Episode 11: Life as a Reporter Covering ISIS, and Puppet Sex

The New Yorker Radio Hour

WNYC Studios and The New Yorker

Politics, Arts, News, Wnyc, Books, David, Storytelling, Society & Culture, Yorker, New, Remnick

4.2 • 6.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2016

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

What's the funniest way to spook a horse? Cartoonists Matt Diffee and Emily Flake give us a behind-the-scenes glimpse of how jokes get made. Then, comedian Aziz Ansari critiques Hollywood’s casting habits. Journalist Rukmini Callimachi shares her insight into how ISIS views itself. And the screenwriter and director Charlie Kaufman talks puppet sex and existential dread during a tour of the Whitney Museum.

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0:00.0	This is the New Yorker Radio Hour, a co-production of WNYC Studios and The New Yorker.
0:11.0	He's very excited to be having a conversation when they have that revelation.
0:16.0	He's really smart.
0:17.0	He's actually someone who's kind of savvy, you know, every parent.
0:20.0	Maybe looking at this case, it could be an interesting process piece.
0:24.8	Okay.
0:29.5	I'm David Remnick, and welcome to the New Yorker Radio Hour.
0:33.0	Life for a cartoonist isn't easy.
0:35.9	Every week you're churning out ideas to come up with a batch of drafts to give to the New Yorker's cartoon editor, Bob Mankoff.
0:42.9	This week, cartoonist Matt Diffey, calls up his colleague, Emily Flake, for a new installment of Life's a Batch.
0:53.2	Hey, this is Matt Diffy.
0:54.6	Welcome to Life's a Batch.
0:56.2	I'm one of the cartoonists here, and I'm going to call one of my colleagues, my cronies, Emily Flake.
1:01.1	She's been doing cartoons for the magazine since 2008.
1:04.2	I'm going to call her and see how her works coming along.
1:08.2	Hello.
1:09.1	Hey, Emily.
1:10.0	Day one of the work week. Yeah. Started anything yet? Of, Emily. Day one of the work week.
1:12.1	Yeah.
1:12.5	Started anything yet?
1:13.8	Of course not.
1:15.2	It's day one of the work week.
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