What Now? with Trevor Noah

This week on the podcast… Amazon’s Wizard of Oz moment. Plus, Trevor invents a new dating app, why Josh has the perfect name for big corporations, and Christiana announces she’s raising the first Nigerian president of the United States. But the big idea Trevor, Christiana, and Josh get into: masculinity, violence, and why young people, especially young men, are harming others out of a genuine sense of alienation. And Josh makes a case for compassion (let the record stand, he’s no incel!)...

Trevor sits down in the studio with actor, adventurer, and producer Orlando Bloom. Orlando takes Trevor behind the scenes of his thrill-seeking new documentary series, To the Edge, and does his best to convince Trevor to go skydiving with him...

Could push-ups cure a gambling addiction? Why will the sun always be the greatest scapegoat? And should we really be taking our political cues from celebrities? With Trevor back from a week in Bhutan (where he just may have found inner peace), this week Christiana Mbakwe Medina and Josh Johnson join the podcast to become expert geologists and talk about ROCKS — the rocks on the ground, in space, and the one who goes by Dwayne Johnson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices...

To celebrate the season’s halfway mark, Trevor and his friends Josh Johnson and Christiana Mbakwe Medina share some never-before-heard moments from Trevor’s favorite episodes and revisit some of the show’s most fun “thought experiments” to date. And they all still swear they’re not conspiracy theorists, but you be the judge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trevor is joined by Josh Johnson and actor, writer, and host of the Soulboom podcast Rainn Wilson to talk all things modern spirituality, the suspicious similarities between cults and video games, and what to do when somebody starts describing their star chart at a party. Trevor also explains why his favorite Bible story proves that Jesus loved to party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What do IKEA executives and eight-year-olds have in common, and why do we care so much about Kate Middleton? Trevor dives in with Christiana Mbakwe Medina and Oscar-winning writer & comedian Travon Free. They all swear they’re not conspiracy theorists, but they wonder: Is MI5 behind Christiana’s sore throat? And, could an airline commit the perfect crime? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trevor and his friends Christiana Mbawke and Josh Johnson discuss why Congress is REALLY trying to ban TikTok, how Boeing’s troubles have been a boon for religion, and how the perception of public safety is the enemy of actual public safety. They also reveal the one thing Trump and Biden publicly agree on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trevor catches up with Josh Johnson and Christiana Mbakwe Medina to hash out some of the biggest news stories of the week. They debate whether Margot Robbie deserves an acting Oscar for playing Barbie, if Bitcoin will always just be a scam, and what the new emerging sexual assault allegations against Diddy say about masculinity in hip-hop. And, Christiana won’t let one question go—is Trevor a CIA operative? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trevor sits down in Abu Dhabi with actor, director and DJ, Idris Elba. The two of them swap stories about taking the plunge and moving to America for work and Elba shares the secret he was told not to reveal when auditioning for The Wire. They also discuss why Africa may be the future of entertainment, the art of the accent, and debate who can best pull off a Nelson Mandela impression. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

To reflect on the moment of turning 40, Trevor sits down in South Africa with two of his closest friends, Anele Mdoda and Sizwe Dhlomo. They debate whether birthdays even matter, whether it’s possible to reinvent yourself, and whether Trevor’s age influenced him leaving The Daily Show. The three friends also dissect two of the biggest stories of reinvention happening in the news this week, Rachel Dolezal’s recent foray into OnlyFans and OpenAI’s Sora launch. Learn more about your ad choices...