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Good One: A Podcast About Jokes is a podcast about - well - jokes, and the people who tell them. Each week, a comedian will play one of their jokes and then break it down with Vulture.com Senior Editor Jesse David Fox.

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Good One: A Podcast About Jokes is a podcast about - well - jokes, and the people who tell them. Each week, a comedian will play one of their jokes and then break it down with Vulture.com Senior Editor Jesse David Fox.

    Bassem Youssef's Piers Morgan Appearance

    Bassem Youssef's Piers Morgan Appearance

    This week on Good One, host Jesse David Fox welcomes the “Egyptian Jon Stewart” Bassem Youssef to the podcast. A decade ago Youssef was a key figure in the Egyptian Revolution, hosting a satirical comedy show throughout it. But more recently Youssef garnered attention for his international viral appearance on Pier Morgan Uncensored. Youssef discusses how he approached the news segment as a piece of comedy and what satire can or cannot do.
    Bassem is on tour now. Head to www.bassemyoussef.xyz/upcoming-shows for dates.
    The Good One TV show, starring Mike Birbiglia, is premiering on March 26, on Peacock!
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    • 1 hr 14 min
    Barack Obama’s 2011 White House Correspondents’ Dinner Speech (with Jon Lovett)

    Barack Obama’s 2011 White House Correspondents’ Dinner Speech (with Jon Lovett)

    This week on Good One, host Jesse David Fox welcomes Jon Lovett to the pod. Before co-hosting Pod Save America and hosting Lovett or
    Leave It, Lovett was a speechwriter for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. And in that role, he was known as the go-to comedy guy. This episode looks back at the first three White House Correspondents’ Dinner speeches Lovett worked on under Obama, as a way to have a conversation about the role of humor in politics.
    Stream Pod Save America and Lovett or Leave It
    Order Jesse's book (out now!), Comedy Book: How Comedy Conquered Culture–and the Magic That Makes It Work here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374604714/comedybook
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    • 1 hr 31 min
    Jacqueline Novak’s Authenticity

    Jacqueline Novak’s Authenticity

    This week on Good One, host Jesse David Fox welcomes Jacqueline Novak to the pod. After years touring it around the world, Novak released her debut special, Get on Your Knees, on Netflix earlier this year. Fox and Novak dove deep into the extremely ambitious special about oral sex, that is not actually about oral sex.
    Stream Get on Your Knees on Netflix.
    Order Jesse's book, Comedy Book: How Comedy Conquered Culture–and the Magic That Makes It Work here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374604714/comedybook
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    • 2 hrs 21 min
    Hrishikesh Hirway’s Song Exploder (Live from Vulture Festival)

    Hrishikesh Hirway’s Song Exploder (Live from Vulture Festival)

    This week on Good One, host Jesse David Fox brings you a conversation he had with Hrishikesh Hirway, the host/producer of the podcast Song Exploder, live at Vulture Festival 2023. Song Exploder, a podcast in which a musician walks through the process of making a song, was the single biggest influence on Good One, so the two hosts had a fun time deconstructing the art of deconstructing art.
    Song Exploder is celebrating its 10th anniversary this month! Stream wherever you listen to podcasts.
    Order Jesse's book (out now!), Comedy Book: How Comedy Conquered Culture–and the Magic That Makes It Work here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374604714/comedybook
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    • 1 hr 17 min
    Weird Al Superlatives Live! (with guest host Jonah Ray Rodrigues) (Bonus Episode!)

    Weird Al Superlatives Live! (with guest host Jonah Ray Rodrigues) (Bonus Episode!)

    To kick off the new year, here’s a little bonus episode to keep you warm as the show ramps up for its seventh year. Recorded live from Vulture Festival, comedian/comedy podcast legend Jonah Ray Rodrigues interviews his friend/idol Weird Al Yankovic about his long and varied career. Rodrigues has Al named the song that is his favorite to do live, was his most surprising hit, features the best accordion skills, and much much more.This was an event of the real Weird Al-heads. But, even a casual fan will appreciate this unique look back at Weird’s unique career.
    Stream Weird: The Al Yankovic Story on the Roku Channel.
    Order Jesse's book, Comedy Book: How Comedy Conquered Culture–and the Magic That Makes It Work here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374604714/comedybook
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    • 1 hr 5 min
    Best Specials of 2023 with Kathryn VanArendonk

    Best Specials of 2023 with Kathryn VanArendonk

    It's that time of year again: Vulture critic Kathryn VanArendonk's Best Specials of the Year list is out! Years removed from lockdown and with a rise of specials on YouTube, there was a lot to consider. But these are the 10 VanArendonk thought were best!
    Kathryn’s ranking: https://www.vulture.com/article/best-stand-up-comedy-specials-2023.html
    Order Jesse's book, Comedy Book: How Comedy Conquered Culture–and the Magic That Makes It Work here: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374604714/comedybook
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    • 1 hr 33 min

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