Sydney Sweeney | Flyers' Remorse

The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

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News, Comedy, Comedy Interviews, News Commentary, Tv & Film

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

The FAA is forcing airlines to cut flights at 40 of the nation’s busiest airports due to the government shutdown, global soccer organization FIFA is launching an award to rival the Nobel Peace Prize, and Dr. Oz helped President Trump announce a nationwide weight loss challenge that just doesn’t add up. Stephen Colbert leads a special Late Show investigation into the ridiculous federal charges leveled against Sean Dunn after he allegedly threw a salami sandwich at a border patrol agent in Washington, D.C. “Euphoria” star Sydney Sweeney learned kickboxing and grappling when growing up in Idaho, so she was an ideal choice to portray world champion boxer Christy Martin in the new film, “Christy,” which opens in theaters tomorrow. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Thank you very much. Welcome, welcome. One and all in here, out there, Mr.
0:09.1	and Mrs. America and all the ships at sea to the late show. I'm your host Stephen Colbert.
0:14.2	Folks, I hope I don't need to remind you that here in the Ed Sullivan Theater, I am the law.
0:22.6	Mostly because there's no federal government right now.
0:26.6	So somebody's got to be the law.
0:29.6	I guess it's me. I guess it's me right now.
0:32.6	Wow. Nice. It's what is, what day is it? Thirty, thirty what? Thirty-seven. It's what day is it? 30 what? 30 what? 37. It's day 37 of the shutdown, making it the longest in U.S. history. And, yeah. Yeah, I got some bad news. Just got longer.
0:57.4	That's the nice thing about it being the longest.
1:00.4	And again, all right.
1:02.7	The shutdown has already wreaked havoc on air travel, and that havoc is about to get even reekier
1:08.4	because air traffic controllers aren't being paid.
1:11.4	As a result, many of them aren't showing up to work.
1:13.7	So many, in fact, that the FAA is forcing airlines to cut 10% of their flights
1:18.3	at the nation's busiest airports.
1:21.0	So, yeah, unfortunately, maybe time to try your new favorite airline, the bus.
1:29.0	You know their slogan, the bathroom door is stuck open.
1:35.6	These... Slash, slosh, slosh, slosh, snooop.
1:39.9	Sleak. Slew. Slewes.
1:42.6	That's why it's your favorite.
1:44.5	These canceled flights are just going to add to airport frustration already in Houston.
1:49.7	The security line snaked all the way around and out of the building,
1:54.7	as TSA wait times there have exceeded three hours.
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