In the Field with Grace Kuhlenschmidt
The Daily Show: Ears Edition
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4.4 • 13.5K Ratings
🗓️ 23 April 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
The truth is out there, and so is Grace Kuhlenschmidt, so follow along as the Daily Show correspondent hits the field.
Grace learns how to live off the grid in the middle of Manhattan from a man who's been doing just that. She tackles aging in the government by meeting with the youngest member of congress. Prior to the election she met with professional election prognosticators to see who would win, then returns to demand answers when they prove unreliable. Finally she heads to the streets to see if young people are willing to delete their social media apps now that they're all controlled by evil billionaires.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Comedy Central. |
| 0:08.1 | When you hear off the grid, you probably think of living in a cute cottage in the woods like Ted Kaczynski. |
| 0:16.7 | But you don't have to venture way the fucking to the wilderness to live like Ted. |
| 0:21.6 | Meet Josh Spodeck, astrophysicist, NYU professor, and real life Captain Planet. |
| 0:26.8 | I used to empty my garbage weekly. |
| 0:29.0 | Now I emptying my garbage once in 2019, once in 2018, once in 2017. |
| 0:34.8 | Okay, twin, I also only take out my trash once a year. |
| 0:38.3 | But recently, Josh went even further, taking his Manhattan apartment off the electrical |
| 0:42.3 | grid completely. |
| 0:44.3 | So what is your problem with electricity? |
| 0:47.3 | Did it kill your family? |
| 0:49.3 | Or did it? |
| 0:51.3 | Because I'm now realizing that's kind of something that could happen. I do use electricity. |
| 0:56.0 | I have my solar panels that I take up to the roof and charge the battery, but that's it. |
| 0:59.0 | I try to minimize my footprint as much as I can. |
| 1:02.0 | Now, what exactly is electricity? |
| 1:05.0 | And I know the basics. |
| 1:07.0 | It's... |
| 1:09.0 | The stuff that's in the air. |
| 1:13.2 | Electricity actually is very complicated. |
| 1:15.4 | When people think it's simple, I'm like, are you dumb? |
| 1:19.0 | In one sense, it's simple and that it just works, |
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