff writer and our office poll maker. What's happening, John?

1:52.5

What is the poll this week, Kayson? If one person has to go in their entire career, who would you

1:57.5

choose? And the options were Julia Roberts, Tom Cruise. Wait, wait, they'd have to go like...

2:04.0

Their entire career gone. They've never been born. This is it's a wonderful life. They've never been

2:08.6

born. Yes, they've never been born. All of their work is gone. Julia Roberts, Tom Hanks,

2:14.3

Merrill Streep, Tom Cruise. I don't want any part of it. It's hard.

2:19.2

Yeah, I'd have to go with... I'd have to go with Julia Roberts.

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