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Welcome to another episode of Conversations with Coleman.

My guest today is Jeffrey Mauer.

Jeffrey has been a comedy writer, a speech writer, and a stand-up

comic, and he's now a substack writer. He was the senior writer for John Oliver's show last

week tonight, and his substack is now called, I Might Be Wrong. We talk about the rise of

political comedy in America. We talk about how political polarization has changed American

television. We talk about the problem of preachiness in comedy, both on the right and the left. We talk about the fine line between funny and offensive. We discuss the mechanics of joke writing. We talk about the culture of the comedy seller, which is my favorite comedy club. We discuss the importance of laughter. We talk about how

wokeness hurts the Democratic Party. We discuss the cancellation of Winston Marshall, formerly of the band

Mumford and Sons. We talk about how Democrats could win in the midterms. We talk about gender pronouns,

audience capture, and much more.

So without further ado, Jeffrey Mauer.

Jeffrey, thanks so much for coming on my show.

Yeah, thanks very much for having me.

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