Bruce Springsteen or Kid Rock? (with Aasif Mandvi)

Bruce Springsteen or Kid Rock? (with Aasif Mandvi)

From Choice Words with Samantha Bee by Lemonada Media

April 9, 2026 · 57 min · Season 3 · Episode 35

About this episode

Aasif Mandvi joins Samantha Bee to discuss theater, AI in acting, and their experiences at The Daily Show.

Aasif Mandvi joins Sam for a major Daily Show catch up, and to talk about juggling his return to Broadway in Fallen Angels with his new TV show The Miniature Wife. They bond over the perfection of theater shows with no intermissions, but disagree about when they first met each other. They talk about meeting Bruce Springsteen at The Daily Show, how Kid Rock used to be a huge fan, and what it would be like if Aasif was still the Senior Middle East Correspondent. They share their concern that AI actors are going to replace extras and actors just starting out, how journalists need to be willing to risk everything to ask the right questions, and how there are no politicians to look up to anymore. Keep up with Samantha Bee @realsambee on Instagram and X. And stay up to date with us @LemonadaMedia on X, Facebook, and Instagram. For a list of current sponsors and discount codes for this and every other Lemonada show, go to lemonadamedia.com/sponsors. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Samantha Bee

Guest: Aasif Mandvi

Topics covered

  • theater
  • AI in acting
  • journalism
  • politics
  • comedy
  • Broadway

Keywords

  • Aasif Mandvi
  • Samantha Bee
  • Bruce Springsteen
  • Kid Rock
  • theater
  • AI actors
  • journalism
  • politics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Daily Show, Lemonada Media

Books & works: Fallen Angels, The Miniature Wife

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