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

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

Released Monday, 27th February 2023
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EP48. What Has Satire Ever Done For Us? (Live in Leeds!)

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

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

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

Monday, 27th February 2023
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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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