Inside 'The Onion'

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🗓️ 22 August 2017

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Sam visits the Chicago offices of the satirical news publication for a headline pitch meeting and conversations with Editor-In-Chief Cole Bolton, Executive Editor Ben Berkley, Managing Editor Marnie Shure, and Head Writer Chad Nackers. They talk about comedy and President Trump (and why he makes their jobs harder), feuding with Sean Hannity, covering Barack Obama, crossing lines, and being socially awkward at parties. Email the show at [email protected] and follow Sam on Twitter @samsanders.

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0:00.0	Hey y'all, thanks so much for listening to this show.
0:02.4	Before we start Quick Plug for another show, up first.
0:06.8	It's NPR's Morning News Podcast.
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0:18.4	and I listen every day.
0:20.6	You can hear up first on the NPR-1 app,
0:22.5	or wherever you get your podcast.
0:25.1	Hey y'all, Sam Sanders here. It's been a minute.
0:32.5	So every Tuesday we bring you a deep dive,
0:35.0	and today something different.
0:37.2	Instead of a single interview,
0:38.6	I am bringing you along with me for several.
0:41.5	We're going inside the Chicago headquarters of the Onion,
0:44.6	that news satire publication that has been making
0:47.2	a mockery of America and its news since 1988.
0:51.7	What they're doing is even more interesting now in 2017,
0:55.0	because the news feels more and more like a parody of itself.
0:59.4	So there often aren't really like a newsroom at all.
1:01.9	It kind of looks like a Silicon Valley startup office
1:04.6	or something like sleek cubicles,
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