EP93. Satiric Legacies: Ghosts, Gulliver & Ali G

Smith & Waugh Talk About Satire · Nov 12, 2026 · 1h 6m

Jo and Adam turn their attention to Ali G: Who Iz I, the new film revisiting Sacha Baron Cohen's iconic character. We look back at the history of Ali G, consider what made him such a significant satirical creation, and ask the inevitable question: does he still have a place in 2026?

Adam also reports back from Germany, where he attended the Eighth Münster Symposium on Jonathan Swift at the University of Münster. This provides an excuse (if ever he needed one) for a rather more substantial excursion into the 300th-anniversary celebrations of Gulliver's Travels, including a deep dive into Ian…