The Precap | Desi Lydic on Trump Dollars, Moon Bases and Boner Honey

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

Comedy Central

Comedy, News, Daily News

4.2 • 14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2026

⏱️ 32 minutes

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This week's host Desi Lydic sits down with Daily Show writer Jason O. Gilbert to recap the latest news, and preview the week to come. They talk the making of Desi's recurring "Foxsplains" segment, before diving into Trump's plan to put his signature on U.S. currency, and build a wildly expensive moon base. They also get into the recent landmark legal case against Meta and Youtube for their addictive designs, the ongoing war with Iran, and, of course, the recall of a "male enhancement" honey supplement that works a little too well... -- Stream full episodes of The Daily Show on Paramount+ The Daily Show airs weeknights at 11/10c on Comedy Central. --Join the thousands of parents who trust Fabric to help protect their family. Apply today in just minutes at https://meetfabric.com/daily Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to Comedy Central.
0:17.7	Hello and welcome to the Precap Daily Show podcast where we sit down with this week's host to recap some of the latest news and preview what's coming up next.
0:27.6	I'm Jason O. Gilbert. I'm a writer at the show. But enough about me. I'm joined today by your host for this week, Desi Lideck.
0:35.9	Jason. I'm not done talking about you. I'm going to talk about Desi Lideck. Jason.
0:39.3	I'm not done talking about you.
0:40.4	I want to talk about you some more.
0:41.0	Okay.
0:44.0	Let's do it.
0:44.3	Okay. You said it.
0:46.2	For the listeners out there who enjoy Fox Blains,
0:50.2	Jason is a huge part of why you enjoy Foxx Blains.
0:55.7	Oh, that's not true.
0:57.0	No, it's very true.
0:58.7	You write every single segment.
1:00.7	Mm-hmm.
1:01.6	And we're a huge part in coming up with the whole premise for the idea, right?
1:06.0	Sure.
1:06.4	Yes.
1:07.0	But I will say that without you, it would be nothing.
1:11.8	We finish writing every script and we're like, this is trash.
1:15.9	We're going to be fired.
1:17.6	That's not true.
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