It's Martin Luther King Jr. Day and The Daily Show honors this civil rights icon's legacy. Host Trevor Noah and correspondent, Roy Wood Jr, discuss the many ways Americans misrepresent what King stood for and guest host, Leslie Jones, goes into the streets of New York City to find out how white folks celebrate the holiday. Also, Trevor sits with journalist, Vann R. Newkirk II, to discuss how his piece in The Atlantic honors King's legacy and provides context on where he stood politically when he was alive. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Failures | Vann R. Newkirk II

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Jordan Klepper reports on Biden’s G7 Summit trip to Italy, Trump's first Capitol visit since January 6 and Grace Kuhlenschmidt offers a woman's perspective on the Supreme Court's vote to protect access to the abortion pill. Also, actor and musician, Maya Hawke, sits down with discusses her role in Disney's "Inside Out 2" and her new album "Chaos Angel." She reveals how she tapped into her own feelings to portray Anxiety, growing up with performer parents, and the different ways audiences can interpret her song "Hang in There." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

SCOTUS Votes to Protect Abortion Pill | Maya Hawke

Jordan Klepper reports on Fox News and the GOP's conspiratorial reactions to Hunter Biden’s felony conviction and why Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest is barring its world champ, Joey Chestnut. Plus, Desi Lydic weighs in on the Republican Party’s perennial unhappiness. Charlamagne Tha God also stops by to argue that Democrats need to be more direct in their messaging if they want to win. And Jeremy O. Harris, playwright of the critically acclaimed “Slave Play,” discusses his directorial debut with the new HBO documentary “Slave Play. Not a Movie. A Play” and how he used the film as a platform for “theater supremacy.”  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hunter Biden Verdict Ignites GOP Conspiracies | Jeremy O. Harris

Jordan Klepper tackles the Hunter Biden guilty verdict as well as Justice Samuel Alito's wife, Martha-Ann Alito, caught on tape planning to fight Pride flags with more flags. Michael Kosta reveals how Governor Kathy Hochul's decision to scrap New York congestion pricing might have had something to do with the "Diner Effect." And Americans are turning their 2024 election fatigue into the latest fetish: political humiliation. From a Dominatrix specializing in shaming liberals to getting turned on by confederate bikinis, sex experts break down the fetishization of Trump, Biden, and the political landscape. Plus, award-winning actor Kevin Bacon discusses his legendary acting career and latest films, “Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F” and “MaXXXine.” They talk about fearlessly playing villains, starring alongside the hilarious Eddie Murphy, and 80s horror films as thinly veiled morality tales.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jordan Klepper Reports on Hunter Biden's Conviction | Kevin Bacon

Jon Stewart rips off the mask of corporate “values” and examines how corporations will perform caring about issues like DEI, climate change, or patriotism, as long as it means bigger profits, and how quickly they backtrack on those moral stands when it no longer suits their bottom line. Jon is also joined by basketball analyst, host, ESPN reporter, and NY Knicks Radio analyst, Monica NcNutt, who breaks down her viral debate with Stephen A. Smith about Caitlin Clark and the WNBA. She discusses the larger underlying issues of gender, race, and class that impact the way people talk about women’s basketball as well as the WNBA’s journey to this moment of boosted popularity and what new fans of the league should know about the women who have spent the last 30 years building it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jon Stewart Smashes the Myth of Corporate Morality in Pride, BLM, and Beyond | Monica McNutt

Jon Stewart visits the Ears Edition to fill us in on his brand-new podcast, The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart, and chats with showrunner/writer/EP, Jen Flanz, and Co-EP/writer, Zhubin Parang, to preview TDS coverage of this summer’s RNC and DNC conventions. They also take a fan question from social media and it’s a classic: which would you rather fight, 1 Jordan Klepper-sized-duck or 50 duck-sized-Jordan Kleppers? Listen to The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart every Thursday wherever you get your podcasts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Failures | Vann R. Newkirk II

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