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The Daily Show: Ears Edition

Michael Kosta On Trying To 'Find The Funny' While Filming in Eagle Pass, TX

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

Comedy Central

News, Daily News, Comedy

4.214.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

In this podcast exclusive, Daily Show Correspondent Michael Kosta and Segment Director Sebatian Ischer discuss their trip to Eagle Pass, Texas and whether the media's narrative around the border crisis is accurate, how Michael Kosta tries to find the funny when dealing with complex issues, how local residents are being impacted by the militarization at the border, and how conservatives are exploiting this issue.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:07.0

D. Vayodaris.

0:08.1

Hi! Listen to on fire the official survivor podcast on Apple Podcast or wherever you get your

0:14.1

podcast. You're listening to Comedy Central. Hey Daily Show Ears Edition listeners, this is Sebastian Isher, segment director for the Daily Show.

0:32.2

Today I'm joined by Daily Show correspondent Michael Costa.

0:35.4

Welcome.

0:35.9

Hello.

0:36.8

Hi everybody.

0:37.8

So we just aired a piece that brought us both to the,

0:42.2

to Eagle Past Texas to explore the issue with the migrant

0:46.3

crisis at the border. Give us a quick summary of the piece.

0:50.8

The summary of the piece is that we go, the Daily Show goes to Eagle Pass, Texas, to hear from the locals about the invasion, the disruption of their life and the little twist, the

1:08.1

little hook is that the invasion is not from Central Americans trying to cross into the United States, but from the Republican

1:17.3

governors, the National Guard, the news media, everyone who's come down to this specific place, and caused and created a

1:26.2

chaotic environment. But how are the locals coping with this relentless onslaught?

1:31.7

They've come and taken over the town.

1:34.0

It's our land and there's just people coming in.

1:37.0

They're causing, you know, havoc and craziness.

1:41.0

There's chaos.

1:42.0

Shouldn't you be welcoming?

1:44.0

Don't you have any empathy for the journey they've taken together?

1:46.0

They're not welcome.

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