Sound design by David Herman, with additional engineering by Joe Plourde. Use the hashtag #TheExperimentPodcast, or write to us at episode was produced by Gabrielle Berbey and Julia Longoria, with editing by Emily Botein and Katherine Wells. In this episode, The Atlantic’s religion reporter Emma Green sits down with The Bee’s editor in chief, Kyle Mann, to talk about where he draws the line between making a joke and doing harm, and to understand what humor can reveal about American politics.įurther reading: “ Who Would Jesus Mock?”īe part of The Experiment. The satire site The Babylon Bee, a conservative Christian answer to The Onion, stirred controversy when some readers mistook its headlines for misinformation.