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The History of Comedy Podcast: from Apuleius to Zelensky

The History of Comedy Podcast: from Apuleius to Zelensky

By: (AR+IO) Eisel Mazard
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 Yep, from the Ancient Greeks to New York City stand up geeks, it's THE REAL history of comedy with Rome and Shakespeare in-between (did you realize the extent to which Plautus and Terence influenced… well… EVERYTHING that came afterward?). AR+IO abbreviates the motto "Active Research and Informed Opinion", providing consistent numbering for all of the episodes (AR+IO-001, etc.) hosted by Eisel Mazard across many different podcasts, and united by one Patreon. Eisel is better known as Zel from Ashdod, formerly known as the voice (and author) behind the (banned) youtube channel à-bas-le-ciel.(AR+IO) Eisel Mazard
Episodes
  • Youtube is dead: the lost avant garde of intellectual dissent on the internet.

    Youtube is dead: the lost avant garde of intellectual dissent on the internet.
    Oct 11 2025

    Implicitly, this is a significant contrast to my old "manifesto" titled On Community, although it does not address the thesis of that video, directly, in any way: if you regard this as a manifesto, it is addressed to the youtuber (or podcaster) as a solitary intellectual dissident, cultural critic, commentator and comedian --not as the center of an incipient community, pulling together like-minded people (as per "the spirit season one") with an ambition to accomplish something more than they could ever attempt alone.


    Find me on Instagram. Support me on Patreon. Both will provide notifications for new podcast episodes (not just "here", but under many different headings).

    https://www.instagram.com/a_bas_le_ciel/

    https://www.patreon.com/c/a_bas_le_ciel/posts



    AR+IO abbreviates the motto "Active Research and Informed Opinion", providing consistent numbering for all of the episodes (AR+IO-001, etc.) hosted by Eisel Mazard across many different podcasts, and united by one Patreon. Eisel is better known as Zel from Ashdod, and was formerly known as the voice (and author) behind the (banned) youtube channel à-bas-le-ciel.
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    47 mins
  • Instagram is destroying stand up comedy: how not why.

    Instagram is destroying stand up comedy: how not why.
    Feb 20 2025

    An article and a podcast: https://a-bas-le-ciel.blogspot.com/2025/02/instagram-is-destroying-stand-up-comedy.html


    And, now, also a youtube video: you can follow it as an audio only podcast, or as "a video podcast", etc., on Spotify, or Apple podcasts, your call.


    Find me on Instagram. Support me on Patreon. Both will provide notifications for new podcast episodes (not just "here", but under many different headings).

    https://www.instagram.com/a_bas_le_ciel/

    https://www.patreon.com/c/a_bas_le_ciel/posts


    AR+IO abbreviates the motto "Active Research and Informed Opinion", providing consistent numbering for all of the episodes (AR+IO-001, etc.) hosted by Eisel Mazard across many different podcasts, and united by one Patreon. Eisel is better known as Zel from Ashdod, and was formerly known as the voice (and author) behind the (banned) youtube channel à-bas-le-ciel.
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    1 hr and 37 mins
  • A Technique is a Trap: Comedy and/or/as Politics.

    A Technique is a Trap: Comedy and/or/as Politics.
    Jan 3 2025

    Find me on Instagram. Support me on Patreon. Both will provide notifications for new podcast episodes (not just "here", but under many different headings).

    https://www.instagram.com/a_bas_le_ciel/

    https://www.patreon.com/c/a_bas_le_ciel/posts



    AR+IO abbreviates the motto "Active Research and Informed Opinion", providing consistent numbering for all of the episodes (AR+IO-001, etc.) hosted by Eisel Mazard across many different podcasts, and united by one Patreon. Eisel is better known as Zel from Ashdod, and was formerly known as the voice (and author) behind the (banned) youtube channel à-bas-le-ciel.
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    55 mins
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