{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/646204ca41a73600110c86d5/6834800c69c98f151da27836?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Chelsea Birkby: Magic, Milton Keynes and the Comedy of Not Knowing","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/646204ca41a73600110c86d5/1776887609590-5febd9d4-0b92-46bd-a360-59b37cee6a4d.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Chelsea Birkby is an award-nominated comedian who blends mentalism with existential dread, is very good at horse impressions, and has found genuine comfort in not always knowing, which turns out to be a surprisingly powerful comic position.</p><p>Chelsea Birkby is an award-nominated comedian known for her smart, sensitive, and sneakily philosophical comedy. Her debut show, No More Mr Nice Chelsea, was critically acclaimed at the Edinburgh Fringe, and she continues to tour the UK, support major acts, and develop new work blending stand-up and existential dread.</p><ul><li>Why Milton Keynes is actually funnier than people who've never been there think</li><li>The odd comfort of not knowing — and why certainty is overrated as a comic premise</li><li>What The Traitors and The Simple Life reveal about what we actually want from reality TV</li><li>Why generational slang and brainrot are both a window into culture and one of the most reliable sources of material</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Connect with Chelsea here:</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/chelseabirkby/?hl=en-gb\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@chelseabirkby?lang=en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@chelseabirkby\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube</a></li></ul><h3><br></h3><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"}