VP Kamala Harris on Defeat, Democrats, and the Fight Ahead

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

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🗓️ 30 October 2025

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Nearly a year after her presidential campaign ended in defeat, Jon is joined by former Vice President Kamala Harris to reflect on the realities of running for the highest office and the state of Democratic politics. Together, they explore the challenges she faced on the campaign trail, discuss how Democrats can rebuild trust in their party by delivering for people, and examine how crises can create opportunities for change. Plus, Jon talks about the changes at CBS News and Trump’s White House souvenirs. This podcast episode is brought to you by: FACTOR - Go to https://www.factormeals.com/TWS50OFF to claim 50% off your first box, plus Free Breakfast for 1 Year. GROUND NEWS - Go to https://groundnews.com/stewart to see how any news story is being framed by news outlets around the world and across the political spectrum. Use this link to get 40% off unlimited access with the Vantage Subscription. Follow The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart on social media for more: > YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@weeklyshowpodcast > Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weeklyshowpodcast> TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@weeklyshowpodcast > X: https://x.com/weeklyshowpod > BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/theweeklyshowpodcast.com Host/Executive Producer – Jon Stewart Executive Producer – James Dixon Executive Producer – Chris McShane Executive Producer – Caity Gray Lead Producer – Lauren Walker Producer – Brittany Mehmedovic Producer – Gillian Spear Video Editor & Engineer – Rob Vitolo Audio Editor & Engineer – Nicole Boyce Music by Hansdle Hsu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, everybody. My name is John Stewart. I host the weekly show podcast with John Stewart.
0:12.0	How convenient. It is Wednesday, October 29th. Tomorrow is Thursday, October 30th. That's probably
0:17.7	where you're going to be hearing this stuff. We got a nice guest for you today. She ran for president just recently. Yeah, that's right. Vice President Kamala Harris
0:27.5	is going to be joining us later, and we'll be talking about all kinds of different things. And I'm
0:32.0	assuming we can only conduct the conversation because the president of the United States, Donald J. Trump,
0:36.4	is overseas where he really seems to enjoy it much more than being here. I really think the problem that he has with America is we don't throw him enough parades with cultural music. I think if we just, no matter where he goes,
0:56.5	have a red carpet at the ready
0:59.3	and people playing the music of countries
1:03.0	he's never actually been to,
1:08.1	dressed in cultural garb.
1:10.6	And then we just give him gifts.
1:12.1	I think this is the way we can get through these next three years.
1:16.1	Every day is Christmas in Malaysia.
1:19.2	That's what we have to make America.
1:21.7	The shit that they are giving it.
1:23.0	I don't know who is running through the gift list there,
1:26.3	but when the new Japanese prime minister gave him a gold golf ball, I was like, that's just nailed it.
1:34.7	That was when they came up with that idea, they were tossing things around.
1:38.1	What should we give them?
1:38.9	How about a new cryptocurrency?
1:40.7	Now he's already the billions and the world put his name on something here.
1:45.5	Now, gold golf ball to combine it's the Reese's peanut butter cup of gifts you could give to Donald Trump it's a golf
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