Welcome to Clearing The Haze –Making the invisible visible, a podcast show that discusses topics that are usually invisible or just hazy. Hosted by Shachi Irde.

Shachi wears many hats and is passionate about inclusion. She is an industry recognized speaker on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and women in the workplace related topics. She has been recognized by numerous industry forums and has been recipient of “Iconic woman in leadership” award by All Women Economic Forum.

Our topic for this episode is Humor! Hearing something funny or being amused can reduce stress, improve social relations, generate a positive mood, and increase motivation.

Humor seems to produce positive consequences for both the source and the audience.

Today, we will discuss with our guests, Nelly Quemener and Punya Arora, if benefits of humour extend to everyone in the same way.

Nelly is a lecturer in information and communication sciences at Sorbonne Nouvelle University. Her research in the field of cultural studies focuses on the articulation of class, race and gender relations in audiovisual representations - especially humorous ones - and media controversies. She is the author of several books.

Punya is a stand-up comedian, photographer and writer based in Bangalore. Her style of comedy is observational, light-hearted and may involve more than one accent. Punya has been featured on every major stand-up stage across India such as Canvas Laugh Club, That Comedy Club, The Habitat, NCPA etc. She was a co-writer on the show Masaba Masaba which premiered on Netflix in 2020.

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Podcast Summary: Women in Humor

Host: Shachi Irde

00:00: Introduction

01:01: About Nelly.

03:07: About Punya.

05:32:  Is humour when used by men is more accepted than when used by women?

10:41: As a female stand-up comedian do you see differences in the acceptance by the audience?

12:47: What would you advice someone who is doing their first public speaking?

19:24: Can you talk to us about the different kinds of humour?

24:51: Are there stereotypes around who can be funny and who cannot?

30:37: Comic timing is everything in humour to make an impact. How do you practice comic timing?

36:42: Closing comments advice to people who want to get into “humour industry”

39:13: Conclusion.

39:38: Outro.

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For this episode, we would like to thank:

- Our guests
-  The French Embassy, the French Institute and the Alliance Française Network in India for producing the show
and, special thanks to Hemant Soreng and his team for their advice and technical support.

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Disclaimer: The views, experiences and opinions expressed in this podcast are personal views of the participating speakers and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the French Embassy or its cooperation network in India.