The Precap | Jordan Klepper on Trump’s Jokes Oozing Cruelty at WHCD & Smithsonian Getting a GOP Trigger Warning

**SPEAKER_1** (0:01)
You're listening to Comedy Central.

**Jordan Klepper** (0:04)
I cannot sing, I cannot dance, I can talk. And my challenge was...

**SPEAKER_3** (0:10)
Instruments?

**Jordan Klepper** (0:10)
I can look at them.

**SPEAKER_3** (0:11)
Yeah.

**Jordan Klepper** (0:11)
Yes. And I can pick out which one is which.

**Jason O. Gilbert** (0:13)
I saw you looking at a guitar once.

**Jordan Klepper** (0:15)
Oh, yes.

**Jason O. Gilbert** (0:15)
Oh, yeah, he's nailing it.

**Jordan Klepper** (0:16)
And if you ask me, is that a guitar or is that a drum set?

**Jason O. Gilbert** (0:19)
Yeah.

**Jordan Klepper** (0:19)
Guitar. Nine out of ten times.

**Jason O. Gilbert** (0:20)
Nine out of ten.

**Jordan Klepper** (0:21)
Very good at that.

**Jason O. Gilbert** (0:24)
Hello, and welcome to the pre-cap A Daily Show podcast, where we sit down with the week's host and recap some of the latest news and look forward to what we might be talking about on the show this week. I'm Jason O. Gilbert. I'm a writer on the show. And I'm joined today by your host for the week, Jordan Klepper. Jordan, welcome.

**Jordan Klepper** (0:43)
Jason, I want to know about the O.

**Jason O. Gilbert** (0:46)
The O? Yeah. It is not, as some people think, an Irish O. People hear Jason O. Gilbert. And they look at my face and still somehow think I might be Irish. But it's not. It's the middle initial O.
And it's Oliver.

**Jordan Klepper** (1:02)
It's just Oliver.

**Jason O. Gilbert** (1:03)
Yeah.

**Jordan Klepper** (1:03)
That's where I would have guessed Oliver.

**Jason O. Gilbert** (1:05)
Really?

**Jordan Klepper** (1:06)
Yeah. Don't you think that's the... If we're doing Family Feud on O's in the middle of a person's name.

**Jason O. Gilbert** (1:11)
I get Oscar a lot.

**Jordan Klepper** (1:13)
I'm still going to go Oliver. Oliver, Oscar, or Orenthal.

**Jason O. Gilbert** (1:17)
Orenthal, yeah. My parents were huge fans of Murder.

**Jordan Klepper** (1:22)
They love Murder. If you're into Murder and the Buffalo Bills, you've got to throw an Orenthal in there.

**Jason O. Gilbert** (1:27)
Which my parents are.
And it's their anniversary coming up. And so I'm going to take them to Buffalo to watch a guy get murdered.

**Jordan Klepper** (1:35)
Happy anniversary. What is that? I think gold is five, silver is 15, and watching a snuff film is 20, right?

**Jason O. Gilbert** (1:44)
Yeah. They're a very loving couple. And I hope to... I think we both hope to replicate that in our marriages.

**Jordan Klepper** (1:50)
Congratulations to the O.Gilberts.

**Jason O. Gilbert** (1:51)
Yes. So you were just in Newport, Rhode Island?

**Jordan Klepper** (1:56)
Yes.
I'm a man of many interests. Some say it's just politics or the liberal arts. But no, it goes beyond that into music. And so I got to spend three days in Newport, Rhode Island at the world famous Newport Folk Festival.

**Jason O. Gilbert** (2:11)
That's lovely.

**Jordan Klepper** (2:12)
Let me tell you, it was incredible. I haven't gone to music festivals in a while. I say that actually. I went to the Wilco Doza Music Festival that I was a part of a month ago, which was fantastic. So two music festivals in a summer.
How's your back? My back is terrible. I have to double down on my hocus. But this midlife crisis is, I'm acing it right now.
I'm able to dance appropriately, sing along to songs. Newport is a beautiful festival, though. So many great artists. I'm constantly reminded how good music is live. Yeah. And they make it hard to get music at Newport. Like, you're so used to streaming music, but you go to Newport, and in order to go to the Newport Folk Festival, you have to get on a boat and take a ride to an old army fort to watch music. And that's how it should be. You got to put in effort there. And quite frankly, I got to be away from news for three days. I had my phone on me, and people would approach me and they'd tell me news stories. I'm like, I will get into it. I will watch the White House Correspondents' Dinner Monday morning, but just give me this. Just give me a little Tom Morello.
Give me some Brandy Carlisle. Just give me some Nathaniel Rateliff and let me zone out.

**Jason O. Gilbert** (3:30)
Yeah, turn off the New York Times notifications.

**Jordan Klepper** (3:33)
I don't need the notifications. And we all know that New York Times notifications have gotten real loosey-goosey with what is news. Suddenly, I'm getting breaking news on recipes that are dropping, and that makes me lose any kind of faith in mainstream news media.