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Punorama Investigates...
by Annabel Edmonds
Punorama Investigates is a podcast about politics, patriarchy and power – with the occasional pun.Join comedy writer & performer Annabel Edmonds as she investigates a topic that fascinates her – from prison reform to sexual harassment in stand-up comedy.Instead of the usual running commentary about everything going on in the news, Punorama Investigates does a weekly deep dive into a single topic.Punorama Investigates is a lot like ‘Last Week Tonight’ with John Oliver, except in half the time and with half a percent of the budget. Also John Oliver wasn’t available.
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Punorama Investigates… The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator: Yes, it’s Pseudoscience
Annabel investigates the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. It’s the world’s most influential personality test, but can it accurately predict human behaviour or is it a money-grabbing cult?
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Punorama Investigates… Predatory Men in Stand-Up Comedy Part 4: The Bystander Effect
After a report upholds 45 complaints against Gregg Wallace, Annabel investigates why we let predatory men get away with this behaviour for so long.
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Punorama Investigates… The Four-Day Work Week: We Can’t Let Iceland Beat Us
As South Cambridgeshire Council votes to make its four-day work week permanent, Annabel investigates whether the rest of the UK should follow suit or if we should let Iceland get the economic upper hand instead.
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Punorama Investigates… Flat-Faced Dogs: For People Who Appreciate Neither Dogs Nor Faces
As the UK sweats its way through its second heatwave, Annabel investigates summer’s wheeziest victims: flat-faced dogs.
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Punorama Investigates… The Male Loneliness Epidemic: Is There One?
The term ‘male loneliness epidemic’ has entered the chat and shows no signs of leaving. Annabel investigates where it comes from, what it means and how a Christian horse-riding drug rehabilitation centre is at the heart of this.
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Punorama Investigates… What Has Immigration Ever Done For Us? (Apart From Helping Our Economy, The NHS, Care Homes...)
Like every government for a generation, Labour have announced plans to significantly reduce immigration. Annabel investigates whether we are really at risk of becoming an island of strangers or whether people just stopped speaking to Keir Starmer.
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Punorama Investigates… PIP Reform: Very Bad, But Still Only The UK’s Second-Worst Reform
As Liz Kendall prepares to make it harder for disabled people to access Personal Independence Payments, Annabel asks the most important question: do Labour just want to make a sequel to Les Mis?
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Punorama Investigates… All-Male Line-Ups: How Are They Still a Thing?
All-male line-ups are embarrassing, regressive and somehow still a thing. Annabel investigates what we can do about them.
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Punorama Investigates...
A podcast about politics and patriarchy - with the occasional pun. Annabel Edmonds investigates a new story every week. Edited by Emma Millen
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Punorama Investigates… Predatory Men in Stand-Up Comedy Part 3
Annabel investigates how to talk confidently and kindly about the issue of predatory men in stand-up comedy.
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Punorama Investigates…Beavers (Not a Euphemism)
After the government approved the reintroduction of beavers into the wild in England, Annabel explains why everyone should be thrilled about loose beavers.
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Punorama Investigates…Gen Z Men and Gender Equality
After a new study suggests that Gen Z men and women are increasingly divided on gender equality, Annabel investigates whether the patriarchy is actually going well for men.
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Punorama Investigates…How to Support Women's-Only Spaces Without Being Transphobic
With the NHS Fife changing room case receiving national and often transphobic coverage, Annabel investigates the real threat to women’s-only spaces. Spoiler alert: it’s not trans women.
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Punorama Investigates…Regional Accent Bias
After a new study suggests that people with working-class accents are more likely to be suspected of committing crimes, Annabel asks the most important question: does the nation owe Gemma Collins an apology?
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Punorama Investigates…Predatory Men in Stand-Up Comedy Part 2
Annabel investigates how we create a system for ridding stand-up comedy of predatory men and explains why we should all be more like Seth Rogen.
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Punorama Investigates…Predatory Men in Stand-Up Comedy Part 1
After getting an email about Louis C. K.’s new tour, Annabel investigates whether predatory men in stand-up comedy are just a few bad apples or an entirely rotten apple tree. Spoiler alert: it’s the latter.
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Punorama Investigates...Prison Reform
With the UK’s prison population the highest it’s ever been, Annabel investigates how we got into this mess, where we go from here, and whether Labour might be about to do something sensible in response.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Punorama Investigates is a podcast about politics, patriarchy and power – with the occasional pun.Join comedy writer & performer Annabel Edmonds as she investigates a topic that fascinates her – from prison reform to sexual harassment in stand-up comedy.Instead of the usual running commentary about everything going on in the news, Punorama Investigates does a weekly deep dive into a single topic.Punorama Investigates is a lot like ‘Last Week Tonight’ with John Oliver, except in half the time and with half a percent of the budget. Also John Oliver wasn’t available.
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