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Podcast #161: Comedian Jessica Pigeau on 'Safe Space' Performers, Progressive Mobbing, and Anxiety Overload in the World of Stand-Up

Quillette / Jessica Pigeau

5 Aug 2021 · 1 min read

Host Jonathan Kay interviews Vancouver-based queer comedian Jessica Pigeau about her recent Quillette essay describing the clash between good comedy and strident social-justice activism.

Articles and media discussed in this podcast:

Life as a Stand-Up Comic Can Be Brutal. ‘Safe Space’ Call-out Culture Is Making it Unbearable, by Jessica Pigeau, Quillette, August 1, 2021.
That’s Not Funny: An Interview with Quebec Comedian Mike Ward, Wrongspeak podcast, December 28, 2018.
Legal background on Mike Ward’s case.
Louis CK, Nut Allergy
Jessica Pigeau’s co-hosted podcast, Histories and Mysteries with Jessica and Janel

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