Today on a special episode, the guys discuss the case of Mike Ward, who was accused of breaching the limits of free speech when he mocked a disabled singer named Jeremy Gabriel (“Petit Jeremy")...a case that went all the way up to the Supreme Court of Canada. They are joined by their special guest comedian and lawyer Jess Salomon (The Tonight Show, Comedians vs The News). After briefly chatting about Jess’ experiences with the Omicron variant, Jess and Ali disclose that they do know Mike Ward personally from the comedy world. Then they go over the facts of the case and summarize Mike’s joke. Asif then takes a short detour to discuss Treacher Collins Syndrome, the disease which Jeremy was afflicted with. Jess then summarizes the facts of the case and the Supreme Court Decision which was a 5-4 decision in favour of Mike Ward. Jess and Ali discuss the limits of free speech and comedy and how things boil down to “what is the crux of the joke?”.
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Show Notes:
Episode 101: ‘The Last of Us’ / Fungal Infections
Episode 100: Interview With Dr. Glaucomflecken and Lady Glaucomflecken
Episode 99: Chris Hemsworth / Alzheimer’s Disease
Episode 98: Interview with Julie Nolke
Episode 97: Mindy Kaling / Ozempic
Episode 96: Nepo Kids / Type 2 diabetes
Episode 95: Celine Dion / Stiff-Person Syndrome
Episode 94: Favourite Entertainment from 2022
Episode 93: Interview with Steve Way / Muscular Dystrophy
Episode 92: Favourite Albums of 1992 / Circumcision
Episode 91: Jay Leno
Episode 90: The Crisis in Nursing (with Amie Archibald Varley and Sara Fung of The Gritty Nurse Podcast)
Episode 89: Twitter and Comedy / Twitter and Medicine
Episode 88: Breast Cancer
Episode 87: Interview with Bif Naked
Episode 86: Robin Williams / Lewy Body Dementia
Episode 85: Improving the Health Care of Trans Persons (with Drs. Laura Stratton & Carys Massarella)
Episode 84: Interview with Bilal Baig (‘Sort Of’)
Episode 83: Best Movies of 1982 / Meat Allergy
Episode 82: Polio / Polio Quiz
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