Strong Message Here Everybody's Miserable
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Feb 27, 2025 Dive into the world of political language as Armando Iannucci and Helen Lewis unravel why politicians like Farage and Trump paint a picture of widespread misery. They explore the whimsical connections between historical narratives and modern political discourse, discussing the surprising role of AI in echoing human thought. The duo critiques the evolution of political campaigns in the social media era and tackles the challenges of British identity, highlighting contradictions that surface in today's rhetoric.
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Modern Shakespeare
- Helen Lewis attended a modern, energetic production of Much Ado About Nothing.
- Her husband, not a Shakespeare fan, loved the play's "enemies to lovers" theme.
Shakespeare's Revival
- When theaters reopened post-Cromwell, Shakespeare was revived as popular, existing content.
- They adapted his works into operas, used stage wires, and experimented with the material.
Parrots and Prophets
- Armando Iannucci shares a story from the book Heresy about Apsethis, a Libyan mystic.
- Apsethis trained parrots to proclaim his divinity, but neighbors trained them to reveal the coercion.