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Episode 1278 - "Canceled Comedy" w/ Kliph Nesteroff and David Bianculli

WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

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The Smother's Brother's Comedy Hour

The story of the smothers brother's comedy hour that happened. The real stifling of comedy is when people in power decide that what the comedian is saying is dangerous and must be stopped. This was for political reasons, not life style choice,. Not ethnicity, which are being made into political reasons by a very ambitious, frightening, well propagandized right wing movement. There's no courage in that playing the victim. Courage in comedy is when the comedian takes on those power structures, even when you know they can end your career. But courage also comes in the form of knowing when the things you're saying can cause harm to people, and evolving your comedy past it. That's our

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