The Precap - Ronny Chieng on Escalator Conspiracies and Whether American Chaos is Fun

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

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Comedy, Daily News, News

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🗓️ 29 September 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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This week's host Ronny Chieng and Daily Show writer Matt Koff preview the week to come, which may or may not include a government shutdown and/or a societal shutdown to welcome a new Taylor Swift album. They also weigh in on the headlines, including Trump and RFK's Tylenol announcement, whether the UN should move to avoid New York traffic, and if it was Epstein's ghost that stopped Trump's escalator. If you want to think critically about the news you consume, check out Ground News through our link: http://groundnews.com/ears You’ll get 40% off their Unlimited Access Vantage Plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to Comedy Central. So we're, this is it. I guess this is it. Okay. Hello. Hello. Hi, Ronnie. Can I say hi? Are you hosting this? I think I'm hosting it, but it's not an interview. Oh. It's a conversation. I think this is a cold open. Okay. Okay. Hello. We're in the middle of a cold open. Shut up. Okay.
0:23.2	Now I drop the card.
0:24.4	All right. I think this is a cold open. Okay. Okay. Hello.
0:21.6	Just shut up.
0:22.6	Okay.
0:23.6	Now I drop the card.
0:24.6	All right.
0:25.6	Hi, welcome to the pre-cap where we sit down with this week's Daily Show host to talk and preview what's coming up and recap some of the news that we may have missed.
0:49.2	I'm Matt Koff. I'm a writer here at The Daily Show. And I am joined today by Mr. Ronnie Chang.
0:55.0	Thank you.
0:56.0	You look like a writer at the Daily Show.
0:59.0	Well, I am. Good.
1:00.0	Yeah.
1:01.0	You have, I don't know if you grew into this or you got hired because of this.
1:04.0	Well, I mean I can write.
1:06.0	Sure, but you also look like you can write.
1:09.0	What does that mean? Do you know what I mean? I have a beard, I have glasses. You have a beard, you have glasses, you're wearing a goddamn hoodie. They gave this to me. Yes, and you're wearing it. You're trying to... And you got a beard, yes. Yeah, I got a beard. So only writers have beards. You know what you look like. You're cultivating this image. You've been cultivating this image for like as long as I've known you. I don't know what you mean. Over 10 years. You know what I mean. My beard grows on its own. I don't ask my beard to make you look like a writer. You look like a comedy writer and you're just talking about the issues. Yes, sure. Please.
1:46.6	Sure.
1:44.3	So. I don't ask my beard to make you look like a writer. Yeah, but you look like a comedy writer and your beard helps. Can we just talk about the issues? Sure. Please. Sure. So, Kimmel's back. Great. Yeah. I love Kimmel. Yeah. Do you get, do you know him? Yeah, I know him. He's always, he's, he's, I've been a guest on his show a few times he's he's honestly a great guy
2:02.2	and he's super smart yeah by the way like when you're I did Who Wants to Be a Millionaire with
2:06.5	Jordan Klepper oh right and Kimmel hosts that and Kimmel like he can answer everything
2:12.4	really yes if he did the who wants to be a millionaire he could probably win a million
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