The Precap | Michael Kosta on America's Battles with Iran, Canada, and US Open Tennis Influencers

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Michael Kosta (1:01)

You're listening to Comedy Central.

Scott Hercman (1:17)

Hello and welcome to The Precap, a Daily Show podcast where we sit down with this week's host to recap some of the latest news and preview what's coming up next. I'm Scott Hercman, writer at the show, and I'm joined today at home with your host for the week, Michael Kosta.

Michael Kosta (1:34)

I'm Michael Kosta. I mean, we're not even back in the office yet.

Scott Hercman (1:37)

We are not back in the office yet. We are still at home. You are in a sauna, I believe.

Michael Kosta (1:44)

I'm in what they call...

I'm not in the sauna. I'm in the side room. But why am I here, Scott? Because I'm escaping my family for this. This is the greatest one hour of my day right here.

Scott Hercman (1:55)

Yeah, and you can two-time us. You can do the podcast and get a good schvitz in at the same time.

Michael Kosta (2:00)

Yeah, and if I take my shirt off and I put on my sauna hat, don't hold it against me.

Scott Hercman (2:07)

You have a sauna hat? Is that a thing?

Michael Kosta (2:11)

What? That's what the sauna hat door-to-door salesman told me.

Scott Hercman (2:14)

Yeah, is it to impress other people in the sauna?

Michael Kosta (2:18)

Absolutely. Who doesn't love this?

Oh, I'm sure Desi, Josh, Jordan, Ronnie and Jon Stewart did the same bit when they were in their sauna.

Scott Hercman (2:29)

You're the only person I've spoken to while in the said sauna, so I'll get back to you on what Ronnie's doing in the sauna. I imagine sweating a lot.

Michael Kosta (2:37)

Sweating a lot.

Scott Hercman (2:37)

We're just getting off summer break.

Michael Kosta (2:39)

Yes.

Scott Hercman (2:40)

We're one of the few adults that still have summer break. What would you do for your summer break?

Michael Kosta (2:46)

It's true. It is such a privilege problem to be like, I'm antsy. Work gave me the month off.

I have kids. It's a very parenting heavy summer, which I love, but I was able to get away and do some Michael stuff. I did a motorcycle tour. I did a bicycle a couple of days in New Jersey and New York on a bicycle. That was really cool.

Scott Hercman (3:18)

Which did you do first, bicycle or motorcycle?

Michael Kosta (3:21)

I did motorcycle first, a couple of weeks off, and then I did the bicycle. And I will say, I think you should do it the other way.

Scott Hercman (3:29)

I would agree.

Michael Kosta (3:30)

Yeah, I was going so fast on the motorcycle, then on the bicycle, you're like, wow, I'm slow and this sucks. What about you, Scott? What did you do?

Scott Hercman (3:42)

A lot of family stuff also. I saw the Paw Patrol movie. That was a big highlight in my home.

Michael Kosta (3:48)

That's big. That's big.

Scott Hercman (3:50)

I felt like we were out of that phase, and then we saw the movie, and now we're back in that phase.

Michael Kosta (3:54)

Scott doesn't even have kids, you guys.

Scott Hercman (3:56)

Exactly. I'm the one who had to get rid of the toys and get new ones for myself because I had to get back into it. But yeah, a lot of outdoor stuff, swimming, sports.

Michael Kosta (4:09)

How do you stay upbeat and enthusiastic about parenting when you wake up, it's early, it's been five days of parenting in a row? How do you stay up for that?

Scott Hercman (4:21)

I drink at night.