OTM presents The Experiment: Who Would Jesus Mock?

On the Media

• Episode: OTM presents The Experiment: Who Would Jesus Mock?
• Website: On the Media
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• Duration: 00:22:36
• Published: 2021-11-10 18:00

The satire site The Babylon Bee, a conservative Christian answer to The Onion, stirred controversy when some readers mistook its headlines for misinformation. In this episode of WNYC/The Atlantic's The Experiment, religion reporter Emma Green sits down with the editor-in-chief, Kyle Mann, to talk about where he draws the line between making a joke and doing harm, and to understand what humor can reveal about American politics.

Further reading: “Who Would Jesus Mock?”