Jon Referees an Economist Battle
The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
Comedy Central
4.5 • 10.3K Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2022
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
When economist and Fed exec Thomas Hoenig told Jon on this podcast that printing money was a bad idea, economists Stephanie Kelton and Rohan Grey took to the internet to start an Economist Battle (it’s more fun than it sounds). Now they’re here to tell Jon about a new approach to economics called Modern Monetary Theory, and why printing money maybe isn’t so bad after all. But first, Jon discusses trespassing bears and the current situation in Ukraine with staff members Tocarra Mallard, Alexa Loftus, and Deniz Cam.
CREDITS
Hosted by: Jon Stewart
Featuring, in order of appearance: Alexa Loftus Tocarra Mallard, Deniz Cam, Stephanie Kelton, Rohan Grey, Rob Christensen
Executive Produced by Jon Stewart, Brinda Adhikari, James Dixon, Chris McShane, and Richard Plepler.
Lead Producer: Sophie Erickson
Producers: Caity Gray, Robby Slowik
Assoc. Producer: Andrea Betanzos
Sound Designer & Audio Engineer: Miguel Carrascal
Senior Digital Producer: Kwame Opam
Digital Coordinator: Norma Hernandez
Supervising Producer: Lorrie Baranek
Head Writer: Kris Acimovic
Elements: Kenneth Hull, Daniella Philipson
Talent: Brittany Mehmedovic, Haley Denzak
Research: Susan Helvenston, Andy Crystal, Anne Bennett, Deniz Çam, Harjyot Ron Singh
Theme Music by: Gary Clark Jr.
The Problem with Jon Stewart podcast is an Apple TV+ podcast, produced by Busboy Productions.
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| 0:00.0 | Beautiful, guys. |
| 0:03.2 | I have to say, one of the more humiliating rituals of the podcast is the clap. |
| 0:10.8 | At the beginning, it's to calibrate us, and there are, I would say, second grade classes |
| 0:20.1 | who would shame us in their ability to clap together, as opposed to us, very difficult |
| 0:26.4 | to coordinate. |
| 0:27.4 | I wouldn't argue with that. |
| 0:29.0 | We're excited this week. |
| 0:50.5 | We got a weak boy. |
| 0:51.7 | We're going with Alexa and Ticara, as you know, been on the podcast many, many times. |
| 0:57.5 | Obviously, they are writers on the program, but first timer, ladies and gentlemen, from |
| 1:02.9 | the research department, which is the department that comes in and says, you know, that's fucking |
| 1:07.1 | wrong. |
| 1:08.1 | The thing that you just said completely wrong. |
| 1:12.0 | Yes. |
| 1:13.0 | Dennis Chump, the show is the problem with John Stewart. |
| 1:15.6 | It's on Apple TV Plus. |
| 1:17.9 | Did you guys know we were back next week? |
| 1:19.9 | Yeah. |
| 1:20.9 | Oh, you did know. |
| 1:21.9 | So, okay. |
| 1:22.9 | Actually, you read the memos that are sent to us on email rather than just jamming them |
| 1:27.8 | into your spam folder. |
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