Doomscroll #010: Did Trump 'break' political comedy?

SummaryMatt and Lisa are joined in this episode by Doug J. Balloon, the creator of the New York Times Pitchbot parody Twitter account for a definitely not-safe-for-work discussion about all the news of the week, including Conan O’Brien’s assertion that Donald Trump made comedy monologues a lot harder, very serious allegations being lobbed at Russell Brand, and Trump’s totally bizarre cult musical performance at his latest speech.Timecodes00:22 — Conan O'Brien says Trump broke comedy04:10 — Russell Brand faces sex assault allegations13:56 — NBC's Kristen Welker fails in Trump interview22:01 — Trump playing cult music in his speeches now27:53 — Bill Maher & Drew Barrymore shamed into canceling showsFollow or die!Doomscroll* https://www.instagram.com/doomscrollshow/* https://www.youtube.com/@doomscrollshow* https://twitter.com/doomscrollshowMatt* https://twitter.com/mattsheffield* https://mastodon.social/@mattsheffield* https://www.threads.net/@realmattsheffieldLisa* https://www.instagram.com/olympianlisacurry* https://twitter.com/lisa_curryDoug* https://twitter.com/DougJBalloonDoomscroll is a Flux Community podcast. Join us for lots more great articles and podcasts on politics, culture, media, and religion! <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit plus.flux.community