| Collection | 'A History of Comedy in Several Objects' podcast |
| Description | ‘A History Of Comedy In Several Objects’, alternatively known as ‘HistComPod’ is a podcast from the British Stand-Up Comedy Archive at the University of Kent, devised and presented by Dr Oliver Double (Director of the Comedy & Popular Performance Research Centre and previously a professional comedian) and Elspeth Millar (Archivist in the University’s Special Collections & Archives), and funded by the University of Kent’s Public Engagement with Research Fund. The podcast aims to illustrate the history of stand-up comedy through objects found within the archive. Each episode features a particular item from the BSUCA collections, which Olly and Elspeth discuss to show what it reveals about the art and craft of stand-up and the recent history of the form. The podcast can be accessed and downloaded via iTunes and acast. This Collection contains the episodes as broadcast, and any interviews recorded specifically for the podcast, but does not include the original recordings. Images of the objects can be found via the flickr site: https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishstandupcomedyarchive/sets/72157680653167655. |
| Admin history | The ‘A History Of Comedy In Several Objects’ podcast collection has been generated from within the University (specifically the School of Arts and Special Collections & Archives). |