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Why Has Comedy Become So Right-Wing?

Why Has Comedy Become So Right-Wing?

The David Frum Show vor 10 Monaten

The Atlantic’s Helen Lewis on the Riyadh Comedy Festival and the rise of the right-wing comedy podcast-industrial complex. Plus: the importance of NATO and David’s reflections Edith Wharton’s Autres Temps.

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On this week’s episode of “The David Frum Show,” The Atlantic’s
David Frum opens with his thoughts on the Trump administration’s
hostility toward NATO. David discusses why NATO was created, what
it does, and why we should care about it. He also analyzes the
United State’s global leadership role and why so many bad actors
advocate for isolationism. Then David is joined by his Atlantic
colleague Helen Lewis to talk about the proliferation and
importance of right-wing “comedy” podcasts. They discuss why some
comedians seem to go right-wing and why a growing audience is drawn
to their uninformed rhetoric. Lewis also addresses the complicity
that comedians and their audience share in the rise of MAGA.
Finally, David closes the podcast with a discussion on Edith
Wharton’s Autres Temps and how it speaks to moral panics, social
pariahs, and so-called cancel culture. Sign up for David Frum’s
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