Ben and cartoonist David Sipress discuss the fall of the Russian Empire by examining the famous Siberian mystic whose life is steeped in legend, Grigori Rasputin.

David Sipress has been a staff cartoonist at The New Yorker since 1998 and has published nearly seven hundred cartoons in the magazine. He also studied Russian History in the Department of Soviet Studies at Harvard University.

His new book, What's So Funny?: A Cartoonist's Memoir, is now available and can be purchased using this link:

https://www.amazon.com/Whats-So-Funny-Cartoonists-Memoir/dp/0358659094

For more information on David Sipress and to view some of his cartoons, visit his website:

https://www.davidsipress.com/the-author