“Go try to be funny nowadays with this woke culture” Todd Phillips told Vanity Fair.

Well, alright! Barnaby takes her darkest, trickiest joke to joke doctor Caroline Clifford and gives them a rewrite in an attempt not to offend anyone, and endure in her blooming stand-up comedy career (sic).

 The dynamics of comedy in a context of social media (and particularly twitter) and cancel culture make the job tough - but can one really be cancelled? Could B. really lose it all for one bad joke?

What is cancel culture anyway? The Vagitators set out for answers, and Barnaby aims for results!

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You can find out more about Caroline's classes on the Berlin Stand-up School Website

Check-out Paula Poundstone's epic HBO One Night Stand here, the moment that we refer to on the show is at 34:58

The epic song that started it all, Your Love Is Cancelled by CHIC and the amazing Nile Rodgers

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The Vagitators Podcast is written, recorded and produced by Gina May Walter & Barnaby Alive.

Music & sound by Nina Guo: https://www.facesound.org/

 

Episode cover art: curtesy of Caroline Clifford