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  <title>Episode 712 : Journalist / Author Robert Draper Comedian / Writer Christian Finnegan</title>
  <description> Hello There and thank you for stopping by todays show notes. I think you will love both of my guests and the conversations I had with them and if you don't you should email me and tell me why and I will do my best to get back to you! StandUpwithPete@gmail I know there are a billion podcasts but this one is def the best. Tell your friends and&amp;amp;nbsp;Please subscribe to the show so I can do it again tomorrow.&amp;amp;nbsp; Check out&amp;amp;nbsp;StandUpwithPete.com&amp;amp;nbsp;to learn more On to today's show ! Robert Draper's excellent new book is  Weapons of Mass Delusion WHEN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY LOST ITS MIND   Robert Draper was a staff writer at&amp;amp;nbsp;Texas Monthly&amp;amp;nbsp;from 1991 until 1997, and he still writes occasionally for the magazine. He is also a contributing writer at the&amp;amp;nbsp;New York Times Magazine&amp;amp;nbsp;and&amp;amp;nbsp;National Geographic.&amp;amp;nbsp;Draper is the author of several works of fiction and nonfiction, including the&amp;amp;nbsp;New York Times&amp;amp;nbsp;best-sellers&amp;amp;nbsp;Dead Certain: The Presidency of George W. Bush&amp;amp;nbsp;and&amp;amp;nbsp;Do Not Ask What Good We Do: Inside the U.S. House of Representatives.&amp;amp;nbsp;A native Houstonian, he now resides in Washington, D.C. &amp;amp;nbsp;  Robert Draper has been a wise, fearless, and fair-minded chronicler of the American political scene for over twenty-five years. He has seen the good, the bad, and the ugly. He has never seen it this ugly. Ultimately, this book tells the story of a fearful test of our ability, as a country, to hold together a system of government grounded in truth and the rule of law. Written on the eve of the 2022 midterm elections, Draper’s account of a party teetering on the precipice of madness reveals how the GOP fringe became its center of gravity.     --------------------------------------------------    &amp;amp;nbsp; Christian Finnegan&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;nbsp;is an&amp;amp;nbsp;American&amp;amp;nbsp;stand-up comedian, writer and actor based in&amp;amp;nbsp;New York City.    BUY HIS NEW ALBUM---&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;quot;Show Your Work: Live at QED&amp;quot; Check out Christian's new Substack Newsletter!&amp;amp;nbsp;What is New Music for Olds?  This newsletter has a very simple premise:&amp;amp;nbsp;You don’t have time to discover new music. I do. Here’s what I’ve discovered.  Finnegan is perhaps best known as one of the original panelists on&amp;amp;nbsp;VH1's&amp;amp;nbsp;Best&amp;amp;nbsp;Week&amp;amp;nbsp;Ever&amp;amp;nbsp;and as Chad, the only white roommate in the “Mad Real World” sketch on&amp;amp;nbsp;Comedy Central's&amp;amp;nbsp;Chappelle's&amp;amp;nbsp;Show. Additional television appearances as himself or performing stand up have included “Conan”, “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson”, &amp;quot;Would You Rather...with Graham Norton&amp;quot;, “Good Afternoon America” and multiple times on&amp;amp;nbsp;The&amp;amp;nbsp;Today&amp;amp;nbsp;Show&amp;amp;nbsp;and&amp;amp;nbsp;Countdown&amp;amp;nbsp;with&amp;amp;nbsp;Keith&amp;amp;nbsp;Olbermann, and on&amp;amp;nbsp;History's&amp;amp;nbsp;I Love the 1880s. He hosted&amp;amp;nbsp;TV Land's&amp;amp;nbsp;game show &amp;quot;Game Time&amp;quot;. As an actor, Finnegan portrayed the supporting role of &amp;quot;Carl&amp;quot; in the film&amp;amp;nbsp;Eden Court, a ticket agent in &amp;quot;Knight and Day&amp;quot; and several guest roles including a talk show host on &amp;quot;The Good Wife&amp;quot;. In October 2006, Finnegan's debut stand up comedy CD titled&amp;amp;nbsp;Two For Flinching&amp;amp;nbsp;was released by&amp;amp;nbsp;Comedy Central Records, with a follow-up national tour of college campuses from January to April 2007.&amp;amp;nbsp;“Au Contraire!” was released by Warner Bros. Records in 2009. His third special &amp;quot;The Fun Part&amp;quot; was filmed at the Wilbur Theatre in Boston on April 4, 2013 and debuted on Netflix on April 15, 2014. &amp;amp;nbsp;     Check out all things Jon Carroll  Follow and Support Pete Coe Pete on YouTube Pete&amp;amp;nbsp;on&amp;amp;nbsp;Twitter Pete&amp;amp;nbsp;On&amp;amp;nbsp;Instagram Pete&amp;amp;nbsp;Personal&amp;amp;nbsp;FB&amp;amp;nbsp;page        </description>
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