Jon Talks About the Media—And It Talks Back
The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
Comedy Central
4.5 • 7.5K Ratings
🗓️ 24 March 2022
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Last week’s episode of our Apple TV+ series was all about the news media. So we invited Washington Post media columnist Margaret Sullivan to talk with Jon about the media sensationalism—and YOU WON’T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED NEXT! Actually, you will. They have a thoughtful discussion about the state of news media and if it can be improved. Jon is also joined by executive producer Brinda Adhikari and staff writer Henrik Blix, both of whom worked in news before escaping to the world of late night comedy.
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CREDITS
Hosted by: Jon Stewart
Featuring, in order of appearance: Henrik Blix, Brinda Adhikari, Margaret Sullivan
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 Engineer & Editor: Miguel Carrascal
Sound Mixer: Ignacio Bonet
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, Irene Plagianos
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 | It's so stimulating and so fun to not actually come to work, |
| 0:04.0 | but to sit in a screen, which by the way, |
| 0:07.5 | I have gotten so used to. |
| 0:09.3 | No. |
| 0:10.5 | I was gonna say, John, are we ever gonna get you out of there? |
| 0:13.6 | No. |
| 0:15.1 | Because think of all the other pathogens I've avoided |
| 0:17.9 | while I've been in here in my crisper. |
| 0:20.8 | This is, by the way, this room is refrigerated. |
| 0:23.8 | I am kept at 39 degrees. |
| 0:25.8 | You live in a cigar, human. |
| 0:26.8 | You make a great sats. |
| 0:27.6 | That's exactly right. |
| 0:30.8 | That's exactly right. |
| 0:48.5 | Welcome to the podcast, The Problem with me, John Stewart. |
| 0:52.7 | There we got Henrik Blix, one of our fine, fine writers. |
| 0:56.6 | And if we're being honest, a physical specimen. |
| 0:59.4 | I believe... |
| 1:00.4 | I was wondering how long... |
| 1:01.4 | I believe it'd take for us to start talking about my body on this episode. |
| 1:04.0 | I believe the phrase, arm, is in order. |
| 1:08.8 | And second, we have, and this is a treat for us, |
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