Episodes
Friday Jul 26, 2019
Tawny Newsome
Friday Jul 26, 2019
Friday Jul 26, 2019
Tiff Stevenson talks to US sketch and improv comedian Tawny Newsome, co-host of podcast "Yo, Is This Racist?", about whether comedy can contribute to positive social change. The chat ranges from the parallels between hazing and starting out in comedy, how being a women in comedy can be a political act, Trump fatigue, and why the idea of ‘If you can see it, you can be it” is so important.
This podcast contains swears.
If you’re up at the Edinburgh Fringe then why not come see Tiny Revolutions Live
12/13 August 4pm The Gilded Balloon
https://gildedballoon.co.uk/programme/tiff-stevenson/
And/or Tiff’s Show - Mother
31 July 1-25 August 915pm Monkey Barrel
https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/tiff-stevenson-mother
Friday Jul 12, 2019
Hari Kondabolu
Friday Jul 12, 2019
Friday Jul 12, 2019
In this week’s episode, Tiff Stevenson meets American stand-up comic, actor, and documentary-maker Hari Kondabolu. They discuss comedy as art and its ability to be a positive form of social change. Amongst other things, their chat covers race, representation, the problem with Apu, and death threats in translation.
This podcast contains swears.