The Precap | Desi Lydic on Snow Days, Kash Patel Crashing the Olympics, and the State of the Union

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Precap | Desi Lydic on Snow Days, Kash Patel Crashing the Olympics, and the State of the Union

Podcast: The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Host: Matt O’Brien (Comedy Central writer/producer)
Guest/Co-host: Desi Lydic (host of the week)
Date: February 23, 2026
Episode Length: ~41 min
Summary by: [Your Name], Expert Podcast Summarizer

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Main Theme

This episode of The Precap, a companion podcast to The Daily Show, offered a witty and insightful rundown of recent (and just-missed) headlines, blending personal anecdotes and biting political satire. Matt O’Brien and Desi Lydic discuss the New York blizzard, snow days with their kids, the dual gold medals in US Olympic hockey, the controversy over FBI Director Kash Patel’s rowdy celebration, Trump’s tariffs and decision-making, and what to expect from the upcoming State of the Union. The episode closes with a quirky “Daily Show and Tell” segment and banter about Prince Andrew’s arrest.

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Major Discussion Points & Insights

1. Surviving the New York Blizzard & Parenting During Snow Days

Timestamps: 01:00–04:38

• Matt and Desi record remotely due to a heavy blizzard in New York. Matt broadcasts from his daughter’s bedroom; Desi is in her home office (also her bedroom).
• Desi reminisces about her first big NYC blizzard in 2016, comparing it humorously to catching norovirus from Dairy Queen:

  “This is the most intense blizzard I’ve ever experienced—and that includes getting norovirus from Dairy Queen.” (02:00)

• Discussion on the chaos of snow days with children at home—screen time explodes, diet rules vanish, and old-fashioned “no Zoom school” is appreciated.
• Matt jokes:

  “Daddy’s podcasting. We better play Minecraft. What a weird childhood.” (04:12)

• Both reflect on the irony of snow days: dreams of kids playing outside clash with the reality of endless screen time and household pandemonium.

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2. US Triumph at the Olympics – and Kash Patel’s Antics

Timestamps: 05:52–10:14

• Both the US men’s and women’s hockey teams win gold in overtime against Canada—an “old-school USA moment.”
• Matt highlights:

  “That photo of Jack Hughes raising his fist with his bloody teeth is, I think, an all time great Olympic image.” (06:29)

• FBI Director Kash Patel’s beer-chugging, expletive-laden celebration with the US men’s team becomes a headline in itself.
• Desi jokes:

  “It’s such proof that he doesn’t want to be the director…he just wants to be part of the gang!” (06:58)

• Political satire: President Trump’s locker room call, inviting the men’s team to the White House and treating the women’s invitation as an afterthought.
  • Matt:

    “It was sort of like, ‘And, yeah, sorry, we’re gonna have to invite the women as well.’ As if it was an imposition.” (07:54)

  • Desi:

    “I am praying that the women’s team comes back and they’re like, ‘Nah, we’re good.’” (08:31)

• Satirical take on Trump’s contradictory attitudes towards women in sports.
  • Desi:

    “It’s so crazy to me how he spends a year saying, ‘I want to protect women in sports,’ but then he’s like, ‘but I don’t want women in sports in my house.’” (09:08)

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3. Canadian Producer Alan Joins Post-Olympic Banter

Timestamps: 10:17–13:41

• Canadian producer Alan is invited to share his reaction to Canada’s hockey defeat.

  “I’m just picturing all the Canadians stumbling out of the bar at 7am drunk and mad.” (11:02)

• Good-natured ribbing about rivalry, Canadian sports rankings, and how defeat will be “handled.”
• Playful assertion:

  “When Canada becomes the 51st state, we will have won the gold and the silver.” (11:34)

• Lighthearted debate about hockey’s importance in the US vs. Canada.

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4. TSA & Global Entry Shutdown Fiasco

Timestamps: 13:43–15:39

• Brief discussion of the temporary shutdown of TSA PreCheck and Global Entry.
  • Matt: “It was about eight hours.” (13:57)
  • Desi: “That’s a level of competence I’ve become accustomed to.” (13:59)
• Jokes about governmental backtracking and the value of paid security privileges.
• Satire on climate’s “authority”:
  • Desi: “Mother Nature is the real DHS here. …I’m shutting down the east coast, bitch.” (15:09)

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5. Supreme Court Upholds Trump’s Tariffs

Timestamps: 15:41–18:58

• Supreme Court rules Trump’s unilateral tariffs are legal (6–3 decision).
• Trump continually escalates the tariff percentages in response.
  • Desi: “Sorry. Actually, there’s an update. I think the tariffs are now at 17%. …Ah, no, sorry. A fuckton percent is what he’s saying now.” (16:23)
• Satirical take: Trump bends or circumvents government checks, with Matt noting the expectation that the president will respect the structure of government is “a wild thing to say.” (17:22)
• Jokes about Trump attacking the very Supreme Court justices he appointed when decisions don’t go his way.
  • Desi:

    “Lap dogs.” (18:40)

  • Matt:

    “Several of which he appointed.” (18:41)

  • Desi:

    “If it weren’t so terrifying, it would be hilarious.” (18:54)

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6. Looking Ahead: The State of the Union

Timestamps: 21:12–26:49

• Preview of the upcoming State of the Union address by Trump.
• Desi laments:

  “The State of the Union makes me feel the same way that this blizzard does, that I just want to curl up into a ball and never leave my apartment ever again.” (21:50)

• Commentary on how Trump’s SOTU is less eventful since “he just barfs out whatever he’s thinking in real time.”
  • Matt:

    “For me, the State of the Union is…his speechwriter probably just putting connective tissue between his Truth Social posts.” (22:00)

• Predictions of off-topic rants (“20 minutes on the hockey team; 18 minutes on Arnold Palmer’s penis” – Desi, 23:05).
• Lydic curious about Trump’s “range of unhinged” after recent setbacks (economy, SCOTUS ruling, polling).
• Discussion of rumors that Democrats may boycott or stage a rival “People’s Union.”
  • Matt:

    “Being there is a sign of unity...you’re not going to force us out of our own chamber.” (26:16)

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7. Royals Update: Prince Andrew Arrested on His Birthday

Timestamps: 26:49–28:49

• Quick mention: Prince Andrew being arrested on his birthday.
• Jokes about the worst birthday outcomes and mugshot “lighting.”
  • Desi:

    “I never leave home without a ring light, especially when I’m doing illegal activity.” (28:50)

  • Matt adds:

    “Your purse…spilled out one time. It was a ring light and some mints. That was it.” (28:58)

• Playful banter about criminal headshots as “new headshots.”

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8. Daily Show and Tell: Modern Friendship and Creative Kids

Timestamps: 31:10–39:22

• Desi shares a story about scheduling a Zoom catch-up with a distant friend. Initially feels impersonal, but becomes “one of the greatest catch-ups” (31:38–33:36).
  • Touches on “8 minute phone call” idea as a low-commitment way to stay connected.
  • Reflection on the challenge of adult friendships and modern, overscheduled lives.
• Matt’s Show & Tell: His 8-year-old daughter’s impressive (but dark) stop-motion film with plastic ducks that ends with the duck mother’s death.
  • Matt:

    “I really liked your film. It was a little sad, right? And she looked at me and just went, ‘Circle of life, man.’” (37:04)

  • Desi and Matt riff on the dark, artistic humor and their kids’ evolving sensibilities.

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Notable Quotes

• Desi Lydic (on blizzard): “This is the most intense blizzard I’ve ever experienced—and that includes getting norovirus from Dairy Queen.” (02:00)
• Matt O’Brien (on snow days): “Daddy’s podcasting. We better play Minecraft. What a weird childhood.” (04:12)
• Matt O’Brien (on Kash Patel at the Olympics): “It’s hard to take our country seriously.” (06:29)
• Desi Lydic (on Trump and women’s team): “I am praying that the women’s team comes back and they’re like, ‘Nah, we’re good.’” (08:31)
• Alan (Canadian Producer): “I’m just picturing all the Canadians stumbling out of the bar at 7am drunk and mad.” (11:02)
• Matt O’Brien (on Trump’s tariffs): “It depends on whatever synapses in his brain are or aren’t firing at any given moment.” (16:43)
• Desi Lydic (on SOTU): “The State of the Union makes me feel the same way that this blizzard does, that I just want to curl up into a ball and never leave my apartment ever again.” (21:50)
• Matt O’Brien (on his daughter): “Circle of life, man.” (37:04)

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Memorable Moments

• The comedic comparison of the blizzard to food poisoning.
• Satirical mourning of Canada’s Olympic loss, with extended ribbing of Canadian producer Alan.
• The evolving “percentage” of Trump’s tariffs (“a fuckton percent”).
• Imagined White House invites and riotous Trump quotes about the hockey teams.
• Unwinding with a discussion of “show and tell,” including Desi’s thoughtful reflection on adult friendship and Matt’s hilarious story of his daughter’s nihilistic stop-motion cartoon.

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Timestamps of Key Segments

• Blizzard/Parenting & Snow Day Chaos: 01:00–04:38
• US Olympic Hockey Victory / Kash Patel: 05:52–10:14
• Canadian Producer Alan Weighs In: 10:17–13:41
• TSA PreCheck & Global Entry Shutdown: 13:43–15:39
• Trump’s Tariffs & Supreme Court Decision: 15:41–18:58
• State of the Union Preview: 21:12–26:49
• Prince Andrew’s Arrest: 26:49–28:49
• Daily Show & Tell (Friendship and Kids): 31:10–39:22

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Final Thoughts

The episode is a blend of sharp, irreverent political commentary and relatable, humorous conversation about daily life, the messiness of parenting, and friendships in adulthood. If you missed the episode, this summary captures the spirit and substance—or as Matt’s daughter would say, “Circle of life, man.”

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Transcript

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[Matt O'Brien]

You're listening to Comedy Central. Hello, welcome to the Pre Cap. This is a daily show podcast where we sit down with this week's host to discuss some of the stories that we maybe missed last week and some of the stories that we're thinking about covering in the week ahead. My name is Matt o'. Brien. I am a writer and producer at the show and I am joined by this week's host, the hilarious Desi Lydic. Hi, Desi.

[Desi Lydic]

Hi, Matt. What a lovely open. Thank you for that.

[Matt O'Brien]

Thank you very much.

[Desi Lydic]

Very kind, very generous of you.

[Matt O'Brien]

The months of rehearsal has paid off.

[Desi Lydic]

Yeah, yeah.

[Matt O'Brien]

And I've successfully opened our podcast. We are coming to you remotely instead of in person, of course, because of a giant blizzard in New York City. I'm broadcasting from my daughter's 8. My 8 year old daughter's bedroom.

[Desi Lydic]

Oh, nice. I'm broadcasting from my home office, also known as my bedroom, in a tiny New York City apartment.

[Matt O'Brien]

That's where Joe Rogan does his podcast.

[Desi Lydic]

Yes, I think so. In my tiny New York City apartment. We share screen, Joe and I. Yeah.

[Matt O'Brien]

All right, so let's talk about. We were off last week, so let's talk about maybe some of the things we missed very quickly. Of course, the blizzard.

[Desi Lydic]

The blizzard is. Yeah. Pretty top of mind as I'm looking out my window. It's intense. Yes, this is.

[Matt O'Brien]

My windows are covered.

[Desi Lydic]

Yeah, same and stacked. Just stacked snow. And I'm looking at the trees outside going like. I'm just hoping that the branches don't break off.

[Matt O'Brien]

It's for sure.

[Desi Lydic]

This is. I was remembering moving to New York in 2015 and there was a blizzard early in the year of 2016, about 10 years ago. And I remember that being pretty intense. But this is. I think this is more so. This is the most intense blizzard I've ever experienced and that includes getting norovirus from Dairy Queen. So.

[Matt O'Brien]

Wow.

[Desi Lydic]

And that was intense.

[Matt O'Brien]

I hope Dairy Queen's not a sponsor.

[Desi Lydic]

I hope we'll find out.

[Matt O'Brien]

Not anymore. I guess we'll see. It's also Thad.

[Desi Lydic]

Don't be silly. We don't have sponsors for this.

[Matt O'Brien]

Maybe there's a competing soft serve ice cream company that wants to step in. And we will mention that it doesn't

[Desi Lydic]

give you Norovirus, the non Norovirus soft serve.

[Matt O'Brien]

If you pay us enough money, we will clarify that your product doesn't Give you norovirus.

[Desi Lydic]

That's right.

[Matt O'Brien]

But it's gonna cost you. So of course, you and I are both parents, so we were stuck at home with our kids. So there's a simmering tension. Of course, to this blizzard. It's not a winter wonderland as much as it is a day inside with shouting, bored children, bored screens.

[Desi Lydic]

But I do appreciate a good old fashioned snow day with no zoom school. I do appreciate that Mamdani was like, no zoom school, no homework, traditional snow day. But inevitably, in my house, that means that my kid's gonna be on his iPad for 14 hours, binge watching Stranger Things or something. I mean, he's. He's not going outside.

[Matt O'Brien]

Same with my. I mean, we force our kids to go outside.

[Desi Lydic]

Yeah.

[Matt O'Brien]

Because they look at a snow day as a green light to break all the time limits.

[Desi Lydic]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Matt O'Brien]

All the diet, all the sugar restrictions.

[Desi Lydic]

Everything, oh, everything. It all goes out the window.

[Matt O'Brien]

It's chaos inside and outside the house.

[Desi Lydic]

What are they doing right now? Are they. Are they on their ipods?

[Matt O'Brien]

You know what? I think they're playing Minecraft because I need them to be quiet while I'm podcasting.

[Desi Lydic]

Whatever it takes.

[Matt O'Brien]

Daddy's podcasting. We better play Minecraft. Throw a walking 90s. What a weird childhood.

[Desi Lydic]

Don't disturb Daddy. Daddy when he's podcasting. We'll never hear that.

[Matt O'Brien]

As if I. As if I do it very often, right? It's his. It's his thrice. His thrice yearly podcast. We can't ruin it.

[Desi Lydic]

Always podcasting.

[Matt O'Brien]

He's always.

[Desi Lydic]

You're a better man for it, Matt. I appreciate that you.

[Matt O'Brien]

It's the only thing they're going to remember about their childhood is my podcasting.

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[Matt O'Brien]

Of course, one story that we. That everybody is still kind of abuzz about is the US Men's and women's Olympic hockey team both winning gold.

[Desi Lydic]

Yes.

[Matt O'Brien]

Both in overtime.

[Desi Lydic]

Yeah.

[Matt O'Brien]

Both over Canada.

[Desi Lydic]

Yes.

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[Matt O'Brien]

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[Desi Lydic]

Yeah.

[Matt O'Brien]

In kind of one of the centerpieces of the Winter Olympics. That photo of Jack Hughes raising his fist with his bloody teeth is, I think, an all time great Olympic image. And then, of course, the FBI Director Kash Patel. Yes, of course, the FBI director Kash Patel chugging a beer and celebrating, dropping F bombs with the US Men's Olympic team. It's hard to take our country seriously.

[Desi Lydic]

It really is. I mean, the men win gold and they get cash. Patel. I think I'll take the silver, thank you very much. It's just such proof that he doesn't want to be the director of the. He just wants to be in the cool kids club. Like, he just wants to be part of the gang, you know, he would

[Matt O'Brien]

be happier as like a barstool correspondent.

[Desi Lydic]

Totally, totally. We'd all be better off for it.

[Matt O'Brien]

Oh, 100%. He would be great at it.

[Desi Lydic]

Yeah.

[Matt O'Brien]

I give him a follow.

[Desi Lydic]

Yeah. Oh, same. Of course. I'm very patriotic. I root for our team to win. But there was a small part of me that was hoping that Canada would win just so we didn't have to deal with Trump's insufferable responses. And I'm realizing that that small part of me was 100% spot on.

[Matt O'Brien]

It was right on cue that he put him on speakerphone in the locker room. And in that call, President Trump said he invited the men's team to the White House on Tuesday. And then I guess, I don't know if exact words, but it was sort of like. And, yeah, and sorry, we're gonna have to invite the women as well. As if it was an imposition. It's an imposition to invite the women's team to the White House.

[Desi Lydic]

I guess we'll have to invite the

[Matt O'Brien]

women as well, I guess. What an insane thing for the president to say.

[Desi Lydic]

Believable. Like he just can't help himself. I am praying that the women's team comes back and they're like, nah, we're good.

[Matt O'Brien]

Oh, that would be fantastic.

[Desi Lydic]

I mean, please.

[Matt O'Brien]

I'm sorry, but unfortunately, we're gonna have to say no.

[Desi Lydic]

Yeah.

[Matt O'Brien]

Or they could go to a. Maybe they go to the competing Democrat state.

[Desi Lydic]

Oh, even better. That would be even better.

[Matt O'Brien]

Or just like a Buffalo. Honestly, just a Buffalo Wild Wings or something.

[Desi Lydic]

Something plans.

[Matt O'Brien]

VW3s little place that is so, so much less regal. But at least I don't have to be around him.

[Desi Lydic]

It's so crazy to me how he spends a year saying, I want to protect women in sports, but then he's like, but I don't want women in sports in my house.

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[Desi Lydic]

Like, what the hell?

[Matt O'Brien]

No one's. No one's more pro women than me.

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[Matt O'Brien]

And then, ugh, we have to invite the women's team to the White House.

[Desi Lydic]

Just came up.

[Matt O'Brien]

That was. As if that was gonna denigrate their coming to. He's not coy.

[Desi Lydic]

No, that's for sure. What a charmer, that guy.

[Matt O'Brien]

He just can't help himself. Congratulations to the women's team.

[Desi Lydic]

Yes.

[Matt O'Brien]

Their gold medal. I guess I have to be happy about it. I was surprised that he didn't talk to them about the rigged election after the game.

[Desi Lydic]

Yeah, same.

[Matt O'Brien]

You know, this game wasn't rigged, but you know what was rigged.

[Desi Lydic]

Speaking of rigged.

[Matt O'Brien]

Yes. Speaking of rigged. So congratulations to the men's and women's hockey team. And of course, we have a Canadian producer on our podcast named Alan. Alan, are you there?

[Desi Lydic]

Oh, yeah, we should check in with Alan.

[Matt O'Brien]

We should check in on him. Wow. Your face is despondent, and I understand.

[Desi Lydic]

Oh, God.

[Matt O'Brien]

This was.

[Alan (Canadian Producer)]

I mean, I told you guys we were taking this out of the. We were taking this out of the outline, and.

[Matt O'Brien]

Oh, we are.

[Desi Lydic]

No, this is staying in the. Out. This is staying in the outline, Alan.

[Matt O'Brien]

No, this is.

[Desi Lydic]

No, this is staying in.

[Matt O'Brien]

This says bolded app. Must do.

[Desi Lydic]

Must stay in the podcast. In fact, I'm doing the edit on this, so this will absolutely, 100% be in. How are you doing? Are you doing okay? I assume that you all must be pretty upset about this.

[Alan (Canadian Producer)]

Yeah, yeah.

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Just.

[Alan (Canadian Producer)]

Yeah, there's a little. A little saltiness out there.

[Matt O'Brien]

You're a real sitting duck on this podcast. It's unbelievable. Desi could just go through and unload.

[Alan (Canadian Producer)]

I think we're just all wondering why, you know, they open the bars at 5am in British Columbia so that people could watch the game. I'm just picturing all the. The Canadians stumbling out of the bar at 7am drunk and mad. You know, But I think, you know, we'll rebuild. We'll have to find a way to come back and. Yeah, no rioting this time. Usually when that's good, when the Canucks have gotten to the finals in the past and. And lost, it's been some. Some gentle rioting. And so I feel like we're growing as a people for sure.

[Matt O'Brien]

Well, when Canada becomes the 51st state, we will have won the gold and the silver.

[Desi Lydic]

Alan, if it makes you feel any better, I just. I want you to know hockey is, like, number six, seven for us in terms of favorite American sports. So it really. It doesn't mean that much to us. How about for in Canada, where does hockey rank?

[Alan (Canadian Producer)]

Yeah, same, same, same. You know, it's like Canadian football, curling, high jump, and then. And then hockey right down there. So, you know, it's not. It's not wounding the national pride or anything.

[Matt O'Brien]

Okay.

[Alan (Canadian Producer)]

We're taking it. Well, I think everybody's reacting normally.

[Matt O'Brien]

Yeah.

[Alan (Canadian Producer)]

I think the Internet is calm.

[Desi Lydic]

Yeah, totally.

[Matt O'Brien]

I'm sorry, you said Canadian football.

[Alan (Canadian Producer)]

Everybody plays Canadian football. You gotta play Canadian football.

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[Desi Lydic]

Just really nice football.

[Matt O'Brien]

You know what's popular when you have to qualify? Canadian football. Wow. Okay. And then I just want to make sure we. Can you take that back, Alan, one more time and just give us the rankings? I want to make sure that we have it.

[Alan (Canadian Producer)]

Yeah, I think it was Degrassi, Schitt's Creek, heated rivalry.

[Matt O'Brien]

Okay, good.

[Desi Lydic]

Alan, while we have you, can you just check our levels real quick? I just want to make sure our levels are good.

[Alan (Canadian Producer)]

Yeah. Weirdly, that whole last chunk was muted, so I think we can just move on.

[Technical Producer]

Yeah.

[Desi Lydic]

Okay.

[Matt O'Brien]

Apolly Zalan. Time heals all wounds. And we look forward to, you know what? By next week, you will only be a tiny bit less sad. But each week, by summer, you will still be sad.

[Alan (Canadian Producer)]

Yeah. The Olympics happen a couple times a year, right?

[Matt O'Brien]

You only have to wait four agonizing years for redemption. Oh, man, I hadn't thought of that. Oh, Alan's gone. He stormed off.

[Desi Lydic]

He left us and will never return.

[Matt O'Brien]

The most Canadian storming off ever. Hitting mute. Turning off his camera politely pacific. Well, I never.

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[Matt O'Brien]

All right, so TSA PreCheck was shut down, and Global Entry at the airport was shut down momentarily. And now it's back. Apparently.

[Desi Lydic]

That was like. What was it, like, eight hours?

[Matt O'Brien]

It was about. It was about eight hours.

[Desi Lydic]

Roughly eight hours. That's a level of competence that I've become accustomed to.

[Matt O'Brien]

Yeah. And it feels like they. Sometimes they'll make decisions like this and kind of put out their feelers very quick. Like, so we are going to shut down TSA pre check. And then they see the blowback and go, you know what?

[Desi Lydic]

Never mind.

[Matt O'Brien]

Just kidding. Just wanted to see, you know, they dip their toe in the reaction, I guess. Yeah.

[Desi Lydic]

That was an intern that put that announcement.

[Matt O'Brien]

Yes, it was an intern's idea to shut down. It doesn't make. I have TSA PreCheck. I don't want to brag.

[Desi Lydic]

Oh, excuse me.

[Matt O'Brien]

Elitist. Yeah. Thank you. And Global Entry. You know what? I have it.

[Desi Lydic]

I have it too, if I'm being honest.

[Matt O'Brien]

Elitist. So it's something you pay extra for. So I don't quite understand.

[Desi Lydic]

I don't understand what the thought process was like. That comes out of your pocket, not the government's pocket. So why is that? Maybe why they eventually decided this is a terrible idea.

[Matt O'Brien]

Or they know just make people mad. And they could run that Kristi Noem video of telling people that the Democrats have shut down the government.

[Technical Producer]

Yeah.

[Desi Lydic]

It feels maybe a little more likely what it was. I love that they're like that. Honestly. Mother Nature is the real DHS here. DHS is like, we're gonna shut down TSA and Global Entry and Mother Nature's. I'm shutting down the east coast, bitch. Show you.

[Matt O'Brien]

I don't care if you've paid extra.

[Desi Lydic]

Yeah.

[Matt O'Brien]

And given us your eyeball data. I'm shutting her down.

[Desi Lydic]

Shutting her down.

[Matt O'Brien]

And then let's see here.

[Desi Lydic]

Do you want to. Do you want to talk about tariffs?

[Matt O'Brien]

Yes, let's talk about tariffs. So that's, that's actually probably the biggest story we missed, which is the Supreme Court ruled that Trump's tariffs. His unilateral tariffs are legal in a 6 to 3 ruling. And his response was, nuh, nuh. I'm going to impose a 10. It was a 10% global tariff. Quickly he woke up, said, It's 15, and then 15 just said, I'm going to choose a different law.

[Desi Lydic]

Yes. Yeah, I'll just go around it.

[Matt O'Brien]

So any thoughts on that? That's a huge.

[Desi Lydic]

Sorry. Actually, there's an update. I think the tariffs are now at 17%.

[Matt O'Brien]

Is that true?

[Desi Lydic]

I think so. No. Nope. Sorry. 108%. Ah, no, sorry. A fuckton percent is what he's saying now. So that's. Yeah, we don't.

[Matt O'Brien]

That does sound like him.

[Desi Lydic]

It.

[Matt O'Brien]

It changes a fuckton percent.

[Desi Lydic]

A fuckton percent. It changes moment to moment.

[Matt O'Brien]

It's, it's, it depends on whatever synapses in his brain are or aren't firing at any given moment. Is the. Is the tariff.

[Desi Lydic]

It's. It's like the. Like the global economic version of getting kicked out of a bar and then coming back in with a mustache disguise is what it feels like to me. Like just real juvenile seventh grade stuff here. But that feels meaningful to me. Right? I mean, dare I say the Supreme Court is growing a spine. Is that too optimistic?

[Matt O'Brien]

Yeah. The levers of power in the government are working, per se. And unfortunately it's built upon the idea that the president would accept the structure of our government. Which is a wild thing to say. Yeah. That he wouldn't just shrug.

[Desi Lydic]

Right.

[Matt O'Brien]

You know, much like a good example is when Biden Supreme Court ruled that forgiving student loan debt was illegal. Imagine if he had just been like, can't hear you. Sorry. We're doing it.

[Desi Lydic]

Doing it anyway. I'll get it done another way.

[Matt O'Brien]

All right, so tariffs are. Who knows?

[Desi Lydic]

Who knows? But there may be promising sign. Checks and balances. Right. I want to get ahead of myself.

[Matt O'Brien]

Pushback from another branch. Not Congress, of course, but.

[Desi Lydic]

Right. If only they felt that way about women's reproductive rights, I'd let it go.

[Matt O'Brien]

He unloads so forcefully when he doesn't get his own way. And just calling those Supreme Court justices a disgrace to the nation.

[Desi Lydic]

Lap dogs.

[Matt O'Brien]

Lap dogs. Several of which he appointed.

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[Matt O'Brien]

So looking ahead to this week, obviously the tariffs may come up again. Obviously. I imagine we have the State of the Union.

[Desi Lydic]

State of the Union. How is the State of the Union, Matt? How's the state?

[Matt O'Brien]

We're the hottest country on planet earth.

[Desi Lydic]

Do you think? Are we going with terrific? Are we going with the best? The hottest.

[Matt O'Brien]

The hottest.

[Desi Lydic]

Everyone wants to be us.

[Matt O'Brien]

The hottest. Most respected.

[Desi Lydic]

That's the most respected.

[Matt O'Brien]

Bigliest, most respected. Do you want to talk about what you expect? Anything like that? More of the same perhaps.

[Desi Lydic]

The State of the Union makes me feel the same way that this blizzard does, that I just want to curl up into a ball and never leave my apartment ever again. Is that fair to say?

[Matt O'Brien]

That's. I think probably a lot of people feel this way. One thing I'll say is Trump, he kind of, you know, the State of the Union traditionally is sort of this update. A, you know, maybe at least Bethere will at least be some surprise as to what's going to be in it. But Trump in the age of social media just kind of barfs out whatever he's thinking in real time. So for me, the State of the Union is. Is his speechwriter probably just putting connective tissue between his truth social posts?

[Desi Lydic]

Right. And how on prompter or on message does he stay versus just shooting off the hip?

[Matt O'Brien]

I was going to say if. Well, I would say precedent would say it's going to be a meandering winding. You know, the Hawk, I'm sure he'll do 20 minutes on the hockey team, them being there, whatever. The most pressing issue facing us, 18

[Desi Lydic]

minutes on Arnold Palmer's penis. I mean, he's got some time to fill.

[Matt O'Brien]

I think people want the classics.

[Desi Lydic]

I'm most curious about what level of unhinged he, he shows up as because, I mean he's, he's taken quite a few hits recently. The Supreme Court ruling. Economy's not doing great, people. You got, you got the Maha women who are, who are upset about the glyphosate. What's the.

[Matt O'Brien]

Right. The weed killer. The weed killer that, that he just doubled down on that there's concrete evidence causes cancer.

[Desi Lydic]

Yeah.

[Matt O'Brien]

He should be manufacturing at a, at a higher clip. He also has just completely done a 180 on food additives.

[Desi Lydic]

Right. Alienating quite a bit of his base. And then there was a CNN poll that came out just today, I think that said what, like 62% disapproval among independents. That might not be right. We might have to fact check it. But listen, like, this is a, this is an awkward time to do a State of the Union for him. So I am genuinely curious about what kind of, you know, he's always unhinged, but at what, what will the range be? Where on the scale will he be on Tuesday?

[Matt O'Brien]

It's unfortunate in that it's not, it's. It's a, again, sort of a non event because I think we kind of know. Unless he's got some, some, some tricks up his sleeve that we haven't heard before, which I don't think he does. I think it's going to. This is a summation. This is a summary of the movie you've been watching. A quick, A quick summation of it. Well, not a quick. He doesn't do it quick, but this

[Desi Lydic]

is nothing quick about it.

[Matt O'Brien]

Connecting all those crazy rants together, I'd say. Anyway, I will be watching with bated breath. Do you do anything special?

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[Desi Lydic]

How do I pre game?

[Matt O'Brien]

Yeah, how do you pre game exactly?

[Desi Lydic]

Just pound in white claws. Gather round, kids.

[Matt O'Brien]

Listen to Kid Rock.

[Desi Lydic]

Yeah. Throw on that Kid Rock. Get in the mood, baby.

[Matt O'Brien]

I also, you're right in the sense that in that room he's. His list of enemies currently in his administration only grows. So the number of people that he's been combative with just in that room, it's going to just continue. Well, I wonder if he can get to 100% by the fourth year.

[Desi Lydic]

Do you think, Is it. Is it true that Democrats are protesting? They're not going.

[Matt O'Brien]

Right. They're threatening to go to a separate event.

[Desi Lydic]

Right. They're having a separate State of the

[Matt O'Brien]

Union called People's Union. I don't know. I was reading about that and it seemed kind of ambiguous at this point, so. I don't know. Yeah, I mean, I think a lot of them would like to skip it as a silent protest. I don't know.

[Desi Lydic]

Right.

[Matt O'Brien]

On one hand, I guess I could see on some level what's the point of showing up to be berated.

[Desi Lydic]

Well, yeah.

[Matt O'Brien]

And. And on the other, I'd say being there is a sign of unity and force maybe on the Democrats side, which is you're not going to alienate us. You're not going to force us out of her own chamber. I guess we'll see what happens. I'm sure it'll move the needle for the Democrats one way or another.

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[Desi Lydic]

As it always does.

[Matt O'Brien]

As it always does. If there's one thing they're good at doing, it's holding the line.

[Desi Lydic]

Oh, God.

[Matt O'Brien]

All right, let's see what else. Is there anything else on your mind that you think is coming up this week? State of the Union tariffs. We missed Prince Andrew getting a. Arrested.

[Desi Lydic]

Oh, he did. On his birthday, no less.

[Matt O'Brien]

On his birthday.

[Desi Lydic]

Matt, what's the worst thing that ever happened to you on your birthday? Have you ever been arrested on your birthday?

[Matt O'Brien]

You know what? I. I have not been arrested on my birthday. That doesn't mean I haven't been arrested and. And had unflattering pictures of me.

[Desi Lydic]

Is that true?

[Matt O'Brien]

No, I haven't been arrested.

[Desi Lydic]

Oh, God damn. I thought I was getting an exclusive right now, right here.

[Matt O'Brien]

You know what? I have to say, I wish I was interesting enough to have been arrested. Frankly, I'm kind of sad admitting that I've never been arrested.

[Desi Lydic]

You know me both.

[Matt O'Brien]

I haven't taken advantage. Right.

[Desi Lydic]

We haven't lived.

[Matt O'Brien]

I know. That's a birthday he will not. He will not forget.

[Desi Lydic]

No, that's true.

[Matt O'Brien]

Also, I like it. I do like the idea of, like. I don't like to make a big deal on my birthday.

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[Desi Lydic]

I don't know. Oh, guys, really, just.

[Matt O'Brien]

Just don't. Don't make a big deal and arrest me on my birthday. Don't arrest me on my birthday. Please. Then everybody will know it's my birthday.

[Alan (Canadian Producer)]

If you guys. If you guys ever were arrested, would you want like a really fun arrest photo like that? Like, do you want your. Do you want your to throw a look in your mugshot or do you want it to be boring and just disappear?

[Matt O'Brien]

Well, I mean, for me, Desi is more public facing, so there'd be more pressure on her.

[Desi Lydic]

Yeah, I'd want to make sure the lighting is right. I don't care what the circumstances are. Just throw some good lighting my way.

[Matt O'Brien]

It's worth it then.

[Desi Lydic]

Yeah, I think.

[Matt O'Brien]

New headshot.

[Desi Lydic]

Yeah. I will say if I stepped in to take that photo and there was some overhead lighting, I'd insist that we move to where I could throw a little flash on.

[Matt O'Brien]

You'd get. You'd have a. You'd pull out like a little ring light.

[Desi Lydic]

I'd pull out my. Yeah, I'd pull out my ring light. Slap it right on there. I never leave home without a ring light, especially when I'm doing illegal activity.

[Matt O'Brien]

That is true. Your purse. Your bag spilled out one time. It was a ring light and some mints. That was it. That's it in your bag.

[Desi Lydic]

That's all I carry.

[Matt O'Brien]

That's an exclusive.

[Desi Lydic]

No identification, no cash, no keys. Just mints and a ring light.

[Matt O'Brien]

That's how I roll.

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[Matt O'Brien]

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[Desi Lydic]

Matt, why are you talking like that?

[Matt O'Brien]

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[Desi Lydic]

You know what you do. I would go to you to ask your opinion on a coffee machine. You seem like you have very specific tastes when it comes to your coffee machine.

[Matt O'Brien]

I'm a. I'm an informed appliance consumer.

[Desi Lydic]

Yeah, I buy it, actually. I think you're the perfect person.

[Matt O'Brien]

I wear that on my sleeve. So in Daily show and Tell, I just ask you what's something that you've watched, read, or listen to recently, Something that's been on your mind, Anything that you'd like to share?

[Desi Lydic]

Well, okay, I got something. This isn't something that I've watched, read, or really listened to. So I'm going outside the box here, but I had an interesting interaction with a friend and I want to get your take on this. So a friend of mine, I don't know if you've been in this situation where you have friends that you don't get to see as often as you'd like and you desperately want to catch up, but you live in two different cities and you keep going like, oh, I'm. I gotta give them a call. I gotta give them a call to catch up. But you know that you need like an hour to talk. And so you kind of like, put it off, put it off, put it off. So a friend of mine reached out to me, hadn't seen her in a while. We were due for a catch up and we were having a hard time getting together. And so she asked me to sit schedule a time on the calendar, like it's a Zoom meeting to meet up. And we penciled in. We penciled in a meetup over Zoom, just like you would a work meeting. And at first I was kind of offended. I was like, is that what friends do? Like, this isn't a formality. Like, this isn't. We have to. Something we have to be forced to do. But I will tell you, I was so glad that we did it. We hopped on that Zoom, we had a great catch up. I would have probably gone another four months without catching up with her. It was one of the greatest. I think she's onto something interesting. Have you ever done that?

[Matt O'Brien]

I would love to say that I have busy friends.

[Desi Lydic]

You don't have friends.

[Matt O'Brien]

Friends number one. Number two, friends with busy schedules that would ever suggest scheduling, you know, I don't know. My catch ups with friends, I'll admit, are like five minutes. Great to talk to you, buddy.

[Desi Lydic]

Oh, yeah.

[Matt O'Brien]

And so I. I don't think we'd ever get into the formality of scheduling a zoom.

[Desi Lydic]

Yeah, you guys don't do that.

[Matt O'Brien]

It's interesting. It feels personal, yet impersonal all at once. I know how I feel about it.

[Desi Lydic]

I had so many conflicted feelings about it because I thought we should. It shouldn't come to this. Like, it should be easier to just go meet up in the park or grab coffee or have a proper ketchup, but it would have gone longer. And so I really, I appreciated it. I don't know. I've also heard a thing about. I read an article one time about a woman who was pushing for the 8 minute phone call. So onto your 5 minute catch up with your. With your buddies. They say eight minutes. I'm just calling for my eight minute catch up. So you said it. You can go over, but all you have to commit to is eight minutes. And then it keeps you.

[Matt O'Brien]

That's fair.

[Desi Lydic]

Connected.

[Matt O'Brien]

Okay. I think that's fair. Especially we're constantly distracted. So that gives you a goal to meet. I think what I would do instead of scheduling a zoom is I would call them and say, hey, do you want to FaceTime?

[Desi Lydic]

Oh, yeah, that's nice.

[Matt O'Brien]

And then so it's a little less. It doesn't pop up in your calendar.

[Desi Lydic]

Right. So it doesn't feel like a must. Like a must do.

[Matt O'Brien]

Did you do any of those silly reactions that you can have in Zoom, like hearts floating up the screen or thumbs up? Thumbs up.

[Desi Lydic]

Just the ears. I did the plastic surgery face. Oh, no, I did that the whole time. She just thought I looked refreshed. Wow, it's really been a long time since we've seen each other.

[Matt O'Brien]

During the pandemic, I did a group zoom with some old college friends. And I'll admit, I was glad that we did it. Yeah. And I don't know why it takes a disease sweeping the globe for us to sit down.

[Desi Lydic]

Nope, shouldn't do that.

[Matt O'Brien]

And finally catch up. But unfortunately, we haven't done it again since. But I'm hoping next pandemic. Here's hoping next pandemic. That we all get together again to catch up

[Desi Lydic]

and reunite. Do what we gotta do.

[Matt O'Brien]

Do what we gotta do.

[Desi Lydic]

What is your. What's your daily show and Tell?

[Matt O'Brien]

What's my show and tell? So my daughter, she's 8 years old, has been getting into stop motion animation on her little. You know, there's apps for it. You just download an app on an iPad and it's pretty easy to put together like a little stop motion film. And she showed me one the other day. It was two smaller ducks, two little plastic ducks and a big, big plastic duck that was their mother. And they were having a little adventure, following her around, doing activities. And then she cuts to a little piece of paper that's written the next day, and the two little ducks are wandering around without their mother, kind of lost. And then they wander over to one side of the carpet and there's a tombstone that says rip. And she put little tears, like coming out of the duck's eyes. So their mother had died.

[Desi Lydic]

Oh, God.

[Matt O'Brien]

Oh, my goodness. Yes. And so I said to my daughter, I said, I said, I really, I liked your, your film. It was a little sad, right? And she looked at me and she just went, circle of life, man.

[Desi Lydic]

You're doing something right, Matt. You're doing something right.

[Matt O'Brien]

I have a nihilistic 8 year old. All I thought of, I was like, oh, no, her poor therapist.

[Desi Lydic]

Oh, that's so funny. So I guess circle of life, man, that's evolved. That's a.

[Matt O'Brien]

It's pretty evolved. I, I do agree. I don't know where it comes from exactly. She's this very sweet, playful, imaginative little girl.

[Desi Lydic]

What did your wife say about it?

[Matt O'Brien]

She laughed. My wife is an artist and draws kind of dark. Has always drawn sort of dark sketches and paintings for whatever reason.

[Desi Lydic]

Okay.

[Matt O'Brien]

It's the same thing. Sort of this all American face with this very dark sensibility. So I think that's where it comes from.

[Desi Lydic]

Girls after my own heart. You're doing everything right. That is amazing. Well, I guess we'll have to invite her to the White House.

[Matt O'Brien]

We're gonna have to invite the women filmmakers. So anyway, that was a new discovery of my daughter's sensibility. And I, I just, I feel like she's gonna watch Sophie's Choice eventually and be like, circle of life.

[Desi Lydic]

Great ending, Great happy ending. Real, real. Pick me up. Greatest comedy of all time.

[Matt O'Brien]

It ended how I hoped it would.

[Desi Lydic]

So anyway, that's, I think, bring her onto the staff. I believe it's her sensibility.

[Matt O'Brien]

This snow day will yield another stop motion movie.

[Desi Lydic]

So I'm, I bet it will.

[Matt O'Brien]

Okay, so maybe this is a sequel.

[Desi Lydic]

You'll have to follow up.

[Matt O'Brien]

This will be a two parter to death ducks.

[Desi Lydic]

That's amazing.

[Matt O'Brien]

So that's my show and tell, of course, because you asked for it and were wondering. This Daily show and Tell segment was brought to you by Ninja Luxe Cafe, the three in one machine that makes espresso, drip coffee and cold brew. No barista skills required. So, Desi, thank you so much for hanging with me here on the pre cap.

[Desi Lydic]

Love it.

[Matt O'Brien]

Thank you. Lovely to see you and look forward to seeing you in person this week once the snow is cleared. Okay, that's this week's pre capped on Matt o' Brien. Catch. Desi Lydic hosting the Daily show this week on Comedy Central, Paramount, and right here in podcast form on the Daily Show Ears Edition. Stay safe out there, Desi. And it was so nice chatting with you.

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[Desi Lydic]

Good to see you.

[Matt O'Brien]

Sorry about your loss, Alan.

[Desi Lydic]

Sorry, Alan. Sorry. Bowed it.

[Alan (Canadian Producer)]

I got your levels there, guys. So we're just gonna. We'll record the next one. We'll. We'll just leave out that Olympic stuff.

[Desi Lydic]

Not a chance.

[Matt O'Brien]

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