Smith & Waugh Talk About Satire

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An award winning* podcast in which Drs Adam J Smith and Jo Waugh talk about the form, function and future of satire. They also talk about the history of satire, but that doesn’t alliterate. Adam and Jo are joined by a series of special guests who will also talk about satire. * 'Best Pedagogical Project', The YSJSU Awards 2019

  1. EP86. Satire & Slopaganda: Vladimir, The Drama & Geopolitical Meme Warfare

    30. APR.

    EP86. Satire & Slopaganda: Vladimir, The Drama & Geopolitical Meme Warfare

    This month, Jo and Adam unpack a hellish grab-bag of take on satire, ranging from campus culture wars to actual global wars. We begin with the Netflix adaptation of Vladimir, exploring the enduring appeal of the campus novel and the uneasy position of satire within the contemporary university. What does it mean to teach English Literature in the modern academy, and how well does Vladimir capture (or caricature) that world? From there, we turn to The Drama, asking whether its portrayal of the wedding industry lands as satire, critique, or something more ambivalent. The main focus of the episode, however, is the increasingly strange role of satire in digital conflict. As tensions escalate between the United States and Iran, satire has emerged as a visible , and volatile, part of the information landscape. We examine the implications of Donald Trump sharing a satirical sketch from Saturday Night Live UK moments before real diplomatic engagement; explore state-linked satirical media circulating from China; and consider the memes and videos posted by official Iranian channels themselves. We also unpack the controversy surrounding a series of viral Lego rap videos critiquing Trump, variously celebrated as satire, dismissed as propaganda, attributed to Gen Z creators in Iran, labelled as such by the BBC, and ultimately removed from YouTube. Across these case studies, we ask a pressing and increasingly difficult question: when satire becomes indistinguishable from strategic messaging, how do we tell the difference between satire and propaganda?

    50 Min.
  2. EP85. HeathSMITH & WAUGHthering Heights Talk About Emily Brontë, Emerald Fennell & Satire

    11. MÄRZ

    EP85. HeathSMITH & WAUGHthering Heights Talk About Emily Brontë, Emerald Fennell & Satire

    The episode our listeners demanded. This March, Jo and Adam turn to the film everyone is arguing about: Wuthering Heights. From casting discourse to meme culture, the adaptation has generated an extraordinary wave of online reaction... and a surprising amount of satire. Drawing on Jo’s expertise as a Brontë scholar (author of Charlotte Brontë and Contagion: Myths, Memes and the Politics of Infection and contributor to The Edinburgh Companion to the Brontës and the Arts), we unpack the film, the backlash, and the strange ecosystem of jokes, parodies, and hot takes that now surrounds it. Along the way Jo gives her scholarly verdict on Emerald Fennell’s controversial adaptation, while Adam explains his growing concern about Jacob Elordi and the effect he may be having on a new generation’s understanding of classic literature. We also dive into the satirical response to the film itself: what works, what feels justified, what misses the point, and what is simply very funny. Because when the internet encounters Wuthering Heights, the result is apparently… satire.

    1 Std. 5 Min.
  3. EP84. "Zombie" "Satire": 28YL The Bone Temple (+ Bonus Boning Up on "Wuthering Heights")

    26. FEB.

    EP84. "Zombie" "Satire": 28YL The Bone Temple (+ Bonus Boning Up on "Wuthering Heights")

    In this episode, Jo and Adam trace the long, shuffling history of the satirical zombie, from the consumer cannibalism of Dawn of the Dead to the suburban self-recognition of Shaun of the Dead, and the bleak media mirror held up by Dead Set. Along the way, they consider the evolving satirical function of the undead in the 28 Years Later franchise, with passing reflections on the undying TV universe of The Walking Dead. The main focus of the episode is the release of 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, a film that has already provoked confusion, fascination, and a number of deeply questionable audience participation trends. Jo and Adam examine the film’s unsettling satirical architecture through the figure of Sir Jimmy Crystal, asking what it means to construct a character so insistently entangled with Britain’s most toxic celebrity legacies. They explore the strange and troubling phenomenon of American cinemagoers attending screenings in costume, and ask what happens when satire escapes the screen and becomes a form of ritual. The conversation also considers the film’s deeper literary inheritance, tracing unexpected connections to Robinson Crusoe and Gulliver's Travels, and reflects on how the zombie narrative continues to draw on older satirical traditions of isolation, scale, and estrangement. Elsewhere, the episode briefly turns to the internet’s response to the arrest of Prince Andrew, asking what contemporary satire does with figures whose public identities already border on the grotesque. Finally, Jo offers a preview of next month’s episode, which will explore the latest adaptation of Wuthering Heights. Satire, as ever, refuses to stay buried.

    1 Std. 10 Min.
  4. EP83. Sidney Sweeney Has Bad Satire: The Housemaid, The Traitors & Stranger Things on Toast

    27. JAN.

    EP83. Sidney Sweeney Has Bad Satire: The Housemaid, The Traitors & Stranger Things on Toast

    Jo and Adam ease themselves into the new year by asking some deceptively simple questions about contemporary culture. They discuss Paul Feig’s latest film The Housemaid, and try to pin down why so many viewers are describing it as satire (and what, exactly, they mean by that). Along the way, they turn to meme culture, looking at online responses to the latest series of The Traitors and the internet’s collective processing of the final season of Stranger Things. We also get to know Toast Man better, learn what a person sounds like when they’ve just finished buttering their toast, and discover, to Jo’s horror, that Adam cannot say “cutlery”.

    1 Std. 1 Min.
  5. EP82. The Grinch who Stole Satire: A Christmas Feast of Partridge, Plur1bus, Dead Man & Toast

    20.12.2025

    EP82. The Grinch who Stole Satire: A Christmas Feast of Partridge, Plur1bus, Dead Man & Toast

    Jo and Adam are back with their annual festive sketch, this year titled “The Grinch Who Stole Satire”: a cheerfully mischievous look at irony, earnestness, and why people keep declaring satire dead. Along the way, they explore the extraordinary new sci-fi satire Plur1bus, which imagines the horror of a world where everyone is happy; the satirical fuel behind Netflix’s cosy crime hit Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery; and Alan Partridge’s latest appearance in How Are You, It’s Alan (Partridge). Add festive banter, Christmas cheer, and the long-awaited return of everyone’s favourite recurring character, Toast Man, and you’ve got a properly festive Smith & Waugh feast of satire. Pass the peer reviewed mince pies.

    1 Std. 9 Min.
  6. EP81. [Sat]Ire, ink & Enmity: The Art of Literary Feuding

    29.11.2025

    EP81. [Sat]Ire, ink & Enmity: The Art of Literary Feuding

    Join us for an episode filled with spectacular spats, bruised egos, and top-tier literary shade. This month, Adam introduces a riotous tour through Britain’s greatest writerly bust-ups: from Lady Mary Wortley Montagu shredding Swift in more ways than one, to Pope’s poisonously personal vendettas, to the mutual mockeries of Anne Ingram, Mary Leapor, Thackeray, Woolf, Gibbons, Brontë, and beyond. Notably absent from the episode is Jo Waugh herself, rumoured to be lying low after some spirited listener feedback concerning a certain comment she made about friend-of-the-pod Ben Garlick. Will Ben forgive us? And were the best writers really the “good haters” Samuel Johnson claimed? Tune in to find out.

    1 Std. 16 Min.
  7. EP80. Happy HaLEIGHween! A Spooky Satire Special with Leigh Stein

    30.10.2025

    EP80. Happy HaLEIGHween! A Spooky Satire Special with Leigh Stein

    It's all treat and no trick this SpoOooky Season, as Jo and Adam welcome back Best Friend of the Pod, acclaimed novelist Leigh Stein, for a bumper Halloween special (rustle rustle). Together they discuss the origins and development of Leigh's new novel, IF YOU'RE SEEING THIS IT IS MEANT FOR YOU, a gothic satire set inside a TikTok hyper house. Leigh also fills us in on life as TikTok's resident expert on satire, pulling off her own viral satirical hoax and what Tiktok has done to publishing and the way we read more generally. Jo also updates us on the Brontë Parsonage Shirley Read-a-Long (Shirley, Charlotte Brontë's second novel, which is definitely satirical) and Adam tells us what he learnt about satire and alcohol during his most recent international escapade at the University College Dublin.

    1 Std. 29 Min.
  8. EP79. Smith & Waugh Are Not Helping: Sketchy Sketch Show Satire

    30.09.2025

    EP79. Smith & Waugh Are Not Helping: Sketchy Sketch Show Satire

    Inspired by the return of sketch show comedy to British television in the form of the surprisingly satirical Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping, Jo and Adam go on a whistle-stop tour of British sketch show comedy and even have an argument (live on air!) about whether there is something intrinsically satirical about the sketch show format. They also check in on the alarming satire-related events taking place across the Atlantic, with some blaming South Park for the tragic death of Charlie Kirk, and others observing that some of the bullet casings used in his assassination were etched with messages from the hugely popular satirical video game Helldivers 2. Adam also reflects on his recent visit to the Storm Museum of Humour and Satire in Copenhagen and Jo shares a charming breakfast update about a Toast Man.

    1 Std. 2 Min.
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An award winning* podcast in which Drs Adam J Smith and Jo Waugh talk about the form, function and future of satire. They also talk about the history of satire, but that doesn’t alliterate. Adam and Jo are joined by a series of special guests who will also talk about satire. * 'Best Pedagogical Project', The YSJSU Awards 2019

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