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In this episode, Harriet Fitch Little talks comedy and brings you the secrets and what do you do if nobody laughs.

She talks to comedian Dave Gorman about why comedians can't lie and what the qualities are of the genre 'Gormanesque'.

Her co-presenter is Ken Cheng, Chinese Comedian. She brings up his joke 'geek student' video and how it went down, they realise they went to uni together and Harriet finds out why Antigua and Barbuda have the funniest flag in the world.

Along with that, comedian Holly Walsh answers the question that all stand ups fear - what do you do if nobody laughs..?

You can hear more podcasts at: https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/blog/podcasts

Think Aloud: Comedy – the truth and the lies

How do you make something not funny, funny?
How do you deal with nerves?
Who is your dream comedy sidekick?
Do people expect you to be funny all the time?
Which of your jokes goes down the best?

Harriet Fitch Little brings you a Christmas special that reveals the tricks of the trade of stand up comedy. Listen to the questions we put to our panel of comedians about the highs and lows of their career, their confessions and their secrets. And of course, they manage to make it funny...

You can hear more podcasts at: www.southbankcentre.co.uk/blog/podcasts

Think Aloud: The secrets behind the laughs

Invented in China over 2,500 years ago, the abstract strategy game Go is thought to be the oldest board game continuously played to the present day.

In March 2016, the Go world champion Lee Sedol accepted a challenge to play against a computer program called AlphaGo. In the second game of a five game challenge series, the computer made a move no human in the game’s vast history would have considered. This move, Move 37, was not only unique and creative, it was beyond the minds of the world’s greatest Go players.

In this latest episode of our Think Aloud podcast, presenter Harriet Fitch Little speaks with Southbank Centre's Performance and Dance Programmer, Rupert Thomson and actor and director Thomas Ryckewaert about their fascination with Move 37. They talk about what this moment meant for arts and society, and how ultimately it may shape our relationship with artificial intelligence.



Also in this episode, we hear an interview with Patrick Tresset, an artist who has programmed robots to draw portraits for him. Working in Tresset’s own style of drawing, they act like an artist and has no idea how the drawings will turn out.

Move 37 by Thomas Ryckewaert comes to Southbank Centre on 14 March, 2019. Buy tickets here: http://bit.ly/2GGlvD0

Think Aloud: Artificial intelligence – creative robots and Move 37

In this episode, Harriet Fitch Little asks is this a golden age for political humour? Why do we laugh at politics and do we need to?

She speaks to joke writer for Private Eye magazine Tom Jamieson, and comedians Tiff Stevenson and Kieran Hodgson about the effect of current affairs have had on comedy.

“Satire sits bleary eyed & unshaven in a cheap motel room surrounded by empty vodka bottles quietly sobbing as it watches the news.” 
TOM JAMIESON

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

small worlds five

In this episode of Southbank Centre’s Book Podcast we have an excerpt from writer and director Richard Ayoade in conversation with Adam Buxton, as he reflects on his award-winning films and comedy.

As well as reading extracts from his latest book 'Ayoade on Top', the author explains how he drew inspiration from the unlikely source of cabin crew rom-com 'View From the Top' starring Gwyneth Paltrow.

Richard Ayoade in conversation with Adam Buxton

Former Children’s Laureate Malorie Blackman joins Tobi Kyeremateng in conversation to discuss 'Crossfire', the latest novel in her popular Noughts & Crosses series.

Enjoy highlights of their Queen Elizabeth Hall discussion, and a reading from the novel, in this exclusive podcast, recorded live at the event on 8 September 2019.

Malorie Blackman in conversation

Comedian Sara Pascoe joins Deborah Frances-White in conversation to discuss her new book Sex, Power, Money.

In this live discussion, Pascoe examines blind spots in relationships and skewers sexual inequalities, taking a comedic and educational hopscotch over anatomy, the history of sexual representation and the sticky way all human interactions are underwritten by wealth.

Sara Pascoe: Sex, Power, Money

Documentary-maker Louis Theroux joins his schoolfriend Adam Buxton to discuss his new book Gotta Get Theroux This and his two decades of investigating the weirder, more outlandish sides of human life.

In this live discussion, Theroux and Buxton discuss the value of puns, Theroux's distinctive interview techniques and styles, and the worth of silence, as well as revisiting some of his most notable documentaries.

Louis Theroux in conversation

Ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author Richard Dawkins joins David Freeman to discuss his latest book Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide.

In this podcast recorded as part of our 2019 autumn literature season, the pair take Dawkins’ book as a cue to discuss a broad range of topics including the ‘tribalism’ of religion, Dawkins preference for truth over symbolism and whether you can be good without a God.

Richard Dawkins: an argument for Atheism

The much-loved comedian, actor and writer Sir Lenny Henry joins comedian Romesh Ranganathan in this special edition of our Book Podcast, as the two talk about Henry’s remarkable career and his new memoir Who Am I, Again?

Henry explains why and how he chose to write a truthful book about his life, rather than a ‘lying book’, and details his experiences growing up, from his mum’s infamous ‘Saturday Soup’ and an epic fight with his sister, to finding himself working alongside pioneering black actors including Norman Beaton, Carmen Munroe and Rudolph Walker. A great champion of marginalised voices, Henry also highlights the need for greater BAME representation not just on screen, but crucially among those who choose what gets to be seen on screen.

Lenny Henry in conversation

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Richard Dawkins: an argument for Atheism

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