Policy 360

Ep. 88 The Daily Show Writer/Producer Zhubin Parang


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Political satire isn't new, it's been with us throughout history, even Shakespeare's works were packed with political commentary. Lately Political News itself seems more like entertainment television. So how do you make fun of something that already seems like a joke?Our next guest says, it's a blessing and a curse to be a Trump era comedian. Zhubin Parang is a producer for the Daily Show with Trevor Noah having previously served as the head writer for three years. He even majored in political science and sociology at Vanderbilt University. He attended Georgetown law school, he was a corporate lawyer before he was hired by the Daily Show.

Zhubin has won multiple primetime Emmy awards for his work on the Daily Show. His trip to Duke was sponsored by POLIS, the center for Political Leadership, Innovation and Service, as well as the Dewitt Wallace Center for Media andDemocracy, the Sanford School and the Graduate Student Association of Iranians at Duke.

Subscribe to the Policy 360 podcast: www.policy360.org/ Read the transcript here: sites.duke.edu/policy360/files/2…bin-Parang-1.docx Image: Melissa Carrico Music: The Zeppelin by Blue Dot Sessions freemusicarchive.org/music/Blue_Dot_Sessions/ Licensed under Creative Commons: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/

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