After the Cut 2025 - Part 1
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What embarrassing football bet did Jon Stewart discuss?
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Was there ever a moment of empathy that stuck out with you at one of those rallies?
A moment of empathy that stuck out with me?
Something like time.
No, that is a good question. You know what? This last election cycle, I went to a rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin. And it was terrible weather, and we were talking to people in the morning. And as I was talking to people, there was this guy who dresses in a brick suit suit. It's a bespoke suit that looks like Trump's wall. And he has a handlebar mustache. And he dresses like the wall. And he's one of the first people in line. And Trump often brings him up on stage. So he's a mini celebrity there.
How does Jon Stewart view the labeling of fascists?
And he started hounding us at this rally. And he was live streaming. And he was saying, fuck these guys. Don't talk to these guys. These guys are fake news. And to be fair, he's right. But he sort of trolled us for hours that day. He literally took out a phone and he stuck it into a wall. He's obsessed with walls. to try to capture something. Our crew was on a smoke break, and he wanted to try to capture something to get them in trouble. And it was a long, hellish day of filming, and it was a snowstorm. And so we rushed to the airport, and we got snowed into Green Bay, Wisconsin for the night, because we usually try to leave. And so we stay in Green Bay. And the next day, we all leave on different flights.
What surprising encounter did Ronny Chieng have with Bill Murray?
And I go to the airport alone. And I show up at the airport, and my flight is delayed three and a half hours. And who is there? but Brick Suit Man. And this is the Green Bay Airport, so nobody else is there. And he looks at me and he says, do you want to talk? And obviously I'm like, no, I don't want to talk. This is a nightmare. This is before I'm traveling with four security guards. And Real Talk Security Protocol has changed the story. But I sat down with him. And for the first half hour, we're all sort of feeling each other out. But then once we got past this fear, his fear that I got a camera crew trying to catch him, and my fear that he's trying to have some sort of gotcha moment with me as well. We started talking about shit.
What insights did Jordan Klepper share about MAGA interviews?
I started to learn about him. He started to learn about me. I asked him about things I thought were BS about Donald Trump. He was open and vulnerable about the things and the weaknesses he saw in Donald Trump. There wasn't a middle ground that we found, but there was a softening in those relations. And I'd like to tell you that, like, Brick Suit Guy was crazy. And he's not. He was a smart guy. He was an ideological guy. He was a conservative guy, more libertarian, loved to be a shit poster on the internet. But he wasn't an idiot. We talked for 3 and 1 half hours. And as we walk, we literally get on the plane. We walk. We're talking all the way up to get on the plane.
How did Jon Stewart react to being trolled at a rally?
And I show my ticket to the ticket taker. And she goes, oh, you're in an exit row. And I'm like, oh, and I'm like, she says, do you accept the responsibilities of being the exit row? And I say, yes, I do. And then I turn to Brick Suit Guy and I say, I hope this freaks you out. And then you know what happens? He laughs. And to me, that is the whole thing. Like, he wasn't offended. He didn't take it personally. He found humor in that moment. And I'm like, I find optimism in that. I don't know how to recreate three and a half hours in a Green Bay airport with a nemesis of yours. But I know that there's a softening when you remove the cameras. when you move the fear that this conversation isn't just transaction for a got-you moment, but an actual conversation about the things that you care about and things you're unsure about.
What was the unexpected outcome of the Green Bay airport experience?
I think that kind of vulnerability, that kind of uncertainty is paramount in any kind of situation that you hope to find any kind of humanity or common ground. And so I think that is there. I don't think we live in a media environment that cultivates that situation, but I think we are humans that necessitate it. And so that has not been erased by Donald Trump, uh, but it has been pushed to the sides of the conversation.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What embarrassing football bet did Jon Stewart discuss?
0:01–1:02
2
How does Jon Stewart view the labeling of fascists?
1:02–1:42
3
What surprising encounter did Ronny Chieng have with Bill Murray?
1:42–2:25
4
What insights did Jordan Klepper share about MAGA interviews?
2:25–3:01
5
How did Jon Stewart react to being trolled at a rally?
3:01–3:51
6
What was the unexpected outcome of the Green Bay airport experience?
3:51–5:36
7
What injury did Michael Kosta discuss during the episode?
5:36–6:20
8
What reflections did the hosts share about empathy in political discourse?
6:20–24:25
Speakers
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