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The Daily Show: Ears Edition

This Week's News | Jon Stewart on the Iran War's Monthaversary & Desi on Kristi Noem's Double-D Life

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

Comedy Central

Comedy, News, Daily News

4.214.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 April 2026

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Catch up on the biggest news you might have missed with This Week's News. Jon Stewart gives updates on the one-month anniversary of the Iran war, including the Strait of Hormuz's continued closure and the global shortages affecting everything from grain to pickleballs. Desi Lydic weighs in on Kristi Noem's husband cross-dressing, Pete Hegseth waxing poetic about the war in Iran, and Lindsey Graham's trip to Disney World. Plus, Desi comments on Trump's attempt to end birthright citizenship for "billionaires," and a federal judge blocking the construction of the president's ballroom. -- Stream full episodes of The Daily Show on Paramount+: https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/the-daily-show/ The Daily Show airs weeknights at 11/10c on Comedy Central. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're listening to Comedy Central.

0:07.8

But as many of you know, it's the one-month anniversary, the Iran War.

0:11.9

And as we all know, one month is the escalated threat anniversary.

0:16.6

If the Strait of Hormuz is not immediately open for business, we will conclude by blowing up and completely obliterating all of their electric generating plants, oil wells, and Korg Island.

0:27.6

Better open that straighter. We're going to blow you up.

0:35.3

More than we already blew you. We're going to double blow you up.

0:38.9

We're going to blow you up.

0:41.9

That's where we are at in our war.

0:43.9

Trump is threatening to escalate our bombing campaign

0:46.7

unless Iran opens the strait that they closed

0:50.7

in response to Trump's bombing campaign.

0:53.4

I believe we've entered what General

0:57.8

Patton used to refer to as the human centipede portion of the war. I urge you not to look that up.

1:08.3

And I understand why the world would like the Strait of Hormuz open.

1:13.6

The conflict is disrupting global supply chains for other surprising and essential products.

1:19.6

Gray nuts, oil, saffron, dates, paddles, and pickleballs.

1:33.3

Yeah, I'm not sure how that snuck into the essential product store.

1:39.3

But I guess we all make sacrifices in wartime. I'm not sure. My dearest Eliza.

1:54.0

It's been over a month since I've played, well, not tennis, kind of like tennis.

2:01.9

It's more like baby tennis.

2:05.6

It's like, well, it's bigger than ping pong.

2:08.1

You really have to try it, Eliz.

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