| Stewart and "The Daily Show" won all the awards, got infinite laughs, and sparked a thousand conversations about humor and politics. Stewart was forever explaining himself, reminding his audience that he was, above all, a comedian. Then, after sixteen years on the air, he walked away, leaving the show in the capable hands of Trevor Noah. Now Stewart is back, grayer—"This is what I look like now!"—and, it would seem, a great deal more anxious about the country than ever before. His new show, "The Problem with Jon Stewart," on Apple TV+, is decidedly not "The Daily Show." There are laughs, but he doesn't lead with them. Instead, the show is marked by a seriousness of intent that has baffled some critics. His first episode focussed on America's colossal disregard for military veterans (despite all our pieties of "Thank you for your service"); it was memorably, heartbreakingly serious. In my conversation with Stewart, I hope we'll talk about where he's been these past six years, how he sees media and politics now, and how he hopes to defy that old saw of Fitzgerald's with a transformative second act. I hope you will join us. Tickets to Sunday night's event are available to all, and the conversation can be streamed until November 10th. Subscribe to The New Yorker to get a discount—and, yes, you guessed it, a tote bag, too. Finally, my thanks to everyone at The New Yorker who has worked so hard to make this Festival possible—and my thanks to you, for reading, for listening, and for watching. I hope to see you soon. As ever,
David Remnick | 
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