Topic: Stand Up Comedy

2 chapters across the catalog

65: Disco Biscuits
1:46:54 - 1:50:17

65: Disco Biscuits

Hannibal Buress and the 2014 Stand-up Routine

The hosts examine the 2014 stand-up set by Hannibal Buress that reignited public interest in the Bill Cosby allegations. They discuss Buress's critique of Cosby's "smug" public persona and his "pull your pants up" rhetoric. The segment explores whether Buress was an organic catalyst or if the media amplified the joke to facilitate Cosby's takedown.

44: Big Bank Barry
2:47:32 - 2:51:35

44: Big Bank Barry

Media Suppression, Operation Mockingbird, and Joan Rivers' Death

The suppression of Joan Rivers' comments about the Obamas is cited as evidence of the media protecting a state asset. Rivers died following a "routine" throat procedure shortly after making the controversial remarks. Her final stand-up performance, recorded one day before her hospitalization, included jokes about her own mortality, which some find suspicious in hindsight.