On sex and bias with comedian Sara Pascoe
Life and Art from FT Weekend
Forhecz Topher
4.6 • 601 Ratings
🗓️ 24 September 2019
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
How does evolutionary biology shape our attitudes towards desire? Is it always possible to confront your own prejudice? Gris talks to Sara Pascoe about making jokes in the age of woke speak, the highs and lows of life as a comedian, and her new book Sex Power Money.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, you're listening to Culture Call, a transatlantic conversation from the Financial Times. |
| 0:11.2 | I'm Griselda Murray Brown in London. |
| 0:13.1 | And I'm Lylea Raptopoulos in New York. |
| 0:15.8 | Coming up on today's episode. |
| 0:20.0 | Sarah, welcome to the podcast. Comedy is so brilliant for lightening the mood that you pick your moments to relieve tension. So it's dog comedy now. It's dog comedy, yeah. Like, why? It's not just nature, it's not just nurture. It's a balance. It's having a little bit of each. Why is that? Some people just want to come out and they just want to laugh. They don't necessarily want a lecture on the clitoris. We have to be careful with language because it creates the world. The problem is really the choice. I'm either reading a book or on my phone or by myself or I'm with friends. Why would I want to talk to you? But sometimes it's more ambiguous than that. I just think it's being very careful, exactly what you're saying, how it can be construed and can you stand by it. Because it's not about not offending people, because offence is actually sometimes very fun. Welcome to Culture Call. Today we're talking to the comedian Sarah Pascoe in London. But before we do any of that, just want to say a quick thank you again for your tweets and emails. |
| 1:11.7 | Yeah, please keep them coming. |
| 1:13.1 | As always, you can reach us on Twitter. |
| 1:15.1 | We're at FT Culture Call. |
| 1:17.1 | Or you can email us at CultureCall atFT.com. |
| 1:20.5 | We'd love to know what you're thinking about, which plays and films you've seen recently, and what books you're reading. |
| 1:29.5 | Lila, how are you? |
| 1:30.7 | I'm good. How are you, Grizz? |
| 1:32.4 | Yeah, I'm fine, thank you. |
| 1:34.0 | What have you been up to since we were last speaking? |
| 1:37.1 | So, I saw a very buzzy Broadway play called Betrayal, which I've been wanting to talk to you about. |
| 1:44.0 | It was a new |
| 1:44.7 | interpretation by this director, Jamie Lloyd, of a classic Harold Pinter play. And the draw was Tom |
| 1:52.4 | Hiddleston, the movie star, who was wearing a very tight navy blue sweater. |
| 1:58.6 | Right. |
| 2:00.6 | Honestly, I think that was what sold a lot of the tickets, but there were also, you know, two |
| 2:04.2 | other actors on stage. |
| 2:05.5 | He was joined by Zeo Ashton, who is a great actress and Charlie Cox. |
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