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Is Politics Funny Anymore?
FromRadio Atlantic
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Length:
42 minutes
Released:
May 2, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Last weekend’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner was the first one in years without a comedian. In the Trump era, comedians have struggled to adjust — are things too serious? Too biased? Too absurd? Is any of it funny anymore?Jordan Klepper has been on three very different political comedy shows in three years. He was a fake news correspondent on The Daily Show, then a parody conspiracy theorist on The Opposition, to now playing himself in a new documentary series called simply: Klepper. He joins staff writer Isaac Dovere to discuss the state of political comedy (and why he went from parodying Alex Jones to getting strip-searched in Georgia).Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
May 2, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Kurt Andersen on How America Lost Its Mind: Magical thinking and "alternative facts" have a long, proud history in these United States. by Radio Atlantic