The Daily Show Lonnie Thompson (Season 30, Episode 142)
TV Episode | Comedy, News, Talk-Show

The Daily Show

Lonnie Thompson (Season 30, Episode 142)

TV Episode | Comedy, News, Talk-Show

Michael Kosta examines US-Venezuela tensions over an oil tanker seizure and DHS's TikTok response. He covers the Calibri font ban drama. Lonnie Thompson discusses his tropical glacier ice core research featured in "Canary".

Creators

Madeleine Smithberg (created by) | Lizz Winstead (created by)

Head Writer

Dan Amira

Directors

Sebastian DiNatale (segment director) | David Paul Meyer

Writers

Lauren Sarver Means (senior writer) | Daniel Radosh (senior writer) | David Angelo (writer) | Lily Blumkin (writer) & 17 more

Producers

Dan Amira (producer) | Jocelyn Conn (producer) | Sebastian DiNatale (producer) | Jeff Gussow (producer) & 6 more

Editors

Storm Choi | Thomas Favilla | Lauren Beckett Jackson | Nikolai Johnson & 2 more

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Edit Released

Updated Dec 11, 2025

Release date

Dec 11, 2025 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 30 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 64 wins & 261 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
5 cast members

Name	Known for
Michael Kosta Self - Host, ReindeerTurd3 (voice) Self - Host, ReindeerTurd3 (voice) See fewer	Pain Hustlers (2023)
Ronny Chieng Self - Correspondent Self - Correspondent See fewer	M3GAN (2022)
Nikki DeLoach XmasMomDefiant's Friend XmasMomDefiant's Friend See fewer	Love & Other Drugs (2010)
Desi Lydic XmasMomDefiant XmasMomDefiant See fewer	The Daily Show (1996)
Lonnie Thompson Self Self See fewer	The Last Ascent: Will Gadd's return to Kilimanjaro (2020)