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Comedians vs. the News

Aparna Nancherla and Schalk Bezuidenhout

Duration: 36 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC World Service Americas and the CaribbeanLatest broadcast: on BBC World Service East Asia

Available for over a year

Brilliant comedians from around the world join Jess Salomon and Eman El-Husseini to take on the headlines.

This week Jess and Eman are joined by American comedian and writer Aparna Nancherla and South Africa’s hilarious Schalk Bezuidenhout.

They’ll be asking if the pandemic has made us more forgetful, and finding out why pop star Bruno Mars is begging the Grammys to let him perform.

Join Comedians vs the News for the funniest take on the global headlines you’ve heard this week. Show less

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