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Smith & 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. * 'Best Pedagogical Project', The YSJSU Awards 2019
Episodes
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP93. Satiric Legacies: Ghosts, Gulliver & Ali G
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…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP92. Smith & Waugh's Satirical Voyage: From Jonathan Swift to H G Wells
This is NOT a Halloween special. Instead, this podcast is celebrating the 300th birthday of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels with something altogether more…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP91. We Understood the Satire: The Generation Game Pops Off, Mrs Merton to Bad Apples & the AI Apocalypse
Jo and Adam explore satire across the generations in a new instalment that certainly isn't a belated grab bag episode. We begin with Gen Z slang and BBC Radio…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP90. The Odyssey Isn't Satire, But Robots Can Be: Ann Droid & Androids
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…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP89. Binface Girl Summer: Clacton By-Election, Burnham, France & Satire
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…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP88. "Send Help!": Bad Bosses, Andy Burnham & Satire
Jo and Adam discuss Send Help!, Sam Raimi's new satirical horror in which a woman escapes her toxic workplace only to find herself stranded on a desert island…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP87. Satire Inside The Manosphere & Yesteryear
Jo and Adam discuss Louis Theroux's latest feature-length Netflix documentary, 'Inside the Manosphere'. exploring the role of humour in his filmmaking. From…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP86. Satire & Slopaganda: Vladimir, The Drama & Geopolitical Meme Warfare
This month, Jo and Adam unpack a hellish grab-bag of take on satire, ranging from campus culture wars to actual global wars. We begin with the Netflix…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP85. HeathSMITH & WAUGHthering Heights Talk About Emily Brontë, Emerald Fennell & Satire
The episode our listeners demanded. This March, Jo and Adam turn to the film everyone is arguing about: Wuthering Heights. From casting discourse to meme…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP84. "Zombie" "Satire": 28YL The Bone Temple (+ Bonus Boning Up on "Wuthering Heights")
In this episode, Jo and Adam trace the long, shuffling history of the satirical zombie, from the consumer cannibalism of Dawn of the Dead to the suburban…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP83. Sidney Sweeney Has Bad Satire: The Housemaid, The Traitors & Stranger Things on Toast
Jo and Adam ease themselves into the new year by asking some deceptively simple questions about contemporary culture. They discuss Paul Feig’s latest film The…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP82. The Grinch who Stole Satire: A Christmas Feast of Partridge, Plur1bus, Dead Man & Toast
Jo and Adam are back with their annual festive sketch, this year titled “The Grinch Who Stole Satire”: a cheerfully mischievous look at irony, earnestness, and…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP81. [Sat]Ire, ink & Enmity: The Art of Literary Feuding
Join us for an episode filled with spectacular spats, bruised egos, and top-tier literary shade. This month, Adam introduces a riotous tour through Britain’s…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP80. Happy HaLEIGHween! A Spooky Satire Special with Leigh Stein
It's all treat and no trick this SpoOooky Season, as Jo and Adam welcome back Best Friend of the Pod, acclaimed novelist Leigh Stein, for a bumper Halloween…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP79. Smith & Waugh Are Not Helping: Sketchy Sketch Show Satire
Inspired by the return of sketch show comedy to British television in the form of the surprisingly satirical Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping, Jo and Adam go…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP78. Cartoon Comebacks: Animated Satire in King of the Hill & South Park
In this episode, Jo and Adam turn their attention to American animated satire, revisiting their own memories of cartoon-watching while asking what makes…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP77. 28 Grab-bags Later: A Satirical Summer Dilly-Dally
This episode isn't a grab-bag in the sense of an oversized packet of Monster Munch, but it is a kind of mystery bag of miscellaneous treats that you might grab…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP76. Satire & The Brontë 2: Charlotte Bronte is in YOU
Could You be Satire? Jo and Adam discuss the weird Netflix show about putting women in cages and quoting literature at them. Along the way, they chat about…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP75. Brit Comedy Abroad & Satire In Song
Inspired by Adam's recent adventures in Santiago de Comepstela, Spain, where he talked about satire at the second Conference on Feminisms and Humour…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP74. Satire is Risen: Eggxtra Special Easter Eggstravaganza
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…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP73. Satire in Suburbia (and Amandaland)
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…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP72. "Nightbitch, please": Musk, Motherhood, Modernism & Satire
"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…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP71. Traitors, Haters & Vampire Maters with Satire & Potatoes
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…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP70. Satire Actually: Christmas with Stella Gibbons & The Grossmiths
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…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP69. The Satirical Body & The Horrors of Age: Generation Z & The Substance
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…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP68. Satire VS Horror: A SpoOoky Halloween Special
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…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP67. Back2School: Satire & Horrible Histories with Dave Cohen
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…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP66. my brat summer of satire: american things, olympics, feminist dystopian satire & taking back greggs
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…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP65. A Bridgerton, Bovary Breakfast for #PoshGirls: Post-GenyLex Grab Bag of Satire
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…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP64. Snappy GenyLex: The 2024 General Election Eras of Satire Tour
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…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP63. We Need To Talk About Satire: Lionel Shriver's "Mania" and "American Fiction"
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…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP62. Small Beer & Small Potatoes: A Comprehensive History of “Feminine Humour” in 64 minutes
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…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP61. Satire Is Not A Potato: Brontës, Babies & Kate Middleton Memes
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…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP60. Satire Lads, Lads, Lads: Gregg, Gulliver & The Grossmiths (& A.I.)
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…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP59. January Grab-Bag Episode: Barbies, Traitors, Poor Things & Character Comedy
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…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP58. Saltburn and "The Satire Man": A Good-Humoured Christmas Episode
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…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP57. Snark Academia: Satire on Campus
Universities are home to reality warping bureaucracy, towering moral hubris, endemic charlatanism and rampant neoliberalism... according to the campus satire…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP56. SpoOoky Halloween Special: Comedy, Cannibalism & the Horror of Satire
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…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP55. Yellowface & Other Tales: Race, Representation & Satire
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…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP54. This Barbie is Satirical
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…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP53. Satire & Charlatanism, from Quacky Hacky Doctors to Winnie the Pooh
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…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP52. Through a Black Mirror Darkly: Streaming Satire & Satirical Podcasts
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)…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP51. Coronation Satire: Charles III, Themes and Memes
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…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP50. Satire & Privilege: Moshfegh, Monarchy, Menus & Motor Yachts
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…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP49. "Where are all the gals?": Sex, Gender & The Redefinition of Satire
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…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP48. What Has Satire Ever Done For Us? (Live in Leeds!)
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…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP47. Harry & M3GAN: Truth, Todgers, Artificial Intelligence & [Spare] Satire
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…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP.46. Christmas Special: The Crown, I'm A Celeb, Elf(ish) Behavior & Satire.
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…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP.45. Satire & The Brontës
Forty-five episodes into the podcast, the focus finally turns to Jo’s specialist trivia subject: the life, work and legend of the Brontë sisters. Best known…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP44. Satire & Irony on TikTok (with Leigh Stein)
Jo and Adam take on the big questions: what is TikTok? What is irony? Is rain on your wedding day more ironic than ten thousand spoons when all you need is a…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP43. Satire & The First Days of Liz Truss
From the moment Joe Lycett appeared on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg on 4 Sept and (ironically) offered the incoming Prime Minister a ringing endorsement, a…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP42. Comedy, Controversy & Cancelling
This was going to be the Smith & Waugh Satirical Summer Reading Challenge episode, but after the summer news cycle was flooded with comedy headlines – almost…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP41. Satire, Public Emotions and The Clownfall of Boris Johnson
After a thoroughly uneventful week in British politics Jo and Adam struggle to think of any topical satire that they can meaningfully talk about... NOT! In the…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP40. Royal Satire: Platinum Jubilee Satire Review Special
Did you have a good street party this weekend? Did you get tangled up in bunting? Did you wrestle with a gazebo? Did your neighbor try to start a conga? Did…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP39. Satirical Hoaxing in the Time of QAnon: TikTok, Trolling & the Culture Wars
Jo and "Adam" bring listeners up to speed on some shocking backstage drama in the land of Smith & Waugh before taking a deep dive into the weird world of…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP38. Satire, Rage & Originality (with Sam Riviere)
Jo and Adam are joined by poet, author and academic Sam Riviere for a wide ranging conversation about satire, originality, plagiarism, the inherent challenges…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP37. WW3 & IWD: Satire, Women & War (International Women's Day 2022)
As Russia invades Ukraine, Jo and Adam ponder the most pressing question: what does the first European conflict in decades will mean for satire? They also…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP36. Satire & The Law: Libel, Censorship & Freedom of Speech
Happy Anniversary to SAWTAS! It’s been three years to the day since Adam and Jo first took to the airwaves. In this episode, they reflect on their tremendous…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP35. Satire, "Party-Gate" & The End Of The World
As the fabric of the social contract in Britain further disintegrates in the wake of increasingly outrageous revelations about behaviour behind closed doors at…
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP34. Smith & Waugh’s Big Satirical Christmas “Gathering”
Christmas isn’t Christmas until everyone is dead of a new mutant variant! Only kidding. Christmas isn’t really Christmas until Jo and Adam have dropped their…