The History of Comedy Podcast: from Apuleius to Zelensky

By: (AR+IO) Eisel Mazard
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  • Summary

  • Yep, from the Ancient Greeks to New York City stand up geeks, it's THE REAL history of comedy with Rome and Shakespeare in-between (did you realize the extent to which Plautus and Terence influenced… well… EVERYTHING that came afterward?). AR+IO abbreviates the motto "Active Research and Informed Opinion", providing consistent numbering for all of the episodes (AR+IO-001, etc.) hosted by Eisel Mazard across many different podcasts, and united by one Patreon. Eisel is better known as Zel from Ashdod, formerly known as the voice (and author) behind the (banned) youtube channel à-bas-le-ciel.
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Episodes
  • Instagram is destroying stand up comedy: how not why.

    Instagram is destroying stand up comedy: how not why.
    Feb 20 2025

    An article and a podcast: https://a-bas-le-ciel.blogspot.com/2025/02/instagram-is-destroying-stand-up-comedy.html


    Find me on Instagram. Support me on Patreon. Both will provide notifications for new podcast episodes (not just "here", but under many different headings).

    https://www.instagram.com/a_bas_le_ciel/

    https://www.patreon.com/c/a_bas_le_ciel/posts



    AR+IO abbreviates the motto "Active Research and Informed Opinion", providing consistent numbering for all of the episodes (AR+IO-001, etc.) hosted by Eisel Mazard across many different podcasts, and united by one Patreon. Eisel is better known as Zel from Ashdod, and was formerly known as the voice (and author) behind the (banned) youtube channel à-bas-le-ciel.
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    1 hr and 33 mins
  • A Technique is a Trap: Comedy and/or/as Politics.

    A Technique is a Trap: Comedy and/or/as Politics.
    Jan 3 2025

    Find me on Instagram. Support me on Patreon. Both will provide notifications for new podcast episodes (not just "here", but under many different headings).

    https://www.instagram.com/a_bas_le_ciel/

    https://www.patreon.com/c/a_bas_le_ciel/posts



    AR+IO abbreviates the motto "Active Research and Informed Opinion", providing consistent numbering for all of the episodes (AR+IO-001, etc.) hosted by Eisel Mazard across many different podcasts, and united by one Patreon. Eisel is better known as Zel from Ashdod, and was formerly known as the voice (and author) behind the (banned) youtube channel à-bas-le-ciel.
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    55 mins
  • How To FAIL at Stand-Up Comedy: Steve Sabo's Book and the Fate of the Nation.

    How To FAIL at Stand-Up Comedy: Steve Sabo's Book and the Fate of the Nation.
    Dec 2 2024

    Much more than just a book review, this is an analytic discussion of stand up comedy in the 2020s —regarded as a decade of decline— although it does happen TO INCLUDE a review of Steve Sabo's book (that touches on many of the same subjects in passing).


    Find me on Instagram. Support me on Patreon. Both will provide notifications for new podcast episodes (not just "here", but under many different headings).

    https://www.instagram.com/a_bas_le_ciel/

    https://www.patreon.com/c/a_bas_le_ciel/posts



    AR+IO abbreviates the motto "Active Research and Informed Opinion", providing consistent numbering for all of the episodes (AR+IO-001, etc.) hosted by Eisel Mazard across many different podcasts, and united by one Patreon. Eisel is better known as Zel from Ashdod, and was formerly known as the voice (and author) behind the (banned) youtube channel à-bas-le-ciel.
    Show More Show Less
    1 hr and 1 min

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