Episode 1040 - Kurt Andersen

WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

Marc Maron

Comedy

4.6 • 29.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2019

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

At some point in the past decade, Kurt Andersen felt like he had to figure out America. Coming from a professional career rooted in satire and troublemaking, Kurt had a pretty good vantage point to examine the tug of war between reason and magical thinking that has become a chronic American condition. Kurt talks with Marc about putting this all into his book, Fantasyland, and recalls the founding of Spy Magazine, where he and Graydon Carter took pleasure messing with public institutions like the New York Times, Hollywood, and Donald Trump. They also talk about Kurt's time at the Harvard Lampoon and how he came to host Studio 360. This episode is sponsored by Lights Out with David Spade, Stamps.com, and ZipRecruiter.

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0:00.0	Lock the gate!
0:01.0	Alright, let's do this.
0:11.1	How are you?
0:12.1	What the fuckers?
0:13.1	What the fuck buddies?
0:14.1	What the fuckin' ears?
0:15.1	What's happening?
0:16.1	This is Mark Marren.
0:17.3	This is my podcast at WTF.
0:20.1	Welcome to it.
0:21.8	Kurt Anderson is here today.
0:23.8	Kurt Anderson.
0:24.8	Do you know Kurt Anderson?
0:26.2	Kurt Anderson's got his own gig over there at NPR.
0:29.7	He hosts Studio 360 for years and he's written this book, Fantasy Land.
0:36.4	How America Went Heywire, a 500-year history.
0:39.8	And you can get that wherever you get books.
0:41.5	But I read it.
0:42.5	I told all you guys that were listening about it because I was excited about reading it.
0:47.0	It just covers it, man.
0:49.0	It just contextualizes everything.
0:52.9	Just the American unconscious.
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