Episode
The Daily Show: January 29, 2025 - Rachel Mason
Overview
Michael Kosta tackles RFK Jr.'s confirmation hearing for health secretary, including protests from his family and medical professionals, his questionable stances on vaccines and AIDS, and Bernie Sanders's onesie interrogation. Plus, the polio virus (Troy Iwata) shares his excitement about returning to work. Now that Trump-aligned billionaires run various social media platforms, Grace Kuhlenschmidt asks New Yorkers if they will finally delete their apps. Filmmaker Rachel Mason sits down with Michael Kosta to discuss her new Max docuseries, "An Update on Our Family." She explains what attracted her to the story of the Stauffer family, popular YouTube vloggers who shared their overseas adoption online, the ethics of profiting off your children via content, and how she navigates oversharing on her own social media accounts.
Details
- Series
- The Daily Show
- Season
- Season 30
- Episode
- Episode 15
- Air date
- 2025-01-29
- Runtime
- 33 min
Episode context
January 29, 2025 - Rachel Mason is Episode 15 in Season 30 of The Daily Show. It aired on 2025-01-29. The runtime is 33 min.
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