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But Is It Funny?

A weekly Spotify exclusive podcast featuring Suchandrika Chakrabarti
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But Is It Funny?

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But Is It Funny?

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A weekly Spotify exclusive podcast featuring Suchandrika Chakrabarti
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Join host Suchandrika Chakrabarti with Jamal Khadar and Brian Logan as they discuss the Edinburgh Festival, Mo Amer's new show on Netflix and Joe Lycett's impact on British politics.LINKSEdinburgh Fringe reflectionsThe Edinburgh fringe is too l
Join Brian Logan, Suchandrika Chakrabarti from the Edinburgh Fringe festival with host Jamal Khadar as they discuss acts includingJacqueline NovakFrankie Thompson: CattsSarah ShermanJerry SadowitzAnd topics including:The impact of positive high
Join our panel of Suchandrika Chakarabarti, Jamal Khadar and Brian Logan in Edinburgh as they discuss:Sophie DukerCat CohenSarah KeyworthBloody Difficult WomenRagu to RichesSheepsCrizardsLara RicoteI Miss Amy WinehousePlus:Watching and reviewin
Our comedy panel have arrived at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe! Join Brian Logan, Suchandrika Chakrabarti and Jamal Khadar as they discuss:Patti Harrison Sketch versus stand-up Trigger warnings in stand-up: a timely development … or the end of
Join Jamal Khadar and our regular panel of comedy critics and writers Brian Logan and Suchandrika Chakrabarti as they look forward to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2022.Including:How comedians prepare for the FringeBeing a critic at the FringeI
Brian Logan is joined by Jamal Khadar and Suchandrika Chakrabarti for our Season 2 finale to discuss:Dane Baptiste - The Chocolate ChipThe Marvelous Mrs Maisel (Amazon Prime)Oxide Ghosts - The Brasseye TapesLINKSDane Baptiste - The Chocolate Ch
Suchandrika Chakrabarti is joined by regular panellists Brian Logan and Jamal Khadar to discuss:John Mulaney is back in the game – but he doesn’t owe us an explanation: comedy, celebrity, how much of yourself must you reveal onstage? Witchfinde
Jamal Khadar is joined by regular panellists Suchandrika Chakrabarti and Brian Logan to discuss:Nabil Abdulrashid's new touring show - Nobody Actually Believed I'd LastThis Is Going To Hurt (BBC TV)Chappelle's Home Team - Earthquake: Legendary
Host Brian Logan is joined by regular panellists Jamal Khadar and Suchandrika Chakrabarti to discuss Ali Wong's Netflix specialComics "Quitting" stand-upPlus: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the comedian who became President of UkraineLINKSVolodymyr Zelen
Host Suchandrika Chakrabarti  joins regular panellists Jamal Khadar and Brian Logan to discuss: Mo Gilligan's Netflix specialTragedy Plus Time improv from Boom Chicago in Amsterdam - content warning; contains reference to suicide and bereavemen
Jamal Khadar hosts, with Suchandrika Chakarabarti and special guest Emma Sullivan. Topics include:Starstruck (BBC) - episode two of Rose Matafeo's sitcomFurther reflections on the role of criticism Phat Tuesdays - docuseries on the history of G
Regular panellists Suchandrika Chakrabarti and Brian Logan are joined by special guest Emma Sullivan to discuss:Jimmy Carr's recent Netflix specialTaking Comedy Seriously with Emma SullivanMurderville (Netflix)Plus: "Scotwatch" featuring tartan
Suchandrika Chakrabarti hosts, with regular panellists Brian Logan and Jamal Khadar. Topics include:An interview with comedian and writer Athena Kugblenu about her experience of, and views on, comedy criticismComedy albums as a form, and how co
Jamal Khadar, Brian Logan and Suchandrika Chakrabarti discuss:Nish Kumar's new stand-up show and the role of political comedy in the UKLearning comedy as social prescription via the GP, with Angie Belcher Aziz Ansari's new Netflix specialShow n
Season 2 of But Is It Funny? launches with Brian Logan. Suchandrika Chakrabarti and Jamal Khadar discussing:Race Around Britain with Munya Chawawa on YouTubeNew Radio 4 comedy series pilot Unsafe SpacePlans to develop a UK version of Saturday N
Is Succession a sitcom?What limits should a comedy club put on comedian’s material? Discussing  Don't Applaud. Either Laugh or Don't. (at the Comedy Cellar) by Andrew HankisonWhat's a comedian's realtionship to criticism?With Brian Logan, Sucha
Hosted by Suchandrika ChakrabartiFeaturing:Sharon Lockyerhttps://www.brunel.ac.uk/people/sharon-lockyerSophie Quirkhttps://www.kent.ac.uk/arts/people/536/quirk-sophieAnja Karlssonhttps://www.gu.se/en/about/find-staff/anjafranckkarlssonLINKSWhat
With Jamal Khadar, Brian Logan and Suchandrika ChakrabartiRevisiting comedy we used to love - with reference to shows including Sex & The City, Seinfeld, Bill HicksDigging deeper into the question: But Is It Funny? - do we need a better languag
Plus: Zero Star Reviews, Sex Unzipped, Bean Dad, Megan Stalter… and moreWith Brian Logan, Suchandrika Chakrabarti and Jamal KhadarReferences: Stath Lets Flats & the state of the Sitcomhttps://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/oct/26/the-las
Jamal Khadar, Suchandrika Chakrabarti and special guest Abdul Tahhan consider:Lenny Henry’s Race Through Comedy (currently re-playing on Dave) … what can we learn from stand-up history?Moderating Content … should you change your set if a member
Join spooky comedian Suchandrika Chakrabarti, influencer (!) Brian Logan and special guest Fatiha El-Ghorri as they ask:What are the best and worst comedy venues, from basement bars to rooftop gigs and performing in a burger bar?What's it like
Our regular panel of Brian Logan, Suchandrika Chakrabarti and Jamal Khadar consider:The fallout from Dave Chappelle's new Netflix specialGlamrou at Soho TheatreThe ethics of using material from other people's lives (with reference to Bad Art Fr
Suchandrika Chakrabarti offers a guide to comedy podcast types and tropes, as well as selecting some of her favourites. But are comedy podcasts more than just chat?Brian Logan reflects on the new TV series from Jon Stewart as well as the return
Jamal Khadar asks whether Improv is getting more diverse. Brian Logan gets stuck into Netflix series The Chair. And Suchandrika Chakrabarti explores how critics choose who and what to review.
Suchandrika Chakrabarti discusses sadness in comedy with reference to TV shows Ladhood, Back To Life and  Alma’s Not Normal . Can TV comedy succeed with tragedy where stand-up can’t?Jamal Khadar reflects on I Think You Should Leave by Tim Robin
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