#1603

Guest host David Horton and Clay discuss the origins and varieties of satire. With its roots in the ancient world, particularly Rome, satire exists in two broad categories: genial, bemused satire, identified with the Roman poet Horace, and biting, severe, take-no-prisoners satire best represented by another Roman poet, Juvenal. The discussion explores satire in American history, Thomas Jefferson’s humorlessness and immunity to satire, classical American satirists such as Mark Twain and Will Rogers, and satire of the modern age with Johnny Carson, Stephen Colbert, and Garrison Keillor. David and Clay reflect on the silo effect and media echo chambers of our time, which have made it nearly impossible for all to meet in some form of the public square to laugh at human foibles and find ways to tolerate each other.
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