Jon Talks to Thomas Hoenig: Our Economy Is a Delusion
The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
Comedy Central
4.5 • 7.5K Ratings
🗓️ 20 January 2022
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
You've probably heard that inflation is getting worse—and not just from your grandpa who remembers when soda cost a nickel and movies were movies. Jon talks with Thomas Hoenig, former president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, about how the Fed has destroyed everything we hold dear. Jon is joined by staff writers Alexa Loftus and Kasaun Wilson to discuss the news of the week, including Rand Paul’s TV subscriptions and the gymnastic abilities of skunks.
CREDITS
Hosted by: Jon Stewart
Featuring, in order of appearance: Alexa Loftus, Kasaun Wilson, Thomas Hoenig, Tocarra Mallard
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: Chelsea Devantez
Elements: Kenneth Hull, Daniella Philipson
Talent: Brittany Mehmedovic, Haley Denzak
Research: Susan Helvenston, Andy Crystal, 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 | I've been following the science. |
| 0:01.4 | I like to follow the science. |
| 0:03.1 | From what I understand, the pandemic is almost over |
| 0:08.4 | or just entering the phase where it kills all of us. |
| 0:11.9 | I'm gonna go with we're almost done. |
| 0:15.1 | Okay. Alexa, is that based in anything? |
| 0:18.9 | Um, just my personal wants. |
| 0:21.4 | Yeah. |
| 0:23.2 | Right. |
| 0:24.6 | I'm ready to wrap it up. |
| 0:26.3 | Okay. It's almost like American Idol or the Bachelor. |
| 0:29.0 | Do we like another season? |
| 0:30.8 | I didn't know they were still doing these. |
| 0:34.6 | Yeah, no, I didn't either. |
| 0:36.1 | It's not like I watch both of those shows religiously. |
| 0:39.0 | Really? |
| 1:00.0 | Hey, everybody. |
| 1:01.1 | Welcome back. |
| 1:02.4 | Today in the podcast, we have our wonderful writers, Alex Lofthas and Kesson Wilson. |
| 1:06.6 | We're very excited and we're just gonna dive right in. |
| 1:09.3 | The mandate is topicality and we're hitting it hard and fresh. |
| 1:14.8 | Hard and fresh people. |
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