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Title: What role does science play in comedy and at festivals?
Post by: thedoc on 03/08/2010 17:27:29

Broadcaster and comedian Robin Ince incorporates a great deal of science into his comedy, quoting from Carl Sagan, Charles Darwin and Richard Feynman among others in his sets.  I asked him if he felt that science could find a home at music festivals.
Read a transcript of the interview by clicking here (http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/content/interviews/interview/1370/)

or [chapter podcast=2761 track=10.08.01/Naked_Scientists_Show_10.08.01_6821.mp3](https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thenakedscientists.com%2FHTML%2Ftypo3conf%2Fext%2Fnaksci_podcast%2Fgnome-settings-sound.gif&hash=f2b0d108dc173aeaa367f8db2e2171bd) Listen to it now[/chapter] or [download as MP3] (http://nakeddiscovery.com/downloads/split_individual/10.08.01/Naked_Scientists_Show_10.08.01_6821.mp3)

Title: What role does science play in comedy and at festivals?
Post by: neilep on 04/08/2010 07:50:58

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Title: What role does science play in comedy and at festivals?
Post by: tommya300 on 04/08/2010 15:20:58

Shortest distance between two points....
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Title: What role does science play in comedy and at festivals?
Post by: tommya300 on 04/08/2010 16:58:01

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Title: What role does science play in comedy and at festivals?
Post by: tommya300 on 04/08/2010 18:52:08

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Title: What role does science play in comedy and at festivals?
Post by: LeeE on 04/08/2010 18:59:18

Quote from: neilep on 04/08/2010 07:50:58

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I think that may be based upon this old photo:

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Title: What role does science play in comedy and at festivals?
Post by: Make it Lady on 04/08/2010 20:52:49

There must be some science behind making people laugh. Why can some people tell jokes and some people can't etc. I'd love to know more.