How Jordan Klepper does satire in the age of Trump
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The Washington Post
4.6 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 15 May 2018
⏱️ 47 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | The K-P-Pup Podcast is sponsored by Pharma, where the 140,000 researchers with America's |
| 0:05.9 | biopharmaceutical companies are finding new cures and treatments for diseases like |
| 0:09.8 | hepatitis C, HIV, and diabetes. |
| 0:13.0 | Visit Go Boldly.com. |
| 0:19.0 | Hi everyone, I'm Jonathan Kapart and welcome to K-Pup. |
| 0:22.0 | Jordan Kleper is the host of Comedy Central's The High School. I'm Jonathan Kapart and welcome to K-Pup. |
| 0:22.5 | Jordan Clepper is the host of Comedy Central's The Opposition, |
| 0:25.9 | a show that channels the conspiratorial rantings of Alex Jones |
| 0:29.5 | and Infow Wars and satirizes them for our amusement. |
| 0:32.9 | We talked about the show, how he does it in an age where the comedy of real life tops what |
| 0:37.0 | comedians can come up with, and where our viewing habits add to the complexity of his job. And we talk about what Kleper was looking forward to most |
| 0:45.0 | at the White House Correspondence Dinner. |
| 0:47.0 | This conversation was originally recorded for our K-Pup live show |
| 0:51.0 | on April 27th, and it has been edited for content and clarity. Look at this. Wow. |
| 1:05.2 | And you came out in the rain. |
| 1:08.3 | Thank you very much. |
| 1:10.0 | Hello everybody. |
| 1:11.2 | Hi everyone. |
| 1:11.8 | I'm Jonathan K part of the Washington Post, opinion writer, I have to make that clear, and |
| 1:16.3 | host of the K-pop podcast, thank you very much for being here and the guest today, this |
| 1:21.9 | fine young man sitting next to me |
| 1:24.6 | Daily Show alum indeed second city alum also true upright citizens brigade |
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