Desi Lydic tackles the day's headlines, including Tucker Carlson's shocking firing by Fox News, Bud Light's new "Real Women" koozie, Don Lemon's CNN termination, Elon's latest Twitter fiasco, and Bed Bath & Beyond's bankruptcy. Actor producer Catherine Reitman chats about jump-starting her career with Desi Lydic on “Real Wedding Crashers”.
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Aug 21
TDS Time Machine | Back to School
Yes more teachers, yes more books, yes more teachers' dirty looks... Head back to school with TDS. Stephen Colbert enrolls in broadcasting school to learn his craft. Jon Stewart takes a look at the invasive coverage of the Obama daughters heading back to school, with extra invasi ... Show More
54m 2s
Aug 19
Thirty F#@king Years | Desi, Michael and Troy's Favorite Segments - Full Length
In our previous episode of 30 F#@king Years, Desi Lydic, Michael Kosta and Troy Iwata broke down their all-time favorite Daily Show segments. Now you can catch those segments in full. Brian Unger reports on a cat trapped in a tree, from a tree. Ed Helms delivers the news that ... Show More
40m 52s
Apr 2023
Tucker & Don Out, Elon's Blue Check Wreck, and Guest Baratunde Thurston
Kara and Scott react to news that Tucker Carlson is out at Fox, and Don Lemon at CNN. Plus, Kara's got a blue check and Scott doesn't after a messy week at Twitter. Layoffs and closures are hitting left and right with Disney and Lyft layoffs, Bed, Bath & Beyond bankruptcy, and Bu ... Show More
1h 13m
May 2023
Ep. 339: Fox News Producer CAUGHT On Undercover Camera Spilling Beans on Tucker Firing PLUS New Gen Z Breakup Trend Is TOXIC
A Fox News producer was caught on an undercover camera spilling the beans about the real reason Tucker Carlson was ousted from the network. If this is accurate, this is a lot bigger than we realized. Plus, Joe Biden gives a commencement address saying the biggest threat to our co ... Show More
42m 40s
Mar 2021
March 7, 2021: All roads lead to the Murdochs; royal correspondent defends negative Meghan Markle coverage; Iowa reporter faces trial after covering BLM protest
Plus... How the GOP takes its "cancel culture" cues from Fox; NYT columnist criticized for conflict of interest; the ups and downs of broadcasting from home during the pandemic. Diane Falzone, Sarah Ellison, Oliver Darcy, Maribel Perez Wadsworth, Richard Palmer and Kristin Meinze ... Show More
40m 39s
Feb 2021
February 21, 2021: How fact-checking is changing in a post-Trump world; why hysterical headlines hurt the Covid vaccine rollout; will countries link arms and make Facebook pay for news?
Plus... Power and water disasters in Texas are shining a light on local news; out-of-context headlines are clouding Covid-19 vaccine news; how Ted Cruz's trip to Cancun was exposed by Twitter sleuths; and more. Emily Ramshaw, Bill Carter, Carol Leonnig, Daniel Dale, Angie Drobnic ... Show More
41m 45s
Feb 2021
February 14, 2021: The future of MAGA media after Trump's acquittal; Rep. Sara Jacobs on extremism, 'conflict entrepreneurs' and the need for a 'truth commission'
Plus... Politico's editor reacts to White House aide's resignation; BBC World Service boss reacts to China's ban of the BBC; what went wrong with The New York Times' Caliphate podcast; and more. Carrie Budoff Brown, Rep. Sara Jacobs, Tina Nguyen, Erik Wemple, Lorraine Ali, Noah S ... Show More
41m 9s
Apr 2023
Ep. 323: Tucker Carlson FIRED From Fox News Over January 6th Coverage, Plus Don Lemon Fired From CNN Because He Sucks
Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News, and this monumental shift came seemingly out of nowhere. What are 3 million consumers going to do with their primetime hour now? Liz breaks down all of the rumors that are flying around and discusses the possible scenarios of what really happene ... Show More
45m 21s
Apr 2022
A tumultuous week in media: From CNN to Disney, Netflix to Twitter, WaPo to NYT
Brian Stelter covers the end of CNN+, Elon Musk's bid for Twitter and other media stories with Mara Schiavocampo, Oliver Darcy and Sara Fischer. Plus, Jonathan Haidt makes the case that social media has made American life "uniquely stupid;" White House Correspondents Association ... Show More
42m 1s