Should satire make us laugh? Is satire always funny? Why do we laugh at things anyway? Adam and Jo are joined by <a href="https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/history/staff/kate-davison#tab01">Dr Kate Davison</a> (University of Sheffield) to talk about the social history of laughter, and the various satires of the eighteenth-century tavern keeper Ned Ward. 
Episode Available Monday 26 August!

Should satire make us laugh? Is satire always funny? Why do we laugh at things anyway? Adam and Jo are joined by Dr Kate Davison (University of Sheffield) to talk about the social history of laughter, and the various satires of the eighteenth-century tavern keeper Ned Ward. Episode Available Monday 26 August!

Should satire make us laugh? Is satire always funny? Why do we laugh at things anyway? Adam and Jo are joined by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/history/staff/kate-davison#tab01" rel="noopener noreferrer">Dr Kate Davison</a>&nbsp;(University of Sheffield) to talk about the social history of laughter, and the various satires of the eighteenth-century tavern keeper Ned Ward.&nbsp;
Episode Available Monday 26 August!

TRAILER: EP.5 - Satire & Laughter

An award winning* podcast in which Drs Adam J Smith and Jo Waugh talk about the form, function and future of satire. They also talk about the history of satire, but that doesn’t alliterate. 

Adam and Jo are joined by a series of special guests who will also talk about satire.

* 'Best Pedagogical Project', The YSJSU Awards 2019

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An award winning* podcast in which Drs Adam J Smith and Jo Waugh talk about the form, function and future of satire. They also talk about the history of satire, but that doesn’t alliterate. Adam and Jo are joined by a series of special guests who will also talk about satire. * 'Best Pedagogical Project', The YSJSU Awards 2019

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