a polite interview
“Skin So Thin,
It’s Inside Out”
Ethan Persoff talks with Paul Krassner about running The Realist,
hacking The New York Times Bestseller list, and that
“true, extraordinary liar,” Donald Trump.
In the late Fifties, three things radically changed the course
of American comedy: Lenny Bruce, The Second City, and
Source: House Oversight Committee release, November 2025