Suchandrika Chakrabarti hosts, with regular panellists Brian Logan and Jamal Khadar. Topics include:

• An interview with comedian and writer Athena Kugblenu about her experience of, and views on, comedy criticism
• Comedy albums as a form, and how comedicans are trying to get more  equitable rights payments from Spotify
• Don't Look Up (Netflix) - critics hated it, one of our panellists loves it .... But is it funny?

Links

• Aziz Ansari’s Empty Authenticity - review discussed at start of episode

Athena Kugblenu

• https://twitter.com/athenakugblenu
• https://www.instagram.com/athenakugblenu/
• Athena's Cancel Culture on BBC Sounds: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000tsld
• Work In Progress at 2Northdown on 4th February:

Comedy albums & Spotify

• It's time to give a new generation of comics a crack at the Grammys 
• Spotify removes top comedians’ content in royalty payments dispute

Incidental music during interview: Lukrembo ‘Onion’ and ‘Cheese’