158. Geitner Simmons on the Efficacy of Parody in a World Run by Self-Parodists

Satire uses exaggeration to critique something about the world we
live in, but what happens if the world is crazier than any
satirist can come up with? How does one parody, as Kurt Andersen
has put it, "the greatest self-parodists of all time"? On today's
show, Tom Knoblauch is in conversation with Geitner Simmons,
author of the new book, Android Run, a sci-fi thriller with a
heavy dose of satire to discuss the societal role of fiction,
journalism, and the pervasive absurdity no one can escape.