Dave Smith: 2023 State of The Union | Ari Shaffir's Skeptic Tank Podcast Episode 516
Standup comedian Ari Shaffir sits down with comic Dave Smith for the annual Skeptic Tank Podcast State of The Union Address! This is Dave's seventh or eighth State of The Union Address with me. We take a look at what is happening in America and the world and he breaks it down for me. I'll keep this short since the episode is close to five hours long. Buckle in and enjoy!
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CHAPTERS:
00:00:00 - What's happened?
00:00:24 - Ari Shaffir Owns This Song
00:01:04 - Intro
00:09:53 - Skeptic Tank Starts Now!
00:22:44 - Support Standup!
00:32:27 - Economy & Corruption
01:20:31 - Ukraine v. Russia
02:41:52 - News, Media, & War
03:11:27 - Social Issues
03:39:48 - China, Youth, Internet
03:59:41 - Wrap Up
04:43:03 - This Song Is Owned by Ari Shaffir
04:43:21 - Outro
#arishaffir #davesmith #skeptictankpodcast #comedy
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Editing: Marisa Pellegrino
Episode Photoshop: Steve Torelli
Music: Ari Shaffir Owns This Song
Vocals: Raelyn Nelson
Written by: Pepper Goins
Dave is like the badass funny teacher we all wanted. National treasure.
Then you fail the SAT’s because he left out all the important parts
@@ET-hv1jqAnd those parts are....?
@@Si_Mondo well BOFA for one
We're all doomed if people think they're learning from this guy.
@@yourgameisstupid reminds me of when joe Rogan first got big and everyone thought they were super geniuses for regurgitating information from his podcast.
These episodes with Ari + Dave are always the best
I look forward to this every year. You're awesome and thank you for going thru the effort of putting this on
well....bad news....
@@mictest12 lololol all good things come to an end 😢
@@mictest12 why is it ending?
@@CharliesHobb1esThat's just how Ari rolls. When he gets too comfortable, he makes a change.
🇺🇸 CHAPTERS 🇺🇸 00:00:00 - What's happened? 00:00:24 - Ari Shaffir Owns This Song 00:01:04 - Intro 00:09:53 - Skeptic Tank Starts Now! 00:22:44 - Support Standup! 00:32:27 - Economy & Corruption 01:20:31 - Ukraine v. Russia 02:41:52 - News, Media, & War 03:11:27 - Social Issues 03:39:48 - China, Youth, Internet 03:59:41 - Wrap Up 04:43:03 - This Song Is Owned by Ari Shaffir 04:43:21 - Outro
😅 definitely gonna need this.
This is so good every single year. Thank you for this. 5 hours is crazy haha.
@@ronindr no 🧢
"China, Youth" ... I can't believe you didn't say "Youth in Asia."
Ari!!! Please please please can Danish & O'Neil be the last episode!?!? Either way man thanks for everything I really appreciate ya, I'll see you November 2nd in Minneapolis 😊 KOBE! 🏀 🚁
5 hours??? Idk if I’m crying for joy or sorrow
Hahahaha seriously this finna take me 2 weeks to finish 😂
Ari gave me a heart, makes me feel like a hero from schindlers list
Beat me to it 😂😂
Hahahah. I honestly just thought the same thing. Hell yeah!!!
I am jumping for joy
Lol, Dave telling Ari that living in permanent adolescence is unfulfilling is hilarious to me
😂😂😂
He has a point. Ari didn't even know what a kickback payment is. He may be legally der der der.
@@AnotherTequilaSeanrise Pretty sure Ari knows what that is. Haha
At least Ari knows how to drive a car. City guys are like indoor cats making rules for wolves.
@@AnotherTequilaSeanrise he may be the dumbest h33b outside of window lickers.
I look forward to this podcast every year. And I found Dave on here too
Ari’s doesn’t get enough credit for his role in comedy. Been listening to his cast since La, Ari got me to watch all the east coast pods and it’s all I listen to now. MSSP, this, LOS, tuesdays, dad meat POTP, etc.. dudes the best
STATE OF THE UNION! these are amongst the greatest podcasts that you do! 🤙🤙
This and protect our parks pods are next level
Wow. Well now I know exactly what I’ll be listening to for the next 2-3 days. Thank you Ari and Dave Smith 🤟😎🍻💯🔥🔥🔥
5 hours? thank god i am unemployed
Lololol
5 hours ? Thank god my shift was way quicker
5 hours? Thank God I have a job that lets me listen to podcasts for my whole shift. I can kill 18-20 hours of pods on a long work day.
Haha -real one Wanna hang out
@Colors no one believes that you have a job.
I just realized Tom Segura’s impression of his son is Ari’s voice 😂
This is great. I never watch the news. I get it all at once. Then I immediately forget all of it.
That’s the way to be
Dude thank you for 5HRS of this - I didnt watch the clip bc I was so excited for this & wanted to get every minute.
Facts I hate clips
@@zachsalvatore5175 I like clips if I don’t wanna watch the whole ep but if I do wanna watch one I skip the clips
did you listen yet ?! disappointing - Ari is dumb as dirt.
@@anthonybogus5688 fucking genius arent u
Super excited to hear this, I'm actually glad that it's 5 hours long.
5 hours. hell yes.
My heart hurts knowing this is the end, I could never express how thankful I am these podcasts exist. Thank you ari and Dave
Dude, this is going to be majority of my work day…thank you!
Even when the podcast ends i want to see this state of the union continue . Also , gimme back yoga w/ ari . It was legitimately funny and helpfull to your fans .
When did he say it was ending and why?
Literally at the end of the podcast....lol Did none of yall watch it?
@@Txalcoir dude its 5 fucking hours i think we can cut some slack. ari is an idiot for putting an important announcement at the end of a fucking 5 hour podcast.
These have to be not comments. No real person would be blowing douchebag l.a. comedians this hard.
really "special" characters subbed to Ari, lmao
Jeebus! This 5 hour podcast going into the deeps. Dave Smith is a great guest and found out about him on Rogan's pod and glad he's on yours.
Fun fact rogan found out about dave from one of the first state of the union skeptic tank pods
You must be a bore
I found out about Dave when LOS were on Rogan.
I’m 24 finishing up college and you guys give me hope that hard work really pays off
It does! Good luck brother, enjoy every moment!
Hard work pays off, college doesn’t
@@garbageFreeFallToo broad
Now more than ever. If you're willing to work hard as a young man at this moment in time, you will lap everyone around you. As a early 30s entrepreneur, I can tell you what I've seen. The demand for hard-workers has skyrocketed, and they hold the cards in this economy. I'm paying people double, for the same job I was doing 8 years ago.
hard work does pay off, but studying is not hard work. Good luck man, college degrees mean much less than personal charisma these days...
Fuck yeah thank you Ari for the 5 hour podcast. And thank you also for staying after your show in Stockholm. I hope you liked the "handshake"
Oh man, you're making some people really curious. What did you guys actually shake if you had to put that in brackets?
@@arniedee7251 Really? Use your imagination man.
5 hours is great... but not with Dave Smith haha. I can take 30 minutes of libertarian drivel tops.
He handed ari drugs
@Arnie Dee i shook his cock bro, took both my hands and caressed his cock and balls. Handshake is the new euphemism for gay Jewish sex.
Please don't end these Ari. These are legitimately some of my favorite podcasts I look forward to every year. I'd be willing to financially support them, if needed.
When did he say it was ending and why?
@@shilohsanders5475 Somewhere around 4 hours 38 minutes in. Haven't heard a why yet.
He's ending the podcast, not just this series
Thanks!
Cool!
Was just re-watching the last SOTU pumped to see this new one, Much love Ari and Dave for the long pod!
As a US History teacher, I love Dave's understanding of history and how it impacts modern world/politics (and also will acknowledge when there is someone else who he is parroting/citing or if there is a better expert on the topic)
Only Ari would release a 5 hour podcast and list his tour dates twice.
30 min intro of promotions
he probably forgot
That intro shot is wonderful. Havent listened in ages frankly and this looked good. Thought id give you the respect of watching the intro in full and rewarded with classic meandering to the a beautiful backdrop!
“In order to be optimistic without being naive is by swallowing the terrible reality, come to terms with it, and decide what to do about it.” Not word for word but such a good quote
I know the answer......a cleansing
@@reg6947 *peter griffin therapist hands in front of nose* Go on. I’m listening
@@Nwordscissorhands1738 Well , we need alot of soap. And showers with wooden doors.
Love the pod it’s crazy what grasp Dave has about the world. He’s not saying he’s right or wrong he’s just saying the other side of the news.
I look forward to this every year. Sad it's ending, but thank you for the last 7 years.
This podcast changed me, Ari changed me. Thank you for being different
Thank you Ari and Dave this was a great one
Haven’t listened to a skeptic tank in a cool minute but will always return for a state of the union. Sounds like I goofed up and this is one of the last ones😭
You didn't goof, Ari is goofing by ending this 😭
I’ve been missing those long podcasts recently. Thanks for this!
Thanks for everything, Ari. I'll follow along with whatever projects you do. I would appreciate hearing you and Dave again like this on a podcast before I die, but I'm you'll do amazing work in what comes.
I wanna say that I found Dave through Skanks, knew about his political stuff but never really listened. Then he did State of the Union like 17 or 18 and it got me into him. Appreciate you guys
Bless you ari, your pod is one of my favorites and I will follow you in your new ventures. You have been a travel inspiration to me for years. Thanks again brother
So I guess this is ending… but Ari could always be on an episode of Part of the Problem and continue on, this was so great
Been WAITING for this. This is how I get my news and shape my opinions for the year ahead. 😆
We needed this.
5hrs hell yeah
Thomas Massie is my Congressman!!!! Love the work he's doing!!!
Been saving this for a straight through listen! Thanks fellas.
Hell yeah i love Dave. Shoutout to Ari having a damn good time in Berlin that makes me happy
I love the state of the union podcasts
This is incredible. This one ep got me started st work, and carried me all the way through lunch
Bout halfway through and thus prob one the most important Skeptic tanks to date, good job boi's
my first exposure to dave was on this podcast back in the early days. it’s great to see this continue. dave dropping truth bombs on new kids makes the world a better place
Same here.
Libertarianism just carries water for woke corporations lol
@@glennyoungkindid9116 no it doesn't.
@@redacted5035 yeah it does, by supporting the neoliberal economic system.
@@glennyoungkindid9116 so are you implying our current economy doesn't encourage woke crap?
Hopefully you keep doing the podcast when you have a story to tell or a great guest. We’ll be here for it.
These should be required listening for the world. Well done as usual gents
I’m glad y’all enjoy this bc I wait all year for it no lie
this year's one is an absolute BEHEMOTH of an episode, Ari is great at just letting Dave go in the right direction. I love it Edit: apart from the war in Kosova stuff, which is complicated, it's a very strong episode. Mass graves have been found after the intervention (Batajnica, Rudnica, etc) and are still being found to this day (Kizevak, etc) and Milosevic was 100% ethnic cleansing, including the building lead-up following Tito's death. This is itself discounting the strategies used to hide bodies outright (trucking out bodies to different locations, burying bodies under construction sites, etc.) so the numbers for that war especially are murky to say the least. Pockets from that entire region still have active live-mine sites that you can't enter. The casualties of war complicate things all over, never mind getting an actual death toll, especially in former Yugoslavia where you have so many "enemy of my enemy is my friend" situations. With respect to what I'm writing here I'm not arguing the morality of any side, I'm just involving the nuance as someone who directly refugee'd from that situation. However I do feel for many innocent Serbian people who didn't want any war themselves and who suffered the effects of American intervention also. The situation in the 90s isn't as simple as Ukraine-Russia is, which itself isn't that simple either. Balkan politics alone is beyond complex to distill to a 3 minute block, let alone the place of Albanians within the Balkans and our relationship to the other countries which comprised Yugoslavia. With that said, the rest of the episode is stellar and a great overview into the entire thing overall and a great look at the establishment's role into all of it. I just had to nit-pick at that section 2nd edit: I'm a Kosovar Albanian who was born in Kosovo and immigrated to the US, for context's sake. God bless America 🇺🇸
I was just about to say the same thing
Haha. Hell of an added edit my dude.
Aye cuh I rap, I'm doing a project with a producer from Belgrade and I have to say Serbians knowledge of history in respect to not only eastern Europe But America is fuccen impressive cuh.. I'm especially interested in the beef between Russian and Serbian orthodox jews against Russian and Serbian orthodox Christians.. very interesting and underexposed culture 😊
Journalism is the same as it has always been. It hasn’t changed, you have just been made aware of the true nature of journalism.
Perfect podcast. Thank you guys.
Five hours!!! I'll listen at work...stoked.
When does the second half come out?
😂🔥 ya I thought it got trimmed short
Ari, I live in Germany and have for the past 8 years…Germans 100% care about this trans stuff…they just won’t say it publicly😆 Same thing with their feelings on the refugee influx over here…but, generally they’re much more open minded than Americans…that’s one big reason I’m retired over here🇺🇸
The thing I appreciate the most about this and Dave particularly is just how much he truly lives in reality and looks for logical solutions to help the people and his awareness of changes that need to happen don’t just happen from a flick of a switch.
I WAIT ON THESE EVERY YEAR THANK YOU
Did Ari casually announce ending Skeptic Tank at 17:20?
Yes and in the outro
Awesome episode. I thoroughly enjoyed the thought provoking ideas and banter. I hope we don't get nuked!
I hope so too brother
Well my work day is gonna fly by tomorrow. Thanks fellas. My favorite yearly pod
Nicee! I've watched the last 2 state of the Union addresses with dave. Just last week, I was wondering when a new one would pop up. You guys are great together.
I love these two to death but it's pretty hilarious their very New York Jew perspective is that having a wife and kids in your thirties is somehow settling down "really young"
Playing Fallout and listening to the future president, Dave Smith, talk to Ari Shaffir for the next few hours. Priceless.
We need this monthly!
This podcast takes a century to watch but I love it 😂❤
Great podcast.
No 🧢
Ari!!! Please please please can Danish & O'Neil be the last episode!?!? Either way man thanks for everything I really appreciate ya, I'll see you November 2nd in Minneapolis 😊 KOBE! 🏀 🚁
Im so confused by the talks around "last episode" stuff. Is ari ending skeptic tank?
Great ep.. Love them Dave Smith pods.
Hell yeah ! Dave Smith is the MAN. Podcast of the century!!!!
Dave Smith gets it.
Met you at skankfest vegas last year. sucks that the podcast is gonna end. I respect the shit of you for walking away from a money making podcast to pursue other things. love from Mexico city.
I've been a fan of these for years. Thanks Ari and Dave.
Awesome pod! Dave is the man!
5 hours lmao
Im homeless getting ready for work.... welcome to America in the 20s
Hang in there buddy
At least the city still has enough tax money to pay you to shovel the hypodermic needles out of the gutters.
@@LarsLarsen77 only if there’s enough left over after socializing welfare states
Same
hey Guys i did actually stay through for this Episode thx i like yr Duo 👍
Great talk. Love every time Dave is on. Sad to know the show is ending.
Glad to know you’ll keep the content coming. Ari is one of my all time favorites.
Wow ari starting and ending the podcast by disavowing Dave is hilarious.
Standard hebrew tactic
All podcasts should be 5 hours
Idk bout that but this one is unique lol
I love this so much!!!! ❤❤
Love these!
Best pod of the year
I'm surprised Ari is so impressed by the Germans. It's like he's congratulating them for being so good at lying to themselves and submitting to someone else's manipulation. Seems the opposite of Ari's usual take on things.
the germans moved on from killing jews to killing themselves
This episode showed that he obviously has no idea on what’s going on.
Have looked forward to you and Dave's state of the unions for years now. Definitely going to miss this podcast.
Enjoyed this thanks
Ari : I dont think they even call themselves communist anymore. Dave: Well they call themselves the Chinese Communist Party Ari: Oh..
Its amazing how clueless Ari is.
I'm giving Ari the benefit of doubt and assume he's just playing a character for Dave's history lesson. The role a high school stoner who keeps asking "where?", when the discussion has been about Ukraine for the last hour.
Why is Ari quitting podcasting and why is it Dan Soder fault
Dave has covered every topic at length on his podcast, but for some reason it resonates more or sounds better on here. Idk what it is, but I don't want it to ever stop. This is one podcast I listen to no matter what the topic or who the guest is. I'm really gonna miss it
I’ve herd him do that whole Ukraine spiel like 3 or 4 times now but this is definitely the most complete and best delivered.
Dave is a national treasure
I just went to Manhattan, like $13 for a 6 pack of ginger ale. Not some whole foods brew, I'm mean generic ginger ale. $8 for milk... Wtf.
Show starts 9:53
Funny you mention the Fountainhead, a few years ago you said you were going to read it and recommended it. It took me forever but I finally finished it last week. Thanks for the recommendation.
I love everything you do Ari, I'm sure the next thing will be great too. I hope you go on Part of the Problem and keep the State of the Union alive over there. Thanks for all the great podcast over the years!
Yeah, but they don’t tell you is because if they miss speak, they can either get fined or end up in jail
Love the intro sections, Ari!
2:48:22 glad they brought up the press questioning. Saving this to come back to later!
Ending the state of the union, or ending skeptic tank?
I bought a yoga mat because of you. Thank you. I'll still be following. You should have, and still should, make Ari Shaffir yoga mats. Again, thank you. Hail to the Chief. ::Skank hands::
Does Dave’s life revolve around reading headlines on the internet all day? Young people want everything handed to them? I’d love to hear how he’s actually experienced that. As a 40 year old business owner it’s been my experience that 30-55 age range is way more entitled.