It’s no surprise “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” senior correspondent Rob Corddry doesn’t know how to compare his reporting technique with say, a CNN reporter.

“I don’t know, because I don’t know many journalists — I don’t really like them,” he says.

Corddry says he is up to par with the professionals, though, if interview preparation has anything to do with yoga or stripping.

“I do strip yoga. Have you ever heard of cardio strip classes? It’s kinda like that,” he says.

“The Daily Show” has received so much acclaim for its fake news broadcasts and comedians-turned-correspondents, that many are turning to the show for their news.

A 2004 poll by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press found that 21 percent of people ages 18 to 29 say they turn to comedy shows like “The Daily Show” and “Saturday Night Live” for political news.

Corddry is aware of the show’s popularity, but he says it is ridiculous when he can’t walk down the street without someone professing this statistic.

Either way, the show has confirmed its place in the comedy news niche and has three Emmys to prove it.

Even though the show follows an unorthodox interviewing style, Corddry says the process involves a mixture of working with a producer to brainstorm questions and being able to read the subjects reactions.

“Largely it is based on improv,” he says. “At the end of the day the most important job I have is to be ready to respond to what someone says to me.”

Corddry says the secret is finding a window into a new area of humility and working in the framework of a fictional news concept makes that easier.

“Simply, you’re not bound by the pesky constraints of journalistic integrity,” he says.

Before taking the comedy route, Corddry says he considered himself a serious Shakespearean actor and thought he was above comedy, but was typecast in comedic roles.

“I would play the Shakespearean jackass,” he says. “I was always playing the comedian anyway, it just took awhile to relieve myself of my pretensions.”

Before “The Daily Show,” Corddry worked in a spooky theme restaurant where he says his comedy seemed to have similar effects on people as his Daily Show antics.

“I used to play Dreadworthy, the wisecracking butler, and I made someone cry,” he says. “I think he probably just came from a funeral or something.”

On “The Daily Show,” Corddry says his questioning once flustered someone so much, the guy had to take heart medication.

Although responses are often funny and sometimes shocking, Corddry says most people know what they are getting into.

“It’s very rare people agree to do an interview without knowing the show, especially in the last few years,” he says.

“At the end of the day, people just want to be on TV. Of course, the bulk of the comedy comes from their reactions to our crazy questions.”

Corddry says although rare, the true gem is finding someone still clueless to the show’s satire. This happened when Corddry interviewed a veteran TV actor.

“The most fun for me I think was interviewing Ed Asner because one, it was Ed Asner, and two, he just happened to be the perfect interview subject for ‘The Daily Show’ — he knew nothing about ‘The Daily Show,'” Corddry says.

“The best interview answer we can get is ‘I have no idea what the hell you are talking about,’ and he said that a lot.”

As for the future, Corddry says he is planning on having lunch, then maybe some dinner.

“I’m not a big planner, I like to just be prepared when plans happen to you,” he says. “I guess that’s my motto, because they will happen to you.”

Who: Rob Corddry

Where: Stephens Auditorium

When: 8 p.m. Thursday

Cost: Free