Podcast/Spotify
For many of us, 2020 was a year of isolation and existential dread. For Kim Noble, that’s every year, as his career in black-as-pitch comedy and “failed performance art” has strikingly demonstrated. This summer brought his podcast Futile Attempts, each episode detailing a new approach to finding meaning in a meaningless world. Part prank, part breakdown, these mind-bending and meta slices of audio were a must-listen. Read the full review.
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Online
We were spoiled for digital comedy in 2020, as the live performance industry sought new ways to make work – and make a living. Much of the online comedy left one pining for real-world standup. But not this series of short videos by sketch twosome the Pin, brilliant little comedies of Zoom-era manners making hay with our still uncertain working-from-home, (dis)connecting-in-cyberspace world. Read more.