The Daily Show · Season 31 · Episode 81
June 24, 2026 - Jay Pharoah
Wednesday, June 24 · 36 min · ★ 3.2 on TMDB
Josh Johnson dives into World Cup visitors’ ranch-dressing fixation, Zohran Mamdani’s new “kingmaker” glow after his endorsements swept the NY primaries, and Trump turning a congratulatory tweet to Mamdani into a victory lap for MAGA rapper Anthony Constantino and indicted fraudster Ken Paxton. In an age of oligarchs squeezing workers, billionaire John Paulson once posed as an enemy of offshoring—but his Conn Selmer brass plant now appears headed for China. Troy Iwata talks with union leader and employee Robert Hines about fighting the sad trombone of unemployment. Plus, comedian, rapper, and actor Jay Pharoah joins Josh to discuss his album “The Odyssey,” hosting “The Quiz with Balls,” and impersonating Trump, Obama, Clinton, Patrick Mahomes, and even Josh himself.
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