Episode 596
The Ethics of Performing for Dictators
The Political Orphanage · Andrew Heaton, Turner Sparks, Michael Ira Kaplan
October 16, 20251h 7m
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Show Notes
Can comedians ethically perform standup for a despotic regime without endorsing it? Recently the Riyadh Comedy Festival invited furor when some comics schlepped to Saudi Arabia to perform–at great expense–while others declined in protest of supporting human rights abuses. Turner Sparks and Michael Ira Kaplan join to discuss.
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