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It's Been a Minute

Comedian and "Opposition" Host Jordan Klepper

It's Been a Minute

NPR

News Commentary, Society & Culture, News, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

4.68.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2018

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

The comedian talks to Sam about running his own show, lampooing fringe news, and why the nicest parts of him are from Kalamazoo, Michigan. Email [email protected] or tweet @NPRItsBeenAMin with feels.

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0:00.0

Hey y'all, from NPR, I'm Sam Sanders.

0:08.4

It's been a minute.

0:09.4

Today on the show, Jordan Klepper.

0:11.8

He is a host of Comedy Central's The Opposition.

0:14.7

You may know Klepper as a former correspondent for the Daily Show with John Stewart.

0:19.0

Jordan left the Daily Show to start the opposition last year.

0:22.9

On that show, he plays this conspiracy theory-minded character.

0:27.0

The character was initially made in The Spirit of Alex Jones and Info Wars.

0:32.7

Always railing against these unseen powers and cultural forces that he thinks are ruining

0:36.6

America.

0:37.6

Here's a clip.

0:38.6

I don't need to tell you this, but the most persecuted group in America is...

0:43.1

Exactly.

0:46.1

Unanimous.

0:47.1

Men.

0:48.1

We men have never been more under-attack than we are right now.

0:53.3

Because we used to not be under-attack at all.

0:56.2

But suddenly, frothing feminists are forcing men to make the same amount of money as women.

1:02.7

And demanding men stop shouting compliments at them on the street.

1:07.5

Where am I supposed to shout in a library that's illegal?

1:12.2

Equality is just a dirty word for making me less special.

1:15.3

And that... that I will fight.

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