Leslie Jones On Her Return to the Host Chair

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

Comedy Central

Daily News, Comedy, News

4.2 • 14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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In this podcast exclusive, Leslie Jones and Lenny Marcus unpack Leslie's second week guest hosting The Daily Show, what it was like coming face to face with her MSNBC crush, Steve Kornacki, and how she channels Arsenio Hall and Johnny Carson's interview styles. Plus, she weighs in on the feedback she's been given throughout her career and how she handles feedback. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	M TV's official challenge podcast is back for another season.
0:04.0	Season 39, Battle for a new champion!
0:07.0	Yes!
0:08.0	24 contenders will compete to win their first championship.
0:12.0	They know the battle, but not the victory. So every
0:14.4	week after the episode airs come hang with us as we break down all the challenges
0:19.1	and eliminations and of course get the inside scoop on all of the drama.
0:23.8	Listen to MTV's official challenge podcast
0:26.2	on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts,
0:28.4	or wherever you get your podcast.
0:32.0	You're listening to Comedy Central. Hi everyone this is Lenny Marcus Leslie Jones and I are here say hello oh hey
0:48.8	I'm Leslie Jones we're taking over the Daily Show, and we're giving you a behind the scenes look at our week at the Daily Show.
0:58.0	Our second Daily Show appearance, your second Daily Show appearance. I just sit there and help them right. I don't even know I am here sometimes. They're so good. No, you're here for me. Well, I know we're here to help them write the show, but they're so good. That's the first thing we gotta say, right?
1:14.1	This is like the best place.
1:15.8	They literally, this is what I love about this place.
1:18.4	Everybody loves their job.
1:20.2	Yeah.
1:20.7	Everybody loves to stay in their lane. Like, you know what I'm saying, and then they come together and make it together.
1:26.3	That's where it should be like that at every place you go work.
1:30.4	Everybody loves their job, loves their partner job, and then you all come together to make the project.
1:36.2	It's just so much better. It's just like so much calmer. People are happy here, like they're not stressed out they're not like
1:43.7	anybody raised their voice yes it because they don't have to raise their voice things is
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