The Precap | Desi Lydic on White House Construction Grift and Business Casual Rebels
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Kat, do you like that I've been holding these cards the whole time and I not once looked at them? Yeah. Not even one time. This is how professional I am.
Hello and welcome to The Precap, where we sit down with this week's Daily Show host to preview what's coming up and recap some of the news that we might have missed. I'm Kat Radley. I'm a writer here at the show, and I'm joined today by the one and only and beautiful Desi Lydic, everybody.
Oh, stop.
Get out of here.
It's true. You're gorgeous. You're looking like a smoke show over here. I haven't showered in days. Oh, well, I was going to say something. I'm picking up on a little whiff over here. But I look good, and that's all that matters.
But you look good, and that's what matters.
Yeah.
You know, there's a lot of stuff going on in the news, and we only have one show. Desi only gets three half-hour slots, and it's just not enough.
Sometimes it's not enough, and some might say it's too much all at the same time.
Too much. Depending on who's hosting, it can be too much.
It could be too much. Yeah, quick emotional check-in. How are you feeling, Kat?
A little bloated.
Yeah, same.
A little gassy. Sure. And just a little buzz of anxiety always below the surface.
Just beneath. I don't know about you, but I'm bringing a real woman on the verge energy pretty much every day. Yeah, yeah.
But other than that?
Other than that, it's great. Everything's great. Happy to be here with you. Thanks for the check-in.
That was nice. Yeah, you're welcome. No one asks me how I'm doing. One of the biggest stories that thankfully isn't even an American story, it's like a global story, was the jewel heist at the Louvre in Paris. And it's something that we didn't get to get to on this past week's show, and I don't think we'll get to it next week. No, probably not.
It's such a good story. This is such a good story. It's such a feel-good story. Who doesn't love a good jewelry heist?
There's a whole franchise of beloved movies about this, and you're rooting for the thieves.
You kind of are. Who do you think pulled this off? Could this be a Thelma and Louise situation?
I think it could be women because people underestimate us, and people are so super horny, and we can just kind of... find our way into situations. Of course. So very well could be. Or maybe they had like a woman on the inside to like distract guards or... It does feel like... I'm not giving them as much credit as sophisticated as it probably was. Like, yo, broad, go show your tits and we're going to take these jewels. They were hot.
And there's one thing we know. There's a couple of hot ladies. This is so impressive. It took them seven minutes to pull this off in broad daylight. It takes me longer than seven minutes to walk into my kitchen and grab a snack. I walk in and I'm like, what did I come in here for? And then I diddle around for a while. Like seven minutes to pull off this whole thing top to bottom. And I guess they came in with like full they dressed like they were workers.
Yeah. They pose as like construction workers and just like pulled up like we're here to do construction job. Came with real equipment.
Yeah.
And I, it just, it proves the fact that you throw a hard hat on and you can get away with anything. Yeah.
Hard hats can get you far in life. Yeah. I mean, not in America, like, as a real job, but... Get away with a lot of shit. For schemes and scams, they're great. Really great. And, you know, the jewels will probably pay back the rental of the construction equipment. There you go. So they're not going to lose any money on this. That's right. Because I think they were worth, like... What was it? $200 million, $100 million, or $200 million. Oh, is that all? Something, maybe $102 million, something like that.
Kat, we are in the wrong game. We got to get in on this heist game.
I was thinking, I bought, so these earrings I'm wearing right now. Did you get them from the Louvre? I got them from the Louvre.
From the Louvre.
I actually got them at LaGuardia Airport.
What?
Oh, actually, it was when we were like flying to do the conventions when we were going to Chicago last year for the convention.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–4:14
2
What global jewelry heist at the Louvre are Desi and Kat joking about?
4:14–13:57
3
Why did Trump demand $230 million from the Justice Department and what does it mean?
13:57–18:57
4
How is Trump’s East Wing demolition being criticized as a personal vanity project?
18:57–20:25
5
How are New Yorkers resisting ICE — what’s the viral polka-dot protest moment?
20:25–29:55
6
What happened when Elizabeth Warren made a public slip — did she really say the C-word?
29:55–35:42
Speakers
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