Nish Kumar on the BBC, 'cancel culture', rehabilitating monsters, comedy, and racism
The Owen Jones Podcast
Owen Jones
4.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2022
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Nish Kumar is a brilliant comedian and an all-round lovely guy, and we have a lot to chat about: his experiences working at the BBC, whether there's any truth to 'cancel culture', how monsters who've caused so much damage ended up being turned into national sweethearts, whether comedy has been dumbed down and become less fearless, and confronting racism.
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| 0:20.2 | It's only bloodiness, Kima. I was in it. |
| 0:22.4 | It's only bloody orange, isn't it? |
| 0:23.7 | Oh, hello, mate. How you doing? |
| 0:25.2 | How you doing? Yeah, very good. |
| 0:27.2 | You know, what I always like, this is quite an odd thing to say, |
| 0:31.1 | you know, probably regret saying it, but I didn't know I'd go over this. |
| 0:36.6 | Some people just have a vaply-sing face. |
| 0:38.4 | In the sense that I just, I find, I feel more positive about the world. |
| 0:44.6 | You've got kind of a chirp, you like, you give good vibes. |
| 0:47.6 | Good vibes. Good vibes. |
| 0:48.7 | I've got quite a chirpy demeanor. |
| 0:50.4 | I think that is correct. |
| 0:51.3 | I think that is correct. |
| 0:52.1 | That is something that has been noted about me. |
| 0:53.7 | It's my sort of somewhat sunny disposition. |
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