The Daily Show: Ears Edition
2025 Year End Precap Hostravaganza | Jordan Klepper, Ronny Chieng, Desi Lydic, Josh Johnson and Michael Kosta
15 Dec 2025
Chapter 1: What are the highlights of the weirdest news moments from 2025?
Hello, Daily Show fans. It's the end of the year, and what a normal year it has been. To wrap up 2025, we thought we'd get all of the hosts of The Daily Show, cram them into the smallest room in the building, and force them to talk to each other. I am one of those hosts. You're already laughing, Ronnie. I love it. I'm one of them. I'm Jordan Klepper.
Let me pass it to Ronnie Chang so everybody can introduce themselves in case we all haven't taken the time to learn each other's names. Oh, I'm Ronnie Chang.
Desi Lydic.
Josh Johnson. Hi, I'm Michael Kosta.
Good to meet you guys. I'm really happy to finally meet some of the other hosts.
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Chapter 2: Which characters grabbed the spotlight this year?
It is nice to be together because we are almost never.
That's true.
Not all of us, you know, usually maybe four out of five or like a good three. Yeah. Yeah.
Much less in a sweat lodge.
Yeah, yeah.
But you know that everyone thinks we're always hanging out all the time. Do you guys get that? Yeah. People always ask me, like, what's it like hanging out with everybody all the time? And I say, I don't... We hardly know each other. We don't barely know each other.
No, I think we actually hang out more than... We don't hang out as much as the public things, but we hang out more than would be normal.
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Chapter 3: What were the favorite bits from the Daily Show hosts?
Most co-workers? Yes, correct.
That's true. The Daily Show never truly ends. Knock wood.
Careful what you say.
I haven't read the news recently.
You hear that, advertisers? It never ends. It never ends. Write that down.
So we're always sort of... On to tomorrow's show and working on it, right? So there's very few like, hey, let's celebrate the past week's worth of shows. You're always just sort of like, cool, you're working on next week's show?
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Chapter 4: What predictions do the hosts have for 2026?
So it's always like a sexy baton toss. Yes. Very sexy. But I feel like I've seen all you guys every day. I feel like I see you guys every day, but to Josh's point, it's never all five at the same time. I'll see three of you, I'll see two of you, so I never feel like I don't see you guys.
Even when I am not with you all, you're all brought up, you know? We're always in your hearts. At the meet and greets after my shows, they always tell me to tell you that you're brave.
Me in particular?
No, 100%. Yeah. They're like, oh, George, how does he do it? And I was like, oh, I don't know. I'm not there when he does it.
Chapter 5: How did the hosts reflect on their experiences throughout the year?
But, yeah, he does it. And they're like, yeah, he just goes. I would be so scared. He just talks to people and everything. It's very sweet, you know?
That always comes from a very sweet spot, but you realize how terrified people are of talking to other people.
Yeah.
You're so brave for talking to other people. Yeah. That really speaks to the moment that we are in.
Also, you do have seven security guards following you at all times.
They're scary too.
They're also scary. Yeah. It does actually bring me comfort to know that I'm not the only one that people are asking me about my castmates.
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Chapter 6: What were the most memorable news stories of 2025?
Yeah, no, usually I get mad and say, why are you asking about them? Ask about me. But really, I should be happy that you're also being asked about me.
Yes.
Hopefully.
Yes, we're constantly.
I don't talk to my fans. I don't know what the hell. I don't know what that means. I try to avoid them. Yeah. Well, I try to avoid your fans too.
They're intense, Ronnie. No, they will specifically tell me, especially if I get stopped, they'll be like, man, you know, Daily Show's so good. Desi's great.
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Chapter 7: What are the major themes emerging for 2026?
And I'm like, yeah, she is. And then they'll be done. They'll be done talking to you.
They'll be like, oh, okay. I will have you know I got that this weekend. Really? About you, specifically. Oh, that's nice.
So, yes. It's annoying. We need to exchange fans. Yeah, let's swap. I've had that happen every time I go out about and do a talk where you quickly realize within five or ten seconds that you are not their favorite person. What I will do, it's curious, even on an Instagram scale, I'll notice somebody who's maybe a check mark or pops up with so-and-so like the thing that you did.
Or they will be like, I'll have met them off
Chapter 8: What closing thoughts do the hosts share about the upcoming year?
screen a mildly famous person who you might meet who talks about how much of a fan they are and then you go on to like Instagram and what is always heartbreaking is that I will go to see who they follow and realize they don't follow me and they follow like two or three of you.
I love that you're admitting that you do. This is the kind of deep dive research you're doing on your off time.
You, yeah. You'd be like, oh really, you're that big a fan, John Legend? Well, it seems like you're a real big fan of Josh and Desi are not enough to follow here. Wow, wow. It's lovely to be a part of a team, but you realize you're ranked in that team with every single person that you meet.
Can you imagine how Tony Kukoc felt? That's a reference I can't, I did not follow.
You know what I mean?
Or Scottie Pippen even, you know, like, dude, what's it like playing with Jordan? They must've adds that all the time. It's like, yo, I got seven rings. It must've been annoying as hell.
Especially knowing how much you played the last game. Oh my God. I hit the game winning shot. You made a clutch shot. And now they're like, what was it like when Jordan passed you?
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