The Problem With War: Garbage Fire (Literally!)
The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
Comedy Central
4.5 • 7.5K Ratings
🗓️ 30 September 2021
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Jon figured out how to podcast! In our first episode, he's joined by two staff members who happen to be veterans to discuss their experiences. Then, he sits down with Senators Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) to talk about what’s being done in Congress to help vets suffering from toxic exposure.
CREDITS
Hosted by: Jon Stewart
Featuring, in order of appearance:
Jon Stewart
Rob Christensen
Charles Wojcik
Henrik Blix
Kris Acimovic
Andy Crystal
Irene Plagianos
Sen Jon Tester
Sen Jerry Moran
Robby Slowik
Recorded in New York, Summer of 2021
Executive Produced by Jon Stewart, Brinda Adhikari, James Dixon, Chris McShane, and Richard Plepler.
Lead Producer: Sophie Erickson
Producers: Caity Gray, Robby Slowik
Assoc. Producer: Andrea Betanzos
Sound Designer & Audio Engineer: Miguel Carrascal
Senior Digital Producer: Kwame Opam
Digital Coordinator: Norma Hernandez
Supervising Producer: Lorrie Baranek
Head Writer: Chelsea Devantez
Theme Music by: Gary Clark Jr.
The Problem With Jon Stewart podcast is an Apple TV+ podcast, produced by Busboy Productions.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Are you ready to podcast? |
| 0:02.3 | Is that... is... probably... I came in a little hot, didn't I? |
| 0:24.3 | Okay, everybody, welcome. |
| 0:25.7 | I am John Stewart. |
| 0:27.1 | Thank you very much for tuning into the podcast. |
| 0:29.2 | This is where we will fuck around. |
| 0:31.6 | Quite a bit. |
| 0:32.5 | It's gonna hopefully be a little bit less structured, |
| 0:35.0 | gonna allow us a little bit more of a space to play around, |
| 0:38.2 | to follow up, to talk to some of the extra people that we want to talk to, |
| 0:42.0 | get to know some of the people work on the show. |
| 0:44.2 | They're the ones that toil in obscurity, |
| 0:47.0 | and quite frankly, no light at the daily show. |
| 0:50.5 | I created a generation of mold people. |
| 0:53.5 | And I don't want that to be the case this time. |
| 0:55.5 | So in this episode, we're gonna be talking about burn pits, |
| 0:58.0 | just something that a rock and Afghanistan veterans were exposed to. |
| 1:01.0 | During their deployments overseas, a burn pit is basically... |
| 1:05.1 | everything that the military wants to get rid of on the base. |
| 1:08.4 | They dig a giant hole, sometimes 10 acres, |
| 1:11.1 | and they pour jet fuel on it, and they light them on fire. |
| 1:14.0 | They can burn 24-7, releasing dioxins, and benzene, |
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