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The Comedy BureauChristmas Special 2025: What is Panto?Merry Christmas from everyone at The Comedy Bureau! To celebrate the season of rest and love we are bringing you a very special episode recorded away from the famous offices of The Comedy Bureau. We went on a wonderful nerdy day out to The University of Kent, specifically to The Special Collections, to look at their incredible archives.As it is Christmas, we thought what better subject than Pantomime! Joining us for the episode, as The Comedy Bureau’s first ever guest is Ben Roddy. Ben is an acclaimed actor, who has appeared in shows like Call Th...
2025-12-181h 06The Comedy BureauWorking From Home: Who Was Samuel Foote?The offices of The Comedy Bureau are currently closed, with strict instructions from the caretaker not to disturb a single leaf on the peace lily until we begin series 2. However, we have had so much feedback from all of you since you listened to series 1 that we felt we really ought to address some of your concerns, enquiries and suggestions.We begin by delving into the mailbag and looking at a suggestion from stand-up comedian and Fubar Radio host Andrew White. Andrew, and many others, suggested that Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road is NOT a...
2025-12-111h 07The Comedy BureauCase File 10: What's The Deal With Stand Up and Brick Walls?If you’re a fan of standup comedy then you will be absolutely familiar with the stereotypical depiction of stand up happening in the basement of a club in front of a bare brick wall. But why are you so familiar with it? Why is that the signature style for stand up comedy? In the final episode of this series, comedian Laura Lexx and academic Oliver Double discuss the specific circumstances that led to stand up and bricks becoming linked. From basement clubs like The Hungry i to The Improv to televised stand up shows and the br...
2025-11-1335 minThe Comedy BureauCase File 9: When Did Alternative Comedy Start?What an exceptional episode we have for you today… in 2023 Laura Lexx appeared on Celebrity Mastermind with her specialist subject being The History of Alternative Comedy. One of the most helpful books she read was Alternative Comedy: 1979 and the Reinvention of British Stand-Up by none other than Dr Oliver Double. Cut to 2025 and she’s just a girl sitting before a lecturer begging him to tell her everything he knows about 1979 and the pivotal moment in comedy history that lead to what we now think of as mainstream comedy. Our sources for this episode were:
2025-11-0627 minThe Comedy BureauCase File 8: Is Woke Killing Comedy?Stand-up comedian Laura Lexx brings this case file to the table to address one of the top questions she’s presented with when telling strangers what she does for a living… “Oh but you can’t say anything these days…” Or can you? Academic Oliver Double sits down with Laura to discuss a history of censorship in stage comedy in the UK and USA. From the early years of front cloth comics and monologists, through the legal battles of Lenny Bruce, to the brilliant Billy Connolly. In this episode Laura and Oliver debate the common perception that speech has b...
2025-10-3049 minThe Comedy BureauCase File 7: Why Do We Laugh at Others?Finishing up our mini-series in Comic Theory, this week Laura and Olly turn their attention to Superiority Theory. This is the idea that people laugh because the stimulus made them feel better than or good in some way. They enter the chat with a brief discussion on status, particularly in double acts between a higher status straight man and a lower status funny guy. Then we move on to the theorists and philosophers and we head right right back all the way to the words and explanations of Aristotle, Hobbes, Lorenz and Mintz as we...
2025-10-2331 minThe Comedy BureauCase File 6: Is It a Relief To Laugh?This week, The Comedy Bureau team continue their mini series looking at popular comic theories. Last week they explored Incongruity, and this week they move on to Relief Theory (sometimes called Release Theory). The offices have an oniony scent this week due to some delicious sandwiches (shout out to Lavash in Brighton) but that doesn’t stop Oliver Double and Laura Lexx getting nerdy. They begin with Kant, and work through several theories of the purpose and physiology of laughter. From Kant, Freud and other philosophers and psychologists right through to modern day academics. They discuss laughter as...
2025-10-1642 minThe Comedy BureauCase File 5: Funny Peculiar or Funny HaHa?Welcome back to the offices of The Comedy Bureau, staffed by comedian Laura Lexx and tame historian and comic lecturer Olly Double! This week Laura and Olly decide to knuckle down and really focus on something that keeps rearing its head during their discussions of other aspects of comedy… comic theory. Why are things funny? What is funny? What is humour EXACTLY? Now, it’s sort of another one of those impossible questions to answer and so Olly has the task of describing some of the popular comic theories to Laura. Even trying to describe all...
2025-10-0934 minNew Podcasts - trailers for new and noteworthy showsThe Comedy Bureau Education, History, Comedy
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Comedian Laura Lexx (Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week) joins forces with comedy historian Dr. Oliver Double in The Comedy Bureau. Set in the dusty basements of the University of Niche Interests (UNI), the show explores the history, culture and psychology of comedy - from court jesters to modern stand-ups. Today's episode is all about the difference between funny peculiar and funny HaHa.
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2025-10-0903 minThe Comedy BureauCase File 4: Are Women Funny?Welcome back to the cosy offices of The Comedy Bureau. Staffed by comedian Laura Lexx and academic Olly Double, it’s the go to place for all the comedy discussions and analysis you could ever want. This week, in their most provocatively titled episode to date Laura and Olly explore the rage-inducing issue of women in comedy. As a stand up comedian, Laura is often forced to deal with people who, for their own personal reasons, cannot find women funny. Unfortunately, Olly isn’t a therapist and so can’t fix them. Instead, what they aim to do in...
2025-10-0241 minThe Comedy BureauCase File 1: Who Was The First Stand Up Comedian?In the very first episode of The Comedy Bureau, stand-up comedian, author and podcaster Laura Lexx poses comedy academic Olly Double an impossible question. It sounds simple when you ask it... who was the first stand up comedian? But, as Olly passionately and carefully explains – there's no way to answer because stand-up comedy didn't leap out of the ether fully formed as an entertainment format. Olly puts forward five candidates for first ever stand up comedian and meticulously explains why each one could be considered such. Laura then forces him to choose... which one would he pick as...
2025-09-2532 minThe Comedy BureauCase File 2: What Is Laughter?Welcome back to the office of The Comedy Bureau, here you will find Reader in Popular Performance and Comic History Olly Double, alongside comedian and author Laura Lexx. They are the employees at The Comedy Bureau – a department in The University of Niche Interests where the analysis of all things comedy takes place in meticulous detail.In this episode Olly and Laura are focusing on a simple question with an extremely complicated answer… what is laughter?Laughter is such a fantastic feeling that we pay strangers to make us do it. Laughter is so intoxicating that...
2025-09-2539 minThe Comedy BureauCase File 3: What Is A Joke?Welcome back to The Comedy Bureau! In the third episode, Laura and Olly open the doors of the office just in time for Laura to pose Olly another impossible question… what is a joke?!Laura and Olly first met at The University of Kent where Laura studied stand up comedy under Olly’s tutelage. Now, 20 years later they are reunited to examine the gory details of the world of comedy. Even when there might not be a definitive answer.First off Olly and Laura explore some traditional jokes to look at the ways they are stru...
2025-09-2532 minThe Comedy BureauThe Comedy Bureau...launching 25th September 2025!The Comedy Bureau launches Thursday 25th September at 7pm (UK time) with its first three case files. Academic Oliver Double and comedian Laura Lexx begin their investigations with an impossible question… Who was the first stand up comedian? From there they move out into even murkier waters… what is a joke and why do humans laugh?The Comedy Bureau is a warm, insightful look into all facets of comedy. Covering the history and development from the days of Variety and Vaudeville performance right up to the practicalities of being a working comedian in the present day. It’s an e...
2025-09-0103 min
The MUSIC=LIFE SHOWTHE MUSIC=LIFE SHOW #144 HOSTED BY DJ BIG DINERO 12/16/2024 **40th ANNIVERSARY TRIBUTE TO HOUSE MUSIC!THE MUSIC=LIFE SHOW AIRS LIVE EVERY OTHER MONDAY NIGHT @8PM EST on funkypeopleradio.net. Encore Shows are Opposite Mondays, Every Wednesday @10am, and Every Saturday @6pm EST! Contact DJ Big Dinero for Bookings and events at djbigdinero@gmail.com
Show Playlist (Songs not necessarily in order)
Break For Love Raze
That's The Way Love Is Ten City, Timmy Regisford
HEAR THE MUSIC GYPSY MEN
Thinking of You Twism, Kathy Sledge, Sandy Rivera
Don't Stop Your Love Booker T., Joey Negro
Hot Shot Karen Young, Joey Negro
Freak-A-Zoid Midnight Star
2024-12-172h 37
The MUSIC=LIFE SHOWTHE MUSIC=LIFE SHOW #100 HOSTED BY DJ BIG DINERO 12/19/2022**HAPPY 100th SHOW!!!**
THE MUSIC=LIFE SHOW AIRS LIVE EVERY OTHER MONDAY NIGHT @8PM EST on funkypeopleradio.net. Encore Shows are Opposite Mondays, Every Wednesday @10am, and Every Saturday @6pm EST! Contact DJ Big Dinero for Bookings and events at djbigdinero@gmail.com
Show Playlist (Songs not necessarily in order)
I.O.U. Remix - Freeez, Dr. Packer
Hooked on your Love - The Fantastic Aleems
Love 4 Love - Change, Joey Negro
Each & Every Day (Life goes on) - Jerk House Connection, Akram Sedkaoui, Thakzin
Release Yourself - The Fantastic...
2022-12-202h 14
LTJ Black IceBergLTJ IceBerg - Live mix Trance Assorti & Promo Кode 10.9.22запись моего лайка с субботнего совместного стрима команд Trance Assorti и Promo Кode. так получилось, что я не успел доиграть весь материал, поэтому пришлось дозаписывать его дома =)
Intro
Sneijder & Billy Gillies - Rhino (Extended Mix).mp3
MatricK x Forces - Make It Loud (French Skies Extended Remix)
Systembreaker - Dawn Break (Extended Mix)
Solarstone - Nothing But Chemistry Here (Sean Tyas Remix)
Haikal Ahmad - Feel Me Now (Extended Mix)
Heatbeat - Mortal Kombat (Extended Mix)
Emiliano Pavon - Sickness (Black XS Remix)
Daftiser - Avenger (RayD8 Remix)
Bryan Kearney and Robbie Koex X DOUBLEXX - Sinister Rawe (LTJ IceBerg Refresh)
Axel Walters - New Line (Extended Mix)
Alternate High & Laucco - Rise Of An Empire (Sali Extended Remix)
Indecent Noise – Come Get Some (Tempo Giusto Remix)
RAM & Exis - Gladiator (Extended Mix)
Kagehoshi - Different World (Extended Mix)
Laura May - Start Your En
2022-09-121h 00LTJ Black IceBergLTJ IceBerg - Live mix Trance Assorti & Promo Кode 10.9.22запись моего лайка с субботнего совместного стрима команд Trance Assorti и Promo Кode. так получилось, что я не успел доиграть весь материал, поэтому пришлось дозаписывать его дома =)
Intro
Sneijder & Billy Gillies - Rhino (Extended Mix).mp3
MatricK x Forces - Make It Loud (French Skies Extended Remix)
Systembreaker - Dawn Break (Extended Mix)
Solarstone - Nothing But Chemistry Here (Sean Tyas Remix)
Haikal Ahmad - Feel Me Now (Extended Mix)
Heatbeat - Mortal Kombat (Extended Mix)
Emiliano Pavon - Sickness (Black XS Remix)
Daftiser - Avenger (RayD8 Remix)
Bryan Kearney and Robbie Koex X DOUBLEXX - Sinister Rawe (LTJ IceBerg Refresh)
Axel Walters - New Line (Extended Mix)
Alternate High & Laucco - Rise Of An Empire (Sali Extended Remix)
Indecent Noise – Come Get Some (Tempo Giusto Remix)
RAM & Exis - Gladiator (Extended Mix)
Kagehoshi - Different World (Extended Mix)
Laura May - Start Your En
2022-09-121h 00
LTJ Black IceBergLTJ IceBerg - Live Mix in Amnezia Kazan 10.06.2017я в настоящем восторге от этого заведения! и настоятельно рекомендую всем его посетить! а что там было можете услышать сами, но поверьте мне, "в живую" это было несравнимо лучше!
Cosmic Gate - Exploration Of Space
Standerwick Chris Schweizer - Predator (Extended Mix)
Stephane Badey - Storm
Mark Sherry & Jamie Walker feat. Ross Ferguson - The Only One (Original Mix)
Exis - Mantra (Extended Mix)
Interactive Noise - Alien Contact (Original Mix)
Shinovi - Indian Summer (Extended Mix)
Attila Syah Pres. Gamma - Hello Earth (Original Mix)
Syntouch MagicSense - Portal (French Skies Remix)
Armin van Buuren - I Live For That Energy (ASOT 800 Anthem) (Exis Extended Remix)
Vadim Spark - Surrender To Me (Extended Mix)
Exis - The Count (Extended Mix)
Armin van Buuren pres. Rising Star feat. Betsie Larkin - Again (Reorder Extended Remix)
Photographer - Infinity (Roman Messer Remix)
Arthur Volt - Nostalgia (French Skies Remix)
Indecent Nois...
2017-06-111h 47
LTJ Black IceBergBryan Kearney and Robbie Koex X DOUBLEXX - Sinister Rawe (LTJ IceBerg Refresh)послушайте, и сами всё поймёте =) этот бутлег написан специально для тех, кто не верит в энергию транса!
2016-03-0606 min