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The New Yorker Radio Hour

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

4.2 • 6.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2017

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In the years after September 11th, Jon Stewart’s “Daily Show” made political satire a central part of the media landscape. This hour, we hear from some of today’s leading practitioners: The New Yorker’s Andy Borowitz; Trevor Noah, of “The Daily Show”; Bassem Youssef, and the founders of Reductress. Plus, cartoonists Emily Flake and Drew Dernavich try out an escape room, along with the Radio Hour’s Sara Nics. Originally aired on April 7, 2017.

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0:00.0	This is the New Yorker Radio Hour.
0:02.5	Oh, my God.
0:04.0	We're not going to get through this.
0:12.4	This is the New Yorker Radio Hour.
0:14.7	I'm Andy Borowitz.
0:16.1	On today's show,
0:17.7	understanding the Trump administration by revisiting an 1881 short story by Guy de Mopassant.
0:24.2	Also, a review of Brooklyn's controversial table-to-farm restaurant.
0:29.7	And the creator of Hamilton unveils his much-awaited new musical about another Treasury Secretary, Larry Summers.
0:54.8	Andy Borowitz, on the nose, as always, and very hurtful, Andy. I think I'm not going to recover. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I actually think some of those segments would work great. The Gita Mopasson thing, you put Adam Gopnik into that, and you've got a home ride. I think you do. I'm David Remnick, and today on the New Yorker Radio Hour, what we're really going to do is talk with some of the leading political satirists working today. So I wanted to start close
1:00.1	to home with Andy, who contributes the Borowitz report to New Yorker.com. I could probably
1:05.7	just read his headlines for the next half an hour, and we'd be pretty happy. But I spoke with
1:10.1	Andy Borowitz this past spring,
1:11.5	and the news cycle was already keeping him pretty busy.
1:15.8	Let me ask you this.
1:17.6	What's been your favorite moment so far in the Trump administration?
1:20.7	Oh, gosh.
1:21.8	I think that learning that Frederick Douglass was still alive made me very happy.
1:27.5	I think that the way he kicked off Black History Month with Ben Carson.
1:32.0	He's doing a great job.
1:33.2	His black friend.
1:34.3	And yes, and that's one of the real tricky things for satiris,
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