Comedians vs. the News BBC World Service

Jess Salomon is joined by two of India’s brightest comedians, Sumukhi Suresh and Amrita Chanda, to explore the funny side of the global news.
They discuss how India is reacting to a sweltering heat wave, and Elon Musk’s social media shopping spree.
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Jess Salomon and Eman El-Husseini investigate funny and curious headlines from around the world.

They’re joined by Chilean comedian Fabrizio Copano and Swedish actor and stand-up Evelyn Mok to see the funny side of the news.
This week we find out why a very public shower is threatening the Chilean constitution and why a Swedish supreme court judge got caught on the wrong side of the law.
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Jess Salomon and Eman El-Husseini investigate funny and curious headlines from around the world.

They’re joined by Singaporean comedian Sharul Channa and London-based globetrotting Bronwyn Sweeney to see the funny side of the news.
This week they find out what happens when you steal pebbles from Greek beaches and why nightclubbers will be keeping their distance on dancefloors in Singapore.
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Jess Salomon and Eman El-Husseini are joined by Indonesian comedian and interpreter Sakdiyah Ma’ruf and American stand-up, storyteller and writer Gastor Almonte for a funny look at the global news.
They’ll be finding out how an entrepreneurial Muslim cleric became an internet sensation in Indonesia, and why maths books are being banned for being too political in Florida.
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Jess Salomon and Eman El-Husseini are joined by Brazilian comedian Carol Zoccoli and Australian Brodi Snook to take on the global headlines.
They’ll be hearing how Bolsonaro has announced the end of Covid in Brazil and about the introduction of IVF for Australia’s koalas.
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Jess Salomon and Eman El-Husseini are joined by Nigerian-Ghanaian comedian Jacinta Ocansey and Italy’s hilarious Luca Cupani to take on the global headlines.

They’ll be asking why people in Ghana aren’t happy about a new tax and finding out about the world’s first openly gay head of state.

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