Jon Talks With Dr. Mae Jemison: The First Black Woman in Space
The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
Comedy Central
4.5 • 7.5K Ratings
🗓️ 3 February 2022
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Jon is joined by head writer Chelsea Devantez and staff writer Jay Jurden to discuss Joe Rogan and Neil Young, Taylor Swift’s scarf, and how Twitter makes you want to leave the planet. Speaking of which: This episode’s guest, Dr. Mae Jemison, has done just that. The first Black woman to travel to space, Dr. Jemison talks to Jon about how space is for everyone and not just the billionaire boys’ club.
CREDITS
Hosted by: Jon Stewart
Featuring, in order of appearance: Jay Jurden, Chelsea Devantez, Dr. Mae Jemison, Henrik Blix
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, 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 | Jay Jordan, how old are you? |
| 0:01.7 | Oh, I'm 33. |
| 0:03.5 | Oh, so that's like you're in that prime |
| 0:07.4 | when you look at life as if it were a geological exploration. |
| 0:13.6 | 33 is right in that mother load. |
| 0:16.6 | Oh yeah. |
| 0:17.6 | You're in that spot where you've hit that vein of precious ore. |
| 0:23.5 | Okay. |
| 0:24.3 | Because right now where I am is, |
| 0:26.0 | you know that area of shale that's a little cracked? |
| 0:29.4 | Wait, John, were you about to get to fracking? |
| 0:33.4 | Is that what you're saying? |
| 0:35.0 | Jay, I'm basically at the fracking stage |
| 0:37.6 | where to extract any more energy from me, |
| 0:40.8 | you have to break through the shale and pressure, |
| 0:44.7 | just pressure wash to squeeze every last ounce of energy. |
| 0:49.2 | But you're in that just fucking sweet spot of life force. |
| 0:55.2 | Jay, Jay at 33 is that he's got a woman's sexual peak. |
| 1:00.1 | And is that true? |
| 1:02.3 | Yeah. |
| 1:03.4 | I'm in my Kim Ketral era, John. |
| 1:06.4 | Hey everybody, are we on the podcast right now? |
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