Harry Shearer has a gift for using political and social satire to reveal greater truths about the world we're given to misunderstand. In the context of the comic/dramatic audio play, he's created mercilessly funny encounters among public figures that have taught me a lot about the use of power in our world.

This past Sunday, December Four, marked the twenty-second anniversary of his weekly hour-long public radio program, Le Show, originating from the Santa Monica studios of KCRW-FM. Toward the end of the program came a new segment of Dick Cheney Confidential, his noir radio fantasy said to emanate from the deep remove of the Vice President's undisclosed location. This installment is one of the very best, and its highlight is a motivational conversation Cheney initiates with our ambitious Secretary of State.

Harry's own web site offers an overview of his diverse comic talents and the hardy perennial that is his long and fascinating career. There you will find a big handful of entertaining extras to support your gleeful waste of time, but more empoweringly, there is a searchable archive of Le Shows dating back to the mid-nineties. My humble suggestion is that you search for episodes of his hilariously brilliant series, Clintonsomething. In a just world the series would have earned him a Pulitzer.

Dick Cheney Confidential - Operation Push Back (Written and performed by Harry Shearer)

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