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Chris Smith is the author of The Daily Show (The Book): An Oral History as told by Jon Stewart, the Correspondents, Staff, and Guests (Grand Central). He is a contributing editor at New York magazine and lives in Brooklyn.

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Politics Is a Joke Now—And The Early 2020 Campaign Proves It

EVENT HORIZON PUNCHLINE

‘Stay in your lane, news!’ says ‘Daily Show’ executive producer Jen Flanz. ‘We got this! Comedy is our job!’

Chris Smith | Published Jan 26, 2019

The ACLU Is Just Getting Started

Fighting Time

That $31 million the ACLU raised in a weekend after it beat Trump in court was great, but it also raised the stakes: Can the storied group continue to deliver?

Chris Smith | Published Feb 10, 2017

How Jon Stewart Manages Creativity

‘A Certain Humanity’

Despite the tight control Stewart maintained, he left things loose enough to nurture inspiration and improvisation.

Chris Smith | Published Dec 25, 2016

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