Brian Logan is joined by Jamal Khadar and Suchandrika Chakrabarti for our Season 2 finale to discuss:Dane Baptiste - The Chocolate ChipThe Marvelous Mrs Maisel (Amazon Prime)Oxide Ghosts - The Brasseye TapesLINKSDane Baptiste - The Chocolate Chip (review by Brian Logan)The Marvelous Mrs Maisel - Why Does Every Fictional Female Comedian Get the Exact Same Advice? (Slate)‘The ultimate single woman’s icon’: how Mrs Maisel is an inspiration across the years (The Guardian)Oxide Ghosts - The Brasseye Tapes (review by Brian Logan)

Suchandrika Chakrabarti is joined by regular panellists Brian Logan and Jamal Khadar to discuss:John Mulaney is back in the game – but he doesn’t owe us an explanation: comedy, celebrity, how much of yourself must you reveal onstage? Witchfinder (BBC TV) Rebuilding the Fourth Wall with reference to the first episode of Adam McKay's Winning Time and the other shows doing knowing looks to cameraPlus : Suchandrika does musical comedy! 

Jamal Khadar is joined by regular panellists Suchandrika Chakrabarti and Brian Logan to discuss:Nabil Abdulrashid's new touring show - Nobody Actually Believed I'd LastThis Is Going To Hurt (BBC TV)Chappelle's Home Team - Earthquake: Legendary (Netflix)LINKSNabil Abdulrashid: Ofcom rejects 3,000 Britain's Got Talent complaintsThis Is Going To HurtAdam Kay interview Ambika Mod interviewPlus: International Women's Day!

Host Brian Logan is joined by regular panellists Jamal Khadar and Suchandrika Chakrabarti to discuss Ali Wong's Netflix specialComics "Quitting" stand-upPlus: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the comedian who became President of UkraineLINKSVolodymyr ZelenskyyA trailer for Servant of the People, which made Zelenskyy famous, and lent its name to his political party https://youtu.be/JinkCAN6Bx0 Jon Stewart:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ackArK09Tl4Ali Wonghttps://www.vulture.com/article/ali-wong-don-wong-netflix-comedy-review.htmlComics "quitting" stand-uphttps://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/aug/16/standups-quit-comedy-edinburgh-hannah-gadbsyRose Matafeo: https://www.chortle.co.uk/punching-ups/2022/01/21/50019/stand-up-is-horrible-nerve-racking-and-boringDrunk Women Solving Crime: https://uk.style.yahoo.com/how-drunk-women-solving-crime-podcast-began-100911602.html

Host Suchandrika Chakrabarti  joins regular panellists Jamal Khadar and Brian Logan to discuss: Mo Gilligan's Netflix specialTragedy Plus Time improv from Boom Chicago in Amsterdam - content warning; contains reference to suicide and bereavementWhen critics take the stage (FT paywall ... if you don't subscribe you can find it via a Google search eg "A critic plays King Lear")Plus ... comedians on skis.LINKSRe: Content warningIn the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on 116 123 or by emailing [email protected] or [email protected]. In the US, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-8255. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org.

Jamal Khadar hosts, with Suchandrika Chakarabarti and special guest Emma Sullivan. Topics include:Starstruck (BBC) - episode two of Rose Matafeo's sitcomFurther reflections on the role of criticism Phat Tuesdays - docuseries on the history of Guy Torry's all-black comedy night in 1990s LA LINKSNew Yorker critic newsletterEbert reviews of Tarkovsky's Solaris and reconsidered;  and of 2002 Soderbergh versionGeorge Saunders newsletter on Substack

Regular panellists Suchandrika Chakrabarti and Brian Logan are joined by special guest Emma Sullivan to discuss:Jimmy Carr's recent Netflix specialTaking Comedy Seriously with Emma SullivanMurderville (Netflix)Plus: "Scotwatch" featuring tartan salopettesLINKSJimmy Carrhttps://gal-dem.com/jimmy-carr-joe-rogan-netflix-spotify-hate/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2019/jun/16/jimmy-carr-review-rose-theatre-kingstonhttps://www.theawl.com/2013/07/patricia-lockwood-rape-joke/Weekend Update: Goober the Clown on Abortion - SNL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exSZQICbSb8Taking Comedy Seriouslyhttps://humourinthearts.com/https://humourinthearts.com/about-me/https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v35/n14/jonathan-coe/sinking-giggling-into-the-seaMurdervillehttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt15264192/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_in_Successville

Suchandrika Chakrabarti hosts, with regular panellists Brian Logan and Jamal Khadar. Topics include:An interview with comedian and writer Athena Kugblenu about her experience of, and views on, comedy criticismComedy albums as a form, and how comedicans are trying to get more  equitable rights payments from SpotifyDon't Look Up (Netflix) - critics hated it, one of our panellists loves it .... But is it funny?LinksAziz Ansari’s Empty Authenticity - review discussed at start of episodeAthena Kugblenuhttps://twitter.com/athenakugblenuhttps://www.instagram.com/athenakugblenu/Athena's Cancel Culture on BBC Sounds: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000tsldWork In Progress at 2Northdown on 4th February:Comedy albums & SpotifyIt's time to give a new generation of comics a crack at the Grammys Spotify removes top comedians’ content in royalty payments disputeIncidental music during interview: Lukrembo ‘Onion’ and ‘Cheese’

Jamal Khadar, Brian Logan and Suchandrika Chakrabarti discuss:Nish Kumar's new stand-up show and the role of political comedy in the UKLearning comedy as social prescription via the GP, with Angie Belcher Aziz Ansari's new Netflix specialShow notesSatirical news podcasts Social prescribing course in BristolAdditional music: Onion and Biscuit, both by Lukrembo

Season 2 of But Is It Funny? launches with Brian Logan. Suchandrika Chakrabarti and Jamal Khadar discussing:Race Around Britain with Munya Chawawa on YouTubeNew Radio 4 comedy series pilot Unsafe SpacePlans to develop a UK version of Saturday Night Live Plus: Suchandrika on her improv debut!