People will come up to me on the street, and they'll say to me,

oh my God, you must be having the greatest time in the world,

and Trump is the gift that just keeps on giving.

Actually, comedy works really well when we have a reality that's grounded, then we can kind of make fun of and make more absurd.

And traditionally, when I've written the Borowitz Report, I was dealing with people who are sort of, well, at least in shouting distance of normal.

Hi, I'm Ian Bremmer, and welcome to the G0 World podcast.

I'm host of the weekly show G0 World on public television.

In this podcast, we share extended versions of the big interviews from that show.

This week, I sit down with Andy Borowitz,

the comedic force behind the New Yorker's highly read and satirical Borowitz report.

I'll ask him about satire in the age of strong men, censorship, and threats to the right to ridicule.

Let's get to it.

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Andrew Borowitz. Lovely to be with you.

No one really calls me Andrew.

I think my mom used to call me that,

but you can call me Andy.

I do call you Andy.

For our purposes.

I personally call you Andy. I personally call you Andy.

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