HeyJaredSmith & Waugh Talk About Satire
An award winning podcast in which Drs Adam J Smith and Jo Waugh talk about the form, function and future of satire. They also talk about the history of satire, but that doesn’t alliterate. Adam and Jo are joined by a series of special guests who will also talk about satire.
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EP90. The Odyssey Isn't Satire, But Robots Can Be: Ann Droid & Androids (opens the original)
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What makes a robot funny? And, more importantly, are they satire? Jo and Adam ask why robots seem to lend themselves so readily to satirical comedy. They look at the BBC sitcom ANN DROID , Apple TV's SUNNY and Channel 4's prank show BAD ROBOTS , alongside various satirical machines including Kryten from RED DWARF , Bender from FUTURAMA and ROBOCOP . There are also honourable mentions for robots who are decidedly less satirical (Vision, Data, the various artificial humans of HUMANS and BLACK MIRR
EP89. Binface Girl Summer: Clacton By-Election, Burnham, France & Satire (opens the original)
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Jo and Adam unpack the extraordinary Clacton by-election, where Count Binface takes on Nigel Farage after the Reform leader resigns and re-contests his own seat, calling the election a referendum on his political credibility. As the campaign descends into surreal farce, we ask whether Count Binface is effective satire, and what happens when satire becomes an active participant in democracy? Along the way, Jo and Adam discuss French satirical magazines, the comic response to Andy Burnham's rise t
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