McClennen interviewed on "The power of satire and the return of late night shows" by Here & Now's Scott Tong for NPR →
McClennen interviewed by Colin McEnroe for Connecticut Public Radio: "The art of political satire with Samantha Bee and Sophia McClennen" →
Sophia McClennen, author of Trump Was a Joke, discusses how political satire decoded the chaos of the forty-fifth presidency with JSTOR's public intellectuals series →
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Hasan Minhaj and the New Yorker: Who decided comedy needed fact-checking?
Hasan Minhaj’s embellishments arguably serve a larger purpose. What purpose is served by destroying his career?
Sick of Trump? Try laughing at him
We are sick of Donald Trump. Totally and completely sick of hearing his voice, seeing his image, and watching his latest idiotic, sinister move. We are sick of his hold on the GOP, his incessant need for attention, and his bullying, bigoted swagger.
We are over him. Done. Ready to move on.
How to Sharpen a Nonviolent Movement
In the past three decades nonviolent social protest has become the most reliable path to democracy. However, not all nonviolent mobilization campaigns succeed. To examine why some nonviolent campaigns are more successful than others, we analyze…
“Taking sides is not my job”: “Retrograde” filmmaker Matthew Heineman on documenting a war's end
Salon talks to Matthew Heineman about his new film about the final days of the U.S. War in Afghanistan