In the last couple of weeks I’ve been recording and editing the first episodes of the new series Beyond a Joke. In this series, I’m asking guests to bring an object that has made them laugh. Using this object we discuss what makes us laugh, what arts practice can learn about the structures of humor and jokes and so far, quite a lot about where the ‘serious’ and the ‘ridiculous’ overlap and intersect. So far, I’ve had two amazing conversations with Anna Jackson about Snoopy and Jonny Potts about ‘Нос Nos | The Nose’ by Nikolai Gogol. Both of these episodes will be available in the next few weeks. Episodes for this series come out every two weeks.
In other news, Better off Read is shifting to a new home at Substack.
My main aim in moving to Substack is to build a bit of community around the podcast.
You will still be able to listen Better off Read for free but you are also now able to contribute financially if you’re able. I would love to make the podcast sustainable financially on an ongoing basis. An important principle of the podcast is that I pay all guests. Your money makes it possible for me to make the podcast for everyone.
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Thanks as always for listening and I look forward to being in touch.
Short Red: Exercises
Ep 69 Madison Hamill: Specimen by Madison Hamill
Ep 68: AUP New Poets 5 - Sophie van Waardenberg
Ep 67: AUP New Poets 5 - Rebecca Hawkes
Ep 66: AUP New Poets 5 - Carolyn DeCarlo
Ep 65 Giacomo Lichtner's Essay '100 Years of Primo Levi'
Ep 64 Sharon Lam and Murdoch Stevens: Lonely Asian Woman by Sharon Lam
Ep 63 Sora Kim-Russell: Nowhere to Be Found by Bae Suah
Ep 62 Brandy Scott talks to Pip Adam about Not Bad People
Ep 61 SPOILER Episode - The New Animals by Pip Adam
Ep 60 Anne Kennedy talks to Pip Adam about The Ice Shelf at Unity Books Wellington
Ep 59 Elizabeth Heritage talks to Pip Adam about Copyright
Ep 58 Helen Heath talks to Pip Adam about 'Gas' by Fleur Adcock and 'Are Friends Electric?' by Helen Heath
Ep 57 Morgan Godfery: The Interregnum edited by Morgan Godfery
Ep 56 Kirsten McDougall talks to Pip Adam about The New Animals
Ep 55 The Next Word LIVE with Tayi Tibble, Freya Daly Sadgrove and Hera Lindsay Bird
Ep 54 Eamonn Marra: Cream Reaper by Julie Koh and Dog Farm, Food Game by Eamonn Marra
Ep 52 Susie Anderson: At LitCraw 2017
Ep 52 Kerry Ann Lee: Fruits in the Backwater by Kerry Ann Lee
Ep 51 Nina Powles: Luminescent by Nina Powles
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