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The Daily Show: Ears Edition

TDS Time Machine | Women's History Month

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

iHeartPodcasts and Paramount Podcasts

Comedy, Daily News, News

4.413.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Kick off Women's History Month with coverage from some of The Daily Show's best. 

Honor the fiendish women of history with Desi Lydic. Investigate why there aren't more female statues with Dulce Sloan. Discover some of the popular female inventions that men love. Celebrate (the very real) Black Women's History Day with Dulce. And fight back against the pink tax that costs women extra every day. 

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0:00.0

You're listening to Comedy Central.

0:04.9

As you should know, March is Women's History Month.

0:13.8

The month, that's right, the month when all historic female heroes drink for free.

0:21.1

For more on this, we're joined by our senior gender issues correspondent.

0:25.0

Desi Leidick, everybody.

0:31.1

What does Women's History Month mean to you?

0:34.1

Well, Trevor, during this month, I like to celebrate the stories of impressive women that have been overlooked.

0:39.3

It's not history, it's history.

0:42.3

It took me forever to come up with that.

0:47.3

You know, Desi, I've honestly have learned so much already this month about women who have done great things in history.

0:53.3

Okay, yeah. But you see, everyone pays attention to the women who did great things,

0:58.7

but no one speaks about women who did bad things.

1:01.6

For example, everyone's heard of Benedict Arnold, right?

1:04.7

He was the general who betrayed America during the revolution,

1:07.2

the greatest treason in our history up until Tristan Thompson.

1:11.6

But you probably haven't heard of Benedict's wife, Peggy Ship, and Arnold.

1:16.6

Now she was actually the one who encouraged him to turn on America and help plan his treason

1:21.3

with British officials.

1:23.3

You know, it's like they say, the couple that betrays together stays together. And there is nothing hotter than treason sex, trust me.

1:31.3

I don't even know what that means, but that is really fascinating, Desi.

1:35.3

I had no idea about the role that she played.

1:38.3

Oh, of course you didn't. You're a man.

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