Yesterday

The Precap | Michael Kosta on the Iranian Ceasefire-ish Situationship, Losing the Meme War, and Earth Day

This week's host Michael Kosta is joined by Daily Show writer and producer Matt O'Brien to recap the latest news, and preview what's to come. They cover the confusing nature of the US-Iran ceasefire and accompanying meme war, the price hikes for World Cup train tickets, President ... Show More

40m 19s

Apr 19

TDS Time Machine | 4/20

You can put this podcast in your ears, but be careful not to inhale. It's The Daily Show's coverage of marijuana through the years and the legal system. Michael Kosta reports on the eternal battle between weed and alcohol. Desi Lydic reports, slowly, from the first gas station se ... Show More

46m 39s

Apr 18

This Week's News | Jon Stewart on the Trump-Pope Beef & Ronny Chieng on JD Vance's TPUSA Flop

Jon Stewart dives into Trump Jesus-ifying himself with an AI image (which he later claimed was depicting him as a doctor) and the president's Easter beef with Pope Leo. Ronny Chieng weighs in on JD Vance's apology tour on Trump's behalf, Joe Biden thinking he saw Obama, the presi ... Show More

54m 37s

Sep 2022

The Power of Black Twitter (feat. Michael Harriot)

From hashtag activism to action offline, Black Twitter has been a vehicle for real change. Host Roy Wood Jr. chats with author of the book, Black AF: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America, Michael Harriot and Professor of Media Studies at Northeastern University, Meredith D. Clark ... Show More

55m 43s

Mar 2023

What Do We Lose if We Lose Black Twitter?

Jason Parham, senior writer at WIRED, walks Jon through the evolution and legacy of Black Twitter. Parham’s three-part series, “A People’s History of Black Twitter,” follows the online community from its early days of late night takes, through an era of platform dominance, and in ... Show More

36m 41s

Dec 2022

Is Twitter a Crime Scene? with Matt Gaetz and Tom Fitton

Twitter's deplatformed the president, and teamed up with the FBI to censor Americans for "misinformation." It's the biggest scandal in tech history...but were any crimes committed? And if so, what? Tim Fitton of Judicial Watch joins to lay out what the legal path might be for hol ... Show More

34m 48s

Jan 2021

Mon. 1/18 - When the FBI Spied on Martin Luther King Jr.

Several of the women who influenced Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and left their own marks on the civil rights movement. A new documentary tracking the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr. and other prominent Black activists, using documentation recently released by the Nati ... Show More

18m 47s

Jun 2020

How Facebook Is Undermining Black Lives Matter

Companies like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have come out in support of Black Lives Matter and its mission. But are their platforms undermining the movement for racial justice? Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/kevin-roose" target="_blank">Kevin Roose</a>, who covers ... Show More

26m 20s

Jul 2016

This Podcast Is for #BlackLivesMatter | Ep. 32

In the wake of police involved shootings with the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castille - DC Young Fly, Karlous Miller, and Last Comic Standing Champ, Clayton English, discuss solutions to stop the violence. From the media's failures, to things that just don't add up, ... Show More

1h 13m

Aug 2019

Richard Wright: Hurling Words Into Darkness

“I knew that I lived in a country in which the aspirations of black people were limited, marked-off. Yet I felt that I had to go somewhere and do something to redeem my being alive.” – Richard Wright, from “Black Boy.”Richard Wright’s writing was controversial. His work was both ... Show More

29m 51s

Oct 2023

Talking Shit with Cedric Johnson: After Black Lives Matter

In Episode 57, we are joined by Dr. Cedric G. Johnson, Professor of Black Studies and Political Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago, to discuss his book After Black Lives Matter: Policing and Anti-Capitalist Struggle. We discuss the origins of modern polici ... Show More

1h 23m

Jun 2023

#RIPTwitter | 7

Can Twitter survive? In this special episode, Business Wars host David Brown speaks to Rolling Stone culture writer Miles Klee about what makes Elon Musk tick, his views on free speech, and what’s next for Twitter. Plus, Abbott Elementary showrunner and creator of the Sh*t My Dad ... Show More

29m 27s

The Power of Black Twitter (feat. Michae...