Episode
The Daily Show: April 17, 2025 - Nancy Kwan
Overview
Ronny Chieng covers Elon Musk's mission to have babies over DM, Pete Hegseth's Air Force diversity purge, RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine coded attack on autism, and proof he has never seen "Love on the Spectrum." Michael Kosta & Ronny Chieng go head to head over Rory McIlroy's Masters Tournament takeover, brand-new Barbie Lebron James, Bryce Harper's on-field gender reveal, and Baltimore's oyster rebrand. "There will always be political clashes, that's what makes the world interesting." Hollywood icon Nancy Kwan sits down with Ronny Chieng to discuss her trailblazing career and new book, "The World of Nancy Kwan: A Memoir by Hollywood's Asian Superstar." They talk about an accidental screen test that brought her to Hollywood, a friendship with Bruce Lee that began in Hong Kong, and Kwan offers her perspective on what the West can learn from the East.
Details
- Series
- The Daily Show
- Season
- Season 30
- Episode
- Episode 52
- Air date
- 2025-04-17
- Runtime
- 34 min
Episode context
April 17, 2025 - Nancy Kwan is Episode 52 in Season 30 of The Daily Show. It aired on 2025-04-17. The runtime is 34 min.
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