History Meets Galaxy with Tony Gilroy and Mike Duncan

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

Comedy Central

Politics, News, News Commentary, Comedy

4.5 • 7.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2025

⏱️ 94 minutes

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In an era that can feel like a tinderbox, Jon is joined by Tony Gilroy, creator of "Andor" and Oscar nominee, and Mike Duncan, bestselling author and creator of the "History of Rome" and "Revolutions" podcasts. Together, they examine what draws ordinary people into extraordinary historical moments, explore the catalysts that spark revolutions, and consider how both fictional narratives and historical analysis illuminate our present. This podcast episode is brought to you by: SURFSHARK - Go to https://surfshark.com/stewart and use code stewart at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN! GROUND NEWS - Go to https://groundnews.com/stewart to see how any news story is being framed by news outlets around the world and across the political spectrum. Use my link to get 40% off unlimited access with the Vantage Subscription. 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 > BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/theweeklyshowpodcast.com 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 Editor & Engineer – Rob Vitolo Audio Editor & Engineer – Nicole Boyce Researcher & Associate Producer – Gillian Spear Music by Hansdle Hsu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everybody. Welcome to the weekly show podcast. My name is John Stewart. We are back after being off for, I think, a week there, and we're taping this damn thing. What is there? Wednesday, July 9th, it's probably going to air tomorrow. As of this moment,
0:22.5	the Epstein files are still not here. They were here. They were on a desk and then they weren't on
0:27.7	the desk. And then they said that they don't have the files. Apparently, a gentleman
0:33.8	named Jesri Epstein who was sex trafficking hundreds of people there were there were
0:40.8	hundreds of victims of this but apparently acted alone did there are no files and then maybe tomorrow
0:47.9	they will have the files and it turns out all the files were written on with lemon juice on paper
0:53.2	they just had to hold them up under
0:54.8	the light and then they appeared again uh this has been such a surreal experience uh watching this
1:03.5	administration in this moment look donald trump very clearly came to power.
1:12.6	The fuel of his rise was the kinetic energy of conspiracy.
1:22.9	He rode the power of, quote, unquote unquote the secret knowledge to light up his audiences to to drive them mad with
1:38.9	injustice and how they were going to fight it there was this this deep state, and they all knew about it,
1:45.1	and there was a liberal conspiracy,
1:46.8	and there were children involved,
1:49.3	and Trump and all his influencers
1:52.8	and all those individuals
1:55.4	that force amplified the conspiracies
2:00.4	are what I think drew his movement together. It was, in many ways,
2:08.9	it's the glue that holds the maga moment much more than I think patriotism does. It's the glue of secret knowledge of unknown forces
2:20.2	that work against you to cause your life.
2:23.0	And one of the main forces was this exemplified
2:26.5	by this Epstein thing.
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