Open Ears at the Open Mic: Listening to Stand-Up Comedy

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Open Ears at the Open Mic: Listening to Stand-Up Comedy

Supervising Producer Emily Stuchbery and erstwhile Supervising Producer Maia Harris are back and ready to uncover how listening shapes the discipline of stand-up comedy, both as an audience member and as a comic. Featuring interviews with Professor Danielle Bobker, scholar of comedy and the 18^th century in Concordia University’s English department, and Raquel Maestre, a Montreal-based stand-up comedian, Emily and Maia unpack the mechanics of a good joke and consider how comedy can disrupt our listening selves. Open your ears for some comical insights, some good jokes… and maybe a few bad ones along the way.

Special thanks to the comedians who contributed their voices to this special episode:

Carmina Berbar

Alex Griffin

Dan Pearse

Adrienne Roy

Lauren Mallory

Elspeth Wright

Emily Stuchbery

Emily Stuchbery is a recent graduate of Concordia’s Master’s in English Literature and the Supervising Producer of The Literary Listening Podcast. She holds a BA in Cultural Studies from McGill University and spent several years working in communications before returning to school to pursue graduate studies. Her master’s thesis explored the politics of whimsy as a literary affect in Victorian and contemporary literature. Emily is also a playwright, free lance stage manager, and avid podcast listener.

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