The Precap | Desi Lydic on White House Construction Grift and Business Casual Rebels

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Precap | Desi Lydic on White House Construction Grift and Business Casual Rebels

Podcast: The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Date: October 27, 2025
Host(s): Kat Radley, Desi Lydic
Length: ~38 minutes

Episode Overview

In this lively and candid episode of the Precap, The Daily Show writer Kat Radley sits down with this week’s guest host, Desi Lydic, for a comedic rundown of news stories that got missed on the main show, plus a preview of noteworthy upcoming headlines. Their witty, self-deprecating banter runs the gamut from brazen heists and political scandals to viral moments, iconic fashion statements, and dog parades, making the episode a sharp but approachable digest of current affairs and cultural oddities.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Opening Banter & Emotional Check-In

• Kat and Desi immediately set a playful, self-aware tone with compliments, confessions about “woman on the verge” energy, and humorous admissions about stress and hygiene.
  • “A little whiff over here. But I look good and that's all that matters.” – Kat Radley [01:50]
• Sets the scene for a supportively sarcastic look at the weekly news cycle.

2. International Jewel Heist at the Louvre (03:00)

• Kat and Desi enthuse about a recent $100 million+ jewelry heist at the Louvre, with admiration for the criminals’ efficiency and style.
  • Discussion about the thieves dressing as construction workers triggers jokes about how hard hats can get you “far in life… for schemes and scams.” – Desi Lydic [04:23]
  • “It took them seven minutes to pull this off in broad daylight... it takes me longer than seven minutes to walk into my kitchen and grab a snack.” – Desi Lydic [03:55]
• Contains playful speculation—“Who pulled it off? Thelma & Louise?”—with reflections on gender stereotypes and distraction techniques.

3. Trump’s $230 Million DOJ Lawsuit & White House Renovations (06:02)

• The hosts mock Trump’s attempt to sue the Department of Justice for $230 million.
  • “Can we all get $230 million from the Justice Department?” – Desi Lydic [06:25]
  • Desi and Kat joke about the absurdity of the situation, extending it to the idea of suing oneself and bankruptcy for self-lawsuits.
• They lampoon Trump’s ostentatious plans to “facelift” the White House.
  • “Leave it to Trump to be like, you know what? East Wing needs a little facelift. It's not fresh enough for me.”—Desi Lydic [08:23]
  • “We gotta make this wing more fuckable.”—Desi Lydic [08:57]

4. ICE Raids Come to New York: Grassroots Rebellion (09:00)

• Kat highlights the arrival of ICE in NYC and the notable community resistance, especially from women.
  • “New York is not fucking around. Check out this woman in the polka dot dress. Punk as fuck.” – Desi Lydic [09:40]
  • “The double bird. Full dress, blazer, heels, tote bag on the shoulder... this woman is my hero.” – Kat Radley & Desi Lydic [09:57–10:05]
• The pair praise everyday acts of resistance, emphasizing “sidewalk solidarity” as essential to New York life.

5. Elizabeth Warren’s Viral Slip (“Donald Cunt”) [13:07–16:12]

• The hosts revel in Senator Warren’s accidental on-mic mispronunciation of “Donald Trump” as “Donald Cunt,” dissecting whether it was a subconscious slip and how it resonated online.
  • [14:07] “She wakes up in the morning, morning, Donald cunt. Goes to bed at night, good night, Donald cunt. Like this is part of her vernacular.” – Desi Lydic
• They joke about proportional retribution: for each “Pocahontas” quip, Warren is owed a “Donald Cunt.”
• Memorable moment: bargaining how many times Warren should be allowed to say it (“51 Donald cunts. Deal.”—Desi & Kat [16:03]).

6. ICE Recruits “Can’t Do Sit-Ups” and Recruitment Struggles (16:26)

• Reports emerge that ICE is struggling to meet physical fitness requirements.
  • “They came in so hard with the military being like, no fatties, and then ICE…we just want bodies in the streets.” – Desi Lydic [16:54]
• Kat and Desi liken ICE’s recruitment woes to the dating scene—physical fitness vs. willingness to “tackle Venezuelan grandmothers.”
• Satirical solution: recruit the least fit agents to slow enforcement down (“You just give them like, one push so that they're … stuck like a turtle and they just, like, can't get up again. Great.” – Kat [18:51])

7. White House Press Secretary’s “Your Mom” Text (19:08)

• Caroline Levitt’s juvenile reply (“your mom did”) to a reporter on Ukraine is dissected.
  • “In this moment, I found so much more respect for her…that's a baller response. It's kind of underutilized.” – Desi Lydic [19:49]
• They note the decline in professional decorum and wish for further regression into schoolyard taunts.
  • “I would really love if the reporter just texted back, my mom's dead.” – Kat Radley [21:08]
• They discuss public figures whose every utterance makes them more unlikable, elevating the need for more “business casual rebellion.”

8. Kim Kardashian’s Full-Face-Cover Outfit at Academy Museum Gala (23:21)

• Kat and Desi approve of Kim’s anxiety-proof Gala look, joking it allows anyone to skip uncomfortable events using a stand-in.
  • “This is a way you can get out of going to any event you don't want to be at...just hire someone to show up in that gown.”—Desi Lydic [23:33]
• Discussion of celebrity bodies as identifiers – “She has a distinct ass. And she wants you to know she has a distinct ass.” – Kat Radley [25:10]

9. Upcoming: People’s Sexiest Man Alive (26:45)

• Kat and Desi anticipate the enduring tradition, with predictions ranging from Brad Pitt and Pedro Pascal to the Daily Show’s own Pedro Pascal lookalike, George Guntas.
  • “He grew that mustache, and he looks so much like…” – Desi Lydic [28:09]
• Reflection on social currency of activism (“Pedro is…all over trans rights, LGBTQ rights, immigrant rights—and women are creaming their pants for it.” – Kat Radley [29:07])

10. Halloween in New York & Dog Parade (29:13)

• Embracing city spirit, they segue from human costumes to the “Halloween dog parade”—“Oh, God, I wish this was the only new story.” – Kat Radley [29:21]

11. Trump Importing Potentially Diseased Argentinian Beef (29:32)

• Sarcastic horror at news Trump may bail out Argentina and import possibly contaminated beef.
  • “I love diseased beef. There's nothing I love more than putting my mouth around some diseased Argentinian beef.” – Desi Lydic [30:17, 30:19]
• Critique of gutted health regulations and the growing case for veganism.

12. Viral Trend: "Group 7" on Social Media (33:04)

• Desi brings up TikTok's "Group 7" trend, which Kat dutifully explains (it's meaningless but makes people feel special).
  • “Nothing on TikTok means anything.” – Kat Radley [35:04]

13. Show and Tell: Musical Recommendations (35:35)

• Kat recommends the new “Bull Durham” musical, recounts seeing the show on a whim; Desi marvels at the coincidence that Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins met during original film production.
• Running joke about Desi’s “unrecognizable ass” continues.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments (with Timestamps)

• “[About the Louvre heist] It took them seven minutes to pull this off in broad daylight... it takes me longer than seven minutes to walk into my kitchen and grab a snack.” – Desi Lydic [03:55]
• “Leave it to Trump to be like, you know what? East Wing needs a little facelift. It's not fresh enough for me.” – Desi Lydic [08:23]
• “New York is not fucking around. Check out this woman in the polka dot dress. Punk as fuck.” – Desi Lydic [09:40]
• “The double bird. Full dress, blazer, heels, tote bag on the shoulder... this woman is my hero.” – Kat Radley & Desi Lydic [09:57–10:05]
• “She wakes up in the morning, morning, Donald cunt. Goes to bed at night, good night, Donald cunt. Like this is part of her vernacular.” – Desi Lydic [14:07]
• “We gotta make this wing more fuckable.” – Desi Lydic [08:57]
• “I love diseased beef. There's nothing I love more than putting my mouth around some diseased Argentinian beef.” – Desi Lydic [30:19]
• “Nothing on TikTok means anything.” – Kat Radley [35:04]
• Ongoing bit: “If you know what Desi’s butt looks like, please let us know in the comments.” – Kat Radley [25:26]

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Important Segments (Timestamps)

• Opening Banter and Emotional Check-In: [01:05–02:39]
• Louvre Heist Discussion: [02:40–05:44]
• Trump DOJ Lawsuit/White House Renovation: [06:02–08:59]
• ICE Raids in NYC/Polka-Dot Dress Protestor: [09:00–11:29]
• Elizabeth Warren’s “Donald Cunt” Slip: [13:07–16:12]
• ICE Agents Can’t Do Sit-Ups: [16:26–19:08]
• White House Press Secretary’s “Your Mom” Retort: [19:08–22:27]
• Kim Kardashian’s Gala Outfit: [23:21–25:47]
• Sexiest Man Alive / Pedro Pascal Bit: [26:45–29:13]
• Halloween Dog Parade: [29:13–29:32]
• Diseased Argentinian Beef: [29:32–31:29]
• TikTok “Group 7”: [33:04–35:04]
• Show and Tell (Bull Durham Musical): [35:35–37:44]

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Tone & Style

• The episode delivers sharp, irreverent takes on both major headlines and delightfully absurd stories. The banter is fast-paced, full of dry wit and honest exasperation—never pausing for moralizing but always with a sense of social critique and camaraderie.
• Themes of female rebellion, absurd authority, crumbling norms, and finding laughter in chaos are foregrounded.

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Conclusion

This Precap offers a whirlwind tour through the week’s overlooked or under-discussed stories, with Kat and Desi’s comedic voices adding both levity and genuine reflection. Whether they’re poking fun at political buffoonery, celebrating business-casual protestors, or bonding over the meaninglessness of TikTok trends, listeners come away entertained, informed, and a bit more ready to face the news cycle—if not in heels, then at least with a sense of humor.

Transcript

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[Kat Radley]

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[Desi Lydic]

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[Kat Radley]

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You're listening to Comedy Central.

[Desi Lydic]

Kat, do you like that I've been holding these cards the whole time and I not once looked at them? Yeah, not even one time. This is how professional I am.

[Kat Radley]

Hello and welcome to the pre Cap where we sit down with this week's Daily show host to preview what's coming up and recap some of the news that we might have missed. I'm Kat Radley. I'm a writer here at the show and I'm joined today by the one and only and beautiful Desi Lydic.

[Desi Lydic]

Everybody get out of here. You're looking like a smoke show over here.

[Kat Radley]

I haven't showered in days.

[Desi Lydic]

Oh, well, I was gonna say something. I'm picking up on a little.

[Kat Radley]

A little whiff over here. But I look good and that's all that matters.

[Desi Lydic]

And that's what matters.

[Kat Radley]

You know, there's a lot of stuff going on in the news and we only have one show. Desi only gets three half hour slots and it's just not enough.

[Desi Lydic]

Sometimes it's not enough. And some might say it's too much all at the same time.

[Kat Radley]

Too much. Depending on who's hosting, it can be too much.

[Desi Lydic]

It could be too much. Yeah. Quick emotional check in. How are you feeling, Kat?

[Kat Radley]

Little bloated.

[Desi Lydic]

Yeah.

[Kat Radley]

A little gassy.

[Desi Lydic]

Sure.

[Kat Radley]

And just a little buzz of anxiety always below the surface, just beneath real.

[Desi Lydic]

I don't know about you, but I'm bringing a real woman on the verge energy pretty much every day.

[Kat Radley]

Yeah. Yeah. But other than that, Other than that, it's great. Everything's great.

[Desi Lydic]

Happy to be here with you. Thanks for the check in.

[Kat Radley]

That was nice.

[Desi Lydic]

Yeah, you're welcome.

[Kat Radley]

No one asks me how I'M doing one of the biggest stories that thankfully isn't even an American story. It's like a global story. Story was the jewel heist at the Louvre in Paris. And it's something that we didn't get to get to on this past week's show. And I don't think we'll get to it next week.

[Desi Lydic]

No, probably not. It is.

[Kat Radley]

It's such a good story.

[Desi Lydic]

This is such a good story. It's such a feel good story. Who doesn't love a good jewelry heist?

[Kat Radley]

There's. There's a whole franchises of beloved movies about this. And you're rooting for the thieves.

[Desi Lydic]

You kind of are. Who do you think? Who do you think pulled this off? Like, could this be like a Thelma and Louise situation?

[Kat Radley]

I think, you know, it could be women. Because people underestimate us. Yeah. Which. And people are also like super horny. And we can like just kind of find our way into situations. Of course. So it very well could be. Or maybe they had like a woman on the inside to like distract guards or.

[Desi Lydic]

It does feel like I'm not giving.

[Kat Radley]

Them as much credit. As sophisticated as it probably was. Like, yo, Brad, go show your tits. And we're gonna take these jewels. That's true.

[Desi Lydic]

They were hot. And there's one thing we know. There's a couple of hot ladies. No. This is so impressive. It took them seven minutes to pull this off in broad daylight.

[Kat Radley]

Yeah.

[Desi Lydic]

Like, I don't. It takes me longer than seven minutes to walk into my kitchen and grab a snack. I can't. Like, I walk in and I'm like, what did I come in here for? And then I diddle around for a while. Like seven minutes to pull off this whole thing top to bottom. And I guess they came in with like full. They dressed like they were workers, right?

[Kat Radley]

Yeah. They pose as like construction workers. And just like pulled up like we're here to do. Came construction job.

[Desi Lydic]

Came with real equipment.

[Kat Radley]

Yeah.

[Desi Lydic]

And I. It just. It proves the fact that you throw a hard hat on and you can get away with anything.

[Kat Radley]

Yeah. Hard hats can get you far in life.

[Desi Lydic]

Yeah.

[Kat Radley]

I mean, not in America, like as a real job. But get away with a lot of things for schemes and scams. They're great.

[Liberty Mutual Announcer]

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[Kat Radley]

And you know, the jewels are probably piggy pay back the rental of the construction equipment. So they're not going to lose any money on this.

[Guest or Additional Voice]

That's right.

[Kat Radley]

I think they were worth like what was 200 million, 100 million or $200 million? Something maybe 100, $2 million, something like that.

[Desi Lydic]

Cat, we are in the wrong game. We got to get in on this heist game.

[Kat Radley]

I was thinking I bought. So these earrings I'm wearing right now.

[Desi Lydic]

Did you get them from the Louvre?

[Kat Radley]

I got them from the Louvre. From the Louvre. I actually got them at LaGuardia Airport. Yeah, I was. It was on. Oh, actually, it was when we were, like, flying to do the conventions, when we were going to Chicago last year. For the conventions.

[Desi Lydic]

Yeah.

[Kat Radley]

And I just realized I just didn't pack any jewelry or earrings because I just don't. And I was just going through the Kate. They have a beautiful LaGuardia Airport, gorgeous renovation. They had a little spade shop. I bought two pairs of Kate Spade earrings in the Guardia Airport. New. This is like, oh, I guess because I was like, who's buying jewelry in the airport? I was like, oh, I am, because I wanted to have earrings to wear. Well, they look great. Thank you. And they're some of my favorite earrings, so thank you, LaGuardia.

[Desi Lydic]

I'm gonna have to make a trip down to LaGuardia and pick up some.

[Kat Radley]

I do all my shopping at LaGuardia.

[Desi Lydic]

By the way, this podcast is brought to you by LaGuardia Airport.

[Kat Radley]

Not the flight service, but their retail is excellent. Flights disaster. Do not.

[Desi Lydic]

Do not fly right now.

[Kat Radley]

Do not fly. So, segue. Speaking of a brazen heist. Oh, that was Desi's segue. She thought of that. Let's talk about Trump wanting $230 million from the Justice Department. Oh, something we did talk about on the show, but it's something that's gonna keep going until we find out whether he gets the $230 million?

[Desi Lydic]

I mean, who doesn't want $230 million from the Justice Department? I do. Like, can we all get $230 million from the Justice Department?

[Kat Radley]

I'll sue them. Like. Cause if it's about him being, like, damaged by them and suffering injustice, I think every American citizen could make a case that we've been hurt by the Justice Department more than he has. Oh, yeah. Like, he's president now. You're fine, dude.

[Desi Lydic]

It's so. The whole thing is so confusing to me. Like, is he. He's suing them, but in turn, is it like, he's suing himself? Like, should we all be suing ourselves?

[Kat Radley]

Yeah. In this.

[Desi Lydic]

Should I be suing myself for $230 million?

[Kat Radley]

I mean, do I have to have.

[Desi Lydic]

$230 million to sue myself?

[Kat Radley]

Because I probably can't. You're gonna. Oh, Fuck. I. I have to claim bankruptcy now because I sued myself. He's like. He's accomplished what every man has always tried to do. I'd really love to be able to sue myself, but you gotta move a couple of ribs to be able to do that.

[Desi Lydic]

Okay. I wish I thank you for that joke, Kat, but I'm now envisioning something I never wanted to picture in my life.

[Kat Radley]

I'm so sorry we phrased in your memory.

[Desi Lydic]

It's just so. It's so shocking. Like, every day is just another piece of shocking news that he just thinks he can get away with this stuff, and somehow.

[Kat Radley]

He is. He is. He's getting everything he wants. He's like. At this point, he's not even president. He's like a bride's like. He's just like, this is what I want, and everyone has to do as I say. I want it now. Yeah. And like, the ballroom that he's building as well, like, he pulls out the plans for the ballroom at every chance he can get.

[Desi Lydic]

Like, it's so. Seeing that foot, it is the most perfect physical representation of what he's doing to America. And it's so disheartening to watch.

[Kat Radley]

Just tearing it down.

[Desi Lydic]

Also, leave it to Trump to be like, you know what? East Wing needs a little facelift. It's not fresh enough for me. It's too old. Can the White House just have character and age gracefully with respect?

[Kat Radley]

Maybe it has a few laugh lines here and there.

[Desi Lydic]

It gives it character. Its wisdom is what we cherish about the White House. It doesn't need to look like every other house on the street.

[Kat Radley]

Right. Yeah. He just, like, leave a. Tend to objectify the buildings. Like, I wouldn't fuck this building right now. It needs.

[Desi Lydic]

We gotta make this wing more fuckable.

[Kat Radley]

Yeah. Yeah. So we filmed this show here in New York City. Desi and I both live in Manhattan, and ICE has finally come to New York. It's kind of been something we know we knew was gonna happen eventually. It happened just this week. And as you can imagine, like, every other city. Every city has citizens who have stepped up big time and really, you know, fought back.

[Desi Lydic]

That's right.

[Kat Radley]

And New Yorkers, no one really does it quite like New Yorkers. Like, we have really risen to the occasion and are ready to step up to ICE and get them out of the city. And there was one thing you saw in particular that you.

[Desi Lydic]

Yeah, this New York is not fucking around. Check out this woman in the polka dot dress. Punk as fuck. Look at this.

[Kat Radley]

In heels.

[Desi Lydic]

Perfect like, polished, professionally dressed. Not fucking around. The double bird. Not one bird.

[Kat Radley]

The double bird. Full dress, blazer, heels, tote bag on the shoulder.

[Desi Lydic]

I mean, this woman is my hero. This is the kind of energy that we all need to be having right now.

[Kat Radley]

And it really is like, leave it. I mean, men have too, but women in particular have been really stepping up and, you know, putting their bodies physically in harm's way, like, not being afraid to get up in the face of these ICE agents. And it really, you know, they say the cliche of, like, the everyday heroes who, you know, are stepping up, but this really is the time when it's just people on the street, really, who are standing up because it has to be. Our leaders aren't doing anything.

[Desi Lydic]

Yeah, that's absolutely right.

[Kat Radley]

And she.

[Desi Lydic]

This woman got all these other people involved in New York. Just real.

[Kat Radley]

Like, I almost.

[Desi Lydic]

I almost had tears in my eyes watching. Like, it just was really powerful. And it just feels like this is what needs to be happening right now. It's on everybody.

[Kat Radley]

And I can't even. Like, I don't wear heels anymore ever, because I can't even walk in them. The fact that she's, like, pushing up against this giant dude, and I'm like.

[Desi Lydic]

Oh, not fucking around.

[Kat Radley]

Yeah.

[Desi Lydic]

This woman is the hero of the week.

[Kat Radley]

So she's a total badass. New York's not fucking around because we're all so used. Like, we're New Yorkers. We're outside on the streets every day. Whereas, like, people in other cities that aren't as much like walkable cities or public transportation cities are getting in and out of their cars. But we are like the sidewalks and the streets is where we live. So if we see ICE agents on the streets, like, that is our turf.

[Desi Lydic]

You cannot, in New York City, ignore what's happening around you. You are forced to interact with other. And you have to have a sense of community just to walk on the sidewalk. You are existing with other people. So, like, this is not surprising that this is happening in New York. I've seen people lose their shit for much less than ICE for opening up a tuna sandwich on this subway, which rightfully so.

[Kat Radley]

Yeah, that person is a threat to society.

[Desi Lydic]

They should get taken down to the ground.

[Kat Radley]

Yeah.

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[Desi Lydic]

There's another hero this week.

[Kat Radley]

Yeah, another female hero.

[Desi Lydic]

Another female hero.

[Kat Radley]

Set it up.

[Desi Lydic]

Elizabeth Warren.

[Kat Radley]

And these are, by the way, these are two stories that we probably won't get to on the show.

[Desi Lydic]

I don't think there's any way we will cover this. Too much time will probably have gone by. But we just wanted to savor in this moment. Elizabeth Warren made a little bit of a slip. Or did she?

[Elizabeth Warren]

Peaceful protest is patriotic. Holding the floor to protest the Trump administration's lawlessness is patriotic. Standing up for what is right, that's patriotic. And I am proud to join my friend Jeff Merkley in saying this part out loud. Donald Trump is not a king. He will never be a king and America does not.

[Kat Radley]

She didn't miss a beat. Like she just stone faced, kept going. And the fact that I do think, to me it looks like it was a slip up, which makes you think, girl, she is calling him Donald cunt all the time. All day long.

[Desi Lydic]

She wakes up in the morning, morning, Donald cunt goes to bed at night, good night, Donald Cunt. Like this is part of her vernacular. This is not the first time that that has left her lips.

[Kat Radley]

She'll be like at a baptism, be like, well, you know, the president Donald Cunt. And like it 100%. She's just like, oh, I've been saying this too much.

[Desi Lydic]

The fact that she, I kind of thought when I read the quick headline about this, I thought that she must have just like said it but kept on going so that you'd have to go back and really listen. Hard to see, is that what she said or did it just sound like that? Oh no, she said it and then kind of corrected Herself. Yeah.

[Kat Radley]

Cause it's not like you might say Donald and then like another T word. Like she had to inject a whole new consonant into his name. That has not been there before. That is so.

[Desi Lydic]

It's a real Freudian.

[Kat Radley]

Donald Cunt is rolling off her tongue every day and does have a nice ring to it.

[Desi Lydic]

Not all heroes wear capes. Sometimes they wear purple blazers. Purple blazers, polka dot dresses.

[Kat Radley]

Sometimes they have a closet full of three quarter length sleeve blazers that they wear every day.

[Desi Lydic]

That's right.

[Kat Radley]

I was thinking too, that, you know, Donald Trump has been calling her Pocahontas for a decade now. And she gets. She should get one free Donald Cunt like that. She's had to withstand that.

[Desi Lydic]

Well, now, how many do you think she should get? I think more than one. Feels fair.

[Kat Radley]

Let's say he's probably done maybe 300 Pocahontas.

[Desi Lydic]

I was just gonna. Somewhere between the 3 and 500 range.

[Kat Radley]

Yeah, because did your brain go. I was like 100. No, it's more than that. Not as much as a thousand.

[Desi Lydic]

Not as much as a thousand. That would be absurd.

[Kat Radley]

Yeah, like a 3 to 500. He's probably done either tweeted or said it.

[Desi Lydic]

Which has to warrant. Now, the C word is a powerful word, but I think that would warrant her at least. What, like 97?

[Kat Radley]

Oh, I was gonna say five.

[Desi Lydic]

Oh, okay. All right. We're in different places.

[Kat Radley]

I mean, the middle. Let's say, like, she gets 51 Donald cunts.

[Desi Lydic]

51 Donald cunts. Deal.

[Kat Radley]

Okay.

[Desi Lydic]

And not a cunt more.

[Kat Radley]

Yep. You get 50 more. Use them wisely, Elizabeth.

[Desi Lydic]

Are we gonna lose our advertisers? Do we have advertisers for this podcast?

[Kat Radley]

Not for this episode.

[Desi Lydic]

Not for this episode. Okay, good, good, good, good, good.

[Kat Radley]

The other ones, oh, my God, we got McDonald's, Nike. These are like, you know what? We owe them money for airing.

[Desi Lydic]

We'll pay you to listen to this.

[Kat Radley]

Yeah. As soon as we sue ourselves, you guys will get your money. We were talking about ice. Okay, so this other ICE story, which is pretty funny, is that it came out that a bunch of ICE recruits can't do sit ups, which is another story that we didn't get to this week. Maybe we can squeeze it in next week, but probably not. But it's been a big issue. They are trying to recruit. They can't because they aren't meeting their physical fitness standards.

[Desi Lydic]

It's so funny to me that they came in so hard with the military being like, no fatties and then ice. It's like, maybe you can do a sit up or you don't have to do a sit up. We'll take anyone. We just want bodies in the streets.

[Kat Radley]

Yeah, that's what it's. It is so funny because Pete Hegseth did just do that whole big speech about it, and Kristi Noem is now like, yeah, ice agency needs to be strong too. But I feel like Pete Hegseth and Kristi Noem are finally figuring out what it's like to be, like, a single woman trying to date men. Like, I just can't get it all, can I? Like, either I can find ones that are racist enough, but they aren't physically fit, or I can find ones that are physically fit, but they don't want to tackle Venezuelan grandmothers in the street. So, like, why can't I just find the right man?

[Desi Lydic]

Is this a Netflix rom com that we need to see? Maybe they could just take a break from their duties and give us the rom com that America needs.

[Kat Radley]

Like, Kristi Noem, like, just swiping, looking for the right guy. Like, ah. Are there enough swastikas in this profile? And abs? Oh, my God. This is dreamboat.

[Desi Lydic]

This is. This is the.

[Kat Radley]

The.

[Desi Lydic]

The spin off from Nobody wants this that America's been asking for.

[Kat Radley]

It's like, nobody wants this either. Nobody really wants this except for these two people. Yeah. So great. I support not being able to recruit ICE agents. Yeah, That's.

[Desi Lydic]

To be fair, sit ups are hard.

[Kat Radley]

That's true.

[Desi Lydic]

I have a real hard time with sit ups.

[Kat Radley]

And what. What kind of sit up do you think? Like, is it the kind where someone holds your feet down?

[Desi Lydic]

That's a great question.

[Kat Radley]

You know, like in middle school where, like, that's a bit of an armor.

[Desi Lydic]

Yeah. That's an assist. Right. That makes a sit up easier.

[Kat Radley]

Yeah. It's harder when you don't have someone holding your feet.

[Desi Lydic]

Yeah. I mean, I would. I would think that they would make it as hard as possible, and you gotta be able to. But I, you know, I don't know. I mean, I also feel like if they can't do sit ups, that's probably for the best.

[Kat Radley]

Like, great.

[Desi Lydic]

If you're gonna be out there, let's find the least physically fit people.

[Kat Radley]

Absolutely. To slow them down a little bit, you just give them like, one push so that they're like, then on their back stuck like a turtle and they just, like, can't get up again. Great.

[Desi Lydic]

That problem solved.

[Kat Radley]

Yeah.

[Desi Lydic]

Yeah.

[Kat Radley]

Okay. Yeah. Keep, Keep reporting or recruiting those shitty. It's great.

[Desi Lydic]

I think we're onto something.

[Kat Radley]

Okay, so another. There's so much news. These are all stories that we probably won't get to. Yeah. Caroline Levitt, the White House press secretary.

[Desi Lydic]

She says in quotes.

[Kat Radley]

Yeah. She recently texted a reporter, asked her a legitimate question about, like, Ukraine.

[Desi Lydic]

Right.

[Kat Radley]

And her response to that question via text was. Cause he said, oh, who authorized or who picked Budapest? So his question was like, who picked Budapest? And her response was, your mom did. Thoughts? Okay.

[Desi Lydic]

I have to tell you, in this moment, I found so much more respect for her. This made me actually kind of love her.

[Kat Radley]

Yeah.

[Desi Lydic]

That's a baller response.

[Kat Radley]

Yeah.

[Desi Lydic]

And it's kind of underutilized. When you're an adult, you say your mom. Yeah. You say it all the time in junior high, elementary school. But then you grow up and you become an adult, and you don't say your mom enough. And I think we need to bring it back.

[Kat Radley]

Yeah. And I think the job that needs to start with is the press secretary of the United States. Absolutely.

[Desi Lydic]

Be a role model for the rest of us. I will take that over her lying through her teeth and saying something. A blatant lie, as though it's an actual fact.

[Kat Radley]

Absolutely. Like an immature response is better than just lying to the American public. Hands down.

[Desi Lydic]

Hands down. Here's the part that rubbed me the wrong way, though, is that she. Do we only know about this because she texted out the screenshot?

[Kat Radley]

Because it was her that shared it.

[Desi Lydic]

I think it was her that. I think she shared it. Like, she was so proud of her comeback of being like your mom. That felt a little thirsty to me.

[Kat Radley]

Right? Cause she's like, oh, look, I finally told a good joke.

[Desi Lydic]

Yeah.

[Kat Radley]

But I was like, you know, she's unfazed by this. Like, she. She does. This isn't even a blip on her radar of, like, the bullshit she does all day.

[Desi Lydic]

Not at all.

[Kat Radley]

I would have really loved if the reporter just texted back, my mom's dead. And then just see what.

[Desi Lydic]

See what she says.

[Kat Radley]

What's she gonna do to that? She'd be like, good. Yeah, she.

[Desi Lydic]

Right.

[Kat Radley]

I hope she's burning in hell.

[Desi Lydic]

She's polishing the cross around her neck. Yeah.

[Kat Radley]

Good. Tell your mom I said hi.

[Desi Lydic]

In hell. What a lovely woman. What a lovely woman. I would love it if that is how she takes these pressers from here on out. That she's just like, everything is like. Gaywad says. What? Like, it just nothing but elementary school.

[Kat Radley]

Just like the comeback king.

[Desi Lydic]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Kat Radley]

I mean, we're probably not far from that happening.

[Desi Lydic]

No, like, dangerously close.

[Kat Radley]

Yeah. I mean, she already did it once. What's to stop her from doing it behind the microphone?

[Desi Lydic]

Oh, God.

[Kat Radley]

She's one of those people, too, that, like, every time they talk, you just, like, you didn't know it was possible, but you hate them a little bit more. Like, it's like her. Mike Johnson, J.D. vance. Like, every time they speak, it's just like, oh, wow, I like you so much less now. And I was already at the bottom, dude. Like, it's just. There's so smug.

[Desi Lydic]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's reaching a whole new level right now.

[Kat Radley]

So I would need more polka dot dress women.

[Desi Lydic]

Yeah, we need. And we need a few more Elizabeth Warren slip ups.

[Kat Radley]

Yeah. This is a fun story. Kim Kardashian showed up to. Where was the event?

[Desi Lydic]

I think. Oh, okay.

[Kat Radley]

Oh, the Academy Museum gala.

[Desi Lydic]

Right. It's so weird. I didn't get an invite for this.

[Kat Radley]

Oh, no.

[Desi Lydic]

Is that weird?

[Kat Radley]

You know, it must be because the government shutdown is, like, affecting postal workers a little bit.

[Desi Lydic]

Yes.

[Kat Radley]

It probably got lost.

[Desi Lydic]

The letter didn't come in the mail.

[Kat Radley]

Because there's no way you weren't invited.

[Desi Lydic]

I mean, I would think I would be.

[Kat Radley]

Right?

[Desi Lydic]

Of course.

[Kat Radley]

Yes. The Academy. I'm sorry, Emmy award winner Desi Lydic. I mean, not getting an invite to an Academy museum gala.

[Desi Lydic]

This is very strange. Very strange. They know how much I love movies.

[Kat Radley]

Yes. And your favorite movie is Airplane, the.

[Desi Lydic]

Academy Award winning Airplane.

[Kat Radley]

So Kim Kardashian wore this outfit covering her face. Caused a big hoopla online. People were talking about it. What were your initial thoughts?

[Desi Lydic]

I love this look. I think it's so brilliant. I think this is the way that you can get out of going to any event that you don't want to be at or work conference. You send someone else, hire them. Like a TaskRabbit situation. You hire them to just show up in that gown, put a name tag on. You don't have to go.

[Kat Radley]

No, they won't know.

[Desi Lydic]

No high school reunion. Send someone in this costume, they never know.

[Kat Radley]

People are like, kim Kardashian's at my high school reunion.

[Desi Lydic]

What?

[Kat Radley]

I think it's brilliant. Yeah. Especially for women like, you don't have to do your hair, you don't have to do your makeup. Although, do you think she still had a full face of makeup underneath?

[Desi Lydic]

I mean, knowing Kim. Yes.

[Kat Radley]

Right?

[Desi Lydic]

100%, yes.

[Kat Radley]

But it's. Yeah. Probably makes getting ready easier.

[Desi Lydic]

So. And also, like, sometimes going to those events. Not that I would know because as we know, I wasn't invited. But going to any social event, you can. You can be overwhelmed by anxiety. And if you have anxiety, you don't want to talk to people. You just want to kind of have a minute to yourself. And that's a great signal.

[Kat Radley]

Yeah.

[Desi Lydic]

It says, do not interact.

[Kat Radley]

No. No one's going up to initiate conversation with you like that. And you can make all the facial expressions you want. When you're like, get stuck talking to someone you want to. You're like, oh, God.

[Desi Lydic]

Some guy comes up and tries to explain crypto, and you're like, yeah, like.

[Kat Radley]

I can hear you groaning still. Oh. Oh.

[Desi Lydic]

I thought this was soundproof.

[Kat Radley]

Yeah. The only thing is, though, with this, like, you know it is her because she has the most distinct body, I can say is not objectifying her. She's a distinct ass. And she wants you to know she has a distinct ass. Right. Like, she's proud of that.

[Desi Lydic]

She's very proud of that.

[Kat Radley]

Like, you and I could get away with, like, no one knows our butts.

[Desi Lydic]

No.

[Kat Radley]

Like, we could send someone else in our place and they'd be like, I guess that's Desi's butt.

[Desi Lydic]

Yeah.

[Kat Radley]

I don't know.

[Desi Lydic]

Looks like it could be.

[Kat Radley]

I haven't really seen it that much now that I'm thinking of it.

[Desi Lydic]

Never been interested to look down there. So I'm gonna say yeah.

[Kat Radley]

If. If you know what Desi's butt looks like, please let us know in the comments.

[Desi Lydic]

Let us know in the comments. Actually, don't.

[Kat Radley]

I don't want to read those comments again. Please let us know what you think of Desi's butt in the comments.

[Desi Lydic]

That's not necessary. Don't listen to Kat. Don't do that.

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[Kat Radley]

There are some fun stories actually happening next week that, God, maybe we can get to. Okay, a fun thing coming out. People is announcing the Sexiest Man Alive. People magazine is coming out next week. Something that they're still doing. I love that democracy is crumbling, and they're like, we're still gonna do this. Okay.

[Desi Lydic]

We have our priorities. This must come out every year for the last 345 years.

[Kat Radley]

Do you have a pick for sexiest man Alive?

[Desi Lydic]

Well, I mean, okay, I do think the Pitt has been huge. So if I was a betting woman, I would say. But I'm not. I'm not in the NBA. Oh, story. We'll get to topical reference. I would say if I was a betting woman, I would say Noah Wylie has a very, very good chance.

[Kat Radley]

Right?

[Desi Lydic]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. But I'm kind of rooting for Pedro Pascal. Or even better, our very own Pedro Pascal. George Guntas.

[Kat Radley]

That's right. If you guys don't know, George Guntas is one of our members of our crew, the lighting guy. And he won a Pedro Pascal look alike contest earlier this year, and it was impressive. You know, he looks a lot like.

[Desi Lydic]

Pedro Pascal, and it's so funny. I never saw it about him. I never saw that until George, we.

[Kat Radley]

Never thought you were remotely attractive.

[Desi Lydic]

Never looked twice. Not even interested in the Lee.

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[Desi Lydic]

He grew that mustache, and he looks so much like. Yeah, it is.

[Kat Radley]

And he's also a really nice guy. And Pedro is too. Pedro has been, like, stepping up on social media of, like, speaking out for people. You probably notice, like, he's all over, like, trans rights, LGBTQ rights, immigrant rights. Like, he's just fudgeing all over the place and women are creaming their pants for it. Oh, yeah. All right. Nothing like a sexy man who isn't a pussy. Anyway, so Halloween is on Friday. Halloween is coming up next week. And Halloween is always fun in the city. Cause New York is. I mean, Halloween is kind of big everywhere. I think social media has played a big part in just making costumes and decorations more of a thing. But there's always a big Halloween parade in New York. People dress up. And we're known for our Halloween dog parade, which was last week. And that's just like, a nice, bright, fun piece of news that we did mention really quickly on the show with John this week. And just.

[Desi Lydic]

Oh, stop it.

[Kat Radley]

Dogs and costumes. Oh, God, I wish this was the only new story.

[Desi Lydic]

God, I. Do you like anything more than a dog in a wig?

[Kat Radley]

It is really Adorable. I love. I mean, a baby in a wig.

[Desi Lydic]

Baby in a wig.

[Kat Radley]

Babies and dogs and wigs.

[Desi Lydic]

Oh, my God.

[Kat Radley]

It's pretty great.

[Desi Lydic]

I wouldn't hate if we did three.

[Kat Radley]

Days of shows on this one. More big story that could be coming to the surface next week is Trump. We know Trump is bailing out Argentina with $20 billion. And another thing he might be doing is importing Argentinian beef. But this beef might potentially be diseased and contaminated with hoof and mouth disease. Possibly. Yet he's still thinking. He's still thinking he might, he might import it. So what do you think? We could get some diseased Argentinian beef next week.

[Desi Lydic]

Oh, that just sounds delicious. It's really.

[Kat Radley]

It's making me hungry, you know, Ara, diseased Argentinian beef.

[Desi Lydic]

I love diseased beef.

[Kat Radley]

Yummy.

[Desi Lydic]

There's nothing I love more than putting my mouth around some diseased Argentinian beef.

[Kat Radley]

And if you call now, for the low price of 10.99, you can get some delicious, delectable diseased Argentinian beef.

[Desi Lydic]

Don't check the comments after this section. You know, RFK is like diseased meat. Hurry up, let's get on that.

[Kat Radley]

It's like, no, we're. I thought we were only importing diseased beef.

[Desi Lydic]

Isn't that what we're supposed to be doing now?

[Kat Radley]

Yeah.

[Desi Lydic]

Oh, this is, this is.

[Kat Radley]

Of course, of course it's indicative of are, you know, like the fda, all of the checks and balances that do check, you know, inspection of our food and food safety, those are being depleted as well. And this is just kind of one more example of how all of these health regulations are disappearing just one step.

[Desi Lydic]

Closer to becoming a vegan. You know what? If ever there were a case, if ever there were a time to go straight vegan, now would be a great time.

[Kat Radley]

It's like, are you doing for the morality? No, I just don't want hoof and mouth disease.

[Desi Lydic]

Is that too much to ask for?

[Kat Radley]

Yeah, I just don't want salmonella.

[Desi Lydic]

Oh, God.

[Kat Radley]

So that's a fun thing to look to. Look out for everybody. Yeah. Enjoy those Halloween burgers this weekend. That's the thing people do, right? Grill your Halloween burgers.

[Desi Lydic]

Totally. Trick or treat.

[Kat Radley]

Here to get Halloween. Hold on, it's almost done.

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[Kat Radley]

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[Kat Radley]

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[Kat Radley]

So we end the pre cap with Daily show and tell. This is a segment where we just got to talk about something that we've watched, read, listened to, been talking about with our friends, family, anything that's on our mind. Doesn't have to be something from the news or politics, just something fun that you've been thinking about. Show and tell.

[Desi Lydic]

Okay, so I have less of a show and tell.

[Kat Radley]

Okay.

[Desi Lydic]

And more of a show and ask.

[Kat Radley]

Okay. You're breaking the rules already.

[Desi Lydic]

Yeah, I'm just busting. I'm a rule breaker. What can I say? I apparently am in group seven.

[Kat Radley]

Oh, I don't know.

[Desi Lydic]

Are you in? Do you know if you're in group seven?

[Kat Radley]

I am definitely not in group seven because I barely use TikTok.

[Desi Lydic]

Okay, I don't either, but it made its way to threads and I did Blue Sky. So I was informed. I am a member of Group 7 7, and I need to know what this means.

[Kat Radley]

Well, we can look it up. I did look it up before this podcast and it is because I am not as in on the viral trends.

[Desi Lydic]

I appreciate that you did research for this.

[Kat Radley]

I did research.

[Desi Lydic]

Thank you.

[Kat Radley]

You're welcome.

[Desi Lydic]

Because I really just plopped my ass, my unrecognizable ass right in the seat.

[Kat Radley]

The ass that no one knows.

[Desi Lydic]

No one knows.

[Kat Radley]

So this singer, Sophia James, she was an American Idol season 18 finalist or winner. Of course she posted videos and she posted seven different videos and she wanted to see, like, which one went actually viral. So she was like, okay, this is my first video. Group one. This is my second year, Group two. And apparently it was the seventh video, the group seven video that went the most viral. And so everyone who was in the group seven feels like they're like, oh, we're like, the winners were in, like, the cool elite group. So it just became kind of an inside joke on the Internet with her followers. And then it being in Group 7 bled into even, like, other accounts and other people saying, like, I'm in group seven.

[Desi Lydic]

Okay. So is everyone in group seven? Like, did Anyone get. You're in group four.

[Kat Radley]

Yeah. So people did, people did get one through six and it wasn't till group seven that it reached the most people. Maybe there's people in multiple groups, but.

[Desi Lydic]

The groups don't mean anything.

[Kat Radley]

So here's the thing. Nothing on TikTok means anything.

[Desi Lydic]

Ah, got it, got it, got it.

[Kat Radley]

That's the key.

[Desi Lydic]

That's where I went wrong.

[Kat Radley]

Nothing on social media means anything.

[Desi Lydic]

That's where I went wrong.

[Kat Radley]

That's how they get you. They make you think something matters when none of it does.

[Desi Lydic]

I thought for a brief moment that I maybe had some self worth and that I was special and that that was seen and I guess not. I guess I'm just like everyone else.

[Kat Radley]

That's just social media doing its job. It works great.

[Desi Lydic]

What was your show? What's your show and tell?

[Kat Radley]

My show and tell is I saw a cool musical recently. I saw Bull Durham. The movie is now a musical.

[Desi Lydic]

Is it really?

[Kat Radley]

It's regional theater. It's. So I happened my friend Carmen Cusack, she's a brilliant actress, she's in it and I went to see it in New Jersey. It's at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey. This isn't meant to be a plug. I just really enjoy. Feels like a plug. Feels like a plug. You should go see it. But I had never seen the Bull Durham movie. So I just went in totally blind and it's, I was like, oh shit. This is a great, it's a great show, really fun, but I need to see the movie. And so actually, so my, my younger brother Tim has now moved to New York and Bull Durham is apparently one of his all time favorite movies. So we have, we have a date to see it, watch it together this Friday. But it's apparently it's a very like sexy movie.

[Desi Lydic]

It's a pretty, I think it's pretty close to nine and a half weeks.

[Kat Radley]

It's very, it's. I mean it's like I watched Susan Sarandon. Right, Susan Sarandon and Kevin Costner and Tim Robbins. Oh God. Tim Robbins plays, I guess the young hot guy in it.

[Desi Lydic]

Did they fall in love on that movie? Oh, in real life, James Randon and Tim Robbins. Oh, I don't know who.

[Kat Radley]

That's a good question. Maybe that is.

[Desi Lydic]

Alan.

[Kat Radley]

Alan, look it up.

[Desi Lydic]

Paging Allen. Paging Allen.

[Kat Radley]

Oh, he's googling it. They met on the set of Bull Durham. Look at that. Oh, cute.

[Desi Lydic]

I love that Alan has become our Siri Ellen. What's the weather today?

[Kat Radley]

Alan also does Kind of sound like a Siri name. Like, Alan, what is the weather today?

[Desi Lydic]

They met on the movie.

[Kat Radley]

I just think it's funny. I've seen the musical, but I know nothing else about that. That's hilarious.

[Desi Lydic]

You went backwards. You went backwards.

[Kat Radley]

And I get to watch a sexy movie with my brother on Friday.

[Desi Lydic]

That's gonna be not uncomfortable at all.

[Kat Radley]

Yeah. Yeah. So that was my fun thing. It's go see the musical or just watch the movie with a relative. Just bring a little joy to your life.

[Desi Lydic]

God.

[Kat Radley]

So, yeah, that's my.

[Desi Lydic]

So go see the music. I gotta go see it.

[Kat Radley]

Yeah, it's great.

[Desi Lydic]

I'm in. Yeah.

[Kat Radley]

That's all the time we have. We need to get to work.

[Desi Lydic]

I guess we do.

[Kat Radley]

And really just wait for whatever's gonna happen this week to unfold.

[Desi Lydic]

Yeah.

[Kat Radley]

Thank you for joining us. I've been Kat Radley and you've been Desi Lydic the whole time.

[Desi Lydic]

That's who we've been.

[Kat Radley]

Aside from that, like, one time when you were just identified by your ass.

[Desi Lydic]

Yes, that is true. That is true.

[Kat Radley]

But now you're back to being a whole person. And we have been the Daily show pre cap. Bye, everybody. Bye.

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