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Seriously Funny: Politics and Comedy

A Conversation with Emily Nussbaum, Avi Steinberg, and Kwesi Mensha

January 3, 2023

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What happens when politics becomes comedy and the jester becomes the king?

Emily Nussbaum, television critic for The New Yorker

Avi Steinberg, writer

Kwesi Mensah, comedian

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American Politics Episodes Around January 3, 2023

Alison L. Gash and Daniel J. Tichenor, "Democracy's Child: Young People and the Politics of Control, Leverage, and Agency" (Oxford UP, 2022)

Gregory Smithsimon, "Liberty Road: Black Middle-Class Suburbs and the Battle Between Civil Rights and Neoliberalism" (NYU Press, 2022)

Matthew F. Delmont, "Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad" (Viking, 2022)

Jacob Kramer, "The New Freedom and the Radicals: Woodrow Wilson, Progressive Views of Radicalism, and the Origins of Repressive Tolerance" (Temple UP, 2015)

Lauren N. Haumesser, "The Democratic Collapse: How Gender Politics Broke a Party and a Nation, 1856-1861" (UNC Press, 2022)

Michael Ayers Trotti, "The End of Public Execution: Race, Religion, and Punishment in the American South" (UNC Press, 2022)

The Emergence of Trotskyism in the United States: Part 1 of 3

The Emergence of Trotskyism in the United States: Part 2 of 3

Kevin R. C. Gutzman, "The Jeffersonians: Presidents Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe, 1801-1825" (St. Martin's Press, 2022)

The Emergence of Trotskyism in the United States: Part 3 of 3

Mary M. Burke, "Race, Politics, and Irish America: A Gothic History" (Oxford UP, 2023)

Jefferson Cowie, "Freedom's Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power" (Basic Books, 2022)

Abdul Alkalimat, "The Future of Black Studies" (Pluto Press, 2022)

Adam M. Silver, "Partisanship and Polarization: American Party Platforms, 1840-1896" (Lexington Books, 2022)

Tommie Shelby, "The Idea of Prison Abolition" (Princeton UP, 2022)

Seriously Funny: Politics and Comedy

White Balance: How Do Race and Class Intersect?

21st Century Citizenship: What Does It Mean to be a Citizen in America?

Lior Lehrs, "Unofficial Peace Diplomacy: Private Peace Entrepreneurs in Conflict Resolution Processes" (Manchester UP, 2022)

Neoliberalism and Higher Education

Demeritocracy: Should We Still Believe in Meritocracy?

Enlightened Cynicism: Should We Be More Cynical Than We Are?

Vincent Phillip Muñoz, "Religious Liberty and the American Founding: Natural Rights and the Original Meanings of the First Amendment Religion Clauses" (U Chicago Press, 2022)

Challenges to Scientific Authority in Modern America

Aaron Berman, "America's Arab Nationalists: From the Ottoman Revolution to the Rise of Hitler" (Routledge, 2022)

The Politics of Digital Technology

Apocalyptic Politics: What Do Evangelical Voters Want?

Michael Joseph Roberto, "The Coming of the American Behemoth: The Origins of Fascism in the United States, 1920-1940" (Monthly Review Press, 2018)

Richard Aquila, "Rock & Roll in Kennedy's America: A Cultural History of the Early 1960s" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2022)

Robert Ovetz, "We the Elites: Why the US Constitution Serves the Few" (Pluto Press, 2022)

Daniel F. Runde, "The American Imperative: Reclaiming Global Leadership through Soft Power" (Bombardier, 2023)

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