Comedy
Aamer Rahman has nailed the art of activist comedy
Kings of comedy — From standup to satire, jokes can be a saviour. But in the right hands, they can also trigger change. To help resist – with humour – we’re celebrating radical voices that rise above the rest. In this instalment, Australian comic and activist Aamer Rahman explains why bad comedy can backfire… especially when it comes to the likes of Trump.
Written by: Iris Mansour
Lolly Adefope is stand-up's brightest shape-shifter
Kings of comedy — From standup to satire, jokes can trigger change. To help resist, through laughter, we’re celebrating radical voices that rise above the rest. In this instalment, 26-year-old Londoner Lolly Adefope takes us through her journey from open-mic contender to one-woman comedy cast.
Written by: Michael Segalov
The liberal redneck killing stereotypes with humour
Kings of comedy — From standup to satire, jokes can trigger change. To help resist – through the power of laughter – we’re celebrating radical voices that rise above the rest. In this instalment, Trae Crowder reveals why his outsider status – ‘white-trash’ meets well-educated – gives him license to pierce bubbles across the political spectrum.
Written by: Iris Mansour
Marc Maron on the power to connect through listening
Stand-up Guy — After 25 years as a struggling comic, Marc Maron was close to giving up when he finally found success on his own terms: turning his intense personality into a hit podcast.
Written by: Seven T. Hanley
Doug Stanhope: Comedy's greatest outlier
The art of not giving a fuck — Comedian Doug Stanhope turned his back on LA for a 'tiny-ass town in the middle of nowhere'. It turned out to be the best career move he's ever made.
Written by: Daniel Dylan Wray
Rag N’ Bone Man: The MC building a refuge for his past loves
Talking inspiration, former flames and a debut album — Raised on a diet of Steptoe and Sons and blues music in a small Sussex village, Rag N’ Bone Man doesn’t exactly fit the normal picture of an MC. But digging deeper reveals Rory Graham is a true hip hop renaissance man.
Written by: Robbie Wojciechowski
Video: Everything you need to know about Bernie Sanders - in a hilarious bongo rap
Do the Bernie Bongo — YouTuber Matt Orfalea’s bongo rap tells you more about Bernie Sanders’ all-conquering presidential campaign than any nightly new report.
Written by: Alex King
The couple that turned a DIY web series into a breakout comedy hit
Meet High Maintenance — Ben Sinclair and Katja Blichfield are the masterminds behind the web series High Maintenance, about a New York pot dealer and his eccentric, generally unhinged clientele. A runaway success on Vimeo, their own HBO series is coming in 2016.
Written by: Samantha Maine
Best reactions to allegations UK PM David Cameron ‘had sex with a dead pig’
The unfolding #PigGate saga — A new biography alleges the British Prime Minister put his penis inside a dead pig’s mouth while at university. Here are the internet’s most hilarious reactions.
Written by: Alex King
Unplanned America explores the States’ most far-out subcultures
Aussies on the edge — DIY documentary series Unplanned America follows three Australian best mates on a riotously funny, make-it-up-as-you-go-along journey through the cultural fringes of the US.
Written by: Alex King