{"podcast":{"title":"The Winston Marshall Show","slug":"the-winston-marshall-show-6768213","podcast_index_feed_id":6768213,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/111987828/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.winstonmarshall.co.uk","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/45801722/73f0580dba44393c.jpg","author":"Winston Marshall","episode_count":211,"summary":"The Winston Marshall Show is a long-form interview podcast exploring politics, culture, history, philosophy, free speech, and everything in between. Hosted by me, Winston Marshall, each episode features in-depth conversations with leading thinkers, journalists, politicians, authors, academics, entrepreneurs, and cultural figures from across the political spectrum. We believe the best ideas emerge through open, honest, and good-faith discussion. Our guests are given the time to explain what they think, why they think it, and to have their ideas challenged through thoughtful conversation— not","last_synced_at":"2026-07-28T06:20:50.109178+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-winston-marshall-show-6768213"},"episode":{"title":"The Anti-Woke Comedy Revolution - Ben Bankas","slug":"the-anti-woke-comedy-revolution-ben-bankas","published_at":"2026-06-02T18:09:08+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-winston-marshall-show-6768213/the-anti-woke-comedy-revolution-ben-bankas","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-winston-marshall-show-6768213","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/winston-marshall/episodes/The-Anti-Woke-Comedy-Revolution---Ben-Bankas-e3k89ac","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO6398837727.mp3","summary":"Get a better way to stay informed at https://ground.news/winston and see through biased media. Subscribe through my link for 40% off unlimited access. In this episode of The Winston Marshall Show, I sit down with Canadian comedian Ben Bankas for a sharp and chaotic conversation on free speech, cancel culture, comedy, and why Canada’s political culture has become increasingly authoritarian.We discuss Ben’s rise through the Canadian comedy scene, from performing illegal park shows during COVID to selling out clubs across North America, despite attempts by woke comics and activists to shut him down. Bankas explains why offensive comedy still works, why audiences are tired of censorship, and why so much modern comedy has become sterile, political, and afraid of its own shadow....-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Our show is independently supported by you, consider signing up to our substack to get added benefits like ad-free and extended episodes here: https://www.winstonmarshall.co.uk/","meta_description":"Get a better way to stay informed at https://ground.news/winston and see through biased media. Subscribe through my link for 40% off unlimited access. In…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4348,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-winston-marshall-show-6768213/episodes/the-anti-woke-comedy-revolution-ben-bankas/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-winston-marshall-show-6768213/the-anti-woke-comedy-revolution-ben-bankas.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}