TDS Time Machine | St. Patrick's Day

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

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4.2 • 14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Put on your green headphones and check out The Daily Show's coverage of America's most solemn holiday: St. Patrick's Day. Michael Kosta talks to Trumpy parade fans. Jon Stewart reports on St. Patty's crowds, naked bungee jumping, bagpipes and presidential gifts. Mo Rocca digs in to the homophobic fight to keep gay people out of the parade. John Oliver reports from the wrong parade entirely. Trevor Noah learns about St. Patty's traditions, and wonders how masked puking will work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to Comedy Central.
0:02.5	Monday Central.
0:17.8	Monday was St. Patrick's Day, when Irish Americans honor their heritage with careful readings of the writings of James Joyce, group performances of traditional Irish music, and a somber reflection of the beauty of the Celtic language.
0:30.9	But how do you celebrate being Irish in the Donald Trump era? Michael Costa hit the streets to find out.
0:36.9	One of Trump's top priorities is getting rid of DEI.
0:40.9	DEI's would have ruined our country and now it's dead.
0:44.7	Identity months are dead.
0:46.4	Some of the months that they're targeting.
0:47.7	Black History Month, Pride Month, National Hispanic Heritage Month,
0:51.1	Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
0:53.9	But even though he hates celebrating these minority groups, for some reason, there's one
0:58.7	group he loves to celebrate, the Irish.
1:01.8	Oh, I think the Irish love Trump.
1:04.5	We won the Irish with a tremendous amount of art.
1:06.7	Great people.
1:08.0	And they voted for me in heavy numbers, so I like them even now.
1:11.2	So I stopped by New York St. Paddy's Day Parade to see how Irish Trump supporters were celebrating
1:16.4	their new status as Trump's BFFs. All right, what brings you here today?
1:21.2	Come here to be with my friends and to show Trump that I support him.
1:27.7	Yeah. I guess I'm confused.
1:29.1	Is this a Trump rally or is this an Irish parade?
1:33.0	It's an Irish Trump rally.
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