In a world where the news can feel like a slow-motion car crash, Desi Lydic has made it her mission to help us laugh through the wreckage. As a senior correspondent on The Daily Show since 2015, Lydic has seen it all—Trump tweets, Bidenisms, and now, a full-circle return to working under Jon Stewart. Whether she’s skewering cable news tropes in her Emmy-nominated segment Foxsplains or helming the desk herself, Lydic blends razor-sharp wit with a journalist’s instinct for truth-telling, making her one of the most essential—and entertaining—voices in political satire.
In this conversation with Award Buzz’s Sari Cohen, Lydic opens up about what it’s like to craft comedy in a high-stakes media climate, the moments that matter most from her time with both Trevor Noah and Jon Stewart, and the joy (and absurdity) of making misinformation hilarious.
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From where she keeps her Emmy to what she’d sneak into a group chat with Donald Trump, Lydic proves that the key to surviving the next four years just might be a sharp punchline—and a healthy dose of perspective.
