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🗓️ 1 March 2023
⏱️ 38 minutes
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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.
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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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