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277 – Comedy Against Work (w/ Madeline Lane-McKinley)

Jan 27, 2023

02:10:35

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The Connection Between Utopian Comedy and Adam Krauss's Book

02:29

Woody's Grandpa's Life

03:44

Sleep Is a Necessity to Our Survival

05:10

Introduction

2min

Is There a Bonus Episode?

2min

The Wrong Boys Fit Check

2min

We're Wearing the Yushankas

2min

The Rongweiss Fit Check

2min

Is This a Utopian Book?

3min

Utopian Comedy

1min

Comedy and Utopian Social Practice

5min

The Connection Between Utopian Comedy and Adam Krauss's Book

2min

10.

The Strike at the Comedy Store

3min

11.

Stand-Up Comedy Is Getting More and More Focused on Anger

5min

12.

The Jerry Seinfeld Promise of Stand-Up Right?

5min

13.

The Comedy Store Strike of 1979 Yeah Yeah Yeah I'm Not Going to Bat for Sami Shores I'll Just Think About It

2min

14.

How to Be a Comicator in the Workplace

3min

15.

J. Leno Crossed the Picket Line

2min

16.

How to Get Paid for Internet Piracy and Podcasting

3min

17.

The Girl Boss Moment

2min

18.

Care Flicks - Comedy Labor History Story Time

2min

19.

Are You a Total Genie?

4min

20.

The Office Is a Dystopia

3min

21.

The Office Recu-Jure

5min

22.

I'm Interested in What Tim Heidecker Is Doing in Comedy Culture Right?

3min

23.

How to Weaponize Satisfaction and White Men in Comedy

6min

24.

The Man Who Needs No Introduction

3min

25.

Comedy Shows

2min

26.

Comedy Is Legal Again

2min

27.

The Greatest President in History - Witty Observations Agent

2min

28.

Is Comedy Legal Again?

2min

29.

I'll Just Pop That Tape Out So Focus Group

2min

30.

The End of Play in Children's Lives

4min

31.

I Love the Politics of Play

3min

32.

I Think It's a Source of Raw Material That We Can Figure Out More Effectively if We Are Able to Play

2min

33.

The Playfulness of Improv

6min

34.

Sleep Is a Necessity to Our Survival

5min

35.

Is Blobbing the Beautiful Metaphor of the Transcendental Group Experience

3min

36.

Comedy Can Be Part of a Revolutionary Practice

4min

37.

The Connection Between Comedy and Utopie

2min

38.

Blob Is a Transcendental Collectiveness

3min

39.

I Think Improv Can Help to Soften This Culture of Political Self Seriousness

2min

40.

The Children of the World Have Suddenly Stopped Playing

2min

41.

Why the Children Haven't Played for Six Days Now

4min

42.

Observation's a Modern Day Philosopher

2min

43.

The New Corporate Culture Mandates That Supremacy Is Putting Down

2min

44.

The Kids Heart's Got to Be in It

2min

45.

The Children Aren't Moving and They're Not Moving

2min

46.

Can We Connect the Children's Hearts With the Tickle Machine

1min

47.

Woody's Grandpa's Life

4min

We are joined by Madeline Lane-McKinley to talk about the intersections between comedy and utopianism, the world of stand-up comedy and the tendency towards domination-centered comedy, using comedy to escape work, and the importance of play.

Check out her book ‘Comedy Against Work: Utopian Longing in Dystopian Times’!
https://www.commonnotions.org/comedy-against-work

Theme Song by ‘alman the man’
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0phmPAQKm91ez7HJPTUEZ1

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