EP91. We Understood the Satire: The Generation Game Pops Off, Mrs Merton to Bad Apples & the AI Apocalypse
Jo and Adam explore satire across the generations in a new instalment that certainly isn't a belated grab bag episode. We begin with Gen Z slang and BBC Radio 4’s attempts to make sense of it, before turning to Bad Apples, the new satirical film about a teacher who kidnaps one of her Gen Alpha pupils in an attempt to improve everyone else’s education. Then South Park becomes South America in a satirical assault on Donald Trump, leading us into the increasingly strange world of AI, including the recent claim that artificial intelligence could end human life within ten years and the satirical responses it has inspired. We also investigate a fully AI-generated sitcom about angel investors recently released on YouTube. Finally, we travel back to the 1990s for Mrs Merton, the beloved satirical chat show now newly available in full on iPlayer. From Gen Z slang to Gen Alpha classrooms, AI apocalypse to Gen X nostalgia: every generation gets the satire it deserves.