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The correspondents sat down withEntertainment Weekly: The Showto explain the process of putting their show together.
Rubens says one of the challenges is booking guests.
Can we get these people to talk us when its foolish for them to talk to us?
The fourth piece about mass shootings is really hard to write, she says.
While Hoggart notes that its a matter of moving past the drama of the situation to find the humor.
Though Harkin adds, most of them already use comedy as a coping technique.
Everyone who works in our office has their entire life used comedy as a survival technique, she says.
Were just naturally people who find the joke in it to survive the situation.
She also adds that their driving force is host Samantha Bee and her genuine desire to make a difference.
She honestly does have a heart of gold, says Harkin.