“THE PROBLEM WITH JON STEWART” – The Official Podcast
NEW EPISODE – “Mark Cuban, Maria Ressa & Julia Ioffe Join Our 2022 WrapUpFestPalooza”
The latest episode of the Apple Original podcast “The Problem With Jon Stewart” is now live on Apple Podcasts, with a video of the interview on the series’ YouTube channel.
In the year’s final podcast episode, Jon is joined by entrepreneur Mark Cuban, Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa, and whip-smart journalist Julia Ioffe. They break down some of 2022’s biggest moments: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Elon’s Twitter tumult, the coming AI apocalypse, and, of course, the collapse of crypto and Sam Bankman-Fried. Come for the copious amount of Yiddish, stay for a look back at the year that was, the year that wasn’t—and the year that, God willing, will never be.
NEW EPISODE – “Mark Cuban, Maria Ressa & Julia Ioffe Join Our 2022 WrapUpFestPalooza” – Listen to the full episode HERE–
FULL VIDEO – “Mark Cuban, Maria Ressa & Julia Ioffe Talk 2022’s Insanity”
YouTube Link:https://www.youtube.com/
Hosted by: Jon Stewart
Featuring, in order of appearance: Mark Cuban, Maria Ressa, Julia Ioffe
Select quotes from the interview:
“It’s Elon’s company, Elon gets to do what Elon wants to do. He paid the price for admission – win, lose, or draw, we’ll find out…. It’s Rupert Murdoch on a different platform. It’s always been this way…. Walter Cronkite decided what went on his show. Rupert Murdoch has been for corporate advocacy since Rupert Murdoch was born…. We saw this all before with Facebook and Mark Zuckerburg. This is not new.” — Mark Cuban on Elon Musk’s running of Twitter
“I think it’s interesting that these self-declared free-speech absolutists are absolute about protecting their own speech, y’know, it’s free speech for them, but for really nobody else, especially if it’s speech criticizing them. Then that’s really out of bounds.” — Julia Ioffe on Elon defenders’ real stance on free speech
“The next battle isn’t so much about control of Twitter. It’s who controls AI models and the information that goes in them… We’re just in the first inning of what’s going to happen with AI interactive models. My 13-year-old is already scheming how to write his papers [using AI].” — Mark Cuban on the oncoming threat of AI
“It’s like there’s an atom bomb that exploded in the information ecosystem and we have to do what happened when the atom bomb exploded. What did they do? The world came together in a completely different way. They created the United Nations, they created NATO, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights…. Why is this, that manipulates our emotions and our minds, not governed the same way that genetic technology, CRISPR technology is governed?” — Maria Ressa on how we can regulate the global information ecosystem
“When I look at the intricate workings of Wall Street, it doesn’t look that much different from the shit that Sam Bankman-Fried pulled. The legalized corruption that we have in this country looks very similar to…the stuff that I see at the heart of congressional stock trades and conflicts of interest on Wall Street and payment for order flows and all that other shit that goes on there.” — Jon Stewart
It’s not different. I mean, money buys power, period, end of story.” — Mark Cuban
About “The Problem With Jon Stewart” Series
Acclaimed host, writer, producer, director and advocate Jon Stewart, recipient of the 2022 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, leads with compassion and humor as he takes a deep dive into some of the most important issues of our time. Using comedy and common sense, the series features tough, topical and culture-moving conversations from the perspectives of stakeholders, experts, and individuals confronting these issues. The companion series podcast will expand upon the conversation from each episode, featuring staff members from across the show who will have conversations with activists in the space, share facts on the issue, and of course, bring plenty of jokes.
“The Problem With Jon Stewart” is now available globally on Apple TV+ with a subscription, with new episodes every week. The series’ official podcast is available on Apple Podcasts at https://apple.co/jon-stewart-
