The Thrill: Jon Stewart, Degrassi, ghostwriting in rap

The Thrill: The Maclean's Pop-Culture Podcast

This week, on Maclean’s pop-culture podcast—hosted by Adrian Lee, Emma Teitel and Julia De Laurentiis Johnson—we talk to Jaime J. Weinman, who wrote a piece for Maclean’s about Jon Stewart’s tricky legacy of partisanship. With the Daily Show host’s last day coming on Aug. 6, what kind of political legacy does he leave behind? Then, we’ll talk to a producer and writer for the unstoppable Canadian teen drama Degrassi, which was on the brink of cancellation before it was scooped up by Netflix. Why is it so enduringly popular, and just how hard is it to write for those scary teens? Last, Julia and Adrian go toe-to-toe over the Drake and Meek Mill beef, specifically, the issue of ghostwriting: Is there something really wrong with having someone else write your raps?

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