The monthly DIY event 'Squad Laffs' has become a Montreal underground comedy institution, creating a safe space to work out material on stage for little-heard comedic voices and perspectives. Co-founder/showrunner James Brown joins host Andre Goulet for a conversation on the political and the personal of indie stand-up comedy.

Plus: what's life like in that most opaque of Canadian political institutions? Brown looks back on his experience as an 18-year-old Senate page in the "chamber of sober second thought".

This conversation was recorded in August, 2018.

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