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	Podcast:		The Signal
	Episode:		Inside a free speech comedy club
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:18:59
	Publish Date:		2019-12-08 11:00:00
	Description:		Tears, laughter, meltdowns and impromptu therapy. The results are always unpredictable at a Sydney comedy club where performers are allowed to say whatever they want. Most comedy clubs in Australia have rules about what you can and can't say. In 2019 it's fairly standard practice to forbid racist, sexist, homophobic and transphobic speech on stage. If performers break the rules, they're banned. But a night called Sticks and Stones in Chippendale in inner Sydney has set itself up in opposition to that principle. Performers can say what they like, but the catch is that the audience and the comedians running the room can say anything they want in reply. The results of this experiment can be pretty explosive, but organisers say it's also helping a few angry young men - "baby incels" - in the words of one organiser, see the world in a more enlightened way.
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