London Edition: Satire in the Age of Murdoch and Trump
The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
Comedy Central
4.5 • 7.5K Ratings
🗓️ 8 March 2023
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Bloody hell! Jon is in London to talk about populism. Turns out it’s not unique to America! Jon is joined by Ian Hislop, editor of the satirical current affairs publication Private Eye Magazine, to discuss the reign of Rupert Murdoch, the economic consequences of a government run by lunatics, and the explicitly corrupt yet unbeatable right-wing propaganda machine.
Season 2 is now streaming on Apple TV+.
CREDITS
Hosted by: Jon Stewart
Featuring, in order of appearance: Ian Hislop
Executive Produced by Jon Stewart, Brinda Adhikari, James Dixon, Chris McShane, and Richard Plepler
Lead Producer: Sophie Erickson
Producers: Zach Goldbaum, Caity Gray
Assoc. Producer: Andrea Betanzos
Sound Engineer: Miguel Carrascal
Senior Digital Producer: Freddie Morgan
Digital Producer: Cassie Murdoch
Digital Coordinator: Norma Hernandez
Supervising Producer: Lorrie Baranek
Head Writer: Kris Acimovic
Elements Producer: Kenneth Hull
Clearances Producer: Daniella Philipson
Senior Talent Producer: Brittany Mehmedovic
Talent Manager: Marjorie McCurry
Talent Coordinator: Lukas Thimm
Senior Research Producer: Susan Helvenston
Theme Music by: Gary Clark Jr.
The Problem With Jon Stewart podcast is an Apple TV+ podcast, produced by Busboy Productions.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Normally I do this from my house and it's... |
| 0:02.4 | Yeah, I have my computer. |
| 0:03.8 | Yeah, so the fact that we have cameras here is... |
| 0:05.8 | Yeah, no, no, I was warned about the cameras. |
| 0:07.2 | All righty go. |
| 0:08.8 | Uh, you'll have to excuse me. |
| 0:10.4 | I have a bit of jet lag. |
| 0:12.6 | I was supposed to take melatonin |
| 0:15.2 | and I think it might have been opium. |
| 0:17.5 | So if the brain isn't working to the same extent, |
| 0:22.0 | just uh, sync up the album dark side of the moon, |
| 0:25.9 | put on your headphones, |
| 0:27.2 | and all of this will make sense. |
| 0:29.4 | [♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING |
| 0:28.5 | BELL RINGS |
| 0:28.6 | [♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING |
| 0:35.1 | BELL RINGS |
| 0:41.1 | [♪ OUTRO MUSIC PLAYING |
| 0:48.3 | BELL RINGS |
| 0:50.3 | Hello. |
| 0:51.5 | Uh, one of the podcasts, |
| 0:52.8 | it's the problem with John Sturge. |
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