Show Notes
This week on The Message, Ebro is joined by Jon Stewart to walk through his playlist of anti-establishment tracks that have kept him motivated through his days as a New Jersey bartender, his stint as an MTV talk show host, his legendary run on The Daily Show, and all the way up to now as a podcaster and host of The Problem with Jon Stewart on Apple TV+. As they look back on this journey, Jon opens up about his Message, and how it led him back to TV after his retirement from The Daily Show in 2015. They also touch on social media and so-called "cancel culture," his activism on Capitol Hill, and the recent wave of anti-semitism from celebrities like Kanye West and Kyrie Irving. Make sure to subscribe to The Message to get updated when new episodes drop, and listen to Jon Stewart's Message playlist on Apple Music.
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