Recode Decode: Alexandra Petri, columnist, the Washington Post

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Business, Technology

4.2 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2018

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Alexandra Petri, who writes the Compost blog for The Washington Post, talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher and Chorus CEO Dick Costolo about making fun of politics. Petri says some politicans have a sense of humor about her columns, but others don’t like it or don’t get the joke — the Trump White House once distributed one of her satirical pieces to journalists, mistaking it for earnest praise. She explains how she became a humor columnist, how she comes up with ideas and where she finds the funny in the Trump family and the Trump White House. Plus: Petri’s pitch for a romantic comedy about a Supreme Court justice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today's show is brought to you by Qualcomm.
0:03.2	At Qualcomm, inventing comes first.
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0:08.3	foundational inventions.
0:10.0	To learn more, visit Qualcomm.com slash WeInvent.
0:16.0	Hey, this is Peter Kafka.
0:17.3	I'm the host of Recode Media.
0:19.1	And in February, Kara Swishenar
0:20.7	are going to bring together the smartest
0:22.1	and most interesting people in the media world.
0:24.7	To hunting and beach in Southern California,
0:26.9	we want you to be there.
0:28.0	It's the code media conference.
0:29.7	February 12th and 13th, you can learn more
0:32.5	by going to recode.net slash events.
0:38.1	Recode Radio presents Recode Decode coming to you
0:40.8	from the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:44.6	Hi, I'm Kara Swishenar, executive editor of Recode.
0:47.2	I have no sense of humor, but in my spare time,
0:49.6	I talk tech and you're listening to Recode Decode,
0:51.8	a podcast about tech and media's key players,
0:53.6	big ideas and how they're changing the world we live in.
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