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What Next | South Park Understands the Assignment

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News, News Commentary, Politics

4.66K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

After using a Trump-stand-in during his first administration, South Park has come back from hiatus as vulgar and confrontational as ever, with its aiming firmly fixed on MAGA. Contrary to government sources, the show’s enjoying a renewed cultural relevance in its 27th season. Guest:  David Mack, contributing writer to Slate. Want more What Next? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Ethan Oberman, Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme, and Rob Gunther. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

There are some things you should always check, like the hygiene rating on your local takeaway,

0:06.2

the setting on your razor, and whether the party actually is fancy dress.

0:11.1

The other thing you should check is your Experian credit report, especially if you're looking to borrow money.

0:17.2

It lets you understand what lenders see, so you can increase your chances of getting the best deals.

0:22.8

It's dead easy to check it and completely free.

0:26.6

See it in seconds. Download the Experian app today.

0:30.1

Hey everyone, a quick heads up at the top.

0:32.7

This episode is about South Park, so it needs a content warning.

0:36.6

Consider yourself warned.

0:43.3

It's hard to describe just how popular South Park was in my school when it first aired in 1997.

0:50.0

I was in seventh grade. New episodes came out every Wednesday night at 10 p.m. on Comedy Central.

0:55.8

And then the next day, everybody in my class would spend the entire week whispering lines from the show over and over again, totally out of context and making sure that the teachers couldn't hear us.

1:18.6

Yeah. hear us. I've been watching since I was way too young. I was probably not allowed to be watching the show when it was first on air in the late

1:24.1

90s.

1:25.5

I was just a grade schooler in Australia,

1:28.3

and I don't think the show was meant for me,

1:31.5

but I was watching.

1:33.2

That's Slate, contributing writer David Mack.

1:36.6

I'm one of three boys, and this was the sort of epitome

1:41.1

of my older brother's humor,

1:42.5

and it very quickly became the epitome of our humor, too, right?

1:50.6

The series, created by Matt Stone and Trey Parker, follows four young boys in a rural Colorado town.

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