Thinking Seriously About Comedy with Nick Marx and Matt Sienciwicz

Factually! with Adam Conover

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Comedy

4.4 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2022

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Comedy is one of world’s oldest, most popular art forms, but almost no one thinks seriously about what comedy is or what it’s for. Is comedy inherently liberal? Does it actually convey truth, or is it just for entertainment? And what do we make of the rise of right-wing comedy in America? Researchers Nick Marx and Matt Sienkiewicz, authors of the new book That's Not Funny join Adam to discuss these topics and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:58.1	Hello and welcome to factually, I'm Adam Connover.
1:01.0	Thank you so much for joining me on the show once again.
1:04.2	I'm talking to you from beautiful Brooklyn, New York, I'm staying at a fair field in
1:08.9	and suites here, having a wonderful time walking around the city that I miss so much.
1:14.1	I just ate and everything bagel with scallion cream cheese.
1:17.8	It was delicious.
1:18.8	Later I'm going to go to Katz's.
1:21.2	It's I'm living my best life here, okay?
1:23.8	You understand?
1:24.8	I'm having a great time.
1:26.3	If you live in New York or if you live in this surrounding area, please come see me at
1:29.5	the bellhouse on Saturday.
1:31.2	I'm doing my new hour.
1:33.0	I would love to talk to you.
1:34.0	If you listen to the podcast, please come say hi at the meet and greet after the show.
1:37.6	And of course, if you live in San Diego or Portland, I'm headed there soon too.
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