U.S. and Iran Wage a Meme War as Pete Hegseth Blasts "Unpatriotic" Media | Lee Sung Jin

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🗓️ 17 April 2026

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Ronny Chieng plunges into America's evolving war with Iran, how global fuel shortages are making Thai news anchors sweaty, whether Iran's AI video of Jesus casting Trump into hell falls under Hegseth’s “patriotic” label, and how all this chaos is somehow improving the U.S. stock market. Plus, Iran’s stream of “slopaganda” is inspiring Michael Kosta to do his part in the emerging meme war. Grace Kuhlenschmidt breaks down the hottest tech news, including the rise of "tech neck" from chronic phone use, marathon runners racing against robots in China, and an AI avatar that could finally give the world a lifelike Mark Zuckerberg, in the latest edition of Tech Yeah! From a PowerPoint pitch to a hit series, writer and director Lee Sung Jin joins Ronny and breaks down how the new season of his award-winning Netflix series ”Beef” came together through honest collaboration and real-life inspirations. Jin explores generational divides and relates them to why this season takes place at a country club. Plus, he tells the story of returning to Korea after 20 years to film parts of Season 2 with legendary actors Youn Yuh-jung and Song Kang-ho, and getting a surprise set visit from “Parasite” director Bong Joon-ho. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to Comedy Central.
0:06.8	From the most trusted journalists at Comedy Central,
0:10.8	it's America's only sorts for news.
0:14.1	This is The Daily Show with your host, Ronnie T!
0:18.6	Thank you. Ready! Welcome! I'm going to
0:21.6	Iran
0:34.6	about tonight.
0:35.6	Iran has been enriching weapons-grade memes.
0:39.0	Pete Heggseth can't take a bad review.
0:41.3	And good news.
0:42.2	Your phone is making you ugly.
0:44.3	Oh, wait, sorry, that's bad news.
0:46.2	Sorry, my bad.
0:47.1	But first, let's get into the latest on the war in Iran.
0:53.2	Nothing bad can happen. It can only good happen.
0:56.0	Let's start with the straight of Homoos.
1:01.0	Much like clavicular, we all found our exits two months ago, and now people won't shut
1:05.0	the fuck up about it.
1:07.0	Well, we have an update.
1:09.0	It's still closed. No one can get oil because turns out this thing we never heard of was the choke point for the entire fucking planet.
1:18.9	Whoops.
1:20.1	There are long lineups for fuel from Pakistan to Cambodia to Vietnam.
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