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Comedy with an Accent

Comedy with an accent - comedy with a different point of view! Join Taiwanese comedian Kuan-wen as he finds out the amusing tales, obstacles and strategies of other non-native speakers who perform English stand up comedy on the UK circuit. We also peek into the comedians" foreign upbringings and cultures, how they approach the English language, how they switch between languages and any random anecdotes that get caught in the chitchats. Leave your comments on the podcast"s Instagram page

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45:33

S01E11 President Obonjo, Laftian (?) speaker - From...

Comedy with an Accent ·

2022/10/10

For the avoidance of doubt, President Obonjo is a comedy character created by Anglo-Nigerian comedian Benjamin Bankelo Bello.In clear contrast to the brash, uber-confident and larger-than-life self-appointed African dictator in exile who speaks with a thick African accent, the comedian Benjamin Bankelo Bello is a soft-spoken, suburban Englishman who often wears a cardigan on top of his shirt.Benjamin has stormed his way on to the British comedy circuit as President Obonjo for more than a decade. So

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46:07

S01E10 Victoria Olsina, Spanish speaker - From...

Comedy with an Accent ·

2022/09/26

Fresh from winning the LGBTQ+ New Comedian of the Year in the UK, Victoria was featured in the Guardian (See link to the article) a month after this podcast episode was recorded. Her unique brand of humour is best illustrated by the joke quoted in the Guardian interview, in a love poem to the former Home Secretary in the UK Priti Patel, "I wish I was the Falkland Islands, so you can occupy me indefinitely against International Law."Outside comedy, Victoria remains a successful business entrepreneur

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50:49

S01E09 Hubert Mayr, German speaker - From...

Comedy with an Accent ·

2022/09/13

The very first German speaker invited to this podcast is not from Germany, but from Austria - a relatively small country that produced a range of household names from Mozart, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Joseph Fritzl, Hitler to Conchita Wurst. This small country is also the remnants of the once mighty Austro-Hungarian Empire.Hubert explains why the loss of the empire creates a visibly darker sense of humour - as opposed to Germans - that is shared amongst Austrians, and how this in his cultural DNA

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35:39

S01E08 Isa Bonachera, Spanish speaker - From Almeria,...

Comedy with an Accent ·

2022/08/30

Isa celebrates being "weird" in their comedy approach. They got into the comedy world by accident when they tried to impress a girl - well, Isa did not get the girl, but they did get comedy! The wicked Spanish comedian - 2018 finalist of BBC New Comedy Awards - enjoys sharing the wacky thoughts in their head rather than joking about and conforming to all the worst Spanish stereotypes, against their comedy course tutor's advice.This episode also includes a heartfelt section of Isa explaining how

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31:30

S01E07 Radu Isac, Romanian speaker - From Vaslui,...

Comedy with an Accent ·

2022/08/16

In the second part of interview with Radu, the chat wandered off at times to include the funny geopolitical situation of Romania and how that gets reflected in Radu's comedy. Kuan-wen also delved deeper into the mechanics of Radu's voice and tone and how those embody Radu's comedy style and his worldview.---------------------------------------Radu's Instagram (@radu70mld)Radu's 2022 Edinburgh Fringe Festival show "Pandemic"If you like the episode, please share it and leave a review. For any comments

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27:52

S01E06 Radu Isac, Romanian speaker - From Vaslui,...

Comedy with an Accent ·

2022/08/16

Radu is the type of performer that is regarded by many fellow comics as a comedian's comedian.He not only wins over audiences at comedy clubs, his contrarian approach often involves him throwing out ideas and notions that challenge the audiences' worldview. As he lays out his arguments, the unthinkable suddenly becomes so convincing for the audience and then chuckles come along. Radu's comedy is not just funny - it also makes you think. All these are achieved without Radu having to resort to

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28:12

S01E05 Yuriko Kotani, Japanese speaker - From Japan...

Comedy with an Accent ·

2022/08/02

The hilarious interview with Yuriko continues in this episode.In the last episode, your host Kuan-wen and Yuriko started the discussion of the partial and poor understanding of Japanese culture by western societies. An extension of this is the fetishisation of Japanese culture. Because of some of the terms mentioned in the chat eg Bukkake (ぶっ掛け) - and possibly because your host Kuan-wen's mischief - this episode has been marked containing explicit

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S01E04 Yuriko Kotani, Japanese speaker - From Japan...

Comedy with an Accent ·

2022/07/26

After two episodes centring on European languages, we are back to Asia this week to discuss comedy and foreign accents with the brilliant Japanese comedian Yuriko Kotani, 2015 winner of the prestigious BBC New Comedy Award.Your host Kuan-wen asked Yuriko her view on the piecemeal understanding/perception/interpretation of Japanese culture by western societies. They also shared their constant struggles choosing whether they should base their jokes on concepts from their respective cultures but are

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40:22

S01E03 Luca Cupani, Italian speaker - From Bologna,...

Comedy with an Accent ·

2022/07/12

The effortlessly charming and cultured Italian comic Luca Cupani, who at some point in his life was more fluent in Latin and in ancient Greek than in English, brought the podcast to a new intellectual level that really challenged your host Kuan-wen to keep up. Renaissance paintings and modern art were casually referenced to and our guest this episode randomly threw away proper Latin phrases rather than made-up Harry Potter words "Expelliarmus!". There was even talks of "cassettes"Meanwhile, Kuan-wen

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34:34

S01E02 Thor Stenhaug, Norwegian speaker - From...

Comedy with an Accent ·

2022/06/28

It is not uncommon to name boys after the Norse hammer-wielding god in Norway, but it is a bit weird to use Thor as the first name but also "Odin" (Thor's father in mythology) as the middle name. It does not help that the image of Thor is hijacked by Aussie beefcake Chris Hemsworth, when our second guest of the podcast looks more like a member of a tattoo-free 90s boyband.[The distorted sound has been fixed]Thor and Kuan-wen talk about how some other comics feel they have the free pass to mimic and

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30:00

S01E01 Chin/Qin Wang, Mandarin speaker - From Xi-An,...

Comedy with an Accent ·

2022/06/15

Hailing from Xi-An（西安） , Northwestern China, Chin Wang won the legendary London Comedy Store gong show in March 2021 and has since been on a meteoric rise. Chin and Kuan-wen talked about their occasional 'glitches' switching between English and Mandarin, a veiled constructed criticism on her accent, her move south of Hadrian's Wall from Edinburgh to London and how messing up tones when speaking Mandarin creates confusions.Leave your comments on the podcast's Instagram page

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