Comedy has two roles: to entertain people and to expose societal absurdities. It can be a tool for critical thinking, encouraging audiences to reconsider and mock ideas that don't deserve their respect.Today's guest is Seth Dillon, the CEO of The Babylon Bee, the world's most trusted, factually accurate news source. Taking on the tone of a traditional news media publication, the Bee satirizes real-world events and public figures.Dillon's experience with censorship and deplatforming has placed him on the front lines of the battle for free speech in the public square. He now speaks on college campuses and at conferences across the country about the effectiveness of humor, the moral imperative of mockery, and the dangers of censorship.

Benjamin Ryan is a veteran independent journalist, specializing in science and health care coverage. He contributes to The New York Times, NBC News, the New York Post and The New York Sun and the Washington Post opinion section. He has also written for the The Atlantic, The Guardian, The Nation, New York and many other publications. He publishes the Substack Hazard Ratio, where he focuses on examining the science behind the controversial field of pediatric gender medicine from a circumspect lens. A cum laude graduate of Columbia University and native of Seattle, Benjamin got his start covering the HIV epidemic. More recently, he has reported on Covid-19 treatments and the mpox outbreak. He lives in Manhattan.More: http://www.benryan.net/bio.htmlX: https://x.com/benryanwriter

Join this conversation with Habib Khan Totakhil, founder of Afghan Peace Watch and former Kabul-based reporter with The Wall Street Journal. Previously, he worked for Afghanistan Times daily newspaper. He received Rumi Award for “Best International Journalist in Afghanistan” in 2014.Find him on X at: @HabibKhanT