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This edition: Comedian/playwrights and political commentators Lewis Black and Nancy Giles review the Broadway shows Clybourne Park and The Columnist, and discuss the current state of the nation


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Original tape date: April 20, 2012. First aired: June 23, 2012.

Commentator/writer/comedian/actors Lewis Black and Nancy Giles discuss their early days as young performers in Hell's Kitchen, subsequently making it in show business, as well as their choices for the funniest conservatives in the USA. Giles also reviews this year's Tony-winning Best Play "Clybourne Park" and Black shares his opinion of the late Joseph Alsop, the acid-penned political columnist played by John Lithgow in the hit political drama, "The Columnist."

Guest List

Lewis Black Comedian/Political Commentator

Nancy Giles Comedian/Political Commentator

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