What Is an 'Emotional Truth'?

Infamous

Sony Music

True Crime, News, Relationships, Entertainment News, Society & Culture

3.8 • 964 Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Good looking, charismatic, and experienced, comedian and political commentator Hasan Minhaj is reportedly a frontrunner for Trevor Noah's hosting slot at The Daily Show. But when a writer starts looking into some of his standup stories, she realizes that he may be telling tall tales. This week, Natalie talks to New Yorker staff writer Clare Malone about her reporting on the scandal, and what questions it raises about comedy’s increasingly complicated relationship to truth. Click ‘Subscribe’ at the top of the Infamous show page on Apple Podcasts or visit GetTheBinge.com to get access wherever you get your podcasts. A Campside Media & Sony Music Entertainment production. Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I was there. I saw what you did. Blaze. I wasn't supposed to be there that night, but my friend
0:07.4	Siena talked me into going to the party in Lands End so she could spy on her boyfriend.
0:11.4	While hiding out in the woods, we witnessed an unspeakable crime,
0:15.8	and we did everything wrong afterward.
0:18.4	Connections run deep in our small town.
0:20.6	Fourteen years later, I learned that the guy who committed that unspeakable crime is running for
0:25.1	Congress and something in me snaps.
0:28.8	I can't bear the weight of that knowledge for another second.
0:31.8	Finally I report what I saw and all hell breaks
0:35.2	loose for me and others who were at that long-go party. Some of them will do whatever
0:39.9	it takes to keep the truth from coming to light, even if they have to kill me.
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0:49.2	best-selling author Mary Force that will take you on a wild and suspenseful ride and is available in
0:54.9	e-book print and audio book. Get in the air tonight today.
1:00.9	Campsite media.
1:05.0	Hi everyone.
1:09.0	If you were listening carefully last week you might have heard that this
1:12.2	week's show would be about a small
1:13.8	southern city and one man's bad behavior but you'll actually hear about that
1:18.8	next week because this week we wanted to bring you a late-breaking story.
1:29.0	From Sony Music Entertainment and Campside Media,
1:32.0	this is infamous.
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