The Cult of Stand-Up Comedy

Sounds Like A Cult

Studio71

Comedy, Education, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

4 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Co-host Isa joined the “cult” of stand-up comedy four years ago in LA but didn’t realize until we started this podcast how culty it really was. Recorded live at the first-ever Netflix Is A Joke comedy festival, this week’s long-awaited episode features Isa and Amanda interviewing a very special guest—comedian and creator/star of “Feel Good” on Netflix, Mae Martin—about the hidden hierarchies, secret due-paying, exclusion, delusion, silencing, in-group lingo and rituals, AND (of course) the hilarity, magic, and close community of stand-up comedy.

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0:00.0	We talk about a lot of really fun subjects on this podcast, but I do think something we always do is kind of slip into a British accent when we feel uncomfortable.
0:07.3	That's so true, babes.
0:09.8	And that's what we're gonna do all week when we're in London town.
0:15.0	Dude, I am so fucking excited. We're doing our first ever London show on Friday, May 26th at 6.30pm, at the Lester Square Theatre in London.
0:26.4	It's going to be fucking lit.
0:28.2	Which by the way, why is Lester Square Theatre spelled like that? That was like like Heistr.
0:32.8	We are so excited for the stamp show.
0:36.3	We're gonna have games. We're gonna have audience participation.
0:39.4	And of course, we're gonna have our juicy analysis while diving into a much requested and never before discussed top secret cult.
0:48.5	You cannot hear this cult subject matter on any episode because it's what we do for our live show, so you really have to be there.
0:55.5	And then meet us after the show by some merch. We're there to chat with you babes.
1:00.5	Tickets are on sale now at SoundsLikeAkult.com and at the link in our IG bio.
1:06.3	Again, that's Friday, May 26th, 2023, aka this year. At 6.30pm, we will see you there at Lester Square Theatre in London.
1:15.2	See you there babes.
1:16.4	This episode was recorded live at the W Hotel in Hollywood as part of the first ever Netflix is a joke comedy festival.
1:22.9	Which we were so excited to be included in.
1:25.4	Our guest today is May Martin, a Canadian born stand-up comic living in the UK.
1:29.8	They are the creator and star of the show FeelGood on Netflix.
1:33.1	And they're here with us today at Netflix is a joke comedy festival to discuss the cult of stand-up comedy.
1:45.5	This is SoundsLikeAkult, a show about the modern day cults. We all follow.
1:49.3	I'm Amanda Montel, author of the book Cultish the Language of Fnaticism.
1:52.8	And I'm Esomadina, a comedian.
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