Beyond a Joke Series

During 2022/2023 I recorded a series where I asked guests to bring an object that has made them laugh. Using this object we discussed what makes us laugh, what arts practice can learn about the structures of humor and jokes and quite a lot about where the ‘serious’ and the ‘ridiculous’ overlap and intersect.

Tonight is the workshop A Horse Walks into a Bar. So, I thought I’d put a list of links to this series in one place. All these podcasts are available in the RSS feed which can be found on most podcast players.

Here is a list of the episodes:

Ep 110: Beyond a Joke 1 – Anna Jackson talks to Pip Adam about Anna’s book ‘Actions & Travels: How poetry works’

Ep 111: Beyond a Joke 2 – Jonny Potts talks to Pip Adam about Nikolai Gogol’s story ‘The Nose’

Ep 112: Beyond a Joke 3 – Jordan Hamel talks to Pip Adam about his poem ’Death Coach’

Ep 113: Beyond a Joke 4 – Anthony Lapwood talks to Pip Adam about ’Goethe in the Roman Campagna’ by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein

Ep 115: Beyond a Joke 6 – Brannavan Gnanalingam talks with Pip Adam about Kira Muratova’s film The Asthenic Syndrome

Ep 116: Beyond a Joke 7 – Sarah Jane Barnett talks with Pip Adam about Michael Schur’s The Good Place

Ep 117: Beyond a Joke 8 – Dominic Hoey tells Pip Adam a funny story and they talk about Poor People With Money

Ep 118: Beyond a Joke 9 – Rijula Das, author of Small Deaths, talks to Pip Adam about a New Yorker cartoon

Ep 119: Beyond a Joke 10 – Marolyn Krasner talks with Pip Adam about Hudson Valley Ballers: Lovers

Ep 120: Beyond a Joke 11 – Anna Pendergrast & Kelly Pendergrast talk with Pip Adam about The Laughter Lift from Kermode & Mayo’s Take

Ep 124: Beyond a Joke 12 – Gabby Anderson talk with Pip Adam about Verb After-Hours