Sophia McClennen on How Satire Makes Sense of a President Who Didn’t
In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On
Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now.
In this episode, Andrew talks to the author of Trump Was a Joke, Sophia McClennen, on how satire is the most effective way of confronting the absurdity of Donald Trump.
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Sophia A. McClennen is Director of the Center for Global Studies and Professor of International Affairs and Comparative Literature at Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA.
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