The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart
3.5/5
Critic Rating
On Mondays, Jon Stewart hosts The Daily Show, but on Thursdays, he’s back in your ears with The Weekly Show — a podcast featuring in-depth conversations with a range of special guests—experts, advocates, and thought leaders—discussing the challenges, changes, and ideas that are shaping our world.
Critic Reviews
Score: 2
James Marriot • The Times UK • Jun 20, 2024
"I agree that we live in serious times. I do not accept that means we have to become constantly humourless, put aside childish things and talk about the misallocation of the defence budgets constantly. A funny Stewart podcast would have been great. Unfortunately this isn’t it."
Score: 4
Fiona Sturges • Financial Times • Jun 19, 2024
"The Weekly Show is very much an extracurricular project for its presenter...where The Daily Show is satirical, The Weekly Show is deadly serious...Here the discussion feels more structured...Stewart is knowledgeable, authoritative and endlessly alert to the absurdities of US policy."
Score: 4.5
Hannah Verdier • The Guardian • Jun 13, 2024
"US satirist Jon Stewart unleashes his newsy podcast in time for all the US election shenanigans, starting with an episode on corruption – where, unsurprisingly, Donald Trump’s name comes up…"
