Have you heard the one about the scientist who does stand-up?

Have you heard the one about the scientist who does stand-up?

Scientists are increasingly crossing over into comedy.

  • byDaniel Herborn

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A male listener hated feminists like her,but then she made him laugh

A male listener hated feminists like her,but then she made him laugh

Deborah Frances-White was surprised when a man emailed her saying he’d listened to 18 months worth of her show,The Guilty Feminist.

  • byWendy Tuohy
I signed up for a one-way ticket to hell and (somehow) came out transformed
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I signed up for a one-way ticket to hell and (somehow) came out transformed

Group fitness:the term is a combination of two of my least favourite things.

  • byJames Colley
Eight pressing questions I’ve left unanswered for decades
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Eight pressing questions I’ve left unanswered for decades

The answers are surely a quick Google away. But do I really need to know?

  • byRichard Glover
Did woke culture really kill the sitcom?

Did woke culture really kill the sitcom?

Jerry Seinfeld claims that the “extreme left” is to blame for the death of comedy on TV – but is he right?

  • byThomas Mitchell
Jerry Seinfeld blames ‘extreme left’ for ruining comedy

Jerry Seinfeld blames ‘extreme left’ for ruining comedy

The 70-year-old comedian has revealed the jokes he says he couldn’t get away with on his celebrated sitcom today.

  • byThomas Mitchell
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Help,I’m pathetically addicted to loyalty points
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Help,I’m pathetically addicted to loyalty points

Fifty bonus points for slivered almonds I’m never going to use? Sign me up!

  • byRichard Glover
Can babies and live comedy ever mix? We asked a bunch of comedians

Can babies and live comedy ever mix? We asked a bunch of comedians

Arj Barker asked a woman and her baby to leave his show. Would others have done the same?

  • byNell Geraets
I want to have Arj Barker’s babies,but I wouldn’t take them to his shows
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I want to have Arj Barker’s babies,but I wouldn’t take them to his shows

Arj Barker was entirely justified in throwing the mum and her baby out of his gig. In fact,a lifetime ban would have been in order.

  • byMichelle Cazzulino
Comedian Matt Rife welcomes baby on stage
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Comedian Matt Rife welcomes baby on stage

The American comedian interacts with a five-month old baby and its mother at one of his Australian performances.

‘Focus is a delicate thing’:Arj Barker defends decision to boot mum with baby from show
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‘Focus is a delicate thing’:Arj Barker defends decision to boot mum with baby from show

The popular comedian asked the mother and baby to leave his Saturday night Comedy Festival show,saying it was for people aged over 15 only and the baby was “disrupting” his performance.

  • byElizabeth Flux