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# Episode Title Description People Date
1 Speculative Satire in Contemporary Literature and Film: Rant Against the Regime Professor Kirk Combe (1983, English) discusses his new book, published by Routledge, Speculative Satire in Contemporary Literature and Film: Rant Against the Regime. Kirk Combe 17 May 2021
2 The 2019 Esmond Harmsworth Lecture in American Arts and Letters New Yorker fiction through the decades Deborah Treisman 12 Dec 2019
3 The 2019 Esmond Harmsworth Lecture in American Arts and Letters New Yorker fiction through the decades Deborah Treisman 27 Jun 2019
4 Research behind... Understanding Misunderstanding A podcast about a song about the parallels of fake news today and satire in the 18th Century based on research by Prof Abigail Williams at the University of Oxford Abigail Williams 09 Jan 2018
5 Understanding Misunderstanding A song about the parallels of fake news today and satire in the 18th Century based on research by Prof Abigail Williams at the University of Oxford Abigail Williams 16 Oct 2017
6 Creative Commons Panel 3: The Language of Revolution: Narrating the Egyptian Revolution through Jokes: Is it Still a Laughing Revolution? Hebatallah Salem of the American University in Cairo explains the role of political jokes and satire during the past year in Egypt. Hebatallah Salem 25 May 2012
7 Politics and Popular Poetry in the Arab World Professor Clive Holes gives a short talk on Arabic popular poetry; a medium of social satire and cultural criticism that is as important in Arabic culture as much as Social satire is in British culture. He also reads three translations of political poetry Clive Holes 29 Apr 2009