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This News Cycle Gets Zero Stars on Yelp

Live with Sharon McMahon and Andy Borowitz

The way the news looks these days, sometimes it feels like the satire is writing itself, so this week seemed like a great time for a conversation with Andy Borowitz — writer, comedian, and founder of The Borowitz Report.

Yes, it may seem as though the government is trying to solve nonexistent problems, but it wasn’t all bleak.

Here are some topics we covered:

  • why gas prices are always Americans’ last straw;

  • what we can learn from professional wrestlers turned politicians;

  • how to trick President Trump into increasing voter turnout;

  • what the US government can learn from American Idol;

  • who are the worst Minnesotans and Ohioans we can think of; and

  • what Carnival cruises can (hopefully!) tell us about foreign policy

I think you’ll really enjoy this conversation.

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