{"id":865,"date":"2019-03-20T04:00:31","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T04:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.duke.edu\/policy360\/?p=865"},"modified":"2021-06-14T19:32:40","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T19:32:40","slug":"ep-88-zhubin-parang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/policy360.org\/2019\/03\/20\/ep-88-zhubin-parang\/","title":{"rendered":"Ep. 88 Zhubin Parang, The Daily Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

Political satire isn’t new, it’s been with us throughout history, even Shakespeare’s works were packed with political commentary. Lately, though, political news itself seems more like entertainment television. So how do you make fun of something that already seems like a joke?<\/p>\n

Zhubin Parang says it’s a blessing and a curse to be a Trump-era comedian. Zhubin is a writer\/producer for the Daily Show with Trevor Noah<\/em><\/p>\n