Summary: Is it the best of times or the worst of times to be a satirist? Madeleine Brettingham, a writer on the BBC's News Quiz, joins us to discuss; Toby Lichtig on a new production of Endgame and the constraints imposed on Samuel Beckett adaptations; founded in the 1960s, the Oulipo was – and remains – a group of writers and scientists striving for "potential literature". Anna Aslanyan considers the movement's legacy March of the Lemmings: Brexit in print and performance 2016–2019, by Stewart Lee The Joke is On Us: Political comedy in (late) neoliberal times, edited by Julie A. Webber Endgame / Rough For Theatre II, at the Old Vic theatre, London The Oulipo and Modern Thought, by Dennis Duncan All that is Evident is Suspect: Readings from the Oulipo 1963–2018, edited and translated by Daniel Levin Becker and Ian Monk <br><hr><p style="color: grey;">See <a style="color: grey;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>
