Trump Dangles Shutdown Paychecks, FAA Stretches Thin & FBI Looks for Amelia Earhart | Anthony Ramos

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

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4.4 • 13.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Josh Johnson shares the latest updates on the government shutdown as the Trump administration searches for files on Amelia Earhart, the FAA faces staff shortages due to unpaid workers, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy lends an unhelpful hand, and the president issues an ominous message to furloughed government workers. Plus, Jordan Klepper decodes the president’s apparent taunts. Between women getting trapped in game machines, beloved mascots being arrested in front of kids, and joyless, boozeless grown-up arcades, Ronny Chieng lays out how Chuck E. Cheese makes adults act stupid. Broadway star, singer, and actor Anthony Ramos joins Josh to talk about his new movie, “A House of Dynamite,” directed by Kathryn Bigelow. They discuss the intense thriller in which he portrays Major Daniel Gonzalez, a military officer in charge of the battalion that monitors intercontinental ballistic missiles, how he unwound during filming, and what he would do if, like his character, he thought he only had 19 minutes before a strike. Plus, Anthony gives Josh a quick lesson in harmonizing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Do it for your wife, who told you to pick up bread, but instead you picked up Fred, your grandson, again.
0:07.3	And now your daughter is calling because he missed football.
0:10.5	That's the fourth time this month.
0:12.5	You can wave his future career goodbye.
0:14.8	If you don't do it for you, do it for your wife and little Freddy.
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0:24.7	to help you catch every moment.
0:26.6	Book a free hearing test at bootshearingcare.com.
0:29.2	Tees and sees apply.
0:30.7	You're listening to Comedy Central.
0:37.1	From the most trusted journalists at Comedy Central, it's America's only sorts for new.
0:44.1	This is The Daily Show with your host, Josh Johnson.
0:48.1	Thank you. Welcome to the Daily Show.
1:08.6	I'm Josh Johnson.
1:10.0	We've got so much to talk about tonight.
1:12.3	Boeing is no longer our biggest air safety concern.
1:15.0	Donald Trump finds a new way to not pay people,
1:17.6	and America looks for our oldest missing white girl.
1:20.2	So let's get into it with our ongoing coverage of Shutdown Showdown 2025.
1:27.8	Locked up, locked down, and closed the business.
1:33.5	I know the government is technically shut down, but that doesn't mean everything is shut down.
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