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TDS Time Machine | New Year's Resolutions Dec 31, 2025

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Instead of making unrealistic promises to yourself this year, let The Daily Show do it for you. Take a listen back to American Resolutions: A Series of Human Interest Stories Used to Emotionally Manipulate You.

Jon Stewart introduces Rob Cordry, who resolves to have a threesome. Nate Cordry steps up to show them, show them all... Ed Helms vows to improve himself, starting with a new job. Jason Jones takes the viewer on a journey into underwhelming fatherhood. Finally, Stephen Colbert offers up his own resolutions, for Jon to work on.

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TDS Time Machine | Late Night Hosts Dec 29, 2025

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Get your late night fix with these interviews with after hours comedy luminaries.

Former correspondent and current host of Last Week Tonight, John Oliver stops by TDS to chat with Ronny Chieng. Jimmy Kimmel joins Jon Stewart before his late night hosting debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Conan O'Brien talks to Jon about a recent visit to Cuba. Jimmy Fallon sits down to talk hosting The Tonight Show and his new collection of thank you notes. The Late Show host Stephen Colbert stands with Jon as Conan challenges them to hand-to-hand combat.

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TDS Time Machine | Winter Dec 26, 2025

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Take a snow day with The Daily Show as we look back at coverage of the worst of winter over the years.

Jon Stewart reports on unexpected snow while Stephen Colbert freezes to death. Stacey Grenrock-Woods witnesses the majesty of Yellowstone's natural snowmobiles. Ed Helms gets seasonally depressed. Aasif Mandvi gets lost in the storm. Sam Bee and Jessica Williams miss the snow altogether. And Trevor Noah can't relate.

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TDS Time Machine | War on Christmas Dec 24, 2025

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It's America's last remaining forever war: The War on Christmas. Take a listen back through the years, as Jon Stewart and the Daily Show team recount the harrowing battles.

Jason Jones reports from the trenches of the mall. John Oliver embeds near the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree. Classic Christmas TV specials weigh in, looking a little different this year. Jon officially declares war on Christmas, after which Fox News informs him he's going to hell. A bit of friendly fire sends Fox News running for cover. Jon is visited by a series of ghosts to teach him a lesson about Christmas. Sarah Palin and Bill O'Reilly join the fight in World War C. After a Festivus detour, Jessica Williams joins to set the record straight on Black Santa. Finally, Jordan Klepper and Desi Lydic take to the streets to find out what the public has to say about the neverending War on Christmas.

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TDS Time Machine | Happy Hanukkah Dec 22, 2025

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Crack open The Daily Show's looks at Hanukkah over the years. Stephen Colbert tackles the commercialization of the holidays. John Stewart analyzes the Bush era Hanukkah celebration as part of Operation Enduring C(h)overage. Lewis Black expresses his frustrations with Hallmark’s Hanukkah movies, Amazon’s Auschwitz-themed Christmas ornaments and the businessman who bought Hitler’s hat, and Jon rates the efforts of Republican presidential hopefuls pandering at that other holiday gathering, the Republican Jewish Forum.

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After the Cut 2025 - Part 2 Dec 19, 2025

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Take a peek behind the desk The Daily Show's hosts as they go unscripted to answer audience questions in part two of the best of 2025's After the Cuts. Jon Stewart introduces the show's viral lighting director / Pedro Pascal lookalike, tells a story about spending time with this inspiration George Carlin, how he interacts with faith, and his newfound passion for drumming. Josh Johnson talks about getting recognized in the wrong ways, and Jordan Klepper thinks is okay that we're not going to be okay.

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After the Cut 2025 - Part 1 Dec 17, 2025

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Take a peek behind the desk with The Daily Show's hosts as they go unscripted to answer audience questions. Jon Stewart reveals the embarrassing outcome of a football bet, talks about the annoyance of specificity when it comes to labeling fascists, and gives Michael Kosta a hard time about being injured, before injuring himself live on air. Jordan Klepper opens up about the real people behind his MAGA interviews, and Ronny Chieng gets a surprise visit from Bill Murray.

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2025 Year End Precap Hostravaganza | Jordan Klepper, Ronny Chieng, Desi Lydic, Josh Johnson and Michael Kosta Dec 15, 2025

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Join the Daily Show co-hosts as they take a look back at the biggest stories from the Very Normal Year that was 2025. Jordan Klepper, Ronny Chieng, Desi Lydic, Josh Johnson and Michael Kosta get together to highlight the weirdest news moments of the year, the characters that grabbed the spotlight, and their favorite bits from their Daily Show co-hosts. They also lay down their predictions for 2026, assuming we still make it that far.

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Trump Goes “Captain Phillips” on Venezuelan Tanker & MAGA Purges "Woke" Fonts | Lonnie Thompson Dec 12, 2025

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The U.S.-Venezuela conflict escalates as the Department of Homeland Security TikTok-ifies the seizing of an oil tanker, and Trump can't resist taking credit for the “Captain Phillips” moment. Plus, the State Department bans the font Calibri for being “too woke,” and Michael Kosta unpacks the new beef between conservatives and the font's creator.

This Christmas, gather round from all sides of the political spectrum for the holiday rom-com “Oh, Trolly Night!” Watch online enemies and unlikely lovers come together to find out the answer to the question: Can love Trump hate?

Paleoclimatologist at The Ohio State University Lonnie Thompson sits down with Michael to discuss his groundbreaking work collecting ice cores in tropical glaciers – the subject of the film “Canary,” which is available to stream for free on YouTube over the holidays. They talk about how ice can be used to study climate history and understand where we’re at today, the importance of following your dreams, and how his work drilling in 16 countries leaves him feeling optimistic about climate change solutions.

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Fox News Clarifies Trump Loves “Miners” & Female Reporters Are on Trump’s S**t List | Annie Leibovitz Dec 11, 2025

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Desi Lydic catches a Fox News closed caption writer's "minor" Freudian slip during Trump's economic rally, an event that focused less on affordability and more on Joe Biden. Plus, Michael Kosta explains why the president has been lashing out at female reporters so much lately: he's going through man-o-pause.

TikTok’s biggest trends in 2025 had "6-7" becoming the word of the year, high school seniors cosplaying assassins, people damaging property Kool-Aid Man-style, and Lewis Black wondering what the f**k is wrong with our society.

Legendary photographer Annie Leibovitz joins Desi Lydic to discuss her powerful new collection of career-spanning work titled "Women." They talk about breaking stereotypes of pregnant women with Demi Moore’s Vanity Fair cover, capturing Michelle Obama as she found her laid back self after eight years as first lady, her favorite unsmiling image of her mom where the camera "disappears," and Gloria Steinem’s message in the book about women “not going backward.”

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