On episode 152 of The Quarantine Tapes, Paul Holdengräber is joined by Andy Borowitz. Andy is a writer for The New Yorker and he talks with Paul about some of the fascinating challenges and successes of writing satire.Speaking on Inauguration Day, they dig into Andy’s experiences writing political comedy in the Bush, Obama, and Trump eras. Andy talks about the challenges of being misunderstood as a satirist, discusses some of his comedy influences, and offers his perspective on what satire might look like under the Biden administration.In this conversation, Andy and Paul talk about two particular Reports:“Fauci Says Immunity from Trump Requires Two Doses of Impeachment” by Andy Borowitz, January 10, 2021.https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/fauci-says-immunity-from-trump-requires-two-doses-of-impeachment“Majority of Americans Say This Is Their Favorite Impeachment of Trump” by Andy Borowitz, January 12th, 2021.https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/majority-of-americans-say-this-is-their-favorite-impeachment-of-trumpAndy Borowitz is a New York Times best-selling author and a comedian who has written for The New Yorker since 1998. In 2001, he created the Borowitz Report, a satirical news column that has millions of readers around the world, for which he won the first-ever National Press Club award for humor. The Borowitz Report was acquired by The New Yorker in 2012. His two most recent books were both best-sellers: “The 50 Funniest American Writers,” which became the first title in the history of the Library of America to make the Times best-seller list; and a memoir, “An Unexpected Twist,” a No. 1 best-seller, which Amazon named the Best Kindle Single of 2012. As a comedian, he has performed around the world and made countless television and radio appearances, including on National Public Radio, VH1, and Comedy Central. His solo comedy show, “Make America Not Embarrassing Again,” played to sold-out theaters across the U.S. from 2018 to 2020. He has been called a “Swiftian satirist” (the Wall Street Journal), “America’s satire king” (the Daily Beast), “America's finest fake-news creator and sharpest political satirist” (the Washington Post), “one of the country’s finest satirists” (the Times), and “one of the funniest people in America” (CBS News “Sunday Morning”).Credits:Paul Holdengraber - Co-Creator, Host, OLA DirectorAnthony Audi - Co-Creator, Researcher, OLA DirectorAlejandro Cohen - Co-Creator, Producer, ComposerChristian Pitt - Production Coordinator Erin Cooney - Copy, ProductionDublab Team