That’s Not Funny: Matt Sienkiewicz on Right-Wing Humor

Mike talks with Matt Sienkiewicz, an Associate Professor and Chair of the Boston College Communication Department. He's the co-author, along with Nick Marx, of That's Not Funny: How the Right Makes Comedy Work for Them. Topics Mike & Matt Discuss Include: - why most political comedy is left of center - the main types of right of center comedy - “punching up” vs “punching down” in comedy - conservative humor challenging liberal pieties - the biggest names in right wing comedy - why right-wing comedy matters, even if you don’t think it’s funny Right-Wing Comedy Links The Political Orphanage. Andrew Heaton Greg Gutfeld Ryan Long Michael Malice Matt Sienkiewicz on Twitter The Politics Guys on Facebook | Twitter Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. You can support us or change your level of support at patreon.com/politicsguys or politicsguys.com/support. On Venmo, we’re @PoliticsGuys.   Interested in starting your own podcast? Check out RedCircle, home of The Politics Guys. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesThe Politics Guys on Facebook | XListener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. You can support us or change your level of support at patreon.com/politicsguys or politicsguys.com/support. On Venmo, we’re @PoliticsGuys.The Politics Guys is part of The Democracy Group, a network of podcasts that examines what's broken in our democracy and how we can work together to fix it.