That’s Not Funny: Matt Sienkiewicz on Right-Wing Humor

The Politics Guys

Michael Baranowski

News, Education, Politics

4.4 • 783 Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2022

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Mike talks with Matt Sienkiewicz, an Associate Professor and Chair of the Boston College Communication Department. He's the co-author, along with Nick Marx, of That's Not Funny: How the Right Makes Comedy Work for Them. Topics Mike & Matt Discuss Include: - why most political comedy is left of center - the main types of right of center comedy - “punching up” vs “punching down” in comedy - conservative humor challenging liberal pieties - the biggest names in right wing comedy - why right-wing comedy matters, even if you don’t think it’s funny Right-Wing Comedy Links The Political Orphanage. Andrew Heaton Greg Gutfeld Ryan Long Michael Malice Matt Sienkiewicz on Twitter The Politics Guys on Facebook | Twitter Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. You can support us or change your level of support at patreon.com/politicsguys or politicsguys.com/support. On Venmo, we’re @PoliticsGuys. Interested in starting your own podcast? Check out RedCircle, home of The Politics Guys. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.8	I'm Michael Barronowski, a professor of political science at Northern Kentucky University.
0:52.3	My guest today is Matt Sankowitz, an associate professor and chair
0:55.6	of the Boston College Communication Department.
0:58.3	He's the co-author, along with Nick Marks,
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