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Sometimes, a phrase pops into your head that seems too good not to use, even though sometimes it was plenty weak enough to leave alone. So it is in this episode of the 9th best satire podcast with ‘Karen and Gammon Talk About Salmon’, Adam and Jo find out as they labour the joke to be sure it won’t work. They then talk about satirical books at Christmas time, Christmas itself, and some of the adverts that have happened this year.

In this episode Jo and Adam talk about:

The Adam Buxton Podcast

A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift

Andrew Doyle

Argos’s Book of Dreams

The Babylon B Podcast

The Beggar’s Opera by John Gay

Breaking the News

Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister 

Brexit

BS de Resistance

Crazy Comedy Humour and Satire Podcast

China Unscripted 

Christmas

Charlotte Brontë

Consider Our Knowledge

Covid-19

Dear Joan and Jericha: Why He Turns Away, Dos and Don’ts From Dating to Death

Doctor Who

Ebenezer Good

Elon Musk

Elena Favilli, Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls

Fist of Fun

Football

Friday Night Comedy on BBC Radio 4

Gammons

Greta Thunberg

The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well by Meik Wiking

Jodie Whittaker

John Lewis Christmas Advert

Juche: How To Live Well the North Korean Way by Oli Grant

Julia Davis

Karens

Lockdown

My First Little Book of Intersectional Activism by Titania McGrath

North Korea 

On the Left Side

Ricky Gervais 

Salmon

Sam Smith 

The Top 15 Podcasts About Satire In The World

Vicki Pepperdine

Woke by Titania McGrath

Your Mood Journal by Fearn Cotton

 

Credits

‘Karen and Gammon Talk About Satire Theme’ by Dr Benjamin Garlick 

‘This is Christmas’ by Scott Holmes Music (downloaded from Free Music Archive)

‘Snowfall’ by TRG Banks (downloaded from Free Music Archive)