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Federalist Radio Hour

Behind The Babylon Bee’s Plan To Save Democracy

Federalist Radio Hour

Radio America

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.53.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Kyle Mann, editor-in-chief of The Babylon Bee, joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss his new book "The Babylon Bee Guide to Democracy" and explain what it takes to write satire in a news cycle that constantly rivals fiction.

You can find Mann's book here: https://shop.babylonbee.com/products/babylon-bees-guide-to-democracy

Transcript

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0:00.0

Much like you, I've got a lot to complain about, like open toe sandals.

0:04.3

Who thought that was a good idea? Who wants to look at toes? Adults who drink squash?

0:08.7

Listen, you're a fully grown person. But I just got my Sky TV and broadband and I've got no complaints.

0:15.2

Sky is the lowest number of complaints made to off-com for pay TV and fixed line broadband.

0:20.0

To find out more, visit offcom.org.uk. We're happy because you're happy.

0:25.4

Oh, Angon though, noise eaters, they're annoying. Sky, believe in better. 3am, mission statement.

0:32.1

4am, staffing. 5am, successful series B. 6am, wake up and get to work.

0:38.9

Vorboss is a 5am network providing 10 gigas standard for the businesses that prefer to spend their nights dreaming, rather than worrying.

0:46.1

Vorboss, the business 5am network built by Vorboss for London.

1:07.4

We'll be back with another edition of the Federalist Radio Hour. I'm Emily Gisinski,

1:11.3

culture editor here at the Federalist. As always, you can email the show at radioatthefederalist.com.

1:16.5

Follow us on Twitter at FDRLST. Make sure to subscribe wherever you download your podcasts as well.

1:22.3

Today, we are joined by the editor in chief of one of the greatest websites of all time.

1:28.2

I'm comfortable saying that would be Kyle Mann of the Babylon Bee. Kyle, thanks so much for joining Federalist Radio Hour.

1:35.2

Thanks a lot for having me.

1:36.6

Of course, Kyle is out with a new book that he co-authored with Joel Berry called the Babylon Bee Guide to Democracy.

1:43.3

That's available on September 6th. Kyle, tell us about the Babylon Bee Guide to Democracy.

1:49.6

What can people expect if they pick up a copy?

1:53.5

So this is a second book in our Babylon Bee Guide series. We have the Babylon Bee Guide to Wokeness,

1:58.6

which came out last year. Now we have the Babylon Bee Guide to Democracy. These are richly illustrated guides

2:07.2

that are just completely satirical and packed with jokes on every page. This time around,

2:13.4

we did a lot more custom illustrations and great drawings of Nicholas Cage stealing the

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