Think Aloud: comedy – why we need to laugh at politics

Back in the spring of 2019, for the 11th episode of our podcast series, Think Aloud, Harriet Fitch Little asked these questions of guests Tom Jamieson, joke writer for the satirical magazine Private Eye, and comedians Tiff Stevenson and Kieran Hodgson.

The trio discussed the effect current affairs have had on their comedy, and the challenges of trying to deliver satire when the political reality is outlandish enough.

‘Satire sits bleary eyed and unshaven in a cheap motel room, surrounded by empty vodka bottles, quietly sobbing as it watches the news’

Tom Jamieson