In this episode of "People's Party With Talib Kweli," Kweli sits down with comedian, political commentator, actor, director, and television host :

JON STEWART

Here's what we got into:

• Jon and Talib becoming friends at Dave Chappelle's Yellow Springs festival.
• Coming up in New Jersey, bussing at Trenton's famed City Gardens nightclub.
• The similarities found in the punk and hip hop music of the 80's and 90's.
• His stint as the last performer for many nights at New York's, Comedy Cellar.
• The notable stars who made their names known on 'The Daily Show.'
• How trust should be earned while people are choosing their news.
• Why he chose to leave the Daily show and pass the torch to Trevor Noah.
• Trevor Noah turning down early invitations to join Jon on The Daily Show.
• What Jon learned from Leslie Jones' memorable time as guesthost.
• The path of Jon's personal journey to becoming involved in activism.
• Jon's approach to holding his interviewees accountable for their words.
• His take on the government's stalling of the PACT Act for US veterans.
• The differences of 'The Daily Show' and the new, 'The Problem.'
• Jon's take on the separation of malevolence and ignorance in society.
• His unflinching approach in interviews with people like Tucker Carlson.
• Reflecting on if his time at the Daily Show helped the country progress.
• The move of having an allwhite panel discussing systematic racism.
• Why so many resist the concept of systematic racism in America.
• Jon's powering through an audience who weren't feeling his jokes
• How globalization sometimes resembles modernday colonialism.
• Facing backlash while advocating for the Palestinian people.
• The 2014 film, 'Rosewater' that Jon wrote, directed and produced.
• Jon and his wife's farm sanctuary for abused and neglected animals.

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People's Party is a weekly interview show hosted by Talib Kweli and Jasmin Leigh. Guests range from the biggest names in hiphop to global entertainers to the most progressive minds moving our culture forward. The audio podcast is available on Apple and Spotify.