Votegasm 2020: The Awkward Days After
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
Season 26 E 23 • 11/05/2020

President Trump tries to use the courts to affect the final vote tally in several crucial states, Dulce Sloan weighs in, and Desi Lydic channels the paranoid Fox News fever swamp.
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Votegasm 2020: The Awkward Days After
The Daily Show with Trevor NoahS26 E23

President Trump tries to use the courts to affect the final vote tally in several crucial states, Dulce Sloan weighs in, and Desi Lydic channels the paranoid Fox News fever swamp.
11/05/2020
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Canadian Truckers Protest COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
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Wild Football Weekend & Russia and Ukraine Close to War
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Internet Influencers Are Hired to Encourage Vaccination
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Desi Lydic examines a social media campaign from health officials that enlists influencers to use their online clout to convince people to get vaccinated for COVID-19.
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A School Board Christmas
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If You Don’t Know, Now You Know - U.S. Housing Demand Soars
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House prices for prospective buyers in America surge to a record high due to the machinations of Wall Street and demand from Baby Boomers, and Desi Lydic finds a creative workaround.
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A Look Back at 2021 - Celebrity Power Couples
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Desi Lydic gives a roundup of the year's celebrity power couples, highlighting Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez's rekindled romance and Senate sweethearts Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema.
12/02/2021
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Crypto.com Arena & Swiftie Sends John Mayer Death Threat
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The Staples Center in Los Angeles will be renamed the Crypto.com Arena, and Taylor Swift fans viciously attack singer-songwriter John Mayer on social media.
11/17/2021
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Getting Back to Normal-ish - Gas Prices Soar in the U.S.
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Americans struggle with rising gas prices, and Trevor explains how the problem can be traced to the early days of the pandemic and its severe impact on the oil and gas industry worldwide.
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Histhery with Desi Lydic - Woman Veterans
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In honor of Veterans Day, Desi Lydic highlights America's unsung woman soldiers throughout history, including Deborah Sampson, Malinda Blalock, Opha May Johnson and Charity Adams Earley.
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Firebrand attorneys Roy Wood Jr. and Desi Lydic face off in court about major legal matters of the day, with the honorable judge Trevor Noah presiding.
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Embed with Desi - Swifties and the Virginia Governor Race
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Desi Lydic covers Virginia's governor race between Terry McAuliffe and Glenn Youngkin with the help of elections analyst Geoffrey Skelley and Taylor Swift fans who may sway the election.
11/02/2021
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Democrats Scale Back Biden Plan & Gender-Neutral Passports
The Daily Show with Trevor NoahS27 E19

Democrats pass a watered-down version of an ambitious infrastructure bill pushed by President Biden, the U.S. issues gender-neutral passports, and a man lives in an airport for three months.
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SB 8 and the Future of Abortion Rights in Texas
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Desi Lydic investigates Texas's restrictive SB 8 law, which effectively bans abortion rights in the state, by interviewing Center for Reproductive Rights CEO Nancy Northup and others.
10/27/2021
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Mixing and Matching Booster Shots & Kanye West Becomes Ye
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Research suggests positive benefits from mixing and matching COVID-19 vaccines, Hooters waitresses protest the company's new extra-skimpy shorts, and Kanye West changes his name to Ye.
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Burned-Out Nurses Reach Their Breaking Point
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A growing number of nurses in the U.S. have become overwhelmed and fed-up by the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, leading to staffing shortages in intensive care units.
09/20/2021
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Histhery with Desi Lydic - Men vs. Women Bearing Children
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Desi Lydic chronicles Western medicine's history of mishandling the childbirth process, and the squeamish and unsympathetic male doctors who've put women at risk.
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Roy Wood Jr. kicks off a round of super-edgy takes on the Olympics with fel-low correspondents Dulcé Sloan, Michael Kosta and Desi Lydic.
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Desi Lydic Interviews an Ex-QAnon Follower
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Desi Lydic talks to Lenka Perron, a former online conspiracy theorist, who describes how she inadvertently got sucked into the QAnon community, thanks in part to the power of social media.
07/27/2021
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An Important Message for Vaccine-Hesitant Americans
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Desi Lydic reassures conspiracy-addled Americans that the coronavirus vaccine isn't part of a government plot to inject microchips into the arms of unsuspecting citizens.
07/20/2021
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Femtech: The Rise of Period Tracking Apps
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Desi Lydic chats with Dr. Lynae Brayboy and Clue app co-founder Ida Tin about the menstrual health benefits and privacy risks posed by the rapidly growing femtech app industry.
07/19/2021
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A Humble Apology Regarding New York City's Mayoral Election
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New York City Board of Elections chairman Desi Lydic issues a mea culpa for the confusion caused by 135,000 test ballots erroneously added to the vote tally in the city's mayoral election.
06/30/2021
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Birthdays That Matter - This Week in Celebrity Birthdays
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Desi Lydic gives birthday shout-outs to legendary celebrities, including Meryl Streep, Cyndi Lauper, Nicole Kidman and Chris Pratt, while sharing her own personal connections to the stars.
06/25/2021
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How to Unquarantinify - Making Small Talk
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As the isolation of lockdown life comes to an end, Michael Kosta provides a helpful refresher course on the fine art of small talk, with demonstrations by Roy Wood Jr. and Desi Lydic.
06/21/2021
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Return to Normal-ish - Post-Lockdown Violence in the U.S.
The Daily Show with Trevor NoahS26 E104

As millions of Americans emerge from a year under pandemic lockdown, sports fans behave extra-badly, retail workers face violent customers, and airline passengers get into fights on planes.
06/10/2021
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Andrew Cuomo's $5 Million Book Deal
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo draws backlash over revelations he'll earn over $5 million from his book touting his pandemic management, and Desi Lydic helms a sexual harassment training video.
05/19/2021
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Celebrating Mother's Day
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Stressed-out mom Desi Lydic reveals what she wants for Mother's Day after a grueling year of parenting while under quarantine.
05/06/2021
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Desi Lydic Fox-Splains the Notion of Racism in America
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Fox News-addled Desi Lydic rails against the idea that racism is prevalent in the U.S. and frets about America's schoolchildren getting exposed to critical race theory.
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Desi Lydic Fox-Splains Georgia's Restrictive Voting Law
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Desi Lydic launches into a Fox News-worthy defense of Georgia's controversial law that severely restricts voting access, and she has harsh words for the corporations speaking out against it.
04/08/2021
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The Coronavirus Causes a Recession for Women
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Desi Lydic talks to economist Olga Shurchkov and infectious disease researcher Dharushana Muthulingam about how the pandemic is hurting working women due to childcare disruptions.
04/05/2021
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Histhery with Desi Lydic - Female Orgasms in Film
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Desi Lydic explores the complicated history of women having orgasms on-screen, from Hedy Lamarr's groundbreaking scene in the 1933 film "Ecstasy" to the 2020 series "Bridgerton."
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Ms. Desi's Math for Real Life
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Desi Lydic teaches math that students will actually use in the real world by explaining the grueling process of becoming a homeowner.
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A Ray of Sunshine - Extremely Regrettable Tattoos
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Trevor examines the problems facing America's outdated electrical grid, including its unique inefficiency and its vulnerability to climate change, cyberattacks and squirrels.
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The Daily Showography of Tucker Carlson
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The Daily Show dives into the career of Tucker Carlson, tracing his failure-strewn path across the cable news landscape to his embrace of misogyny and white supremacy as a Fox News star.
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The Daily Show Correspondents Reflect on Lockdown Life
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02/15/2021
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LeBron James Feuds with "Courtside Karen"
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LeBron James faces off with an unhinged heckler during an NBA game, and Desi Lydic introduces the Karentervention Virtual Rehab Clinic, where "Karens" can get the treatment they sorely need.
02/03/2021
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Redditors Fuel a Silver Frenzy
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In the wake of the Reddit-driven GameStop stock surge, Redditors drive up the price of silver as a protest against big banks, and Desi Lydic pitches an exciting investment opportunity.
02/01/2021
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Republicans Balk at Biden's Call for Unity
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In the wake of President Biden's call for unity on Inauguration Day, out-of-power Republicans embrace a definition of bipartisanship that basically amounts to supporting the GOP agenda.
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Trump's Bitter Divorce from Fox News
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Trevor looks back on how Donald Trump's once-friendly relationship with Fox News went sour and presents a courtroom divorce drama inspired by their doomed love affair.
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