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The Daily Show: Ears Edition

Comedy Central

Comedy, Daily News, News

4.4 • 13.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Billionaires... they're just like us. Give or take a billion dollars. Join The Daily Show in exploring the ups and downs of the lives of the very rich. Jason Jones meets with psychologists helping people cope with Sudden Wealth Syndrome. Jon Stewart talks about how attempts to close the wealth gap are vilified as class warfare. Jon pits the Very Rich against the Very Poor with help from John Oliver and Jason Jones. Lewis Black looks into the stupid stuff the rich spend their money on. Trevor Noah and Ronny Chieng dig into tax evasion strategies, and Michael Kosta unpacks the plight of an Australian billionaire who doesn't like her portrait. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The road stretches before you, but there's trouble ahead, stationary cars.
0:04.0	You're faced with the McDonald's side mission.
0:06.7	Do you, A, join the ever-growing queue, or B, take the next exit and treat yourself to a glorious Mackey's?
0:15.0	Detouring to McDonald's.
0:16.7	Start your side mission today.
0:23.9	Mission Control.
0:25.8	I've encountered some new technology.
0:28.6	Beyond anything we...
0:30.0	Excuse me, are you on GIFCath or something?
0:32.8	Yeah, and they just saved me 200 quid on this new Samsung Galaxy S-25.
0:38.1	Is that why you're apt in for you?
0:40.2	Eh, mostly.
0:41.9	Get the latest phones at great prices from GIFGAF.
0:45.3	Ends July 27th.
0:46.6	Terms apply.
0:47.3	See GifGath.com for more info.
0:49.0	Shh, over.
0:50.9	You're listening to Comedy Central.
0:52.6	You're listening to Comedy Central.
1:08.1	Thank you. You're listening to Comedy Central. There's a great deal of talk in this country about people picking themselves up by their
1:12.1	bootstraps to better their lives and fight their way into the 1%.
1:15.6	But is it worth the climb?
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