Comedy Is a Powerful Tool

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Comedy is a powerful tool, and you can use it er to set things up. So i would never use the end word ever - but in my last hour special that i did, i had a 20 minute routine whichcu ated with me using it in a very specific context. It's not because i was trying to justify people using the endword. But if you're a comedian on stage as part of a comedy of routine, different things are possible. And by the way, this is what people never understand about comedy. You might say something that's over the line, yougo, oh, they didn't like that. Ok, i need another joke to follow this up

Shermer and Kisin discuss: growing up in Russia • “The Talk” Russian parents give their children • What is the “West” and how do Russians view it • Should Whites feel some guilt for slavery, racism, misogyny, bigotry, etc.? • systemic racism: criminal justice, housing, employment, income, wealth • Critical Race Theory (CRT) • immigration • free, private, and public speech • how language is used to distort truth • the origin of “political correctness” • journalism vs. activism • capitalism • and how the West could be lost.

Konstantin Kisin is a journalist, comedian, voiceover actor and social commentator. Born in the Soviet Union, where he experienced both untold wealth and grinding poverty, he moved to the UK when he was 13 years old. Now an award-winning performer, he co-presents the popular YouTube series Triggernometry alongside Francis Foster. Together, they’ve interviewed some of the most in-demand intellectuals of our age, such as Douglas Murray, Jordan Peterson and many others.