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The Daily Show: Ears Edition

The Precap | Josh Johnson on ICE at the Airport, Trump's Ongoing "Won" War, and Bringing Back April Fool's Day

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

Comedy Central

Comedy, News, Daily News

4.214.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

This week's host Josh Johnson is joined by writer Randall Otis to recap the biggest news of the week, and preview what's to come. They unpack the airport chaos caused by the partial government shutdown, and how adding ICE to the mix could make things worse. They also cover the escalating conflict with Iran, and the administration's repeated and unconvincing claims of "winning." Looking ahead, they get into the "SAVE America Act" and the potential unintended consequences for Republican voters, as well as the lost art of April Fool's Day. Watch the Daily Show on Comedy Central, Paramount Plus, and right here in podcast form, on The Daily Show - Ears Edition. To get simple, online access to personalized, affordable care for ED, Hair Loss, Weight Loss, and more, visit https://Hims.com/dailyshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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You're listening to Comedy Central. Hello.

0:48.3

And welcome to the precap, a 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. I'm Randall Otis. I'm a writer at the show. And I'm joined today by your host this week, Josh Johnson. How you doing? What's up, dog? Not much, man. How are you? I'm good. Yeah. We were just talking about how I don't understand the Winter Soldier.

1:12.3

No, it's not that you don't understand.

1:13.8

It's just that this is my interpretation slash what I was told.

1:18.0

So I was told that when they experimented on Bucky Rogers and everything,

1:23.2

they basically made him like a version of Captain America.

1:26.6

So super strong, all and stuff like that.

1:28.5

Which is why the arm is super strong, but he would be dead several times over if it wasn't for the arm.

1:37.7

Which makes sense.

1:38.5

And I was saying I had only seen the trailer and I was like, oh, his power is he's got one good arm we we've run out of ideas

1:47.8

no no but that would be a better like that would be a great superhero comedy is that you're

1:54.9

it's just the one arm because look I could be wrong maybe I'll get eating alive in the comments and

2:00.6

it is that he just has one good arm.

2:02.8

But I'm pretty sure he's, like, also really at the level that Captain America is, which is why he's, like, so hard for Captain America to beat in Winter Soldier.

2:15.4

I guess so, but I'm like, Both assassin, you know what I mean?

2:19.1

Like both trained types.

2:21.5

I know.

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