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Laughing about Politics (with P.J. O'Rourke)

Sep 21, 2018
30:51

P.J. O’Rourke offers comedic relief about the state of our politics from his unique journalistic perspective influenced by the “sunshine” of the 1960s. O’Rourke has worked for many notable publications such as the National Lampoon and Rolling Stone Magazine. He has had two New York Times #1 Bestsellers; Parliament of Whores and Give War a Chance. He is currently a correspondent for the Atlantic as well as the H.L. Mencken Research Fellow at the Cato Institute.

Why does show business and left-wing politics have an affinity for each other? What happened to politics in the 1960s? How did the baby boomers ruin the world? What does O’Rourke think of the state of journalism today? Are we more divided today, as a society, than we were in the latter half of the 1960s?

Further Reading:

None of My Business, written by P.J. O’Rourke

All the Trouble in the World: The Lighter Side of Overpopulation, Famine, Ecological Disaster, Ethnic Hatred, Plague, and Poverty, written by P.J. O’Rourke

It’s Worse than Vulgar, It’s Trendy, written by P.J. O’Rourke

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Is Liberalism in Danger?, Free Thoughts Episode

Harambe to Trump: 2016 was the Worst, Free Thoughts Episode

King Obama, King Trump: The Dangers of an Imperial Presidency, Free Thoughts Episode



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