"Indecision 2024" examines Donald Trump's rants against Joe Biden's and Kamala Harris' peculiarities (and Tic-Tacs) during an "intellectual" speech on economic policy; Troy Iwata insists different product sizes are bad signs of inflation; "The Daily Showography" spotlights JD Vance's transformations from Ohio hillbilly kid into venture capitalist, and from a "never Trumper" into Trump's running mate; Rebecca Traister & Brittney Cooper join Desi to discuss channeling election emotions into action.
Desi Lydic watches the leaked Project 2025 training videos and discovers the secret right-wing plan for transforming government, undoing climate rules, and eliminating all pronouns from the English language. Plus, the people who made them are a little weird and have close ties to Donald Trump, despite his denials. Grace Kuhlenschmidt explores the drawbacks of having a gerontocracy by chatting with UC Irvine neuropolitics researcher Mark Fisher and visits Congressman Maxwell Frost for a younger politician's perspective. Also, actor, writer, producer, and director Mark Duplass talks to Desi about his second Emmy nomination for his role on the Apple TV+ series "The Morning Show."
Desi Lydic tackles Donald Trump's glitchy interview with Elon Musk on X, in which a slurring Trump announced plans to close the Department of Education, played '90s pop culture trivia with Vladimir Putin, and revealed his new celebrity crush. On an Olympics edition of Sports War, Ronny Chieng and Michael Kosta recap the biggest stories from the 2024 Paris Games, including why Australian breaker Raygun is sure to be this year's hottest Halloween costume. Also, three-time gold medalist Gabby Thomas joins Desi to discuss her big wins for Team USA, a moment she spent five years training for.
Returning from COVID ("First-timer, did not care for it"), Jon examines Donald Trump's hard time adjusting to Kamala Harris' rising poll numbers, and posits that Trump's use of the same "boilerplate" critiques on Harris that he previously applied to Joe Biden means that Trump desires to see Biden return to the race;[79] Mark Cuban discusses Silicon Valley's love of Trump, the future of AI, and how transparent drug pricing benefits the healthcare system.