The Iran War and Our Energy Future with David Wallace-Wells

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

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🗓️ 3 June 2026

⏱️ 92 minutes

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As the war with Iran disrupts global energy markets and accelerates a reckoning with fossil fuel dependence, Jon is joined by David Wallace-Wells, New York Times Opinion writer and author of the bestseller "The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming." Together, they explore the war's global and domestic fallout, discuss how this moment is forcing countries to reconsider their dependence on oil and American power, and consider whether we can build systems resilient enough to withstand compounding disruptions. Plus, Jon answers listener questions about some of his favorite podcast topics, Trump on Jeopardy!, and whether his kids actually like him. This episode is brought to you by: FAST GROWING TREES - Go to https://fastgrowingtrees.com/tws and use code TWS to get 20% off your first purchase. QUINCE - Head to https://Quince.com/TWS for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too. SMALLS - For a limited time, get 60% off your first order, plus free shipping, when you head to https://Smalls.com/TWS. Follow The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart on social media for more: > YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@weeklyshowpodcast > Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weeklyshowpodcast > TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@weeklyshowpodcast > X: https://x.com/weeklyshowpod > BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/theweeklyshowpodcast.com Host/Executive Producer – Jon Stewart Executive Producer – James Dixon Executive Producer – Chris McShane Executive Producer – Caity Gray Producer – Brittany Mehmedovic Producer – Gillian Spear Video Editor & Engineer – Rob Vitolo Audio Editor & Engineer – Nicole Boyce Music by Hansdle Hsu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody. Welcome to the weekly show podcast. We are back. My name is John Stewart.
0:11.6	We were off for a week and we are refreshed and healthy and ready to roll on this Tuesday, June 2nd.
0:17.6	It'll probably air on June 3rd. I'm still waiting to see if I'm going to get booked to open for Freedom 250
0:25.2	right before Flo Rida, which is that poor.
0:32.6	I don't know if you guys saw that the CNC Music Factory guy gave what maybe I I think one of the great I don't want
0:38.7	to say Gettysburg address but he gave one of the great speeches while sitting on his
0:42.9	toilet about how he views the type of performances that may be going on in in DC
0:49.1	and I just I can't urge you enough to find it online and and watch it through because it
0:56.4	it rolls through his feelings of performing in front of let's say the dictator of North
1:03.7	Korea whilst drinking wine from Venezuela and smoking Cuban cigars, it's something.
1:13.2	And for some reason, he is maybe one of my favorite people in the world right now,
1:19.3	given that speech.
1:21.3	But today's show, we're going to go in a slightly different direction.
1:24.3	We're going to talk to one of my favorite sort of utility players
1:28.9	in the world of breaking down all the different events and threats that may be looming on our
1:36.7	horizon. He's an existentialist, as you could tell from the title of his bestseller,
1:41.9	The Uninhabitable Earth, Life After Warming. But he's recently, I've just really enjoyed a title of his bestseller, The Uninhabitable Earth, Life After Warming.
1:46.0	But he's recently, I've just really enjoyed
1:47.5	a lot of his columns that range on a variety of topics
1:50.6	from the Middle East to AI to all those different things.
1:53.9	So I haven't talked to him in a little while,
1:56.5	and I'm excited to talk to him again.
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