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The Daily Show: Ears Edition

TDS Time Machine | Happy Birthday Jeff Bezos!

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

iHeartPodcasts and Paramount Podcasts

Comedy, Daily News, News

4.413.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

A look back at space traveling billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, and the headlines he’s made over the years.

Desi Lydic narrates a Dailyshowography of Jeff’s dorky roots as History’s Most Powerful Nerd. Trevor Noah and Desi Lydic investigate the news and rumors surrounding Bezos’s divorce. A look at how Saudi Arabia hacked his phone to leak nudes. Plus Trevor breaks down Bezos stepping down as CEO amidst an Amazon labor dispute.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to Comedy Central.

0:10.4

America has always been home to titans of industry,

0:14.5

but only one capitalist in history has ever been this much of a jerk.

0:19.7

I'm Jeff Bezos.

0:21.2

I'm the founder of Amazon.com.

0:23.3

This is the daily showography of Jeff Bezos,

0:26.6

history's most powerful nerd.

0:32.5

Born to teenage parents in Albuquerque, New Mexico,

0:35.9

Jeff's identity asserted itself early.

0:38.7

I was a very nerdy and good student. I liked school.

0:43.2

His favorite place in the world was Radio Shack, where he developed an appreciation for technology,

0:49.0

cheap garbage from China, and underpaying workers.

0:53.3

After graduating from high school as valedictorian, Jeff attended Princeton, one of the best colleges for nerds.

1:00.0

Socially, I was a little awkward. I didn't really date much until like my last year of college.

1:07.0

Actually, I set up sort of a formal plan to date. I'll have had all my friends set me up on

1:11.3

blind dates. None of them worked out very well. Yes, despite many positive reviews from his friends,

1:17.5

women found the actual product wasn't what they had been led to believe. After college,

1:24.0

Bezos joined a Wall Street hedge fund. On Wall Street, Bezos also found something almost as good as money,

1:30.3

his future ex-wife, Mackenzie Scott.

1:33.3

She would later tell Vogue magazine it was Jeff's laugh that made her fall in love with him.

1:37.3

Hey, sometimes love is blind and deaf.

1:42.3

It was around this time that Jeff noticed that the world Hey, sometimes love is blind and deaf.

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