EP73. Satire in Suburbia (and Amandaland)

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Why is it that so many classic British sitcoms (such as Keeping Up Appearances , The Good Life and One Foot In the Grave) are set in the suburbs? The recent smash hit Amandaland seems to be drawing satirical inspiration from these shows. Similarly, musicians (such as Pulp and The Pet Shop Boys), poets (such as Philip Larkin), film-makers (such as David Lynch) and novelists (such as Hanif Kureishi in his seminar Buddha of Suburbia) all seem to have found a reach source of satiric inspiration amidst the liminal hinterlands of the "burbs." Why is this? Jo and Adam are back to investigate. They also discuss Boon Joon Ho's Mickey 17, and reflect on their recent life event at the York Literature Festival, "Literary Feuds: Authors Hating Authors in the Olden Days."

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EP73. Satire in Suburbia (and Amandaland)

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EP74. Satire is Risen: Eggxtra Special Easter Eggstravaganza 1:07:12

20 days ago1:07:12

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Jo and Adam warmly welcome you to their Eggztra Special Easter Eggstravaganza, which they hope will make you hoppy and not (hot)cross. It's (hotcross) bun a funny old couple of weeks for satire, so leave it to our Eggsperts to pick out a few Eggstremely interesting Eggxamples to discuss. In this episode, Jo and Adam reflect of their Eggsperiences of watching the new series of Charlie Brooker's dystopian sci-fi satire show, Black Mirror and Apple TV's new cinema skewering satire The Studio and discuss the unexpected but highly welcome return of the hilarious podcast Dear Joan and Jericha . They also survey the satirical responses to J D Vance's first and very final meeting with the late Pope Francis, consider a very appropriate Eggstract from Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, and share notes on the best ways to eat an Easter Egg. Happy Easter, one and all!…

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EP73. Satire in Suburbia (and Amandaland) 1:03:40

6 weeks ago1:03:40

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Why is it that so many classic British sitcoms (such as Keeping Up Appearances , The Good Life and One Foot In the Grave ) are set in the suburbs? The recent smash hit Amandaland seems to be drawing satirical inspiration from these shows. Similarly, musicians (such as Pulp and The Pet Shop Boys ), poets (such as Philip Larkin), film-makers (such as David Lynch) and novelists (such as Hanif Kureishi in his seminar Buddha of Suburbia ) all seem to have found a reach source of satiric inspiration amidst the liminal hinterlands of the "burbs." Why is this? Jo and Adam are back to investigate. They also discuss Boon Joon Ho's Mickey 17 , and reflect on their recent life event at the York Literature Festival, "Literary Feuds: Authors Hating Authors in the Olden Days."…

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EP72. "Nightbitch, please": Musk, Motherhood, Modernism & Satire 1:10:56

11 weeks ago1:10:56

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"Motherhood is a bitch." So reads the tagline of the Amy Adams film 'Nightbitch', which recently arrived on Disney+. Adapted from Rachel Yonder's 2021 novel of the same name, the film has been widely reviewed as a work of satire... but a satire of what, exactly? Jo and Adam are here to ask the question. They also discuss Kevin Rulo's book "Satiric Modernism", and consider whether it is fair to say that there is something intrinsically satirical about the Modernist movement in early 20th-Century literary history. And, finally (because no podcast in 2025 is complete without a conversation about Elon Musk), Jo and Adam examine a range of responses to the controversial "salute" at Trump's inauguration from a range of different political perspectives.…

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EP71. Traitors, Haters & Vampire Maters with Satire & Potatoes 1:05:03

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At the time of recording, Traitors UK is on TV, Nosferatu is dominating at cinemas, Donald Trump is one day into his second presidency, leaving Jo and Adam with many memes to discuss as they try to determine what will be their 2025 energy. Charged by a listener to determine whether or not Robert Eggers's new adaptation of Nosferatu is in any way satire, Jo and Adam diligently investigate. What follows is a surprisingly clarifying discussion of the relationship between satire, sincerity, parody, and Paul Simpson's case for satire as an "echoic discourse". You'll also hear the phrase "having sex with the air" more than once. Adam and Jo also tease two forthcoming publications arising from their research on satire and hating in the works of Charlotte Brontë and Samuel Johnson. And Jo has brought a curious artefact to the recording which involves satire, Brontës, and once more, potatoes.…

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EP70. Satire Actually: Christmas with Stella Gibbons & The Grossmiths 1:02:11

21 weeks ago1:02:11

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Come in, and know my satire, man! It is that time of year once again, when satire is all around you and you are cordially invited to the Smith & Waugh Festival Satirical Party! This year Jo and Adam take a look at the Christmassy satire of Stella Gibbons' Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm, the festive scenes in George and Weedon Grossmith's Diary of a Nobody and the contagious comedy of Nancy Mitford's Christmas Pudding. Jo also revisits a cherished Christmas story from her childhood and, of course, no Smith & Waugh Christmas would be complete without our very special, extremely self-indulgent Christmas sketc h(featuring a wonderful cameo appearance from our friend, Ben of The Pod)!…

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EP69. The Satirical Body & The Horrors of Age: Generation Z & The Substance 1:12:19

25 weeks ago1:12:19

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Jo and Adam reflect on their recent experience of venturing to a special screening at York Picture House Cinema on Halloween night to watch a film so disgusting viewers have been reported to have left the cinema to be sick. The film is The Substance, and Adam and Jo are here to analyse its satire. Heralded as a satire on female beauty standards, we wonder if it is actually having too much fun laughing at grotesque caricatures of the ageing female body? Is patriarchal capitalism really the target, or is it the vanity of Demi Moore's character for hoping she still had a place in it? Intergenerational conflict is also the theme of our second study in this episode: Ben Wheatley's Generation Z, which announces itself as a 'satirical horror series in which Baby Boomer Zombies eat their relatives' -- but is that really all that is going on? Also, Jo and Adam talk about the role of satire during the American presidential election, and the suggestion that big tech should use AI to label online content as satire.…

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EP68. Satire VS Horror: A SpoOoky Halloween Special 1:10:57

28 weeks ago1:10:57

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Is there something strange [rustling and leaving faeces] in your neighbourhood? Who you gonna call? Smith & Waugh, of course! SpoOoky season is upon us once again and, as the veil between worlds draws thin, we invite you on a perilous journey into the liminal spaces that exist, sometimes, (for those open to possibilities beyond...), between the modes of satire, and of HORROR. Are these two things the same? Do they ever intermix? Or are they completely irreconcilably different? To find out, Jo and Adam are here to take you on a tour that will visit the worlds of Danny Robins, the BBC Sounds Uncanny parody F ollow The Rabbit , our favourite ever episodes of Inside No 9, the phenomena of the "satirical horror movie", and two recent(ish) films: Speak No Evil and Late Night with the Devil . But be warned, dear listener, this is a journey so spoOoky you will almost certainly soil yourself. Happy Halloween!…

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EP67. Back2School: Satire & Horrible Histories with Dave Cohen 1:31:42

33 weeks ago1:31:42

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As a new term begins, Jo and Adam get back in the mood for another year of learning and teaching by having a wonderful conversation with comedian, broadcaster, BBC writer, novelist an 8 time BAFTA winner Dave Cohen; best known, of course, for writing songs for the TV version of Horrible Histories. Dave talks to us about this comedy inspirations for the show, the day-to-day production of the show, its reception over the years, its skirmish with cancel culture, and about how satire played a part in the show's educational mission. (Adam also apologizes for a grievous error in the last episode, which we are ashamed to have broadcast).…

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EP66. my brat summer of satire: american things, olympics, feminist dystopian satire & taking back greggs 1:10:14

40 weeks ago1:10:14

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Don’t you even know what a brat summer is? Well, It can go that way, like, quite luxury, but it can also be so, like, trashy. Just, like, a pack of cigs, and, like, a Bic lighter, and, like, a strappy white top. With no bra. That’s, like, kind of all you need. And it is in full flow, big time. Jo and Adam take a deep dive into the world of brat, satire of brat, brat satire and the way brat satire is fuelling the campaign of Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris. They also discuss the frighteningly prescient 1979 novel Benefits , a feminist dystopian satire, before looking at responses to the riots taking place across the UK at the time of recording and the memes inspired by the 2024 Paris Olympics.…

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EP65. A Bridgerton, Bovary Breakfast for #PoshGirls: Post-GenyLex Grab Bag of Satire 1:14:43

44 weeks ago1:14:43

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Pour yourself a spenny natty wine, pump up the aux and get yourself gassed for a snappy genylex afters that is hundy p dank vibes. And if that makes no sense to you whatsoever, fear not, Jo and Adam are here to help. [Translation: Pour yourself an expensive glass of natural wine, turn up your sound system and prepare to laugh with us at our Snap General Election Afterparty which is going to be 100% cool]. Yes, in this bumper episode, Jo and Adam investigate the alleged "satire" of popular TikTok man Henry Rowley, survey the satirical aftermath of the 2024 General Election, reflect on their recent trip to Northampton University for a conference on satire, humour and history, discuss parallels between Bridgerton and Gustave Flaubert's wonderful novel Madame Bovary (1857), dig up the (deservedly) obscure 2013 movie Austenland and react to Steven Moffat's new star-studded drama, Douglas is Cancelled . Wham, bang, wallop, what a grab bag!…

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EP64. Snappy GenyLex: The 2024 General Election Eras of Satire Tour 1:07:49

49 weeks ago1:07:49

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Jo and Adam are back sooner than expected with an episode so topical it'll almost certainly by out of date by the time you finish reading this sentence! Rishi Sunak has called a general election, but something seems different this time... At the time of writing, there seems little expectation that the Tories can keep hold of office and, with one PR catastrophe after another, some are even speculating that they're actually TRYING to lose. Meanwhile, Labour seems to be expending all of their energy on pumping out memetastic TikToks whilst Ed Davie is apparently having the holiday of a lifetime. Suffice to day, the internet is drowning in satire. But fear not, Adam and Jo are here to sort the Juvenalian from the Menippean, identify the various subjects of critique and say then everything is bathos. Also featuring further updates on the Mitford sisters and the 18th Century.…

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EP63. We Need To Talk About Satire: Lionel Shriver's "Mania" and "American Fiction" 1:06:38

51 weeks ago1:06:38

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We need to talk about campus satire, again. Jo and Adam take a deep dive into two recent cultural takes which wear their satirical ambitions very much on their sleeves: the movie American Fiction , written and directed by Cord Jefferson, starring Jeffrey Wright and based on the novel by Percival Everett, and the controversial new novel by Lionel Shriver, Mania . Each examine their respective satirical targets through the lens of an academic protagonist on the edge, and each wield the blistering scalpel of satire with varying degrees of success. Jo also explains why the Mitford sisters would never want to be confused for one another. SSE!…

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EP62. Small Beer & Small Potatoes: A Comprehensive History of “Feminine Humour” in 64 minutes 1:03:45

1 year ago1:03:45

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Hot on the heels of their recent foray into the Brontë “Potatoverse” (see Ep61), Jo and Adam stumble upon what alleges to be a complete history of English Humour which manages to condense women’s contribution to the comic canon into just 7 pages, badging what it terms the distinct humour of the female sex as a kind of “small beer and small potatoes.” This account is written by none other than the celebrated author of “An Inspector Calls”, J. B Priestly, and it claims that there are no fewer than THREE comic women in the literary canon: Jane Austen, Elizabeth Gaskell and Nancy Mitford… Jo and Adam also check in on old friend of the pod, Liz Truss, and examine Count Binface’s frighteningly plausible campaign for London Mayor. Finally, they are also delighted to share a very special preview of a recent episode of Dogeared: A Bookish Podcast, upon which they recently appeared as guests to discuss, satire, Jane Eyre and Jonathan Swift.…

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EP61. Satire Is Not A Potato: Brontës, Babies & Kate Middleton Memes 1:09:33

1 year ago1:09:33

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Hot on the heels of their sell-out live show at the York Literature Festival (which only saw a slight drop off on the day in terms of the expected number of visitors), Jo and Adam return to investigate a series of urgent satirical questions. Was Anne Brontë the most satirical Brontë? Did Charlotte Brontë like Jonathan Swift? Are the viral Reborn Doll videos on TikTok sincere or satirical? And where oh where is amateur photographer Katherine (or Kate) Middleton?…

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EP60. Satire Lads, Lads, Lads: Gregg, Gulliver & The Grossmiths (& A.I.) 1:06:09

1 year ago1:06:09

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Jo and Adam celebrate their 60th episode by each taking a deep dive into a work of satire very deep to them but that they've never discussed at length on the podcast before. For Jo, it's the funniest book of all time, George and Weedon Grossmith's The Diary of a Nobody (1892), which unleashed upon the world the character of Charles Pooter, the godfather of so many sitcom characters, ranging from Homer Simpson to Alan Partridge. And for Adam, it's Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, one of the most unfairly misrepresented texts in the literary canon thanks to almost immediate bowdlerization as a children's classic. The full novel is horrific, scandalous, fantastical and hilarious. Jo and Adam also discuss Gregg Wallace's recent interview in The Telegraph and the satirical responses it provoked, and ponder the mechanics of the Radio 4 sketch show We Forced A Bot To Write This Show.…

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EP59. January Grab-Bag Episode: Barbies, Traitors, Poor Things & Character Comedy 1:20:51

1 year ago1:20:51

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For the lucky ones who presented this podcast to Episode 59, they have the chance of winning a life-changing amount of low-key kudos. But if a Traitor remains undetected, they’ll steal all their credibility... So, Adam and Jo, are you Faithful, or are you Traitorish Behaviour? Smith & Waugh return for their first episode of 2024, taking a mediumish dive into the phenomenon of character comedy and considering the satirical potential therein (with reference to Garth Marenghi, Alan Partridge and Brian Butterfield), checking in on the Barbie-Ken-Oscar discourse, before having a big old chat about whether the film Poor Things is satire.…

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EP58. Saltburn and "The Satire Man": A Good-Humoured Christmas Episode 1:09:41

1 year ago1:09:41

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One magical winter's night, a Satireman comes to life and a magical adventure begins... That's right! They'll be satire tonight, and you'll soon be walking in a winter hinterland, because it's time again for the most festive of all festive traditions: the annual Smith and Waugh Talk About Satire Christmas Special! First up, Jo and Adam read the magical picture-book tale of a living Satireman who flies away to meet the real-life Father Christmorris. Then Adam and Jo will take you on a deep dive into the most polarising film of the year, Emerald Fennell's Saltburn . Is it a superficial grab bag of scenes from better texts and films, or a satire about British class dynamics in the 2020s? And exactly how significant (and satirical) are Jack Wills hoodies? Finally, Jo and Adam confront three revenant ghosts of Smith and Waugh Christmases past: Armando Iannucci's Pandemonium , Netflix's The Crown and ITV's I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here . Merry Christmas, one and all, and to all, a satirical night.…

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EP57. Snark Academia: Satire on Campus 1:21:40

1 year ago1:21:40

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Universities are home to reality warping bureaucracy, towering moral hubris, endemic charlatanism and rampant neoliberalism... according to the campus satire Jo and Adam discuss in this episode. Inspired by the new Nic Cage movie Dream Scenario and the return of Frasier Crane (this time returning as a Harvard professor), Adam and Jo are taking a deep dive into a world of satire that hits very close to home.... Featuring discussion of campus satire by such authors as David Lodge, Lorrie Moore, Anne Fine, Alison Lurie and, of course, Kingsley Amis. Also featuring an update on Adam's new research interest in continental breakfasts.…

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EP56. SpoOoky Halloween Special: Comedy, Cannibalism & the Horror of Satire 1:20:34

2 years ago1:20:34

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Jo and Adam dish up a meaty treat for you to get your teeth into this spoOoky season, with a bumper Halloween investigation into satire's long-standing fascination with cannibalism. From Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal of 1729 (that the best way to solve the Irish famine would be for absent English landlords to eat the babies of their beleaguered tenants), to Chelsea G Summers' 2020 novel, A Certain Hunger , which features a nymphomaniac cannibal food critic, through to Gregg Wallace's even more recent documentary, Miracle Meat , which proposes solving the cost of living crisis by harvesting cheap meat from human stem cells, cannibal satire is a trope with a rich and tasty history. Adam and Jo also serve up some meditations on the close kinship between horror and comedy more generally, and take a look at the political horror of Channel 4's Partygate docudrama.…

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EP55. Yellowface & Other Tales: Race, Representation & Satire 1:07:56

2 years ago1:07:56

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Jo & Adam draw this year's "Smith & Waugh Big Satirical Summer Read" to a close with a deep dive into the novel everyone is reading, Rebecca F. Kuang's Yellowface . What is it actually a satire of? How is the satire working? And to what extent is satire an appropriate tool for interrogating questions about race and representation in contemporary culture? Adam & Jo also dissect some of the more extreme responses to the novel, especially on TikTok. Elsewhere in the episode they also pay tribute to Look Around You, the excellent Robert Popper satire currently available on iPlayer, and discuss some of the controversy surrounding this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Adam also shares a disturbing experience he had recently where a person he was dating turned out to be a Cheetah.…

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EP54. This Barbie is Satirical 1:14:01

2 years ago1:14:01

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Jo and Adam take a deep dive into the film everyone is [being compelled to keep] talking about: Greta Gerwig's Barbie . Is it a satire, and if so, what are the its targets? Can you really critique the relationship between systemic capitalist patriarchy, gender stereotypes and artificial manifestations of female emancipation in a film which is itself a vast corporate endeavour designed to ensure everyone keeps buying and celebrating Barbies? What does it mean for a film literally made by Mattel to explicitly critique Mattel for encouraging children to fetishise consumerism, whilst also being released as part of the biggest film marketing campaign in recent cinema history? And does any of this enhance or diminish the film's satirical bite? Certainly there's lots to talk about, alongside Jo and Adam's own toy-related memories and a disturbing experiment with the "BAIrbie" A. I. Engine. Contains massive spoilers.…

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EP53. Satire & Charlatanism, from Quacky Hacky Doctors to Winnie the Pooh 1:04:58

2 years ago1:04:58

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In a desperate bid to amass quantifiable impact for their research... Adam and Jo talk about the satire they've identified in their recent projects, both of which involve the relationship between literature and medicine. From 'living barometers' to 'fits of apoplectic rage', it seems when it comes to discussions of wellness and weather, satire is never far away. They also take a deep dive into the world of Winnie the Pooh to answer a recent listener question about the possible statues of Eeyore as a Juvenalian satirist. Also featuring the launch of the Smith & Waugh Satirical Summer Read 2023, in which you are all invited to join us in reading Rebecca F Kuang's brand new satirical novel, "Yellowface."…

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EP52. Through a Black Mirror Darkly: Streaming Satire & Satirical Podcasts 1:10:43

2 years ago1:10:43

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Right, deep breath. Firstly, are you OK? After checking in with Holly & Phil (stalwart re-occurring secondary characters on their podcast since at least 2020), Jo and Adam turn their attention to the latest season of Black Mirror before discussing the increasingly popular genre of "satirical podcast." These are fictional podcasts that pretend they're real to perform varying degrees of diagnostic parody on the podcast format itself (with varying degrees of success) and they include: From the Oasthous e: The Alan Partridge Podcast , The Ron Burgundy Podcast , Call Jonathan Pie , Dear Joan and Jericha and St Elwick's Neighborhood Association Newsletter Podcast . Adam and Jo also talk about the weather, but perhaps not in the way you might expect...…

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EP51. Coronation Satire: Charles III, Themes and Memes 1:06:23

2 years ago1:06:23

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Horatian, Juvenalian, Menippean? Jo and Adam examine some of the big satirical moments of the coronation of Charles III to work out what kind of satire they were, what they were targeting and, more importantly, whether or not they were funny. From "Poundland" Penny Mordant's big sword, to the spare Camillas and the King's revision cards, all the way through to the things that no other country can do, when it came to generating memes the British public very much rose to the occasion. Jo and Adam also consider the mainstream satire of Harry Enfield ( The Windsors: Coronation Special ), Frankie Boyle ( Farewell to the Monarchy ) and Stewart Lee ('God Save the King, but what about the Planet', The Guardian ). Along the way they also pause to dwell on bigger questions: what is Menippean satire? What does it actually mean to swear allegiance? And is it a corrigible or incorrigible fault to have a big nasty face for genitals?…

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EP50. Satire & Privilege: Moshfegh, Monarchy, Menus & Motor Yachts 1:07:24

2 years ago1:07:24

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Jo and Adam prepare to celebrate the momentous, landmark, historic event everyone is talking about... that's right: their 50th episode! This time they're talking about satire and privilege, as seen in Otessa Moshfegh's stratospherically popular novel My Year of Rest and Relaxation (2018) and the recent films (now available for streaming on Amazon Prime and Disney Plus): The Menu (2022) and The Triangle of Sadness (2022). They also share their plans for the other (perhaps equally significant) occasion on the horizon - the coronation of King Charles III (who is here for a good time, not a long time) - and experiment with branching out into the weird world of ASMR.…

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EP49. "Where are all the gals?": Sex, Gender & The Redefinition of Satire 1:07:04

2 years ago1:07:04

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Jo and Adam speak to Drs Jasmine Jagger and Heather Hind, curators of ' Comic Women's Poetry of the 19th Century ': an ever-growing, open access digital archive which, at the time of writing, holds over 1000 comic poems written by more than 200 19th-century women. After talking about the enormous volume of hilarious and prescient comic works that Jasmine and Heather have found, Adam and Jo return once again to the question of why it is that - if so many women have been doing so much satire all this time - satire is still considered to be (and to have always been) a man's game. Perhaps, they suggest, it is because the figurative language used in so many (male-authored) definitions of satire is coded as masculine, creating a critical blind spot in which generations of readers and scholars have failed to recognize that women have been engaging in satirical behavior all along... Jo and Adam also talk about Skinner & Minner's Literary Journey: Pope & Swift on Sky Arts and compare the shocking leaked covid-era Whatsapp messages of key government officials with a series of parody Whatsapp messages of key government officials published in Private Eye magazine a year earlier.…

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EP48. What Has Satire Ever Done For Us? (Live in Leeds!) 34:22

2 years ago34:22

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In a very special episode, join Jo and Adam as they perform a set at the Farsely Constitutional in Leeds in late October 2022. And the question Adam and Jo decide to tackle, unscripted, in front of a live, public audience is: What has satire ever done for us? Satire is great at calling things out, but has it ever actually - even once - ever made an actual difference? To answer the timeless quandary, Jo and Adam share a series of case-studies from the history satire and try to determine whether or not they changed anything. These include a ghoulish satirical hoax (18th century), a sustained campaign of satirical harassments (19th century) and the satirical saturation point of Boris Johnson (2021-22), among others. Special thanks to Dr Adam Booth for giving us this opportunity to talk about satire LIVE as part of his "Quantum Sauce" series.…

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EP47. Harry & M3GAN: Truth, Todgers, Artificial Intelligence & [Spare] Satire 1:17:56

2 years ago1:17:56

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Satirists ricochet, take their aim, and fire away, fire away at Harry, Prince Andrew, MFA students and horror writers. This month, Adam and Jo discuss Spare and M3GAN, and discover a surprising amount of parallels with two other satirical novels: Garth Marenghi's "Terrortome" and Mona Awad's "Bunny". Truth, todgers, AI, and the creative process feature throughout the show. Also, what would the podcast sound like if it were scripted by ChatGPT? Host One and Host Two find out.…

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EP.46. Christmas Special: The Crown, I'm A Celeb, Elf(ish) Behavior & Satire. 1:08:32

2 years ago1:08:32

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Would you like to hear a (satirical) Christmas story? Then wrap yourselves up warm, settle down, and listen as Mama Satyre tells a heart-warming festive tale that has to be heard to be believed... That's right! It's that most magical time of year: time for the annual Smith & Waugh Christmas Special! Join us for the story of Snarky, the human boy inexplicably raised as a Satyre (a male nature spirit with ears and tail resembling those of a horse and a permanent, exaggerated erection), a thorough investigation into whether or not The Crown and I'm A Celebrity are in any way satirical and our host's recommendations of two books to buy that satirical person in your life this Christmas: Christopher Wilson's Hurdy Gurdy and Rutu Modan's Tunnels . Merry Christmas to all and to all: Sit Up, Shut Up and Eat Our Satire! Ho ho ho.…

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EP.45. Satire & The Brontës 43:46

2 years ago43:46