John Oliver On Finding a Place for Satire | Vashti Harrison On Her Book “Big”

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

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Daily News, Comedy, News

4.2 • 14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Ronny Chieng guest hosts and sits with former Daily Show correspondent John Oliver who discussed the difficulty of doing comedy in America as an immigrant and remembers the time he offered Ronny words of advice as he began his correspondent career. Next, guest host Dulcé Sloan sits with author and illustrator Vashti Harrison to chat about the personal experiences that led her to writing and illustrating the picture book “Big” and the reason Dulcé Sloan believes there needs to be an “adult” version of the book. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Stephen Colbert.
0:01.3	Here to talk to you about the Late Show
0:02.8	which is our podcast of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
0:06.6	I'm here with my producer Becca, Becca.
0:08.2	What can people expect on the podcast?
0:09.8	The extended moments, for sure.
0:11.2	For instance, if I'm talking to Tom Hanks for like 20 minutes
0:15.1	only 14 of that ever makes it to air because we just don't have time and Tom's a
0:19.6	jabber jaw you know she's a chatty catty But it's all gold because it's Tom Hanks,
0:24.0	and we put that on the podcast.
0:25.0	We do.
0:26.0	That's value added.
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0:29.0	with Stephen Colbert, wherever you get your podcasts.
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0:35.0	My guest tonight is a former failed correspondent at the Daily Show. He's done nothing since then.
0:46.4	Please welcome Mr. John Oliver. Oh my God you. Hello.
0:53.0	Oh, yes.
0:55.0	That's...
0:57.0	Right, all right.
0:59.0	We get it.
1:00.0	Enough already.
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