{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/646204ca41a73600110c86d5/65f1b9dbff17410016bef4db?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Olga Koch: From Russia With Laughs ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/646204ca41a73600110c86d5/1776891609006-61e535c4-dc63-4382-bd9d-8b91f317bbcf.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Olga Koch left computer science for stand-up, moved to a country that wasn't hers, and has been making the gap between those two worlds funnier than it has any right to be — with some help from badly edited Sex and the City reruns.</p><p>Olga Koch is a Russian-born comedian, writer, and performer based in London, known for appearances on QI, Mock the Week, and Richard Osman's House of Games, and for her critically acclaimed BBC Radio 4 series Olga Koch: OK Computer. Her solo shows include Prawn Cocktail and Olga Koch is From Money.</p><ul><li>What badly edited Sex and the City reruns taught a young Russian viewer about American culture</li><li>The comedy of outsider perspectives — why coming from elsewhere gives you material the insiders can't see</li><li>How identity, when used well, becomes a comic lens rather than just a subject</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Connect with Olga here:</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/kolga300/?hl=en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.rocknrolga.com/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaeU1M8wc5zINh70zhW3SU_Fx3F0662jcIODJu7WNLNpZX03uegnlCuvozer5A_aem_exEtErvy32iKdNcaaPQ-TQ\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Website</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>Originally released under the podcast's former name: Television Times.</p><p>Find us on social media — links on the About page.</p>","author_name":"Steve Otis Gunn"}