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#BackChannel: How Late-Night TV Has Changed Under Trump And Remembering Dick Gregory

WUNC | By Frank Stasio,
Charlie Shelton
Published September 12, 2017 at 11:46 AM EDT
Trevor Noah works on set during a taping of 'The Daily Show with Trevor Noah' in New York.
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Trevor Noah works on set during a taping of 'The Daily Show with Trevor Noah' in New York.

Ever since President Donald Trump announced he was running for president in 2015, late-night television shows have taken on a new tone. Programs like “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” and “Late Night with Seth Meyers” have adopted more political rhetoric, while “The Daily Show” continues to offer political satire with a diverse staff. 

Natalie Bullock Brown, professor of film and broadcast media at St. Augustine’s University, and Mark Anthony Neal, chair of the department of African and African American studies at Duke University talk the changing role of late night talk show comedians.

Host FrankStasiotalks about the recent politicization of late-night TV withNatalie Bullock Brown, professor of film and broadcast media at St. Augustine’s University in Raleigh, andMark Anthony Neal, chair of the department of African and African American studies at Duke University in Durham. They also discuss the legacy of comedian and activist Dick Gregory who died last month.  

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Frank Stasio
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.
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Charlie Shelton