Offline with Jon Favreau

Jon Stewart, Donald Trump, and How Comedy Changed Politics

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Oct 22, 2023
Jesse David Fox, senior editor at Vulture, and author of the forthcoming “Comedy Book,” talks with Jon about how the internet changed comedy and how comedy changed politics. They discuss the erosion of broadcast journalism under Reagan, the misplaced trust in comedians, the impact of the internet on humor, and why a comic’s success is no longer measured in laughs.
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