The White House Correspondents Dinner, the crown jewel of Washington’s spring prom season, roared back this past week, freed from many of the physical and psychological restraints of the COVID-19 pandemic. But the pandemic is but one of the many turning points in the dinner’s long history — which includes Mummers. George Condon, the White House Correspondents Association historian and White House correspondent for National Journal, joins the podcast to discuss this august D.C. institution.

Show Notes:

• White House Correspondents’ Dinner is back: Expect superspreader jokes
• Feeding the nerds: Where does the WHCD food come from?
• No Trump, no gluten, no problem at White House Correspondents’ Dinner
• 10 Times CNN Was Butt of Correspondents’ Dinner Jokes
• Best WHCD Party Is at the Renwick, Say Roll Call Readers