The Precap | Michael Kosta on the States of Hockey, Space Sex, and the Union

Summary

Podcast Summary

Podcast: The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Episode: The Precap | Michael Kosta on the States of Hockey, Space Sex, and the Union
Host: Randall Otis (with guest/host Michael Kosta)
Date: March 2, 2026

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Episode Overview

In this "Precap" episode, Randall Otis sits down with this week’s Daily Show host Michael Kosta for a loose, comedic, and insightful conversation about current events and behind-the-scenes tidbits from The Daily Show. They touch on recent headlines including the State of the Union, controversies in U.S. hockey, ongoing issues with the Epstein files, a viral NYPD snowball fight, sex and reproduction in space, Texas politics, U.S.-Iran tensions, and recommendations for TV and documentaries. The playful banter keeps heavy news digestible, with signature Daily Show sarcasm, irreverence, and wit.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. State of the Union Fatigue & Tradition

• Time: 02:37–08:32
• Theme: Disillusionment with the annual State of the Union, questioning its relevance in today’s political climate.
  • Kosta expresses frustration with the performative nature and political bloat of these speeches:

    "The Gettysburg Address was 272 words. Martin Luther King Jr’s I Have a Dream speech is roughly 1,600 words. Trump’s State of the Union was over 10,000 words. I mean, he speaks so much, it’s almost meaningless." (04:38)

  • Otis jokes about tradition for tradition’s sake and the masochism of attending to be berated:

    "Why are you going to get yelled at for two hours? It feels very Dom sub." (03:33)

  • Discussion on the pointlessness of adhering to old norms, the tradition’s origins (delivered as a written letter until Woodrow Wilson), and how presidents now tweet more directly to the public.

2. The Viral NYPD Snowball Fight

• Time: 09:47–16:28
• Theme: The organized snowball fight in Washington Square Park turns chaotic as NYPD officers get involved and take snowballs to the face, resulting in some charges and debate over use of force.
  • Kosta: "What is a snowball fight? Is it fun? Is it a weapon? If you’re throwing ice, is that different than if you’re throwing soft-packed snow? Is this assault?" (10:57)
  • Otis: "They could have like deputized Pigeon Man." (13:14)
  • They discuss how police presence escalated the situation, generational divides in expectations of policing, and the comical but sobering reality that some students may now face charges.
  • Kosta also segues into his upcoming interview with the director of the documentary "The Perfect Neighbor," leading to a bigger-picture discussion on what police are asked to do and public expectations.

3. The Epstein Files & Media Accountability

• Time: 16:55–18:20
• Theme: Frustration with the media’s (and Justice Department’s) willingness to suppress information relating to Trump in the Epstein case.
  • Kosta: "This is the problem when the executive chief is also in charge of the DOJ and uses DOJ to slash everybody that would question him." (17:10)
  • Otis: "It does suck there’s no one you can turn to because the cover-up goes to the top of law enforcement... the closest we get is asking other countries to look into it." (17:32)

4. U.S. Hockey Gold: Gender Inequity & Cultural Tension

• Time: 18:25–25:34
• Theme: The fallout from the U.S. hockey men’s team mocking the women’s team after their gold medal win, Trump’s call to the men’s team, and broader issues of representation and bias.
  • Kosta strictly: "Of course Trump co-opted the men’s team. They’re all white and they won. I mean, this is his dream." (21:25)
  • Otis: "Hockey players are a collection of the most resilient and talented alcoholics we have in America." (20:09)
  • Discussion of athletes’ typical political leanings, expectations placed on sports teams versus elected officials, and the viral moment when Rafi (children’s musician) called out the team for associating with Trump.
  • Memorable Rafi Quote: (as shared by Kosta)

    "Good people don’t get chummy with child sex trafficking rapists. That goes for the rest of the US Men’s hockey team." (24:04)

5. Space Sex Studies: Comedy Meets Legit Science

• Time: 28:58–34:32
• Theme: Kosta recounts his recent Daily Show segment in Montreal, exploring how humans might have sex and reproduce in space.
  • Kosta: "They don’t even know how ovulation works in a zero-gravity environment. They don’t know how sperm swim in microgravity." (30:06)
  • The segment is both lighthearted—discussing space sex suits, Kosta’s frequent shirtlessness (to comedic effect), and wacky hypotheticals—and informative about real scientific unknowns necessary for future space colonization.
  • Otis: "It does feel like you’re being treated the way like a female anchor would be treated in the 40s. Like, let me... why don’t you show me them gams?" (32:46)
  • The conversation also highlights the importance of science communication through comedy.

6. Texas Primary & U.S. Politics Preview

• Time: 35:41–37:10
• Theme: An upcoming Texas primary between Crockett and Talarico, with humor at the names and skepticism about perennial Democratic hopes in Texas.
  • Otis: "But Texas, it really does feel like Lucy and the football to me." (36:46)
  • Kosta: "I’ll tell you this. I’m thankful that I know about this Texas primary. I will not hire a babysitter so I can sit and watch the results." (36:51)

7. Iran Tensions & U.S. Foreign Policy

• Time: 37:11–40:33
• Theme: Frustration at the recurring “obliteration” rhetoric toward Iran, lack of narrative-building for military interventions, and weariness about another large-scale conflict.
  • Otis: "It’s very much lazy writing... Like, somehow Iran returned." (37:27)
  • Kosta: "Take all that money you’re about to spend in Iran and open up a fucking government agency that gives everybody a passport and then they can go travel the world..." (39:44)
  • Shared generational perspectives—older Americans see Iran as an “existential threat”; for younger folks, that framing is unconvincing.

8. Show & Tell: Personal Watches & Hot Takes

• Time: 42:05–47:36
• Theme: The hosts each bring up something they’ve been watching or thinking about; Kosta lauds The Alps, while Otis shouts out the new “Game of Thrones” spin-off for its everyman protagonist.
  • Kosta: (wants to ski the entire Alps, listing countries and learning Monaco is included)
  • Otis: "It’s just about a guy... the only thing special about him is that he’s really tall. He’s like 7ft tall." (45:20)
  • The importance of realism, physical ailments, and the comic relief this brings to the usually grandiose fantasy series.

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Notable Quotes

• On the State of the Union:

  "My fear with the State of the Union is that it becomes so political and overblown, which it already has, that the average American does not pay attention. But I also feel like it actually isn’t of much value."
  —Michael Kosta (06:54)

• On NYPD at the Snowball Fight:

  "If anyone’s ever been to Washington Square Park, it is mayhem at all times. I don’t even like to go there. I don’t know what I’m gonna get hit with."
  —Michael Kosta (12:06)

• On the Epstein Cover-Up:

  "This is the problem when the executive chief is also in charge of the DOJ and uses DOJ to slash everybody that would question him."
  —Michael Kosta (17:10)

• On Hockey and Gender:

  "I don’t know what people thought—hockey players... I just maybe—well, one, I’m not a woman. Two, I don’t watch hockey. But also... it’s like seeing a dog shit outside. I’m like, yeah, that’s what they do."
  —Randall Otis (20:20)

• On Space Sex:

  "They don’t even know how ovulation works in a zero gravity environment. They don’t know how sperm swim in microgravity."
  —Michael Kosta (30:06)

• On War and Narrative:

  "I think the biggest change in terms of war with the Trump administration compared to others is just they don’t try to create a narrative anymore... Now there’s like we’re taking the oil. I don’t even know if they’ve brought up a reason for Iran yet."
  —Randall Otis (40:01)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• State of the Union Deep Dive: 02:37–08:32
• NYPD Snowball Fight: 09:47–16:28
• Epstein Files Frustration: 16:55–18:20
• Hockey Gold & Gender Controversy: 18:25–25:34
• Space Sex Segment: 28:58–34:32
• Texas Primary & Political Odds: 35:41–37:10
• Iran & Foreign Policy: 37:11–40:33
• Show & Tell Recommendations: 42:05–47:36

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Memorable Moments

• The extended riff on credits and blooper reels as symbols of artistic labor (01:13–02:33)
• The mental image of literal brotherhood and possible coded language in hockey ("Brotherhood!"), and celebrity children’s musician Rafi going “hard” on Instagram (22:43–24:08)
• The discussion of Kosta’s frequent, unintentional semi-nudity on The Daily Show for comedy segments (32:13–32:46)
• The continued skepticism about U.S. military action abroad and the absence of justification ("Iran returned!") (37:27)

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Tone

Highly comedic, with sharp cultural and political critique, frequent sarcasm, and self-deprecating humor. Both hosts blend pop culture insights with clear-eyed skepticism about tradition, political performance, law enforcement, and the expectations we have of athletes and public figures.

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Useful For

Anyone wanting an irreverent yet thoughtful breakdown of headline news and trending topics, with a comedic lens. This episode is particularly valuable for those interested in:

• The behind-the-scenes mood of The Daily Show
• Political tradition vs. modern reality
• Sports and gender politics
• Science communication through comedy
• U.S. foreign policy skepticism

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End of Summary

Transcript

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[Michael Kosta]

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[Randall Otis]

Hello and welcome to the Pre Cap, a daily show podcast where we sit down with this week's host to recap some of the latest news and preview what's coming up next. I'm Randall Otis. If you're a fan of the credit section of the show, a writer, and I'm joined today by our host this week, Michael Costa.

[Michael Kosta]

Hi, I'm Michael Costa. If you're a fan of the beginning part of the show.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah, mine's more fun. At least that's what my mom says.

[Michael Kosta]

Do they still roll credits?

[Randall Otis]

I don't watch the show.

[Michael Kosta]

I mean, I recently was watching a different show and I wanted to see who wrote on it and I paused it, but I could never just time it right.

[Randall Otis]

Oh, I just, I don't know, maybe they just assume everyone just will Google it.

[Michael Kosta]

Yeah, yeah.

[Randall Otis]

That's what the credits say is just. Just fucking Google.

[Michael Kosta]

Cuz I love a good credit.

[Randall Otis]

I like when there's stuff I do miss. I was watching older. I was watching Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and I remember I'm like, oh, I miss blooper reels. That'd be very fun.

[Michael Kosta]

Did they do that?

[Randall Otis]

No, they stopped. I feel like they stopped in like the mid 2000s.

[Michael Kosta]

I really like older movies. How they. I mean, really old movies. You haven't started the movie for five minutes. They're rolling the pre credits. Directed by, written by as the characters, like walking like. I love that. Like, show me all the people it takes to create art. I love that.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah. And it's Just like, just so you know, this isn't like a YouTube video. I worked hard on this.

[Michael Kosta]

A lot of motherfuckers were involved. There's six wardrobe consultants on this thing. Yeah.

[Randall Otis]

And we fired five.

[Michael Kosta]

Yeah.

[Randall Otis]

But let's see what's. What's been happening.

[Michael Kosta]

What's been happening. Yeah.

[Randall Otis]

I guess technically the big thing was the State of the Union. Did you watch. Did you watch live?

[Michael Kosta]

I did not watch live. I tried to. And I got so frustrated at just, what is this? What are we listening to? The lies, the non news. So I disengaged. And then I felt like, shit, I should be engaged. This is how we got here as a country. We're not paying attention.

[Randall Otis]

Yes. I don't know. I feel multiple ways about it. I guess I feel like if I were a Democrat and some of them didn't.

[Michael Kosta]

Yeah.

[Randall Otis]

But I wouldn't show up at all.

[Michael Kosta]

I wondered if why there was even a Democrat contingency there. And then I read that, like, 14 did boycott.

[Randall Otis]

But I feel like it's kind of the thing you're talking about where it's like, I feel as though I should. This is just what we do. This is tradition.

[Michael Kosta]

But.

[Randall Otis]

But we live in a time where so many traditions and norms are just being thrown out the wind there that to adhere to them still feels really silly to me. I was like, why are you going to get yelled at for two hours? It feels very Dom sub.

[Michael Kosta]

My biggest complaint of the Trump era is how people say, but we've never. He's doing a thing we've never done before. And I'm kind of like, we have to get over that. Yeah, that's what he does.

[Randall Otis]

Like, grow up.

[Michael Kosta]

Yeah, grow up. This is so. I agree with you. It's happened every year. We've had this discussion of what is the State of the Union addressing and do we need it?

[Randall Otis]

Well, I was listening to what's his name, Jamel Bouie, New York Times columnist, and he was talking about that, how we haven't done this forever. I think it was before Woodrow Wilson. There wasn't a giant State of the Union. They would just. The President would just send a letter to Congress. It was like, all right, here's how I feel things are going.

[Michael Kosta]

I want to drop this on you. The gettysburg address was 272 words. Martin Luther King Jr's I have a Dream speech is roughly 1600 words. Trump's State of the Union was over 10,000 words. I mean, he speaks so much, it's almost meaningless.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah, that's My thing, too, is like. Cause I try to approach. Well, actually, I have a brother, and he's a smart guy, but he is very. I kind of use him as a barometer of, like, the median voter. Like, if he talks to me about something, I'm like, oh, this is breach containment to the mainstream. Or like, this is how people.

[Michael Kosta]

My brother in Michigan is the same. Oh, you're upset about this. That's the general voter.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah. And I was like, what did you think of the State of the Union? And he was like, oh, it was boring. Which I feel like if you're Trump or you're this administration, that's kind of the worst possible thing. Because most people are here for the show.

[Michael Kosta]

Yeah.

[Randall Otis]

And if the show is boring and bad, then it's like, what is the purpose of you?

[Michael Kosta]

And nobody was at the Gettysburg Address and walked away saying, you know what? That was boring.

[Randall Otis]

Weren't most of those guys, like, shot? It's gotta be the worst. It was right after the battle.

[Michael Kosta]

Right. And it was also like, someone had to type it up and print it and then send it out, which took, like, three years at that point. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Randall Otis]

Now, I've never thought about this. Now I'm thinking about the audience at the Gettysburg Address. I don't know if I was a soldier. I don't know how my mind would go. On one hand, I'd be like, wow, thank God. Like, our president's here, the leader of our nation as we try to reunite this Union. But I feel like another part of me would be like, brother, I just did all the hard work. What you. How you boys doing? Like, oh, now you show up.

[Michael Kosta]

It was probably short because they were bleeding to death.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah. And probably everyone was sick. Back then. Is like, short speech. I do have dysentery, and I need. It's either I'm using the bathroom, I'm using the hole, or I'm using my hat.

[Michael Kosta]

I need to go eat a sandwich. Also where we shit.

[Randall Otis]

I also have speed dating with my cousin later. My wife is famously insane, and I'm trying to get out of this.

[Michael Kosta]

My fear with the State of the Union is that it becomes so political and overblown, which it already has, that the average American does not pay attention. But I also feel like it actually isn't of much value. So I'd rather you pay attention when you vote than the State of the Union.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah. But that's the thing. Cause also, I feel like most presidents don't tweet or talk directly to us or aren't on the news all the time. So with the State of the Union, I'm like, okay, what have you been up to? What have you been thinking? But I'm watching the State of the Union. I'm like, I read this tweet yesterday.

[Michael Kosta]

I was gonna say he really should have been discussing Iran Epstein, but instead he just tweets about all that stuff and doesn't even talk about it.

[Randall Otis]

Well, what I thought was interesting too was he didn't talk about Minnesota.

[Michael Kosta]

Right.

[Randall Otis]

Right.

[Michael Kosta]

And he did talk about an immigrant that killed a woman, even though that immigrant was born in North Carolina.

[Randall Otis]

Really?

[Michael Kosta]

Yes.

[Randall Otis]

Oh, let me talk to you about general bad drivers. I mean, you're from Michigan. I feel like that would be the worst to talk about is like, we're talking about drunk drivers. We're gonna start with Michigan, then by April I think I'll be done talking about them. But, yeah, no, he didn't really talk about Minnesota.

[Michael Kosta]

Yeah.

[Randall Otis]

Which I thought was interesting.

[Michael Kosta]

Yeah.

[Randall Otis]

Because he never shies away from anything.

[Michael Kosta]

Yeah.

[Randall Otis]

Like, even if it's like one of the worst, something that seems like a bad look, he'll defend it. But I am surprised he didn't try to defend this at all. It was just like, we are not going to address it. We're not going to address ice.

[Michael Kosta]

Yeah. He didn't give it any oxygen. Yeah. So I don't know. I don't know what the average voter thought.

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[Randall Otis]

local news. We had the the Great. NYPD snowball fight, slash.

[Michael Kosta]

I haven't seen this.

[Randall Otis]

You haven't seen it?

[Michael Kosta]

I want to see it now. To what was supposed to be a fun scene in Washington Square Park. It quickly took a turn when a

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massive snowball fight started targeting.

[Michael Kosta]

Targeting NYPD officers. The department says several of these officers ended up with cuts to their faces.

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And the NYPD commissioner, Jessica Tisch, says detectives are now investigating this. The mayor, though, today said while people should treat officers with respect, he stopped short of saying that those involved should face charges.

[Michael Kosta]

This was an organized snowball fight.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah, it was, like, planned on social media.

[Michael Kosta]

So then why are cops walking through it?

[Randall Otis]

Well, that.

[Michael Kosta]

I mean, wait, didn't everybody get hit with a snowball?

[Randall Otis]

Everyone did get hit with a snowball, right?

[Michael Kosta]

Like, if I walked through, I would get hit with a snowball for sure.

[Randall Otis]

And then there was, like, two sides, and they walked down the middle of both sides.

[Michael Kosta]

Were they there to keep the peace?

[Randall Otis]

I guess someone called the cops. Cause they're like, I don't like this snowball fight. And, yeah, you could see them kind of rolling through Beastie Boy style.

[Michael Kosta]

Yeah. I mean, this is a wonderful discussion about what is a snowball fight. Is it fun? Is it a weapon? If you're throwing ice, is that different than if you're throwing soft packed snow? Is this assault? Is this New York City where cops don't do anything anyways? So fucking maybe we've been trained. I mean, this is hilarious.

[Randall Otis]

Well, my thing is.

[Michael Kosta]

Oh, this guy's actually pissed, huh? Oh, yeah.

[Randall Otis]

The guy with the beard is furious. And then, like, they really. They escalate. Cause right now they're just kind of getting hit generally. Yeah, it's like, yeah, you're in the middle of a snowball fight. But then later on, at least from the video I've seen, I guess they've already done it here. They, like, were throwing people to the ground.

[Michael Kosta]

Oh, shit.

[Randall Otis]

Because they were mad. They're getting hit by snowballs. And so then now everyone's targeting them.

[Michael Kosta]

But it's like, that guy was gonna grab his fucking taser. Yeah, I mean, I will. Let's say all the things. These guys should not have been sent into the middle of a snowball fight.

[Randall Otis]

No. Right.

[Michael Kosta]

So that. That did not set them up for success. If anyone. He's still getting hit. If anybody has ever been to Washington Square park, it is mayhem at all times.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah.

[Michael Kosta]

I mean, I don't. Even when I'm waiting for. When I'm waiting for a spot at a comedy show, I Don't even like to go to Washington Square Park. Cause I'm like, I don't know what I'm gonna get hit with.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah. Like, this is where a pigeon man lives. If you guys don't know. Pigeon man, as you can expect, is a man who has seen powers over hundreds of pigeons that come.

[Michael Kosta]

Any guys, this guy's really pissed. God damn. He's really mad. Oh, there's still now, I think people are press. I think people are like charged with this shit, man.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah. There's like four people. I think I've been charged with assault. Like 20 year old future Timothy Chalamet.

[Michael Kosta]

Right. I will say when I feel unsafe in the subway and I look at the cops and they're all looking on their phones, I kind of want to hit them with a snowball.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah.

[Michael Kosta]

But also, I would also say they did not get set up for success here.

[Randall Otis]

It kind of does perfectly exemplify as Mamdani's point. Because during the election he was like, I don't think every single 911 call needs a police officer. People are like, absolutely not. It's like you'd never know when the danger's gonna come out. I'm like, yeah, this is a snowball fight.

[Michael Kosta]

This is a perfect example that if they would have sent three plainclothes officers. Unidentified. Just to suss out the scene.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah.

[Michael Kosta]

Nothing would have happened.

[Randall Otis]

They could have like deputized pigeon man. Where I feel. Cause I'm trying to put myself in the shoes of the police officers. Where I would be like, I don't want anyone to know this happened. I would find this incredibly embarrassing.

[Michael Kosta]

Right.

[Randall Otis]

Please do not have 5 minute HD footage of me getting mad at 18 year olds for throwing snowballs at me. Especially because you're a New York City police officer. Like, we've had police. We have police officers still alive here who are like in 9 11.

[Michael Kosta]

Yeah. Right.

[Randall Otis]

And so now I have to go and be like, dude, same right. About a snowball fight.

[Michael Kosta]

Went to Washington Square park during a snowball fight.

[Randall Otis]

I totally get how you felt that day.

[Michael Kosta]

I will say. So I'm hosting this week, one of my guests is this director of the Netflix documentary which uses body cam footage called the Perfect Neighbor. Did you see this?

[Randall Otis]

I haven't seen it.

[Michael Kosta]

It's kind of this very confrontational,

[Randall Otis]

very

[Michael Kosta]

paranoid white woman who keeps calling the cops on kids trespassing her property. They're just playing.

[Randall Otis]

Where'd she live?

[Michael Kosta]

Florida. Okay.

[Randall Otis]

Of course.

[Michael Kosta]

Long story short, very, very sad. Very sad. This is not a funny thing. Long Story short, one of the kids moms approaches the woman because there's a confrontation and she shoots and kills her.

[Randall Otis]

The woman, the paranoid woman, shoots the mom.

[Michael Kosta]

Correct. And it's a white woman with a gun shoots a black mom. And it's very sad. Very, very sad. I was crying yesterday watching it. We'll get into the documentary when we have the guest on. But I will say this. I think every American should watch what it's like for a cop to go into a scene that you don't know anything about. You don't know what the violence level is. You don't know who's there. I mean, it's terrifying, like, to watch them. The cops have to approach this woman's home. They don't know if she's home. They know that a shot. I mean, it's insane. Like, what we put cops through is nuts. And I get the kids wanting to hit him with snowballs because that would have been. That's me too. But I do think there's a disconnect between what the average American thinks cops do and when the shit really goes down, we need them to enter that room. But most, probably most New Yorkers, probably a testament to how safe the city is really, that most New Yorkers just feel like, hey, let's throw snowballs at the cops. Because my life is pretty good. I don't know.

[Randall Otis]

That's where I feel from the PR side of the police department. I'd be like, obviously there must be like real things that happen every day. Just film that.

[Michael Kosta]

Right? Film that. Yeah. Don't film the.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah. Why are you sending the A24 crew to record that snowball fight?

[Michael Kosta]

Also, we do need to decide as a society, is the snowball fight, is it all fun and games? When does it change? What type of snow are we packing? I. You know, if you did a snowball fight to the previous blizzard we had, that shit would hurt.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah. And it is snow that's collected in New York. So it is lead biological weapon.

[Michael Kosta]

It's got biological weapons. Yeah, exactly.

[Randall Otis]

It's like, look, I'm already going to. Yeah, I'm already going to die. Let me just throw this final snowball.

[Michael Kosta]

I feel bad that those cops got sent there, but I feel worse if real young men and women are now being prosecuted for that.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah, that sucks. It does suck. And I guess, yeah, for those kids.

[Michael Kosta]

Yeah.

[Randall Otis]

Well, that's what you get for not accepting me to nyu. Just kidding. I didn't even apply.

[Michael Kosta]

Yeah.

[Randall Otis]

Let's see what else we got. Oh, Epstein files.

[Michael Kosta]

Well, yeah. Let me just say this about Epstein files everybody. Then I don't say anything and I die.

[Randall Otis]

You get shot, we both die.

[Michael Kosta]

I mean, yes, the media should be addressing that anything about Trump has been redacted or removed or not there in the first place. This is the problem when the executive chief is also in charge of the DOJ and uses DOGE to slash everybody that would question him. So. Yes. But I hope we as media can dig in more and point this out. Yeah.

[Randall Otis]

It does suck that there is no one you can turn to because it's the COVID up goes to the top of law enforcement. It feels like the closest we get is like asking other countries to look into it for us because I feel like people in Europe are getting in trouble.

[Michael Kosta]

Yeah.

[Randall Otis]

The Prince.

[Michael Kosta]

Yeah.

[Randall Otis]

Other business leaders of it's cute products. I don't care.

[Michael Kosta]

It's cute that other countries still. It's not cute. It seems cute to us, but they still have like a moral standard.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah.

[Michael Kosta]

And we just seems like have fucking lost it. And it's very frustrating and. But if you're Donald Trump, I mean, first of all, they didn't release the files when they were supposed to. They took extra time. They're acting to redact all this shit. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. That's not. Let's not keep talking about Epstein.

[Randall Otis]

Sounds very. Sounds cool. Okay. There's a lot of ice news.

[Michael Kosta]

You mean like actual like.

[Randall Otis]

Oh, like, like it's cold.

[Michael Kosta]

It's cold. Yeah.

[Randall Otis]

There was the. The U.S. hockey Gold Celebration fallout controversy. The men's team mostly only pretty much.

[Michael Kosta]

I have a controversial take. You ready for it? I believe that if the president had called the women's team right after they won and said I'm gonna invite you to the State of the Union and I probably gotta invite the guys team also. I bet you they would have laughed. I bet you they would have laughed. Now let me backtrack. President Trump probably didn't even know we had a women's hockey team. Right. He certainly had not called them. But I'm giving the men in the locker room a little more leeway here because they had just won the gold medal in overtime sudden death against their heated rival. Another hockey reference, Canada. I will not give President Trump a pass for like calling the men and trying to be like alpha with them by belittling women. That's awful.

[Randall Otis]

I just, my take is more like I don't know what people thought. Hockey players.

[Michael Kosta]

Yeah. Well, my other thing I was gonna say, I think the sad part about all this and I'm a huge, huge tennis guy. And it kills me every time I find out my favorite tennis player is probably Republican. But in general sports, high level athletes. Lean, Lean to the right, for sure.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah. It's just like hockey players are a collection of the most resilient and talented alcoholics we have in America.

[Michael Kosta]

That's true.

[Randall Otis]

I don't know. I just maybe. Well, one, I'm not a woman. Two, I don't watch hockey. But also, it's just like, my expectations were already at the floor. So when I saw them kind of mocking the women's hockey team, I was like, yeah, that's what they do. It's like seeing a dog shoot outside. I'm like, yeah, yeah. That's kind of what I expected. I do feel bad for the women's team in the sense of I would be annoyed that I have to spend my time just talking about the men's team. I was like, I just want a gold medal. I don't. He's like, what do you think about this? I don't even want to talk about it. I just want to celebrate and party and hang out with Flavor Flav. He invited the women's team to, like, his own celebration. And I didn't know this. One of our other writers, Nicole, told me about this. Apparently, Flava Flav is a huge supporter of female athletes.

[Michael Kosta]

Wouldn't have known it.

[Randall Otis]

Like, he gives money, he'll travel, he'll hold celebrations for them. Like, Flavor Flav is like, he's into title nine, Gloria Steinem of women's sports.

[Michael Kosta]

I, I, I said this on my podcast, the Tennis Anyone Podcast with Michael Costa. But of course, Trump co opted the men's team. They're all white, and they won. I mean, this is like his dream.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah.

[Michael Kosta]

This is like, you project confidence and you be white and you win. I was. It was so pure when they won. It was so enthusiastic. It was so miracle on ice. I was so excited. I was watching with my family. And then they interviewed Jack Hughes afterwards. And I don't know if you picked this up, Alan, and I'm curious what the Canadian in the booth thinks about this. Did you hear how many times he said the word brotherhood? I did not. I turned the TV off because you're Canadian, and probably in Canada, you got whooped. You had to walk all the way to the television, like, press the button in, right? Because that's how old school your tech is there in Canada. Oh, Jack Hughes wins. He's 24 years old. He's an amazing hockey player. He's probably an amazing guy. I don't know him, but he kept talking about the American Hockey Brotherhood. And every time I heard that word, I was just wondering if it was a little coded, if it was a little maga. I wasn't sure.

[Randall Otis]

Is that a thing?

[Michael Kosta]

I don't know. I just wasn't sure. And maybe I'm crazy. Maybe I've been living in the political sphere too much. I know Navy seals talk about the brotherhood. And, you know, I can tell you from my collegiate tennis team, we didn't use the word brotherhood. What is this? Oh, shit.

[Randall Otis]

So this is Rafi's Instagram. Raffi, the children's musician.

[Michael Kosta]

Yeah, I know. Rafi sings Baby Beluga.

[Randall Otis]

He goes hard on Instagram. And this is him coming for the.

[Michael Kosta]

The Hughes brothers. First of all, there's so much to unpack here. Raffy goes hard on Instagram. Rafi goes hard on Instagram. I'm excited because I really like his music, especially for my kids. They're great.

[Randall Otis]

Is he like a children's musician?

[Michael Kosta]

Yeah, he's a children's musician. It's good. It's. It's like legit music.

[Randall Otis]

So this is like if, like, Steve from Blue's Clues was correct. Okay, cool.

[Michael Kosta]

Correct. Correct. So Raffy music says former Canucks Captain Hughes is now a bad memory. Zero respect. Good people don't get chummy with child sex trafficking rapists. That goes for the rest of the US Men's hockey team. I so respect Rafi for his music is not political. So there's a lot of people who support Rafi's music that are like, don't say that about Trump. I love when an artist goes hard on.

[Randall Otis]

He's like, fuck it.

[Michael Kosta]

Yeah, I love it.

[Randall Otis]

I hate this guy.

[Michael Kosta]

I think it's fucking. And also, I will say this, it's the right play because his music is for kids, so of course he's protective. Just look at this. Baby Beluga is a great song. Sing Baby Beluga together.

[Randall Otis]

Funny. He's like Donald Trump.

[Michael Kosta]

I can't tell you how many times the song's been out of my house.

[Randall Otis]

Trump.

[Michael Kosta]

That's enough of that. I can't hear anymore, else I'm going to. I'm going to puke. But, yeah, I just. I. Good job, Rafi. It makes me like him even more. I do get really annoyed, particularly now when artists are not speaking out. Like, I think it's playing it super safe, and it drives me crazy. Anyways, I don't know. Just because you take a picture with the President, just because you Go to the White House. I don't know what that means. Sometimes organizations get invited places. I don't know how much to hang my hat on this. I just wondered when I heard brotherhood over and over again. And then they all laughed when Trump made fun of the women. And then you start piecing it together and I go, I still don't really know where they stand politically. It also shouldn't really matter, but it doesn't. It ruined a lot of my enthusiasm, let's put it that way.

[Randall Otis]

I do think it's like, I feel like a bunch of them are probably MAGA guys and then the rest are similar to what we were talking about before. It was like, well, this is just what you do. You get an invite, you take the invite. But I'm like, for sure. And I have less demands and expectations of them as compared to politicians. But I'm like, well, you can't just be like, ah, you know, my dog's gonna get sick next week. I just can't.

[Michael Kosta]

But I think, you know, Jon Stewart always says this, and I think you're right. You bring up a great point. We're harder on the comedians and the athletes than the actual elected officials. And like, why, why do we expect the 24 year old who's been, who's been shaving hockey pucks on his breakfast every morning for his rest of his whole life to be good at hockey, to have any real political. What's our expectation of that?

[Randall Otis]

I feel like it's a couple things. I think it's like, one, as a person who doesn't watch hockey and did see heated rivalry, it's like, oh, I thought you guys were gonna just make love with each other and not, you know, be politically active at all. And two, I think it's like you feel like you have such a little control over politicians. It's like, well, right. They're not going to listen to me. Maybe this hockey player will.

[Michael Kosta]

And like, like my elected official, I don't say like, hey, that's me. But when I watch my favorite tennis player or growing up the bad boys of the Detroit Pistons, I'm like, well, no, you guys represent me.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah.

[Michael Kosta]

Even though I'm like, wait, how does Isaiah Thomas represent me? But, you know, it's like, that was my team. That's my thing. So you're right. It's an easier, easier hero to hold onto. Yeah. All right, good stuff. Thanks for Rafi music. I mean, if anything, I'm giving a live follow.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah, give it to him.

[Michael Kosta]

Right.

[Randall Otis]

Also to Alan, our Canadian fellow. This is another. This is why I'm mad that we threatened to invade Canada is because that used to be such a fun, little silly rivalry we had with Canada. It's like, we'd beat you at some sports, you'd make fun of us. We'd make fun of you for maple syrup. You'd make fun of us for mass shootings and not having health care. And it was just, like, a cute thing. And so now I'm just like, yeah, we won. That's right, bitch. I'm sorry about actually threatening to kill you. Yeah. Just so you know, it, like, kind of taints this simple, fun thing we used to have.

[Michael Kosta]

Well, and their prime minister, Mark Carney, he's done a nice job defending Canada. And economically, you know, Jim Beam is taking a year off from making whiskey because. No, their economics is so far down. We went to Canada to shoot the sex piece, which I think Alan has up.

[Randall Otis]

Dude.

[Michael Kosta]

We tried to order American whiskey after the shoot. Dude, there's no American whiskey.

[Randall Otis]

Were they. Were they like, no, we don't have it, or was there a little extra? We're not serving, Dude.

[Michael Kosta]

They go. They literally said this. They go. And they're beautiful Quebecois accents. They said, do you see that shelf there? And it was just an empty fucking shelf. And they go, that's usually American bourbons and whiskey. And we don't carry it now. And I was like, nice work, Canada.

[Randall Otis]

Nice work.

[Michael Kosta]

So what did I drink? I drank a Canadian whiskey. And it was good. It was a little. It was weak.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah.

[Michael Kosta]

It wasn't as good.

[Randall Otis]

It is bad in hindsight to threaten the people who can only drink as an activity for nine months out of the year. It's like, oh, yeah, yeah. But, yeah, speaking of your space segment, that was something that happened or we aired last week.

[Michael Kosta]

That's right.

[Randall Otis]

Which was you learning about having the logistics and difficulties of having sex in space.

[Michael Kosta]

That's right. Because we gotta reproduce if we're gonna go to space. We truly have to. We truly have to learn how to reproduce there.

[Randall Otis]

I, like, I enjoy the segment very much. My mind was like, can't you just, you know, give it to yourself, put it in, like, a little jar and then be like, ma', am, I present you with mindsperm.

[Michael Kosta]

Right. Couldn't you just artificially inseminate?

[Randall Otis]

But I guess they mentioned that, like, it's also for fun. And so they want it to be fun.

[Michael Kosta]

And there's also a huge social connection thing when you have sex. I mean, I don't know about Food, really. But when I have sex, it's a she. So this piece which is called Sex and Space, there's two space sexologists in Montreal who are truly studying how to reproduce in space. And if you have, you may have the same questions I have, which is like, well, don't you just do it the same way you do in America? Well, let me tell you a few things. They don't even know how ovulation works in a zero gravity environment. They don't know how sperm swimming in a zero gravity environment or a different gravity environment. I didn't think about that exactly. We don't think about any of this shit. We know how to fertilize an egg here on Earth with the oxygen levels and nitrogen levels and gravity. So this is actually like, important shit. Certainly here at the Daily show, we are going to approach it with the comedy glasses on. But it is actually interesting. If we were going to burn this earth to death and we want to send people to Mars or wherever, we need to know how to reproduce there,

[Randall Otis]

how were the two scientists you talked to? They were great, because they seem, they were very. I couldn't tell if they were like, I'm playing along, or if they're like, actually, I do take this very seriously.

[Michael Kosta]

And they were, they were wonderful. They didn't want to come off as, like, goofy scientists, so they played it straight, which, you know, only helps us more in some ways. But they were laughing and they were very. I mean, look, what everyone has to always remember. These people agree to do the interview. And in a lot of ways, through this podcast, through people watching it through, watching it air, like, they do get their message out. I mean, we are truly studying something interesting here. They were, they were a lot of fun and we thanked them for them for their time. And they, they gave me my own sex suit.

[Randall Otis]

You got to keep it.

[Michael Kosta]

It's somewhere in my suitcase.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah, I, I, that. I think that may be the most I've seen of your chest and stomach.

[Michael Kosta]

Well, I told this to Stacy Angeles. Here, here.

[Randall Otis]

There's.

[Michael Kosta]

There's the shot. Alan. Thank you.

[Randall Otis]

I told this.

[Michael Kosta]

I told this.

[Randall Otis]

I don't know, some reason about the cut makes it seem like, almost painted

[Michael Kosta]

on, like a, Like I'm wearing a T shirt of a mediocre body. Yeah, yeah, I don't know. And Alan, please keep this in the podcast. Alan, promise me you'll keep this in the podcast. I promise. Okay. This is like the fourth fucking piece in a row where my shirt's been off and I'm just Going like, what is going on?

[Randall Otis]

Have you been getting in better shape or.

[Michael Kosta]

No, it's not me pitching it. I don't know. Like, who on this staff keeps putting me in my shirt off? Is that really. It's not like that. Anyways.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah, it's a masculine form.

[Michael Kosta]

Thank you very much. And then I'm going to Oakland to shoot something, and I've. And Zach is like, oh, in the end, you're in your underwear. And I'm like, what the fuck is going on here? Is everybody. Is every.

[Randall Otis]

It. It does feel like you're being treated the way like a female anchor would be treated in the 40s. Like, let me.

[Michael Kosta]

Yeah, yeah.

[Randall Otis]

Why don't you show me them gams?

[Michael Kosta]

I mean, I guess it says something about the Daily show, how attractive everybody isn't here. If I'm the sex guy.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah, you're our hot. That's what's gonna get us the Emmy, is we're just trying to make you as naked as possible.

[Michael Kosta]

Stacy always involves me in some gross capacity. I've done pieces with her about male vasectomies, which I think a vasectomy is male. Because if it's a woman's vasectomy, it's a hysterectomy.

[Randall Otis]

Yes.

[Michael Kosta]

There you go. This was my favorite shot right here.

[Randall Otis]

I think they said 69ing the goal.

[Michael Kosta]

69ing on the moon. And I'm wearing this thing that when you ju. So this thing I'm wearing here, it mimicked gravity on the moon. So there is a little bit of gravity on the moon, but there's not that much. So when you jump, you go real fucking high and you come down slowly. And this thing was. This thing was cool. So I was just saying how easy it would be. Easier it would be to 69 somebody like that on the moon.

[Randall Otis]

Well, it feels like you'd only be able to do what on earth would be exotic positions. Because if you're going, like doggy one thrust, that woman's going around the correct. Or man around the entire planet.

[Michael Kosta]

Well, that's why they wear the spacesuit, so you can Velcro to each other, because otherwise you would shoot them off. Depending on who's thrusting who, of course.

[Randall Otis]

Well, now I'm thinking of if you're both thrusting, a very fun Looney Tunes scenario where you're behind you thrust, they go around the planet, they come back around get you, and so you just keep orbiting.

[Michael Kosta]

This is very Looney Tunes. And it should be noted for any young people that are watching if you 69 somebody. There is no reproduction happening. Yeah, it's just something to think about.

[Randall Otis]

I don't know, maybe in space it can also.

[Michael Kosta]

See that guy in the red shirt didn't like my comedy. All right, moving on.

[Randall Otis]

He's just. I'm just here to do a job.

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[Randall Otis]

So that's what stuff that's been going on now for things to come. We have the Texas primary election. Big election between Crockett and Talarico.

[Michael Kosta]

Do you that sounds like the two guys who started Miami Vice, Crockett and Tall.

[Randall Otis]

It does sound like a buddy comedy. This summer it seems like Talarico's a bit more favored by progressives. But then I just saw a poll that had Crockett really far ahead of Talarico. And so because this year also is. Well, I don't know, every year Democrats get their hopes of that they can win Texas.

[Michael Kosta]

Yeah.

[Randall Otis]

And they keep getting close.

[Michael Kosta]

They get closer. I mean, remember, you know, Georgia was like this for a long time. You could never. And now it's like purple. So eventually, you know, a lot of motherfuckers are moving to Texas, man.

[Randall Otis]

And they're breaking. They're breaking records with turnout. Yeah, I know. Democrats are like hugely amped up to vote and you know, they keep winning all of these special elections.

[Michael Kosta]

Yeah.

[Randall Otis]

But Texas, it really does feel like Lucy and the football to me in a way.

[Michael Kosta]

Yes, correct. I'll tell you this. I'm thankful that I know about this Texas primary. I will not hire a babysitter so I can sit and watch the results. Yeah.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah. I also don't live there, but Godspeed.

[Michael Kosta]

Godspeed. Texas keep putting up a good fight.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah.

[Michael Kosta]

Yep.

[Randall Otis]

And then Iran, war, Specula. Okay.

[Michael Kosta]

I thought, I thought we obliterated Iran's nuclear. Remember we bombed them. And Trump said, no one's ever been bombed like that before. Of all the people in the whole world, no one's seen such a bombing.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah. Never to be dealt with again.

[Michael Kosta]

Now they're back.

[Randall Otis]

It's very much lazy writing. It's like new Star wars movies. Like, somehow Iran returned.

[Michael Kosta]

It's like, okay, he used the word completely obliterated. And they're back.

[Randall Otis]

I'm just like, I. I feel like I understand. Well, one, I'm like, obviously, I'm just. I'm personally, I'm against military intervention, but I feel like we've. The nations we've fought against in my lifetime. Iraq, Afghanistan, you know, these small countries. I'm like, God, I don't think people know that there's a hundred million people in Iran. I'm like, guys, this is going to be. Even if you are the biggest war hawk in the world, it's not gonna be some cakewalk.

[Michael Kosta]

Right. Like, look at Kuwait.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah. Kuwait's I think, the only military intervention in my entire lifetime that went well.

[Michael Kosta]

Right.

[Randall Otis]

And I was like, four.

[Michael Kosta]

It does seem like it's like he's picking on just his whole campaign was to get out of these foreign wars and make life better for the declining America.

[Randall Otis]

You surprised that you didn't keep the promise?

[Michael Kosta]

Ah, fuck. I'm surprised that at the level that he hasn't kept the promise.

[Randall Otis]

It is very blatant. And it's because, yeah, as we were talking about, the House introduced the bill to rein in the war powers, but obviously there's a lot of Republicans who are against it, but even some Democrats. And it's. Even when you ask some Democrats about, like, what do you think about the war? A lot of them won't say outright that they're against it. They're like, well, it should be done properly.

[Michael Kosta]

I'm like, I'm just fucking come out, mother. I know.

[Randall Otis]

Maybe it's an age thing, but it feels like Iran does not have this sense of threat, at least to people my age, as like, it does with older population. It's kind of like when Fox News talks about socialism. And it's like, I understand you live through the Cold War, but this emotionally is a very foreign threat to me.

[Michael Kosta]

What you're saying is we don't want to fuck with Iran.

[Randall Otis]

I don't think it would be a good idea.

[Michael Kosta]

Yeah.

[Randall Otis]

Just based off Iraq and Afghanistan.

[Michael Kosta]

And keep in mind, Trump said we had dealt with it, but. Right. I'm all for like, take all that money you're about to spend in Iran and open up a fucking government agency that gives everybody a passport and then they can go travel the world and then realize like, hey, we got a lot we can do better here.

[Randall Otis]

The thing I'm surprised about too, I think is the biggest change in terms of war with the Trump administration compared to others, is just they don't try to create a narrative anymore.

[Michael Kosta]

Right.

[Randall Otis]

It just like, yeah, there was so much pageantry around entry, around so many good lies. Colin Powell, Colin Powell's out there.

[Michael Kosta]

The weapons of mass destruction. Yeah.

[Randall Otis]

Now there's like, we're taking the oil. I don't even know if they've brought up a reason for Iran yet. It's truly we're he's just like, I don't like him. We're going, we're going.

[Michael Kosta]

Yeah, I don't want to pay for this ship.

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[Randall Otis]

Now we are at the Daily show and tell where you tell me something that you've watched, read, listened to, argued about, or just been on your mind lately. Has anything been keeping you up?

[Michael Kosta]

Thing you've been ruminating on. Cool TV show, this documentary, the Perfect Neighbor, is really powerful. It's definitely kept me up. It's not funny. So do what you want with that Canadian coroner. Is the Olympics over?

[Randall Otis]

Olympics is over. It is.

[Michael Kosta]

Do they do the closing ceremonies?

[Randall Otis]

Yes.

[Michael Kosta]

Okay.

[Randall Otis]

I think I listed a little.

[Michael Kosta]

You know what? Let's talk about the Alps for a second.

[Randall Otis]

Bring it up.

[Michael Kosta]

The mountain range of the Alps spans eight European countries. That's wild. I don't know, because I'm always like, hey, I want to go skiing in the French Alps. So now the Italian Alps are on the Olympics. Oh, there's a Swiss Alps or there's Austrian Alps. I didn't know that. And I'm. I'm very excited about the opportunity of someday skiing the Alps.

[Randall Otis]

The entire.

[Michael Kosta]

It's like how you can ski in Lake Tahoe. From Nevada to California. I want to ski from. And I'm just brainstorming here because I don't actually know. Latvia to Finland to France to Italy. All through the Alps. Check on that, motherfuckers.

[Randall Otis]

Yes, that's. I mean, that is a worthwhile project.

[Michael Kosta]

I would like to know. Alan. Sorry. Can you Google the eight countries that the Alps exist in? I'm going to guess them. I'm going to guess. I'm going to guess. I'm going to guess them. Italy. France. Austria. Switzerland. Is Latvia up there?

[Randall Otis]

All right, okay.

[Michael Kosta]

France. Switzerland. I was going to say Germany, but I got the first four. Germany, Slovenia, Lichtenstein, and Monaco. Whoa. Monaco has the fucking Alps stretching from the Mediterranean Sea to the Danube.

[Randall Otis]

I feel like it'd be more fun to end at the sea.

[Michael Kosta]

Yeah, I feel like I should, like,

[Randall Otis]

a nice swim at the end.

[Michael Kosta]

All right, can you pull up a map? I want to see my route from north to south.

[Randall Otis]

I mean, this is definitely the most inventive midlife crisis I've seen. Yeah.

[Michael Kosta]

So I'm going to start in Austria, get my way to Liechtenstein, through Switzerland. I don't. Yep, There's Italy. France I'll pop into. I see. Wow. It goes all the way down almost to Nice. And we'll finish in Monaco. Right. Dude, this is going to be the sickest Alps. Monaco, Western Alps. Wow.

[Randall Otis]

Have you been cross country skiing before?

[Michael Kosta]

I have been cross country skiing before.

[Randall Otis]

Is it brutal?

[Michael Kosta]

Cross country skiing is awesomely hard and awesomely not as much fun as downhill. Skiing. Do you understand this is downhill skiing?

[Randall Otis]

This is. Oh, I thought this was cross country.

[Michael Kosta]

The Alps would be downhill skiing. Yeah.

[Randall Otis]

It's just so far. Eventually we'd have to go back.

[Michael Kosta]

I'm sure you'd have to at some point, cross country ski.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah.

[Michael Kosta]

Anyways, what are you watching and showing and what's been on your mind lately? Don't say the Alps.

[Randall Otis]

No, it's been that new Game of Thrones spinoff.

[Michael Kosta]

Oh, what's it called?

[Randall Otis]

Like, A Tale of the Seven Kingdoms or something?

[Michael Kosta]

Oh, Jesus.

[Randall Otis]

Because I didn't really watch that. I watched a few seasons of Game of Thrones and I did enjoy it, but this one is so fun to me because in the original Game of Thrones, it follows these princes and lords and witches and, like, these very powerful people and these leaders, but this one is just about a guy, okay. And the only thing special about him is that he's really tall. He's like 7ft tall.

[Michael Kosta]

The opposite of Peter Dinklage is the

[Randall Otis]

acting as the anti Dinklage. And it's just so funny because in the original, you know, they're having these big debates and talks between nations and each other, but he's just some guy. So he'll go up to all these different lords and everyone that sees him is like, why don't you fuck off? She's just a peasant. And so it's funny to see just how people. The lives of. How people at Game of Thrones, how they're affected by the things they do, right? And it's just. Life sucks, right? It's like there'll be a scene where he'll just be like, vomiting because he ate bad bread. Yeah.

[Michael Kosta]

I mean, they must have been sick. A small infection, a cut.

[Randall Otis]

The food he's trying to find. Half the time he's like, I'm just. I really need some food. I'm. I'm really hungry.

[Michael Kosta]

I mean, the shit, like. Yeah, whenever we watch these castle movies, they never really show us, like, where people are shitting.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah. Oh, for one of the first scenes, he has diarrhea. It's great.

[Michael Kosta]

That sounds so good. I can't wait to watch.

[Randall Otis]

It's very. There's also fights. The fights are also fun, too, because, you know, I feel typically when you watch a TV show, like, the hero is, like, skilled and gallant, but he, again, is just a guy, right? So he'll go up against the big bad guy and they'll just start whooping his ass. Cause he's. They're trained and he's not right. And he's just struggling. I just find him hilarious that he's just.

[Michael Kosta]

It's like a real. It's like what a real person.

[Randall Otis]

It's like if you were in Game of Thrones, it was like, oh, oh, this is hard and bad.

[Michael Kosta]

Yeah, this time sucked. I look forward to checking that out. That's the pre cap.

[Randall Otis]

Yeah. So, yes, that is the pre cap again. I'm Randall Otis. Catch. Michael Costa.

[Michael Kosta]

I'm Michael Kosta.

[Randall Otis]

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[Michael Kosta]

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[Randall Otis]

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[Michael Kosta]

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[Randall Otis]

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