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EU ecig activist, Nathan Edwards joins me to tutor me on the way both Big Pharma and Big Tobacco are conspiring to ban ecigs and the flavored liquids used. The laws being proposed in the EU bear an astonishing resemblance to those being proposed here in the USofA.
Categories: Comedy
Begun when she was just eleven years old, Love and Friendship is one of Jane Austen’s stories that very few readers may have encountered before. Austen experts feel that this story was written, like many others, only for the pleasure of her family and friends. It is scribbled across three notebooks, in childish handwriting, and the complete work is thought to have been written over a period of six or seven years. It is dedicated to one of her cousins, whom she was very close to, Eliza de Feuillide. Eliza herself was an extremely colorful figure and is thought to have been the illegitimate daughter of the first Governor General of India, Warren Hastings. She was also a witness to the French Revolution where her husband, the self styled Comte de Feuillide was guillotined. For the young Jane, these events must have been sheer inspiration to a writer’s imagination. Love and Friendship takes the shape of an expostulatory novel. Written as a series of letters from Laura to a much younger Marianne who is her friend Isabel’s daughter, it is meant to apprise the young and flighty Marianne about the dangers of infatuation and falling headlong into romantic love. The book offers an early and crucial insight into Jane Austen’s style, her wonderful sense of humor and her take on contemporary society. At times, she portrays events almost in parody form, at others, she is sharp and critical, but as always, the typical Jane Austen brand of gentle, sparkling wit is highly evident. She describes the concept of “sensibility” or what we would today call “sensitivity” or “sentimentality” and how it can be taken to ridiculous extremes. The deliberately twisted and complicated plot is replete with fainting fits, deaths due to a variety of causes, including “galloping consumption,” plenty of drama, elopements galore, unbelievable coincidences and wicked philanderers—all the elements that a typical potboiler of the era would contain. Love and Friendship was written primarily for the amusement of her large and gregarious family, and young Jane was probably called upon to read her writings aloud. The reader can only imagine the sheer hilarity that the novel must have evoked. As part of a collection of Jane Austen Juvenilia, this is indeed a treasure trove for Jane Austen enthusiasts as it offers early glimpses of that brilliant talent which was to shine forth a few years later and delight readers of all ages.
Categories: Arts, Comedy, Kids & Family
Tags: audio books, audiobook, Dramatic Works, ebooks, Epistolary fiction, Essay/Short nonfiction, fiction, free audio books, humor, jane austen, Literature, Love and Friendship, Loyal Books, loyalbooks.com, romance, satire, Teen/Young adult
A once-daily-now-occasional podcast featuring Jake Yapp, as seen and heard on Charlie Brooker’s Weekly Wipe, Radio 4 and 6Music. Twitter: @NotTodayPod. Text and voice message Whatsapp: 07862032654
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Categories: Comedy
Tags: british comedy, jake yapp, jon holmes, satire, topical comedy
On The Left Side is THE funny football podcast. No tactical analysis or heat maps here, just a sideways look at the very best stories from the beautiful game in a handy bite-sized form. From commentary catastrophes to managerial misdemeanours. Jim guides you through a satirical look at the last seven days of football funny.
Categories: Comedy, News, Sports
Tags: british, Comedy, epl, Football, funnyfootball, premierleague, satire, soccer, sport, UK
A happy home for recommended movies, shows, & music from two people you can totally trust. Chris and Jeremy take turns picking a movie each week to recommend, as well as talk about other pop culture stuff they are consuming. Become a member of the SinClub to interact LIVE with them each week!
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Categories: TV & Film
Tags: Comedy, criticism, film, Funny, Movies, music, musicvideo, reviews, satire, sins, youtube
A podcast you didn’t know you needed— Highly experimental in tone and content, Absolute B.S. with Brad and Steve is a podcast about people living life in the way they know best— as themselves. Throwing caution to the wind, Absolute B.S. with Brad and Steve approaches conversation in an honest and spontaneous way, in hopes of providing a deeper insight into what makes people uniquely unique, all while revealing the heart, soul, and goofier side of being a human.
Categories: Comedy, Leisure, Society & Culture
Tags: business, Comedy, Entertainment, friends, interviews, Podcast, pop culture, relationships, Sarcasm, satire
Left Handed Radio is an indie narrative comedy podcast. It features some of the funniest, most talented comedians from across the country. The show is a hybrid of sketch comedy, audio plays, satirical short stories and parodies of podcasts and public radio programming. For our back catalogue, visit our new Patreon! As one of the first indie sketch podcasts ever, we pride ourselves on our independence and freedom to create whatever we want. We adore all of our Patreon supporters and listeners who share the program. Thank you for listening and enjoy!
Tags: Alternative Comedy, Audio Plays, Funny, hybrid, npr, public radio, satire, science-fiction, Short stories, sketch comedy
Dickens thought it was “in a hundred points, immeasurably the best” of his stories. Yet it was also one of his greatest flops. Compared to his other novels, The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit was a dismal failure in terms of sales and the main reason for Dickens falling out with his long term publisher Chapman & Hall. They invoked a penalty clause and demanded that he pay back a portion of the advance which he refused. Martin Chuzzlewit was also dimly received in Dickens friendly America. Its vitriolic satire of American customs and manners was met with astonished rage on the other side of the Atlantic and Dickens began to receive masses of hate mail from offended Americans. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, His Relatives, Friends and Enemies, comprising All His Wills and Ways… The Whole Forming a Complete Key to the House of Chuzzlewit is the original title, in typical elaborate Dickensian overkill. In fact, in his almost apologetic preface to the first edition, he justifies it. He declares, “What is exaggeration to one class of minds and perceptions is plain truth to another…” and goes on to testify that some of the events and characters in his works are based on reality and not wholly imagined. Martin Chuzzlewit is the tale of a most unprepossessing set of Chuzzlewits. Martin senior, a miserly millionaire has adopted a young girl with the idea of having free help around the house. His grandson falls in love with this hapless orphan whose employment and connection to the house is to last only as long as the old man lives. Young Martin rebels and leaves the house to seek employment with a crooked and greedy architect, Seth Pecksniff (one of Dickens’ most memorable villains) Meanwhile, more Chuzzlewits emerge in the form of Anthony and his son Jonas who have concocted a nefarious Ponzi scheme. Young Martin travels to America and almost dies in a malaria ridden swamp. This is the turning point of Martin’s life and he becomes a changed man. The rest of the story follows quintessential Dickensian twists and turns. Some of the most hilarious passages in English literature are contained in Martin Chuzzelwit. It also features two of Dickens’ wickedest villains, Pecksniff and Jonas Chuzzlewit. In Tom Pinch and Mark Tapley, the reader finds much to commend, while Sairey Gamp is one of Dickens’ most famous female villains. Martin Chuzzlewit is one of the best of Dickens and indeed a great addition to your bookshelf! More great books at LoyalBooks.com
Tags: audio books, audiobook, Charles Dickens, ebooks, fiction, free audio books, humor, Literature, Loyal Books, loyalbooks.com, satire, The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit
Each week, we will share a brief excerpt from the work of Joris Planck, former Chief Zealot for the Congregation of Aesthetical Philosophy. Considered one of history’s more forgettable authors, his works have recently become accessible to the public.
Categories: Arts, Comedy, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture
Tags: art, beauty, decadence, design, Literature, nature, Philosophy, Politics, satire, villainy
Chuck Mitchell thought he had everything -a high powered job, a beautiful girlfriend, an exclusive condo on the Toronto waterfront, but the death of his long-lost father plunges him in to a world he never knew existed. The world of White Trash Land.After inheriting a trailer park, Chuck’s normally staid life is suddenly filled with an ex-wrestler lawyer, an obsessed Reverend who covets the land the trailer park sits on, a band of Promised Ones who set out to appropriate the park by any means necessary, a corrupt mayor, an old alcoholic and two pretty lesbians who are not exactly as they seem, and a blue haired punk film student who can create miracle inventions out of trash. Not to mention a motorcycle gang, and the mother of a rap wunderkind.Stir in a bit of conspiracy, a bit of slapstick and a whole lot of Japanese Actuaries, and you have White Trash Land, written by Andrew Beatty and performed by Sean McGaughey. Find out more at whitetrashland.wordpress.com . This novel contains some adult language, adult situations and cartoon violence, so get over it.
Categories: Arts
Tags: canada, Comedy, craptastic, park, romance, satire, Toronto, trailer
A video podcast that’s not TV or radio: the poetry of humanity revealed.
Tags: art, blog, Entertainment, Literature, microfilms, moblog, movlog, Multimedia, News, Podcast, poems, poetry, satire, video, videoblog, vlog
One of the most controversial novels written by Austen, Mansfield Park follows the life of the young heroine Fanny Price as she searches for her place in society. Set in early 19th century England, the classic novel depicts the social issues of the time including marriage, social mobility and morality. The classic centers on the life of the poor young girl Fanny Price, who is the oldest daughter of nine siblings. Her father is a former naval officer and a heavy drinker, while her mother has married beneath her and is undeniably the black sheep in the family when compared to her two sisters, Mrs. Norris and Lady Bertram who lead comfortable lifestyles. As a form of charity, Fanny is taken in to live with her wealthy aunt Lady Bertram and her husband Sir Thomas Bertram at their Mansfield Park estate. At her new home, Fanny is raised and lives beside her four cousins Tom, Edmund, Maria and Julia. Although sharing the same home, Fanny is never really considered their social equal. She is often mistreated by her aunt and treated as an inferior by her cousins. The only person who shows her kindness is Edmund Bertram, for whom she gradually develops feelings. However, Fanny is constantly reminded of her social status and grows up shy and humble, but nevertheless remains true to herself. As the years pass by, the Bertram children find themselves in love entanglements with the sophisticated Crawfords, while Fanny keeps her feelings for Edmund well hidden. As the novel reaches its climax, the true nature of morality and its fruits are revealed. A plot questioning the infinite dilemma of nature versus nurture, Fanny must decide whether she places a higher value on priceless morality or the expectations imposed on her by society. Because of its uniqueness, Mansfield Park has a love-hate relationship with its readers, due to its unconventional protagonist. Although it is known to have sparked many debates among audiences due to its subtle criticism of society and moral integrity, it still remains one of the most profound pieces written by its author. More great books at LoyalBooks.com
Categories: Arts, Comedy, Kids & Family
Tags: audio books, audiobook, ebooks, fiction, free audio books, jane austen, Kids, Literature, Loyal Books, loyalbooks.com, Mansfield Park, romance, satire
Not For Human Consumption: Your drunken weekly update on all the things! Movies, games, life, and everything in between! Join us each week as we discuss everything between important and stupid.
Tags: Comedy, currentevents, music, News, satire
A fourteen-year-old American girl explains SpongeBob SquarePants to her fifty-year-old Scottish step-father who has never watched it.
Categories: Kids & Family, TV & Film
Tags: cartoon, Children, humor, nickelodeon, satire, SpongeBob, SpongeBob SquarePants, television, tv
This is a podcast of one, recording from a small town in Canada. Topics jump from simple tips of health, fitness and then there’s what’s happening on the world. Subscribe and listen! www.salciampa.com
Categories: Arts, Comedy, Music
Tags: ciampa, Comedy, fitness, health, News, opinion, Podcast, sal, satire
Written nearly seven decades before Neil Armstrong’s historic “Giant leap for Mankind” this book by one of the most influential sci-fi writers in English is an interesting read. The First Men in the Moon by Herbert George Wells, the English author who is today called the Father of Science Fiction, describes a strange and fantastic voyage. Businessman and budding playwright, John Bedford takes a sabbatical from his work and decides to write a play. He moves to a lonely cottage in Kent where he hopes to come up with a theatrical masterpiece. However, strange events interrupt his progress. A mysterious stranger accosts him and insists on sharing a brilliant scientific discovery with Bedford. The man is a physicist named Cavor who has developed a novel new anti-gravity material that he has named Cavorite. With the aid of this material, he plans to explore space and wants to undertake an experimental journey to the moon. Bedford is excited by this and immediately sees the commercial value of Cavorite. Together the two launch into a moon voyage. However when they get there, they discover that the moon is not an uninhabited satellite as was hitherto assumed. What follows is classic sci-fi with a twist of romance. Scholars have dubbed The First Men in the Moon as the first alien dystopia, where the denizens of another world are hostile to humans. The book probably launched a whole new genre of sci-fi horror fiction and has had a huge influence on films, TV, stage, animation, video-games and comics. It has been adapted to film four times. A scandal erupted when Wells was accused of plagiarism by an Irish writer, but no evidence was found for the charges. Though modern-day readers may find some of the scientific concepts quaint and outdated, the plot and characters more than make up for any such shortcomings. A great read for young and old alike! More great books at LoyalBooks.com
Categories: Arts, Comedy, Kids & Family
Tags: Adventure, audio books, audiobook, ebooks, fiction, free audio books, H. G. Wells, Literature, Loyal Books, loyalbooks.com, satire, science, science-fiction, Teen/Young adult, The First Men in the Moon
Movies Against Time is a bi-weekly film retrospective podcast hosted by married couple Sylvia and Dustin along with long time friend Bob. Each episode we take turns picking a movie from the 60’s to the 00’s to revisit or sometimes experience for the first time. We share our unique perspectives and research behind the scenes information that we find interesting along with occasional banter and personal stories.
Categories: TV & Film
A satirical podcast about crowdsourced inventions. Tune in to hear Garth and Alex discuss a new product every Sunday.
Categories: Business, Technology
Tags: Comedy, crowd sourced, inventions, kickstarter, review, satire, science, Technology
Sibling rivalry is for chumps. Happy Show Fantastic is a scripted screwball musical soap opera detailing the true-ish story of two brothers bent on absolute mutual destruction. Jingly Award-winning singer Greg Lastrapes & billionaire podcasting celebrity Martin Lastrapes have a relationship so toxic, not even Taylor Swift would write a song about it.
Categories: Arts, Comedy, Music
Tags: brothers, commercial jingles, domestic comedy, jingles, Musical, musical comedy, pet tiger, satire, scripted, sibling rivalry, Soap Opera, witchcraft