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Cascade PBS Ideas Festival: Left, Right & Center: Serious About Satire

Cascade PBS Ideas Festival

Left, Right & Center: Serious About Satire

Season
4
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Episode
6
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Video duration
28 min 27 s

Mo Elleithee and Sarah Isgur join KCRW podcaster David Greene to debate the impact of political satire and the media's readiness for Trump's campaign.

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